SUNDAY, May 24
8:00 PM-9:30PM ET on PBS
(Check Local Listings)

NASHVILLE, TN- April 22, 2009...Country star Trace Adkins will perform "Til The Last Shot's Fired" as the closing performance of the National Memorial Day Concert on Sunday, May 24. The event will broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol from 8:00pm-9:30pm ET on PBS (check local listings). Each year, the program generates a concert audience of hundreds of thousands on-site at the US Capitol as well as millions more at home watching on television. The tribute will also be broadcast to troops serving around the world on the American Forces Radio and Television Network.

The song, from Adkins' new album X (TEN), takes a look at military history and personal sacrifice. On this performance, he will be accompanied by his band and the National Symphony Orchestra, along with the U.S. Army Chorus, The Soldiers' Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band, and the U.S. Navy Sea Chanters.

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Adkins, who first performed on the National Memorial Day concert in 2005, is a long-time supporter of the U.S. military who has traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan to perform for thousands of our U.S. military personnel in partnership with the USO. He was also honored with the USO Merit Award in 2007.

Adkins will be among a cast of many other talented award-winning actors and musical artists, including co-hosts Emmy Award-winner Gary Sinise (CSI: New York) and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds.), distinguished American leader Colin L. Powell USA (Ret.); acclaimed film, television and stage actress Katie Holmes; Emmy Award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne, double Academy Award-winning actress Dianne Wiest; singer Katharine McPhee (American Idol); Tony Award-winning Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell and many more. The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff with color guards from each of the Armed Forces will also play a special part in the tribute.

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