GAVIN DEGRAW AND LADY ANTEBELLUM JOIN NEW YEAR'S EVE LINE UP WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM NASHVILLE

"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015" Begins Live at 8 p.m., ET/PT on ABC from New York's Times Square

Gavin DeGraw and Lady Antebellum are slated to perform on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015" live from Music City's New Year's Eve Bash on Broadway in downtown Nashville. They join the biggest live music celebration in show history featuring over 38 performances and 5 1/2 hours of music. "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015" will air on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31 beginning at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT on ABC Television Network.

The bi-coastal celebration will include hours of special performances and reports on New Year's celebrations from around the globe. Ryan Seacrest will lead the traditional countdown to midnight, and before the ball drops on New Year's Eve, global music sensation Taylor Swift will perform live for over 1 million fans in Times Square.

"Being included in such an iconic music event like Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve further strengthens the Music City brand and Nashville as a destination," said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. "We have seen the Jack Daniel's Bash on Broadway grow tremendously, and its inclusion on a national show is a natural extension of its growth and popularity. Lady A and Gavin DeGraw are great representatives of the music in our city, and we are excited to have them headline the night in Nashville."

Gavin DeGraw is not a stranger to the top of the charts. The Grammy nominated singer/songwriter first broke through with the 2003 release of his debut album, Chariot, which sold over a million copies, earned platinum certification, and yielded three hit singles: "I Don't Want To Be," "Follow Through," and the title-track, "Chariot." Gavin's self-titled second album debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart in 2008, earning Gavin his first Top 10 album. It spawned the hit singles "In Love With A Girl," which Billboard dubbed "a rocking homerun," and the gold-certified "We Belong Together." In 2009, Gavin released Free as a gift to his die-hard fans clamoring for recorded versions of Gavin's live favorites. DeGraw released his third studio album, Sweeter, in September 2011. The album's first single, "Not Over You," co-written with OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, reached #1 on the Hot AC charts, was a top 10 hit on Top 40, and was certified double platinum. DeGraw's acclaimed, fourth studio album, Make A Move, was released in October 2013 to rave reviews. Shortly thereafter he was nominated for his first Grammy for "We Both Know," a song he co-wrote with Colbie Calliat for the 2013 film "Safe Haven." FINEST HOUR: THE BEST OF GAVIN DEGRAW was released October 21st via RCA Records. The album features two new songs as well as his most renowned and notable hits to date, including "Not Over You," "We Belong Together," and "I Don't Wanna Be." The album features two new songs, including the current single "Fire," as well as his most renowned and notable hits to date, including "Not Over You," "We Belong Together," and "I Don't Wanna Be." For more information visit www.gavindegraw.com-facebook.com/gavindegraw - twitter: @gavindegraw.

Lady Antebellum recently released their fifth studio album, 747. The 11-song disc has already spawned the PLATINUM certified multi-week chart-topping smash hit "Bartender," and its new single "Freestyle" is quickly climbing the charts. The new album follows over 11 million albums sold worldwide, nine trips to No. one on the country radio charts, six Platinum singles, seven GRAMMY awards and "Vocal Group of the Year" honors from both the CMA and ACM's three years in a row. Lady A just wrapped their headlining TAKE ME DOWNTOWN TOUR, which hit 80 cities in Canada and the US over the course of the year and delighted both fans and critics with the Dallas Morning News declaring "Lady Antebellum shows off its warranted leap to superstardom." For more information and a full list of appearances visit: www.ladyantebellum.com.

"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015" is produced by dick clark productions with Ryan Seacrest, Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan serving as executive producers, and Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are co-executive producers. Larry Klein is producer.

The complete lineup Wednesday night, December 31 on ABC is:

8:00--11:00 p.m. - "Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015"

11:30--1:09 a.m. - "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015, Part 1"

1:10--2:13 a.m.- "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015, Part 2"

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