Trace To Perform With West Point Glee Club at ACM Awards

Sunday, April 5th is a big night for Trace fans. Not only is he nominated for two Academy of Country Music awards, Single and Song of the Year for “Your Gonna Miss This”, he will perform “Til the Last Shot’s Fired” backed up by the West Point Glee Club. The show airs on CBS at 8:00 p.m. This will be Trace’s first time singing the song with the West Point Glee Club on the same stage. When the song was cut for his X Album, Trace’s schedule kept him from being in the studio on the day the West Point singers recorded their track for the song.

“I just really hope the emotion doesn’t overwhelm me. I hope I can be a professional and get through this thing.” Trace told CMT. And in describing the tune off his latest album, X, he says the song begs the question, “What if soldiers that are killed in combat are in this, sort of, limbo and can’t rest until there’s peace, until the last shot is fired.” Damn. I’m practically crying already.

Trace’s performance is in support of the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), which is the charity selected by the ACM's charitable fund. Profits from digital downloads of the song on iTunes will benefit the WWP.

"It's a privilege to perform this song with such a distinguished choir for the great servicemen and women in whose honor it was written," said Adkins.
"We should always let our military know how much we appreciate them putting their lives on the line for us every day. The WWP provides an incredible service to those wounded in combat, so it's an honor to donate proceeds of the performance downloads to support this important and worthy charity."