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Chris Carmack from ABC’s ‘Nashville’ joins Concert for Love and Acceptance lineup
NASHVILLE – Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning artist Ty Herndon and GLAAD today announced the addition of Chris Carmack, star of the hit ABC television series "Nashville," to the lineup of the inaugural Concert for Love and Acceptance. The event, presented by GLAAD and Herndon, will feature artists and celebrities in a coalition of support for LGBT acceptance and will take place at City Winery (609 Lafayette St.) in Nashville, Tenn. on June 12, 2015.
“I have been extremely encouraged and uplifted by support from the Nashville society for this event to encourage affection and acceptance for all people,"said Herndon. “We are thrilled to announce the addition of Chris to our lineup. He has won over millions of fans with his performance as 'Will' on ABC's 'Nashville.'"
On ABC’s Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, People’s Choice and Critics’ Choice Television Award-nominated series "Nashville," Carmack plays the openly gay country melody star Will Lexington. Carmack's chara
Meet Chris Carmack
Accomplished actor, singer-songwriter and musician Chris Carmack, star of ABC’s hit series “Nashville,” just released his debut song “Being Alone,” available now on iTunes. The passion-driven track will be featured on his forthcoming EP, PIECES OF YOU, written solely by Carmack and produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Ben Fowler (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Phoenix Mendoza. Gearing up for the fourth season of “Nashville,” he has been featured on THE MUSIC OF NASHVILLE soundtracks in addition to performing on the 2014 and 2015 “Nashville” concert tours. On ABC’s Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, People’s Choice, Teen Choice and Critics’ Choice Television Award-nominated series “Nashville,” Carmack plays the charming yet afflicted openly-gay country tune heartthrob “Will Lexington.”
[Carmack] is a wicked good guitar player
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It was a big moment when country star Will Lexington came out as gay in the season 3 finale of ABC's hit show "Nashville," and the actor behind the role, Chris Carmack, told HuffPost Live on Monday that he wanted to do it justice.
Carmack, who recently performed at GLAAD's "Concert For Love And Acceptance" during the CMA Festival, told host Marc Lamont Hill that he always assumed his "Nashville" character was gay.
"Each age I'd get the episode, [I'd think], 'Is this the one? Is this the one?'" Carmack said of waiting for Will to come out.
The performer described the added pressure that came with rendering such a turning show in the episode.
"This is a part and this is a script that when I get it, I think to myself, 'I want to become this right,'" he said. "So I wasn't nervous because I didn't ponder I could do the job, I just wanted to do it right. Fortunately, I had Callie Khouri directing that episode, she's the creator of the series, and she really helped me discover a nuanced performance."
Carmack said it's important to mirror in popular culture what's on America's mind, which, for now, is equality for the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender people.
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Chris Carmack: Return of ‘Nashville’ Is ‘Even Sweeter’ After Little Cancellation
Chris Carmack will return to Season 5 of Nashville as Will Lexington, the openly queer country singer who has faced personal and professional challenges while both trying to find a place for himself in country music and struggling to approve his sexuality. The player admits that he is especially grateful that the TV show was picked up by CMT, after ABC canceled the series, so that he could continue to scout more of his character's challenges.
"[Lexington]'s grown tremendously, of course, on the show," Carmack tells The Boot. "He came into the Nashville scene as a guy who was very passionate and had a hope to be a country singer, but he had not spent very much time becoming who he needed to become as a person: He was shoving things down; he was not even keeping secrets as much as in total denial to himself."
The first few seasons of Nashville found Lexington suppressing his sexuality, creating a personality as what Carmack calls a "lady-slaying, party cowboy," always hoping that he would find a way to quiet what he co