Summerfest adds Carrie Underwood to list of headliners

By: Andrew Levinson

Posted: May 21, 2015 1:18 PM CDT

Former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood is coming to Summerfest. The Summerfest website announced today Underwood would headline the Marcus Amphitheater on Thursday, July 2.

Just this week, Country Music Television announced nominations for their 2015 CMT Music Awards. Underwood picked up two nominations for video of the year with the Grammy-winning \"Something in the Water\" and \"Somethin' Bad,\" her duet with Miranda Lambert. Underwood also scored two nominations for female video of the year with \"Something in the Water\" and \"Little Toy Guns.\"

The Oklahoma native won the fourth season of American Idol in 2005 and went on to sell 65 million records worldwide while picking up seven Grammy Awards.

Tickets for Carrie Underwood's show on Thursday, July 2 go on sale Friday, May 29 at 10:00 am CDT and include Summerfest admission.