Now the Academy has announced that tickets for that event - the 50th anniversary ACM Awards - is already sold out. And it wasn't just your run-of-the-mill sellout: some 70,000 tickets flew out the door in 18 minutes.

Tickets sold included the ACM Awards ceremony itself, which is to be held April 19, 2015 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, also also the ACM Party for a Cause, which is scheduled for the two previous nights (April 17-18) at Globe Life Park, which is also in Arlington. Globe Life Park is home to the Texas Rangers, while AT&T Stadium is home to the Dallas Cowboys.