Country superstar Tim McGraw hosted an exclusive party in downtown Nashville on the eve of the CMA Awards where he treated a few hundred lucky guests to a performance featuring songs from his upcoming album, TWO LANES OF FREEDOM, out on Feb. 5, 2013.  The night included a performance by the Mavericks and a surprise appearance by R&B star Ne-Yo.  A lyric video for his newly released single “One Of Those Nights” shows highlights and a behind-the-scenes look at the special event with some of McGraw’s industry friends.

“Special…it was just an unbelievably special night,” said McGraw.  “I thought the video was a cool way to capture it and share it with all our friends who came out to celebrate with us.  There’s definitely a new energy and a feeling of freedom with this record, and I think everyone there felt that in our performance that night.  It was just a blast for me and the guys to finally be able to perform the new songs and to give Nashville a preview of what’s to come.”

That night, Nielsen-BDS certified McGraw as the most-played Country artist of the past 20 years (1992-2012) with more than 10 million spins detected and Mediabase recognized him as the most-played Country artist in the history of their tracking service.

Check out the lyric video for “One Of Those Nights”: