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Brad Paisley to join Rolling Stones in Philadelphia
Country music superstar, and one of the top guitarists in music today, Brad Paisley, will join the Rolling Stones at their Tuesday, June 18th headlining date in Philadelphia. He isn’t the first country artist to appear with the rock legends on their current tour: Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow and Carrie Underwood have all performed live at different concerts.
Tickets are still available for the June 18th show featuring Brad through the Wells Fargo Center website.
Carrie Underwood Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary as Grand Ole Opry Member
Carrie Underwood celebrated a career milestone last night with her five-year anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The Opry honored Underwood last night with a video presentation highlighting her incredible five-year run.
Underwood said, “It’s so hard to believe it’s been five years, but what an amazing five years it has been. Just watching that video, I was getting a little teary-eyed, thinking about how I felt when all of that was happening. And I still feel that blessed and that honored to be on this stage.”
As a token of the event, the Grammy Winner was presented with a commemorative print by Opry Vice President and General Manager Pete Fisher. He said, “You have far surpassed the high expectations we had when we brought you into the family, and we know it is going to continue into the future. You are not only so good for country music, you are so good for the Grand Ole Opry, and you are so good for America. We appreciate all that you do.”
Underwood will return to the Opry stage on July 5 & 6, 2013.
Photos by Joel Dennis.
Auction #3: Nashville Predators Tickets from Mike Fisher
Our third auction we have for country music fans is actually pretty cool. Mike Fisher has graciously donated TWO (2) tickets to a Nashville Predators game next season (13-14) in support of our efforts to fundraise for the United Way of Central Oklahoma’s May Tornado Relief Fund. The winning bidder will be able to catch a live Predators game and cheer on Carrie Underwood‘s star husband in-person at Bridgestone Arena! With the NHL schedule for next season not yet out, the date will be figured out between the winning bidder, Keepin’ it Country, and Mike on its release.
All proceeds from our online auctions will go directly to those in most need following the disaster. The United Way will use all our donations for helping victims and NOT for administrative fees.
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Carrie Underwood to Debut “See You Again” Video
With three consecutive hits from her platinum-certified Blown Away album, Carrie Underwood is hoping to make a hit out of her latest single, “See You Again.” She plans to do just that with the release of the music video on Wednesday, June 5th.
Fans can get a sneak peek of the video on Good Morning America Wednesday morning. Subsequently, the entire video will air on later that day on ABCNews.com.
The release of the video marks a big week for the artist. Carrie will be in Nashville for several events surrounding the CMA Music Festival, including the opening of the Carrie Underwood: The Blown Away Tour exhibition, which will begin June 5th at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. As well, she will celebrate her fifth anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on June 7th. Finally, Carrie will perform on June 9th on the CMA Music Festival’s LP Field main stage.
Carrie Underwood To Release Concert DVD On August 13
Can’t get enough Carrie Underwood in your life? Well, now you can have her in your living room!
On August 13, Carrie will release her first concert DVD, The Blown Away Tour: LIVE. In addition to concert footage of over 20 songs filmed in Ontario, Canada, the DVD will include behind-the-scenes clips, interview footage, music videos and more.
The DVD will feature more than 20 songs, including performances of Carrie’s #1 singles, including “Before He Cheats,” “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” “Two Black Cadillacs,” and the album title track that inspired her tour name, “Blown Away.” There will also be bonus contest, including a look into the making of the tour, interviews with Carrie and tour director, Raj Kapor, and much more.
The Blown Away Tour: LIVE is available for pre-order at http://smarturl.it/
Follow Carrie on Twitter @carrieunderwood
Carrie Underwood Plays to One Million Fans
Six-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood wrapped her international “Blown Away Tour” last week having performed 112 shows in 110 cities before one million fans across three continents and six countries since its launch last spring. Carrie’s headline arena tour played throughout the United States as well as Canada, Ireland, England, Northern Ireland and Australia, boasting mostly sell-outs in 2012 and all sell-outs during the 2013 leg.
Interesting by the numbers details on Carrie’s “Blown Away Tour” include bringing 9 buses and 16 trucks with 89 tour personnel to each city, including support acts, who traveled over 605,000 total miles through the life of the tour. Her state-of-the-art stage production included 575,424 individual LED lights in 3,000 square feet of video walls,23,063 feet of lighting cable (which is 4.36 miles!) with 172 different colors used in the show’s lighting. Carrie and her band flew 150 feet above the audience at every show at a speed of .3 feet per second on a B-stage that weighed 5,890 pounds. To create the “Blown Away” tornado at each concert, 450 CO2 tanks and 222 Nitrogen tanks were used. Over 2,600 pounds of confetti were diffused into the air and 408 beach balls were blown up to toss to the fans. Backstage, tour personnel consumed 22,636 bottles of vitaminwater® and smartwater®.
Carrie’s two previous headline tours, 2008’s “Carnival Ride Tour” and 2010’s “Play On Tour,” performed for a combined total of nearly 250 shows with 2.2 million fans in attendance. She wrapped 2008, 2010, and 2012 as the top female country touring artist.
Carrie Underwood Photo © Steve Jennings
Charitable contributions from tour proceeds were made to the American Red Cross and Canadian Red Cross, as well as local charities in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Des Moines, Iowa.
The North American dates were presented and hydrated by vitaminwater®.
VIDEO: Carrie Underwood Performs With The Rolling Stones
As we previously posted (HERE), Carrie Underwood was a special surprise guest at The Rolling Stones’ concert in Toronto last night! Carrie rocked the stage with Mick Jagger and the Stones for the classic, “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It).”
Last night, we were waiting for video of the performance and it has surfaced! Check out the awesome collab:
Country songs for Memorial Day
Country artists may just be the most patriotic out of any genre of music. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that if we were to put together a list of every country song that pays tribute to the military, that we’d have a never ending playlist. With tomorrow being Memorial Day in the United States, we wanted to put together a list of country songs that can help fans remember what this holiday is all about. From artists that perform for USO troops serving overseas, to artists who have hit singles with a remembrance theme, we put together our list for a 2013 memorial day playlist. Our picks aren’t in order.
Check out our picks below and let us know what songs you’ll be listening to for the rest of the weekend.
AMERICAN SOLDIER – TOBY KEITH
Originally released in November 2003 as a single from his album “Shock’n Y’all.” The song was a co-write by Toby with Chuck Cannon and became a number one hit on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Songs Chart for four weeks. It was inspired by the times Toby had met USO troops serving overseas, and he wanted to find a way to show his support for them and their families. The video was directed by Michael Salomon and filmed at an actual US Air Force Base in Edwards, California with off-duty soldiers, reservists and their families.
Carrie Underwood Joins The Rolling Stones on Stage
The legendary Rolling Stones’ 50 & Counting Tour stopped in Toronto, Canada tonight and they were joined by a very special Nashville guest… Ms. Carrie Underwood!
Carrie took the stage at Air Canada Centre to sing the classic “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)” with Mick Jagger.
Naturally, Carrie was beyond excited to perform with the Stones. Here is some of her little Twitter spree:
I just sang with the
@RollingStones! Holy cow! I walked off stage and said, “What just happened?!” Still can’t believe it! :)
@RollingStones@officialKeef@MickJagger@ronniewood & Charlie Watts: THANK YOU for having me on stage w/you tonight! You made my life! xoxo8 years ago today, I won
@AmericanIdol and tonight, I sang with the@RollingStones! Wow, so much has happened!#Thankful
What an awesome night for Carrie! If and when video surfaces, we will be sure to post it!
Carrie Underwood donates $1 million to Red Cross
Oklahoman superstar Carrie Underwood isn’t forgetting where she came from. She just donated $1 million to the Red Cross for disaster relief efforts in her home state after a deadly tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma. The donation came from her tour proceeds on her “Blown Away World Tour“ starting back in 2012.
Carrie immediately tried to think of a way to help the victims of the tornado. She said:
“I have watched the devastation in my home state of Oklahoma over the past several days with great sadness. With the help of my fans who attended my concerts over the past year, we can offer the Red Cross a little extra help in comforting those affected by the recent tornados.”
Carrie’s home state of Oklahoma has recently experienced devastating tornados. This contribution to disaster relief will help people affected by disasters like tornados, floods and other crises around the country, including Oklahoma.
