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Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts & Dean Brody Added to Boots & Hearts
Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry, and Canadian crooner Dean Brody have all been announced as additions to the second ever Boots & Hearts Music Festival in Ontario, Canada. Canada’s biggest country music festival will take place August 2nd to the 4th, 2013 at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. Tickets are already on-sale for the festival, with three-day passes currently going for $199 at bootsandhearts.com. Early bird tickets had already sold-out after the announcement of Jason Aldean as a headlining act at next year’s festival.
The choices of Miranda, The Band Perry and Rascal Flatts were among the top ten most requested acts by fans of the festival. Festival organizers listened to the fans and added the superstars to an already huge line-up. It’s currently the only announced date so far for Miranda Lambert, who will be hitting the road in January with Dierks Bentley on their co-headlining Locked & Reloaded tour across the United States.
Boots & Hearts will be making an announcement of more than 25 acts as we get closer to the event. Who else do you want to see added to the line-up?
Jason Aldean Announces 1st Leg of Night Train Tour
Great news for country music fans who couldn’t get tickets to Jason Aldean‘s sold-out shows at Fenway this year – he announced the first leg of his 2013 “Night Train Tour”! The tour will feature special guests Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett and will sure to be one of the don’t miss tours next year. The tour kicks off in Bossier City, LA on February 21st and wraps up the 23-city tour in May.
It’s been a big year for Jason, who can’t wait for his new headlining tour. He shares:
“The thing I’m most excited about for next year is getting to add some new songs off the ‘Night Train’ album into my show. As a musician, it’s great to be able to shake up the set list and think of cool ways to present these new songs in the live show. We’re already working on some cool production ideas, and we’re going to come back from the holidays ready to go. I’m a big fan of both Jake and Thomas Rhett, so it’ll be awesome to have those guys out with us.”
Jason solidified his stadium headliner status when the first announced stadium dates of the 2013 Night Train Toursold out in just minutes at the on sale over the past three weeks. In 2013 Aldean will play to sold out crowds at the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium in Athens, GA (4/13), with a two-night stand at Boston’s Fenway Park (7/12 and 7/13) before heading to Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Check out the list of cities he’ll hit below and let us know which stop you’re excited for:
Calling All Kelly Clarkson Country Critics!
If you are a frequent visitor of this website, you know that the staff here recognizes, appreciates, and, well, flat out loves us some Kelly Clarkson. We have always embraced her as a country music stepchild and, now, country music itself has made it more official and has clearly adopted her into their family. However, it seems that some country music fans out there are struggling with the genre’s “newcomer.” We would love to say we understand the conundrum, but we don’t. Maybe it is because we know Kelly’s relationship with country music isn’t nearly as new as people may believe. In fact, to us, it was only a matter of time before pop-rock, man bashing Kelly turned the corner and embraced her musical roots. So, for all of you nay-sayers out there, we have compiled a Top 10 list to show you just why Kelly Clarkson going country makes perfect sense.
Our Top 10 Favorite CMA Awards Moments
1. All things Miranda and Blake! We just cannot choose between Miranda and Blake’s heartfelt, emotional acceptance speech after winning “Single of the Year” for “Over You,” Miranda’s fiery performance, Miranda’s classy acceptance speech for “Female Vocalist of the Year,” Blake’s confusion during his speech for “Male Vocalist of the Year,” and Blake’s acceptance for “Entertainer of the Year.” The Shelton household has a lot of redecorating to do because they are bringing home many new trophies after last night’s show!
2. Mmmmmotorboatin’…Brad Paisley teaching the pure and innocent people of the world just what Little Big Town is doing out there in the ocean…We would like to thank Brad for the entertainment and sex education we received at an hour that was far too early for such content on basic television!
Jason Aldean to Headline 2013 Boots & Hearts
Big news for country music fans in Ontario today! Boots & Hearts Music Festival will return for the second year and with a big fan-voted name – Jason Aldean! After fans had been asking for him through the festival’s Facebook fan page, they announced this morning that he’ll headline the 2013 edition of the music festival. Early bird tickets will already go on-sale on November 9th, and since his “My Kinda Party Tour” sold out every date this year, it’s probably a good idea to get some tickets while they last. This is his only Ontario tour date next year, and to get tickets log-on at 9 am EST on November 9th at bootsandhearts.com with a special rate of $169.99 until November 26th for a three day general admission ticket.
“It’s hard to articulate how ecstatic we are to know that Jason Aldean will be headlining Boots & Hearts this year,” said Shannon McNevan, Managing Director, Partner, Republic Live 2013 Inc. “The exit surveys we conducted last year had him as the fan’s top choice by a landslide for this year’s headliner. We went after him hard, and thankfully his team loved the site, and believed that we would be a good fit. After seeing that he sold out Fenway Park a couple weeks ago in seven minutes, and breaking the records with his first single off Night Train we feel honored that he chose us as his only Ontario date for 2013. Looks like our fans were clearly right…Aldean’s the new king of the road.”
“NIGHT TRAIN” (Broken Bow), was the third-highest debut in all genres of music this year and the second highest in country since 2010. The total more than doubles the first week of sales of Jason’s previous album, the Triple Platinum “My Kinda Party”. The next stops for Night Train include a live performance later tonight at the Country Music Association Awards where he is nominated “Entertainer of the Year”, “Male Vocalist of the Year” and “Single of the Year.”
Who else do you want to see added to Boots & Hearts next year? Are you going to get your tickets already?
Our Keepin’ It Country CMA Predictions
With the CMA’s coming up on Thursday night, country fans everywhere are buzzing with anticipation over who will claim the biggest awards. Will Taylor repeat as Entertainer of the Year or could someone else finally upset her shocked face? Could Kelly Clarkson score a major upset for female vocalist? Is there really any other choice besides “Red Solo Cup” for music video of the year?!
Even OUR staff couldn’t agree, so read on and let us know who you think will score big on Thursday night!
Jason Aldean Announces 2nd Show at Fenway Park
It took only seven minutes for Jason Aldean‘s July 13th show at Boston’s Fenway Park to sell out. He is the first country act to headline the famous Green Monster, and due to the fast sellout time, the Night Train Tour will add another show for Friday, July 12th. Aldean will be joined by special guests Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.
If you were locked out of the sale today or just want to catch Aldean’s magic two nights in a row, presale tickets are available to Aldean’s fan club on Tuesday Oct. 30, Red Sox season ticket holders on Wed., Oct. 31 and through WKLB on Thurs., Nov. 1. The general sale is Fri., Nov. 2 at 10am ET and can be purchased at the Orpheum Theater box office, LiveNation.com or by calling 1-800-514-3849. Tickets will not be available at the Red Sox ticket office.
Jason Aldean Sells Out Fenway in 7 Minutes
CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee Jason Aldean’s recently announced 2013 “NIGHT TRAIN TOUR” stop at Boston’s historic Fenway Park sold out in just seven minutes this morning. Aldean is the first county artist to headline Fenway, and the July 13, 2013 show will also feature special guests Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.
It’s a pretty big deal to Jason, who is an avid baseball fan. He shares:
“When we started talking about playing stadiums, my only request was to play venues that were special and really meant something to me. “At 100 years old, Fenway Park is one of the most iconic baseball stadium in the country and there is absolutely nothing in the world that could be more special than selling that place out…as an entertainer and as a huge baseball fan. This has been the most unbelievable week…all I can say is THANK YOU.”
Aldean announced the date last Thursday when he jetted across the country and made surprise appearances at Fenway, Chicago’s Wrigley Field and the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium to announce that his 2013 NIGHT TRAIN TOUR would stop at each of the three stadiums. Fresh off a record-breaking debut of his new album NIGHT TRAIN which sold 409,303 copies its first week, the next stops on the NIGHT TRAIN include Aldean’s annual “Concert For the Cure” to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Oct. 27 and the 2012 Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 1, where he is nominated for “Entertainer of the Year,” “Male Vocalist of the Year” and “Single of the Year.”
Jason Aldean, Lady A & Luke Bryan Added To ACAs
Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley and Little Big Town have just been announced as performers for this year’s American Country Awards on FOX. The award show will air live from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on December 10th at 8 pm EST. Other stars announced to appear as presenters are Dustin Lynch, Lauren Alaina, Casey James, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Brice, Jana Kramer, Scotty McCreery, and Chris Young.
The two-hour live music spectacular offers country music fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite artists not only in traditional categories, but also in a previously unrecognized area – touring – encompassing the entire spectrum of country music.
Voting for all categories remains open until Monday, Nov. 12 at www.theacas.com. Voting for Artist of the Year continues until Friday, Dec. 7. Who are you voting for?
People’s Choice Awards Begin Open Nominations
The People’s Choice Awards have kicked off their open nominations phase on Tuesday, asking fans on who should make the final ballot for the fan-voted award show. In the country category artists nominated include the Zac Brown Band, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, Jason Aldean, and Dierks Bentley with the option to write-in your favorite artist that didn’t make the list. Voting is open now at peopleschoice.com/pca.
The award show will air live from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, January 9th at 9 pm EST on CBS. Who are you voting for?
