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The Band Perry’s “Pioneer” Goes To No. 1

Jeanna D. — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:38:42 +0000

The Band Perry topped the Billboard Country Chart this week with their sophomore album, Pioneer. With 129,000 units sold, the sibling trio also landed in second place on the Billboard 200 chart and were just shy of Justin Timberlake’s sales of The 20/20 Experience by 10,000 copies.

TBP were ecstatic and grateful to hear the big news as they took to Facebook & Twitter:

Wow!!! #Pioneer debuts at #1 Top Country Album AND #2 @Billboard 200!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!

The album’s lead single, “Better Dig Two,” hit number one earlier this year. On track for seemingly similar success is the current single, “Done,” which jumped from 20 to 7 on the Country Digital Sales chart.

If you have not already, make sure you buy your copy of Pioneer! We promise you will not be disappointed.

TBP will also be hitting the road this summer with Rascal Flatts and Cassadee Pope. That is a show you do not want to miss! Visit www.thebandperry.com for more info and tour dates.

Congratulations to The Band Perry! We are huge fans ourselves and are very excited for them.

Brad Paisley to Beat This Summer with Chris Young & Lee Brice

Nicole Piering — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:19:24 +0000

On the heels of the release of his new single “Beat this Summer,” Brad Paisley has announced the first leg of his 2013 Beat This Summer Tour presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®. The tour will hit 29 cities across the United States and Canada, starting on May 9 in St. Louis, Mo. Additionally, Brad will be joined on the road by Chris Young and Lee Brice.

“Teaming up with Brad Paisley for this tour is exciting for everyone at Cracker Barrel because he is one of the most highly-regarded modern-day entertainers, and his connection with country music fans, our brand, and our guests is such a phenomenal fit,” says Cracker Barrel Marketing Manager Julie Craig. “The tour integration itself is the largest we’ve ever launched as a brand, and we’re thrilled that the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusive music program is helping to bring this amazing tour experience to thousands of fans.”

Additionally, Brad Paisley is donating $1 from each ticket sale to Live Beyond. The nonprofit’s mission is to provide medical care, clean water, nutritional support and development activities to impoverished communities in Haiti. Go to www.livebeyond.org for more information or to donate.

The tour dates are as follows:

May 9 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 10 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
May 11 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
May 16 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
May 17 Boston, MA Comcast Center
May 18 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
May 31 Toronto, ONT Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 1 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
June 2 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 6 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
June 7 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 8 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
June 21 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre *
June 22 Tampa, FL Live Nation Amphitheatre *
June 23 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood *
June 28 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live
June 29 Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live
July 12 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 13 Ft. Loramie, OH Country Concert at Hickory Hills Lake
July 20 Twin Lakes, WI Country Thunder Festival Grounds
July 27 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 28 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 1 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
August 2 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
August 16 Mission, BC Rockin’ River Festival-Mission Raceway Park*
August 17 Brownsville, OR Williamette Country Music Festival *
August 22 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 23 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 24 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheatre

*Lee Brice is not on this date.

Live Nation is the national tour promoter. For more information log on to www.livenation.com or www.bradpaisley.com for on-sale and up to date information on Beat This Summer.

The Voice’s Cassadee Pope Joining Rascal Flatts & The Band Perry on Summer Tour

Jeanna D. — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:52:42 +0000

Winner of the third season of NBC’s The Voice and Team Blake member, Cassadee Pope, will be joining Rascal Flatts and The Band Perry on tour this summer!

Cassadee shared on Twitter:

@cassadeepope: Incredibly excited to announce I will be supporting the Rascal Flatts tour this summer. I’ll be playing right before The Band Perry. Yay!

More details will follow soon!

For tour dates, check out Rascal Flatts’ website: http://www.rascalflatts.com/events.

Florida Georgia Line “Cruise” Through Sold-out Headlining Shows

Nicole Piering — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:33:08 +0000

Riding high on the heels of “Cruise,” Republic Nashville’s Florida Georgia Line are selling out headlining shows across the country. In less than one day, the duo has sold out shows at Ram’s Head in Baltimore, MD; Myth in Minneapolis, MN; Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA; Grizzly Rose in Denver, CO; Washington State University in Pullman, WA and Granada Theatre in Lawrence, KS.

FGL’s Tyler Hubbard says, “We love bringing music and good times to our fans on the road. Knowing that they are just as excited about the shows as we are is very cool … we can’t wait to meet each and every one of you at our shows!”

Additionally, the pair’s multi-week #1 debut single “Cruise” has officially been certified double-platinum by the RIAA for selling over 2 million copies. No one is more thrilled than the band themselves. “We are completely blown away by all of the support from our fans and Country radio,” says FGL’s Brian Kelley. “We dreamed about selling one million songs back when we first started playing together and to have now sold two million is so surreal.”

In addition to headlining dates, FGL is opening for Luke Bryan‘s “Dirt Road Diaries Tour,” and previously toured with Jake Owen, who headlined “CMT On Tour”

For tour dates and more, visit FloridaGeorgiaLine.com.

Carrie Underwood to Blow Away the United Kingdom & Ireland in 2013

Nicole Piering — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:35:29 +0000

Carrie Underwood has been blowing away audiences across the Unites States on tour through out 2012, and will continue to tour the states in 2013. Underwood just announced that she’s out to blow away the rest of the world this spring, taking her tour to Ireland and the United Kingdom. The first overseas stop will be in Dublin on March 14th, followed by Belfast on March 15th, and then continue on to London, England to headline March 17th. The London show will be part of the first-ever “Country To Country” music festival being held at London’s O2 Arena. The “Blown Away” tour has also added 4 additional stops in Canada next year bringing the total of shows on the tour’s run to well over 100.

Remaining 2012 dates for “The Blown Away Tour”:

12-6 London, ON Canada Budweiser Gardens

12-8 Kanata, ON Canada Scotiabank Place

12-9 Toronto, ON Canada The Air Canada Centre

12-11 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center

12-12 Chicago, IL United Center

12-14 Des Moines, IA Iowa Events Center

12-15 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

12-18 Memphis, TN FedExForum

12-19 Duluth, GA Arena at Gwinnett Center

12-21 Orlando, FL Amway Center

12-22 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center

2013 dates for “The Blown Away Tour” **New International dates:

2-13 Colorado Springs,CO Colorado Springs World Arena

2-14 Broomfield, CO 1STBANK Center

2-17 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena

2-19 Billings, MT MetraPark

2-21 Spokane,WA Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena

2-22 Yakima, WA Yakima Sundome

2-25 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena

2-26 Stockton, CA Stockton Arena

3-2 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center

3-3 Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena

3-5 Fresno, CA SaveMart Center

3-8 Rio Rancho, NM Santa Ana Star Center

3-14 Dublin, IE ** Olympia Theater

3-15 Belfast, IE ** Belfast Waterfront Hotel

3-17 London, UK ** London O2 Arena- Country to Country Festival

3-21 Richmond,VA Richmond Coliseum

3-23 Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center

3-25 Hershey, PA Giant Center

3-26 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center

3-28 Hamilton, ON Canada Copps Coliseum

3-30 Kingston, ON Canada K-Rock Centre

4-2 St. John, NB Canada Harbour Station

4-9 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center

4-11 Youngstown, OH Covelli Centre

4-13 Lansing, MI Breslin Student Events Center

4-14 Ft.Wayne, IN Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

4-16 Greenville, SC BiLo Center

4-17 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena

4-19 Augusta, GA James Brown Arena

4-20 Jacksonville,FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

4-23 Houston, TX Toyota Center

4-25 San Antonio,TX Freeman Coliseum

4-27 Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center

4-29 Lafayette, LA Cajundome

5-2 Bloomington, IL U.S. Cellular Coliseum

5-3 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Bradley Center

5-5 Toledo, OH Huntington Center

5-8 Charleston, WV Charleston Civic Center

5-10 Rockford, IL BMO Harris Bank Center

5-12 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center

5-13 Sioux City, IA Tyson Events Center

5-15 Winnipeg, MB Canada MTS Centre

5-17 Moose Jaw, SK Canada ** Mosaic Place

5-18 Edmonton, AB Canada Rexall Place

5-20 Dawson Creek, BC Canada ** EnCana Events Center

5-21 Prince George, BC Canada ** CN Centre

5-23 Abbotsford, BC Canada ** Abottsford Entertainment & Sports Centre

Please visit www.carrieunderwood.fm for up to date information on “The Blown Away Tour.”

Carrie Underwood Extends Her Tour

Jennifer Swirsky — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:12:07 +0000

Carrie Underwood announced today that “The Blown Away Tour” will now extend into 2013 with forty additional tour dates. Originally, Carrie’s tour was set to end in Sunrise, Florida on December 22, 2012, but the tour will now resume in Colorado Springs, Colorado on February 13, 2013 and continue for thirty-nine more shows to follow. Hunter Hayes will also continue to tour with Carrie as her opening act. The donation of $1 from each ticket sold on the North American leg of “The Blown Away Tour” will continue in 2013 to support Red Cross disaster relief.

New 2013 dates for “The Blown Away Tour”:

2-13 Colorado Springs, CO — Colorado Springs World Arena
2-14 Broomfield, CO — 1STBANK Center
2-17 Boise, ID — Taco Bell Arena
2-19 Billings, MT — MetraPark
2-21 Spokane, WA — Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
2-22 Yakima, WA — Yakima Sundome
2-25 Oakland, CA — Oracle Arena
2-26 Stockton, CA — Stockton Arena
3-2 Las Vegas, NV — Mandalay Bay Events Center
3-3 Ontario, CA — Citizens Business Bank Arena
3-5 Fresno, CA — Save Mart Center
3-8 Rio Rancho, NM — Santa Ana Star Center
3-21 Richmond, VA — Richmond Coliseum
3-23 Roanoke, VA — Roanoke Civic Center
3-25 Hershey, PA — Giant Center
3-26 Buffalo, NY — First Niagara Center
3-28 Hamilton, ON — Copps Coliseum
3-30 Kingston, ON — K-Rock Centre
4-2 St. John, NB — Harbour Station
4-9 Portland, ME — Cumberland County Civic Center
4-11 Youngstown, OH– Covelli Centre
4-13 Lansing, MI — Breslin Student Events Center
4-14 Ft. Wayne, IN — Allen County Memorial Coliseum
4-16 Greenville, SC — BiLo Center
4-17 Columbia, SC — Colonial Life Arena
4-19 Augusta, GA — James Brown Arena
4-20 Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
4-23 Houston, TX — Toyota Center
4-25 San Antonio, TX — Freeman Coliseum
4-27 Cedar Park, TX — Cedar Park Center
4-29 Lafayette, LA — Cajundome
5-2 Bloomington, IL — U.S. Cellular Coliseum
5-3 Milwaukee, WI — BMO Harris Bradley Center
5-5 Toledo, OH — Huntington Center
5-8 Charleston, WV — Charleston Civic Center
5-10 Rockford, IL — BMO Harris Bank Center
5-12 Omaha, NE — CenturyLink Center
5-13 Sioux City, IA — Tyson Events Center
5-15 Winnipeg, MB — MTS Centre
5-18 Edmonton, AB — Rexall Place

Visit Carrie’s Official Site for more information about buying tickets to the next leg of “The Blown Away Tour”!

Bid George Strait Farewell…Literally

Jennifer Swirsky — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:24:50 +0000

The King of Country, George Strait, along with CID Entertainment, is running an auction for the majority of shows on his much anticipated “The Cowboy Rides Away Tour” to benefit The Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation. The winning bidders will receive a pair of front row seats and Meet & Greet passes to meet George. All proceeds benefit The Jenifer Strait Foundation.

The Jenifer Strait Memorial foundation was set up to honor the memory of Jenifer Strait, George’s daughter. The fund donates money to various children’s charities in the San Antonio and Houston areas, including The Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio and St. Jude’s Ranch.

“The Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation was formed to preserve the memory of our daughter,” Strait shared when speaking about the organization. “Even though she was just a child of thirteen years, her love for younger children was amazing. It is for this reason that we chose to help others who might be in need, in her honor.”

The Cowboy Rides Away Tour will offer fans one last opportunity to take in the King of Country live. This tour is sure to be filled with all of the hits from throughout his career, as well as new music from his latest album. Martina McBride is also set to join George for the 2013 dates.

The auction is currently underway and will be open until Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. ET.

Additionally, CID Entertainment is also offering two exclusive VIP packages at each stop on the tour. The packages include front row tickets, private pre-show, admission to a private exhibition of George’s memorabilia, and more. Purchasing information and additional information about the VIP packages and the auction can be found at www.cidentertainment.com/georgestrait.

VIDEO: Kelly Clarkson Covers The Dixie Chicks

Nicole Piering — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:59:45 +0000

The sometimes pop, sometimes country, but always fantastic Kelly Clarkson took the stage this weekend at the Ironstone Vineyards in Murphy’s California. Each night, she and her band learn a “fan request,” and the covers certainly show off her versatility, ranging from the Foo Fighters to Britney Spears to The Dixie Chicks. Check out Kelly’s fantastic cover of ”Wide Open Spaces” right here!

Miranda Lambert & Pistol Annies To Tour This Summer

Jeanna D. — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:08:26 +0000

Exciting news for Miranda Lambert and Pistol Annies‘ fans!

Lambert tells The Boot that she is planning to take the Annies on the road with her this summer:

“After my current On Fire tour with Jerrod Niemann and Chris Young, which is awesome, the Pistol Annies will come out with me this summer. We go out in May and we’ll be doing more amphitheatres and arenas through December. We’ll be working on a new record this fall … I’m so thankful for everything that’s happened to me solo, and now all I can think about is my girls and developing my band.”

Stay tuned for more info and tour dates.

This should be an awesome tour. We can’t wait!

Eden’s Edge: On The Couch With Reba

Jeanna D. — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:38:40 +0000

Eden’s Edge joined Reba McEntire, for her All The Woman I Am Tour last fall. After the show in Lafayette, LA, the trio sat down with Reba for an exclusive interview.

Reba shares her advice for surviving and gaining success in the music business as well as tips for keeping a healthy voice. She also discusses her personal life and how she has managed to juggle it all, and talks about some of her favorite aspects of the job and being a performer.

It is a really great interview, check it out: