Country music icons Loretta Lynn and Martina McBride will join together for a special performance at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, Septmeber 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets ($45, $55 and $75) go on sale Friday, July 10 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.
One of the all-time legends of American country music,
Loretta Lynn has received numerous awards in country and American music, including induction into the Country Music
Hall Of Fame in 1988 and the Song Writers
Hall Of Fame in 2008. She was honored in 2010 at the
Country Music Awards. Lynn has been a member of
The Grand Ole Opry for 51 years since joining on
September 25, 1962. Her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry was on October 15, 1960. Lynn has recorded 60 albums and has sold over 48 million albums worldwide in her career.
"To make it in this business, you either have to be first, great or different," says living legend Loretta Lynn. "And I was the first to ever go into Nashville, singin' it like the women lived it." In addition to being "first," she was also "great" and "different." Loretta's instantly recognizable delivery is one of the greatest country-music voices in history. As for "different," no songwriter has a more distinctive body of work. In lyrics such as "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'" and "Your Squaw Is on the War Path," she refused to be any man's doormat. She challenged female rivals in "You Ain't Woman Enough" and "Fist City." She showed tremendous blue-collar pride in "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "You're Lookin' at Country."
Multi-million selling vocalist,
Martina McBride has had 20 top-10 hits and six No. 1 smashes. As a result,
Martina McBride is ranked as the most played woman vocalist on country radio between 1999 and 2010, She was honored with induction into the cast of
The Grand Ole Opry in 1995.
Martina McBride has been awarded 14 Gold Records, nine Platinum honors, three Double Platinum Records and two Triple Platinum awards and been recognized for selling over 18 million units. The Country Music Association has named her its Female Vocalist of the Year four times. The Academy of Country Music has presented her with its Top Female honor three times. The Recording Academy has nominated her for 14 Grammy Awards. She first made the country charts in 1992. Her hit records since then have included such enduring classics as "Wild Angels," "Safe in the Arms of Love," "Wrong Again," "Blessed," "My Baby Loves Me," "Life #9," "Love's the Only House," "Whatever You Say," "Where Would You Be," "In My Daughter's Eyes," "When God Fearin' Women Get the Blues" and "A Broken Wing."
