Scotty McCreery Heads to Warner Theatre

The Warner Theatre will welcome Scotty McCreery to the Main Stage on Thursday, March 15 at 8 pm.After a five year wait and a multitude of life changes, the country music star will release his new album Seasons Change onMarch 16 which includes his smash hit song "Five More Minutes."

After winning Season Ten of American Idol in 2011, McCreery made history when he became the youngest male artist of any genre, and the first country music artist ever, to have his debut album enter at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. The singles "I Love You This Big" and "The Trouble with Girls" were certified Platinum. All of his albums, including Christmas with Scotty have debuted at No. 1 on a Billboard Chart. He achieved two Top Ten hits with "Feelin' It" and "See You Tonight" off of his second album.

With his third album, the young star takes a huge creative step forward. He co-wrote all 11 songs onSeasons Change, working with some of the finest songwriters in Nashville to express a wide range of emotions and musical styles. "I've lived a lot of life since my last record," says McCreery. "I moved out on my own, I travelled across the country and the world, I got engaged, I was dropped by my label, I was even robbed at gunpoint. So I really wanted this album to show who Scotty is at 24, what's going on in my life, and I think we accomplished that."

The first song he worked on after his lengthy fight with his old label was resolved was "Seasons Change," writing with James McNair and Tommy Cecil. McCreery says, "I decided that very day that it was going to be on the record." Another thrill came when McCreery got to write the beach-music-inspired "Barefootin'" with David Lee Murphy. The greatest breakthrough, however, may have come in February 2015, when he wrote "Five More Minutes" with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell. "I knew it was a special song," he says. "I tweeted that day that we just wrote my favorite song I'd ever written." On its first day of release, with no record company behind it, "Five More Minutes" was ranked No. 2 on the iTunes country singles chart and No. 9 on the iTunes all-genre singles chart.

Of course, there's one other big story that underlies Seasons Change. In September 2017, McCreery proposed to longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal in the mountains of North Carolina. "She's a huge part of this record, the inspiration for all the love songs," he says. The song "This Is It" even spells out a play-by-play blueprint for popping the question. Now, with a wedding on the way, a hit on the charts, and a new lease on his musical life, everything looks great in McCreery's world. Things get sunnier. Seasons change.

To purchase tickets, call the Warner Box Office at 860-489-7180 or visit warnertheatre.org.

About the Warner Theatre

Built by Warner Brothers Studios and opened in 1931 as a movie palace (1,772 seats), the Warner Theatre was described then as "Connecticut's Most Beautiful Theatre." Damaged extensively in a flood, the Warner was slated for demolition in the early 1980s until the non-profit Northwest Connecticut Association for the Arts (NCAA) was founded and purchased the theatre. The Warner reopened as a performing arts center in 1983, and restoration of the main lobbies and auditorium was completed in November 2002. In 2008, the new 50,000 square foot Carole and Ray Neag Performing Arts Center, which houses a 300 seat Studio Theatre, 200 seat restaurant and expansive school for the arts, was completed. Today, the Warner is in operation year-round with more than 160 performances and 100,000 patrons passing through its doors each season. Over 10,000 students, pre K-adult, participate in arts education programs and classes. Together, with the support of the community, the Warner has raised close to $17 million to revitalize its facilities. NCAA's mission is to preserve the Warner Theatre as an historic landmark, enhance its reputation as a center of artistic excellence and a focal point of community involvement, and satisfy the diverse cultural needs of the region. To learn more about the Warner Theatre, visit our website: www.warnertheatre.org