Blake Shelton Performs His Album Startin' Fires 6/14 During Matrix:Midland Fest

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Multi-platinum country music artist Blake Shelton turns up the heat while performing songs from his new album Startin' Fires when MATRIX:MIDLAND Festival presents Blake Shelton Live in Concert on Sunday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 W. St. Andrews Rd., Midland, MI. Shelton tackles songs about country life and attitudes with joyful assurance in emotion-laden ballads like "Home," "Austin," "She Wouldn't Be Gone" and "The Baby" and light-hearted party anthems like "Some Beach" and "The More I Drink." Tickets cost $37 and $47 and are available online at www.mcfta.org or by calling 800-523-7649. Meet friends and unwind at the Garden Pub & Patio before the show, where beer, wine and soft drinks will be available for purchase, beginning at 6 p.m.

With the release of Startin' Fires, his fifth and latest CD, Blake advances into the forefront as one of the country's premiere vocalists and one of its true personalities. The success of his 2008 chart-topping single "Home" provided a huge career step forward, establishing Blake as one of country music's most talented and versatile song stylists. "I think this album is probably more autobiographical than anything I've ever done," he says. That autobiographical tone kicks off the album in his rollicking tribute to the country life, "Green." "That's what I do," he says of the song's rural images. "I sit with my guitar, plant corn and watch the deer and hawks. When I left the house this morning, there was camouflage hanging on the clothesline - as redneck as it gets. And it's funny, the lifestyle I've lived for years and years has become the new green movement. It's my favorite song on the album because I can sing it with a big smile on my face, confident that people are getting a hundred percent who I am as a person." Visit Blake Shelton's website at www.blakeshelton.com

Come early and enjoy beer, wine and soft drinks at the Garden Pub and Patio at MCFTA. From 6:00 p.m. to show time.

The 2009 MATRIX:MIDLAND Festival is sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company, Dow Corning Corporation, MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland, William Blair & Company, Tri-Star Trust Bank and MATRIX:MIDLAND Lecture Series Support Fund. MATRIX:MIDLAND presents professional, world-class entertainment to the mid-Michigan region. Now in its 31st season, Matrix hosts an extraordinary schedule of cutting-edge entertainment including cinema, music, comedy, family programs, world-renowned authors and more.

Midland Center for the Arts, Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation formed under the laws of the State of Michigan incorporating six groups: Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art, MATRIX:MIDLAND, Midland County Historical Society, Midland Symphony Orchestra, Music Society and Theatre Guild. Activities at Midland Center for the Arts are supported in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. For the latest Center news, visit our web site at www.mcfta.org.

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