The Country Music Association will honor Conway Entertainment Group/Ontourage Management founder/owner Tony Conway with its 2019 CMA Touring Lifetime Achievement Award. Conway received the news during last week's CMA Board of Directors meeting in Nashville, where he received a standing ovation from Board members and CMA staff.
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Due to phenomenal demand, A Thousand Horses have upgraded the venue for their very special UK show next week on November 19th, moving from the intimate room at 229 Venue, to the much bigger main room. Tickets are on sale and available here.
11-time No. 1 hit rising superstar Cole Swindell will bring his headlining Down To Earth Tour March 25, 2020 to Sioux Falls, SD. Joining Swindell on his Down To Earth Tour are special guests HARDY and Trea Landon. Tickets will go on sale to the public Friday, November 15.
11-time No. 1 hit rising superstar Cole Swindell will launch his headlining Down To Earth Tour on March 5, 2020 in Toledo, OH. Joining Swindell on his Down To Earth Tour are special guests HARDY and Trea Landon.
The Country Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2019 CMA Touring Awards, which highlight vital behind-the-scenes members of the touring industry. Final voting for the 2019 CMA Touring Awards opens Thursday, Nov. 7 and closes Wednesday, Nov. 20. This year's Touring Awards will take place Tuesday, Jan. 21 at Nashville's Marathon Music Works.
Acclaimed country rock band A Thousand Horses have unveiled plans to perform a very special UK show on November 19th at 229 Venue 2, London. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday 25th) and will be available here.
ALABAMA, the most successful band in the history of country music, has been formally inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Last night, October 22, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen were made official members during a commemorative Medallion Ceremony held at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Award Winning Country Artist, Dani-Elle Kleha, announces her new partnership with the Ronald McDonald House of Scranton as she kicks off the new season of her Positive Youth Tour in Pennsylvania with a performance at West Scranton High School in Scranton, PA on October 15 in celebration with “Ronald McDonald House Day.” Support the mission of the Ronald McDonald House with hashtag #ShowYourStripes on social media.
Sara Collins releases a surprise new single & music video Ghost, for her fans available on all streaming and download platforms. Sara's new released single, Ghost was produced by Larry Beaird of Beaird Music Group.
The Country Music Association's acclaimed CMA Songwriters Series Presented by U.S. Bank has announced a performance in Albuquerque at KiMo Theatre Tuesday, Oct. 15 featuring Lauren Alaina, Erin Enderlin, Sierra Hull and Luke Laird. The series hosts an intimate round of performances with some of Country Music's top songwriters taking turns sharing the stories behind their hit songs and performing them as originally written. Tickets for the performance are $15 and go on sale Friday, Sept. 20 at 11:00 AM/CT (10:00 AM/MT) through the KiMo Theatre website and CMA Songwriters Series website. $1 of each ticket sold will benefit the CMA Foundation, CMA's philanthropic arm, which is committed to investing in high quality music education programs for all students in the United States.
Reigning ACM “Artist of the Decade” Jason Aldean announced details today for his 2020 WE BACK TOUR launching Jan. 30 in Columbia, SC. Named after the new lead single from his upcoming ninth studio album, 9 (Macon Music/Broken Bow Records), which will be released Nov. 22, the 20-city trek will span across the US through March. For the first leg of the tour, the multi-Platinum entertainer has tapped direct support Morgan Wallen, Riley Green and Dee Jay Silver. Live Nation is the national tour promoter and Citi is the official presale credit card of the 2020 WE BACK TOUR and as such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets on Tuesday (9/17 at 12:00P local time) through Citi EntertainmentSM. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com. General on-sale begins this Friday (9/20 at 10:00A local time) for select cities at www.jasonaldean.com, with additional ticket on-sale information continuing to rollout over the coming weeks.
Diplo, under his country moniker Thomas Wesley, unveils the video for “Heartless” featuring Platinum artist, songwriter Morgan Wallen today.
Hit songwriter and in-demand touring musician Jerry Flowers has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Twelve6 Entertainment.
Diplo unveils a second track, “Heartless” featuring Platinum artist, songwriter Morgan Wallen, under his country moniker Thomas Wesley today—listen to the song here, out now on Columbia Records. “Heartless” follows “So Long” featuring Cam and is the second of several forthcoming collaborations due to appear on Diplo's country EP due out this fall.
Hallmark Channel and PEDIGREE Foundation will team up for a television special to help the millions of shelter and rescue dogs across the country find loving homes. The event will bring together country artists Lee Brice, Hunter Hayes and Easton Corbin for The Love of Dogs Benefit Concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame CMA Theater on Thursday, October 10 at 7:30pm.
But without songwriters Dewayne Blackwell and Earl Bud Lee, Garth Brooks never would have sung Friends in Low Places. Nor would you ever have heard Before He Cheats or Live Like You Were Dying without Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear to write the former for Carrie Underwood or Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman to pen the latter for Tim McGraw.
Iconic country group ALABAMA will soon add another accolade to its long list of achievements. On Tuesday afternoon in Nashville, GRAMMY-nominated guitarist Joe Bonamassa announced the band (Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen) as 2019 inductees into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Additionally, ALABAMA will receive the organization's first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Country Music Association's acclaimed CMA Songwriters Series Presented by U.S. Bank has announced a performance in Phoenix at Mesa Arts Center's Piper Repertory Theater Wednesday, Aug. 21 featuring Lauren Alaina, Ingrid Andress, Marti Lynn Dodson and Mickey Guyton. The series hosts an intimate round of performances with some of Country Music's top songwriters taking turns sharing the stories behind their hit songs and performing them as originally written. Tickets for the performance start at $23 plus service fees and go on sale Friday, July 19 at 12:00 PM/CT through Mesa Arts Center. $1 of each ticket sold will benefit the CMA Foundation, CMA's philanthropic arm, which is committed to improving and sustaining high quality music education programs across the United States.
Twenty-five years ago in Grand Rapids, the Van Andel Arena still was on the drawing board. Meijer Gardens had opened just three months earlier, but it would be many years before an outdoor amphitheater would be built as a venue for summer concerts. At Cannonsburg Ski Area, on a steamy evening in mid-July, the Grand Rapids Symphony launched a brand new, outdoor concert experience called the Picnic Pops. This season The Grand Rapids Symphony celebrates its 25th Anniversary of its D&W Fresh Market Picnic Pops with a series of three shows that are all time favorites with Picnic Pops audiences plus a special event capping off four weeks of concerts at Cannonsburg.
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