Aldean & Durante Launch AMC’s “Hell On Wheels”

Jason Aldean and Margaret Durante performed yesterday (11/8) at Nashville’s Riverfront Station in a free concert event celebrating AMC’s return to the Western genre with the epic new television series Hell on Wheels. A special “Hell on Wheels” train brought Aldean and 120 contest winners to the location, and country music newcomer Durante opened the show. The contest winners will also attend the 45th Annual CMA Awards.

Hell On Wheels tells the story of a Confederate soldier (played by Anson Mount) who sets out to exact revenge on Union soldiers who murdered his wife. The journey takes him west to a lawless town called “Hell on Wheels” that lies along the Union Pacific line of the Transcontinental Railroad. Also starring in the series are Common, Dominique McElligott and Colm Meaney. The AMC series premiered Nov. 6.