'Front And Center' Features Bentley, Urban, Lady Antebellum

Multi-Grammy, CMA, and AMA Award winners round out the line-up for the new season of public television’s acclaimed music series Front and Center. This season marks the most diverse lineup yet including performances by Dierks Bentley, Counting Crows, The Fray, John Hiatt, Lady Antebellum, Paul Rodgers, Richie Sambora, Joe Satriani, Richard Thompson, and Keith Urban.
“This season could be our best,” said Executive Producer Don Maggi. “We’re featuring some of the finest names in pop, rock and country music, who have collectively sold millions of albums, won numerous awards and are easily some of the best live entertainers in the business.”
Bentley said, “The core of Country Music is its songs, and the CMA established the CMA Songwriters Series 10 years ago to recognize a really important part of our genre, the songwriters. We don’t typically take the time to thank the songwriters, so collaborating with the CMA and Front and Center was the perfect place — a night with five guys on stools sharing stories, songs and whiskey.”
“My Front and Center special was special indeed,” said British rock singer Paul Rodgers. “They provided a dazzling setting for all the Royal Session musicians from Memphis, and myself, to dig into the tracks from the album. Visually and aurally the show came off beyond my expectation. Everyone worked together to capture the same magic that we captured and recorded on the album. Absolutely a night in my life to remember and I’m thrilled that we can share it with the fans.”
The 10 all-new shows will premier Sept. 30. See show schedule below.
Counting Crows              (Sept. 30)
John Hiatt                      (Oct. 7)
Dierks Bentley               (Oct. 14)
Joe Satriani                   (Oct. 21)
Lady Antebellum            (Oct. 28)
Keith Urban                    (Nov. 4)
Paul Rodgers                  (Nov. 11)
The Fray                        (Nov. 18)
Richard Thompson         (Nov. 25)
Richie Sambora              (Dec. 2)