Artist Updates: Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood and More

After 18 years, The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood is coming back to St. Louis. The concerts will be Friday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Scottrade Center.
Tickets will be on sale Friday, October 24th at 10:00 AM CST and will be available at www.ticketmaster.com, ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks or 1-800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster Express 1-866-448-7849. There will be no sales at the venue box office or Ticketmaster outlets on Oct. 24.

• • •

Reba McEntire will headline a benefit concert at Depot Square in Gallatin, Tenn. on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m., to fund lung cancer research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Organized by singer and lung-cancer patient Dawn Sears, the show will also feature performances by The Time Jumpers (of which Sears is a member) and Riders In The Sky.
“I am on a mission to help fund lung cancer research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center,” states Sears. “A benefit concert is the best way I know how to do that. It is my mission to bring more hope to those of us with lung cancer. I was diagnosed with lung cancer over a year ago and I now have a greater understanding of the daily battle and challenges that people with cancer of any kind face.”
Gold-winning Olympic figure skater Scott Hamilton, a cancer survivor himself, will emcee the event.

• • •

Trisha Yearwood will be performing at the 2nd Annual Save The Children Illumination Gala on Nov. 19, at the Plaza hotel in New York City. The leading, independent organization for children in need in the United States and around the world will honor the following guests and companies for their achievements in giving children a brighter future: Ben Affleck, The Right Honorable Tony Blair, Austin Hearst, T.J. Maxx, and more. The event will be hosted by Save the Children artist ambassador and trustee Jennifer Garner.

• • •

Zac Brown Band‘s Southern Ground Music and Food Festival took place Oct. 11-12 in Charleston, S.C.’s Blackbaud Stadium. AXS-TV aired more than 10 hours of coverage from the two-day festival. The lineup included performances from Zac Brown Band, Blues Traveler, Gov’t Mule, and more.

• • •

Great American Country’s and NASH-FM’s “Kickin’ It With Kix” co-host Suzanne Alexander hosted a very special songwriter in- the-round last night where Gary Allan, Charlie Worsham, Brett James and Chris Stapleton performed for a full house at The Listening Room in Nashville. The fundraising event for St. Jude Children’s Hospital raised nearly $9,000. A longtime supporter of St. Jude, Alexander has also been running one half marathon per month since April for the nonprofit and will culminate her efforts with next month’s New York City Marathon, her second.

• • •