Artist Updates: Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Brantley Gilbert, Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney Spreads The Love With Additional Stadium Show
Kenny Chesney performs during a Nashville concert in 2015.
Kenny Chesney has extended his run of stadium shows booked for 2016 as part of his Spread The Love Tour, with the addition of a Saturday, May 28, show at Louisville’s Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.
“Last year, we stripped things back and we really learned how to push the energy between us and the crowd,” Chesney says. “So getting ready for this year, we’re gonna keep the music a big part of it, and how the fans lean into those songs – the singing, cheering, dancing – so it’s all about that! When you see Miranda (Lambert), Sam (Hunt) and Old Dominion – you know those are all people who take connecting with the audience through their songs as seriously as I do.”
Brad Paisley To Take Part in Billboard Touring Event
Brad Paisley will take part in a keynote Q&A during the upcoming Billboard Touring Conference and Awards, which will be held Nov. 18-19 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Tonight Paisley will be in Nashville, co-hosting the 49th annual CMA Awards alongside Carrie Underwood. The awards show will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on ABC.
Brantley Gilbert Earns Back-to-Back Platinum
Brantley Gilbert. Photo: James Minchin
Brantley Gilbert‘s latest effort, Just As I Am, has earned platinum sales for more than one million scans. It joins Gilbert’s Valory Music Co. debut Halfway to Heaven as a platinum-selling album. The Valory Music Co. SVP Promotion George Briner surprised Gilbert with the news at the CMA Awards radio remotes at the Music City Center.
“I’d been waiting to hear we hit a million,” Brantley said. “Because I can tell the way people respond to these songs live. ‘One Hell Of An Amen’ really hits them, and when people feel a song like that, you know it’s a part of their lives.”
Luke Bryan Discusses Career at Country Music Hall of Fame
Pictured are (L-R): UMG Nashville’s Mike Dungan, UMG Nashville; Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Ali Tonn, Luke Bryan, Rolling Stone Country’s Joe Hudak, and manager Kerri Edwards
Photo by Rick Diamond, Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum hosted a special, sold out appearance by Luke Bryan on Sunday, Nov. 1. The reigning ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year discussed his career and performed a short acoustic set in support of the exhibition Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary, presented by Citi. The panel was hosted by Joseph Hudak, Senior Editor at Rolling Stone Country.
Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary, will end its run this Sunday, Nov. 8.
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