Artist Updates: Cyndi Lauper, Sundance Head, Ricky Skaggs

Cyndi Lauper Set For Austin City Limits Debut

Cyndi Lauper will make her debut performance on Austin City Limits (ACL) on Saturday, Jan. 14 on PBS. She will perform songs from her 2016 country project Detour, which features collaborations with artists Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss and more.

To see Lauper’s performance of “Heartaches By The Number,” watch below:

Sundance Head To Join Blake Shelton Tour

Sundance Head, Photo: NBC.com

The Voice coach Blake Shelton has added Season 11 champion Sundance Head to his 2017 Doing It To Country Songs tour. Also performing on the 13-date run is Season 2 contestant and Shelton’s labelmate RaeLynn, making this tour Shelton’s most Voice-packed endeavor yet.

“I’m excited to get back out on the road and bring new music from If I’m Honest, some previous hits and a few surprises,” said Shelton. “Having RaeLynn on the tour again is terrific, and I’m thrilled Sundance is joining and bringing his incredible musical talents.”

“I’m just elated and really excited about being able to perform with a great entertainer and learn something from him while I’m on the road. It’s going to be the most fun thing I’ve ever done,” added Head.

Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Hornsby Team For Tour

Ricky Skaggs, his band Kentucky Thunder and pianist/songwriter Bruce Hornsby will blend mountain music and Hornsby’s piano-based songs as part of a six-city tour in 2017. The tour launches Feb. 26 in Tarrytown, New York, and stops in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

“I always get excited when I know I’m gonna get to tour with my good friend Bruce Hornsby,” says Skaggs. “Fireworks always happen!”

Hornsby adds, “The level of virtuosity required to play bluegrass music with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder requires a good deal of practice; I always have to prepare a good deal, practicing with the metronome at break-neck speed, crazy tempos, to be able to hang with those guys.”

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