Florida Georgia Line‘s initial headlining tour, the Here’s To The Good Times Tour, will launch Oct. 3 in Brookings, S.D. and will visit 32 cities, wrapping in December. The trek features Colt Ford, Tyler Farr (on select dates) and Dallas Smith (on select dates). The first tour stop to go on sale—an Oct. 19 show at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington, Ky.—sold out in 23 minutes, with 10,718 tickets sold.
The dates and cities for the rest of the tour have been announced, including stops in Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee. The tour will close with a show on Dec. 14 at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.
HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES TOUR
Oct. 3 Brookings, S.D.— Swiftel Center
Oct. 4 Mankato, Minn.—Verizon Wireless Center
Oct. 5 Fargo, N.D.— Scheels Arena
Oct. 6 Bismarck, N.D. —Bismarck Civic Center
Oct. 10 Murray, Ky.— CFSB Center
Oct. 11 Muncie, Ind. —Emens Auditorium
Oct. 12 Champaign, Ill.—Assembly Hall
Oct. 13 Bowling Green, Ohio —Stroh Center
Oct. 16 Springfield, Mo.—O’ Reilly Center
Oct. 19 Lexington, Ky. —Whitaker Bank Ballpark SOLD-OUT
Oct. 23 Carrollton, Ga.—The Coliseum/Univ. of W. GA
Oct. 31 Chicago —Sears Center Area
Nov. 1 St. Louis —Chaifetz Arena
Nov. 2 Cedar Rapids, Iowa —US Cellular Center
Nov. 3 Milwaukee —Eagles Ballroom
Nov. 7 Florence, S.C. —Florence Civic Center
Nov. 8 Knoxville, Tenn.— Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Nov. 9 Greenville, S.C. —BiLo Center
Nov. 15 New York—Best Buy Theater
Nov. 16 Upper Darby, Pa. —Tower Theater
Nov. 17 Reading, Pa.— Eagle Theater
Nov. 21 Huntington, W. Va.—Big Sandy Superstore Arena
Nov. 22 Salem, Va. —Salem Civic Center
Nov. 23 Greensboro, N.C.— Greensboro Coliseum
Nov. 29 Ft. Worth, Texas—Billy Bob’s Texas
Nov. 30 Belton, Texas— Bell County Expo Center
Dec. 1 Austin, Texas —ACL Live at the Moody Theater
Dec. 6 Los Angeles— Club Nokia LA Live
Dec. 11 Fresno, Calif. —Save Mart Center
Dec. 12 Reno, Nev.— Reno Events Center
Dec. 13 Eugene, Ore. —Matthew Knight Arena
Dec. 14 Kent, Wash.— ShoWare Center
CRS Registration Now Open
/by Michael_SmithCountry Radio Seminar is offering a special $349 registration rate, available to the first 349 registrants or through Aug. 15, whichever comes first. Registrants will receive a ticket to the annual New Faces of Country Music Show until the show is sold out. CRS will offer event goers an early bird rate after the special $349 rate expires.
“There are several advantages to registering early, not only the price savings, but also access to liners from many artists through the digital liners program” says CRS Executive Director Bill Mayne. “Our continuing goal is to make CRS the ‘Most Affordable’ value in the industry as prices in all of our lives continue to escalate.”
CRS 2014 will be held at the Nashville Convention Center from Feb. 19-21, 2014.
Registration is available at countryradioseminar.com.
Nashville Convention and Visitors Board Announces Changes
/by Eric T. ParkerEd Hardy, current board President and interim leader of the CMA, continues as chairman of the NCVC board of directors for the 2013-14 fiscal year, which also appointed Ken Levitan (Vector Management) and Beth Fortune (Vanderbilt University) to second terms. Levitan will serve as chair-elect.
“I am happy to welcome these four accomplished individuals to our board,” said Hardy. “Nashville’s best days are still ahead of us. These new members will add greatly to an already highly effective leadership team.”
The 18-member volunteer board is charged with directing the NCVC’s work to maximize the economic contribution of the convention and tourism industry to the community by developing and marketing Nashville as a premier destination on behalf of the city, the members of the Convention and Visitors Corp and the city’s hospitality industry.
Prior to joining the Hutton, André served as general manager for properties in Houston, Beverly Hills and Chicago. He is currently on the board of directors for the Greater Nashville Hospitality Association and the Nashville State Community College Foundation.
Crenshaw, an attorney at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, has more than 25 years working in employment-related issues. As the first African-American attorney at Waller, he serves on the firm’s Diversity Committee and is a past member of the firm’s board of directors.
McDermott serves as president and CEO of Young Broadcasting after previously receiving the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in investigative reporting during her time as VP and GM of Nashville’s WKRN-TV. She is in her second term as a director of the CMA board and is a member of the Committee of 200, a national group of top women CEOs.
Smith has overseen banking operations for Regions in the Mid-America region since 2012. He previously held leadership roles including area president and regional president of the Southwest region. He serves on the boards of Baptist Health Systems, Regions Foundation of Tennessee, Higher Education Corporation and Operation Andrew Group.
Current NCVC board members include:
Ed Hardy (CMA)
Ken Levitan (Vector Management)
Bob Patterson (Bradley, Arant, Boult Cummings)
Kevin Lavender (Fifth Third Bank)
John Fleming (Renaissance Nashville Hotel)
Pete Weien (Gaylord Opryland)
Beth Fortune (Vanderbilt)
Mike Dungan (UMG Nashville)
Don MacLachlan (Tennessee Titans)
Beth Seigenthaler Courtney (Seigenthaler PR)
Henry Hicks (GrayLine)
Jason Sheer (Tin Roof Restaurants)
Rich Schwartz (Nashville Zoo at Grassmere)
Pam Wright (Wright Travel)
Patrick Franzone (Millennium Maxwell House Hotel)
McGraw Enlists Country Radio For "Southern Girl" Video Release
/by Jessica Nicholson“Southern Girl” is the fourth single from McGraw’s Big Machine Records debut project, Two Lanes of Freedom.
“When we started talking about a video concept for ‘Southern Girl,’ I knew that this song belonged to the fans who have been out at our live shows all summer,” says McGraw. “We brought cameras out on the road and turned them around on the crowd, and they really helped us capture the fun summer groove of this song. It seems fitting that country radio would get first crack at this video because they have been such a huge part of making this tour blow up and be so special.”
The entertainer’s Two Lanes of Freedom 2013 Tour will wrap with stops in Toronto, Ontario (July 25), Bethel, N.Y. (July 26) and Virginia Beach, Va. (July 27).
Little Big Town's 'Tornado' Certified Platinum
/by Jessica NicholsonLittle Big Town
Little Big Town‘s current album, Tornado, has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for recognition of 1 million units shipped. Tornado was released in September 2012. The Jay Joyce-produced project includes the hits “Pontoon” and “Tornado,” as well as the group’s current single “Your Side of the Bed.”
Little Big Town will join Keith Urban on his Light the Fuse Tour starting this summer. Earlier this year, they headlined the sold-out Tornado Tour which visited more than 25 cities nationwide.
Aldean Breaks Fenway Park Attendance Records
/by Jessica NicholsonJason Aldean at Fenway Park. Photo: Chris and Todd Owyoung
Jason Aldean certainly knows how to draw a crowd. He broke two attendance records this weekend during his concerts at Fenway Park in Boston. Aldean broke Paul McCartney‘s single night record and The Dave Matthews Band‘s two-night record (set in 2006). More than 70,000 tickets to Aldean’s concerts were sold in less than an hour; those fans packed the ballpark as Aldean became the first country artist in history to perform at Fenway Park. The concerts featured guests Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.
“I heard we also set a new all time record for beer sales,” says Aldean. “They drank Boston dry…it was wild!”
Aldean’s 2013 Night Train Tour continues next week with a concert at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on July 20.
Lifenotes: Nikki Mitchell
/by Sarah SkatesNikki Mitchell
Nikki Ronda Mitchell, who previously spent 22 years working as President and CEO of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter Music, died on July 9, 2013. She had been battling pancreatic cancer and passed away peacefully at her home in Normandy, Tenn. She was 58.
Mitchell also owned The River Cafe in Normandy. Friends say she was a “fearless adventurer.” As a pilot, she and Rhonda Miles re-created the 1938 history-making flight by three Russian women combat pilots from Moscow to Siberia. Mitchell’s love of outdoor pursuits led her to co-found the fly-fishing group Music City Fly Girls. Her many other interests included writing and art.
She was an active philanthropist and animal lover and helped launch an air lift program to re-locate strays from Tennessee to no-kill shelters in New England.
She was preceded in death by her father James Mitchell. She is survived by mother, June Mitchell; brother, Mike Mitchell; aunt, Jane Keel; chosen sister, Rhonda Miles; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
A memorial service will be held at The Loveless Barn, July 30, at 6 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Johns Hopkins Pancreatic Cyst Fund in care of Michelle Goldberg, Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine, 100 N. Charles St, Suite 422-A, Baltimore MD 21201. Please reference Nikki Mitchell’s name on donations.
Florida Georgia Line Reveals Cities On First Headlining Tour
/by Jessica NicholsonThe dates and cities for the rest of the tour have been announced, including stops in Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee. The tour will close with a show on Dec. 14 at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash.
HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES TOUR
Oct. 3 Brookings, S.D.— Swiftel Center
Oct. 4 Mankato, Minn.—Verizon Wireless Center
Oct. 5 Fargo, N.D.— Scheels Arena
Oct. 6 Bismarck, N.D. —Bismarck Civic Center
Oct. 10 Murray, Ky.— CFSB Center
Oct. 11 Muncie, Ind. —Emens Auditorium
Oct. 12 Champaign, Ill.—Assembly Hall
Oct. 13 Bowling Green, Ohio —Stroh Center
Oct. 16 Springfield, Mo.—O’ Reilly Center
Oct. 19 Lexington, Ky. —Whitaker Bank Ballpark SOLD-OUT
Oct. 23 Carrollton, Ga.—The Coliseum/Univ. of W. GA
Oct. 31 Chicago —Sears Center Area
Nov. 1 St. Louis —Chaifetz Arena
Nov. 2 Cedar Rapids, Iowa —US Cellular Center
Nov. 3 Milwaukee —Eagles Ballroom
Nov. 7 Florence, S.C. —Florence Civic Center
Nov. 8 Knoxville, Tenn.— Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Nov. 9 Greenville, S.C. —BiLo Center
Nov. 15 New York—Best Buy Theater
Nov. 16 Upper Darby, Pa. —Tower Theater
Nov. 17 Reading, Pa.— Eagle Theater
Nov. 21 Huntington, W. Va.—Big Sandy Superstore Arena
Nov. 22 Salem, Va. —Salem Civic Center
Nov. 23 Greensboro, N.C.— Greensboro Coliseum
Nov. 29 Ft. Worth, Texas—Billy Bob’s Texas
Nov. 30 Belton, Texas— Bell County Expo Center
Dec. 1 Austin, Texas —ACL Live at the Moody Theater
Dec. 6 Los Angeles— Club Nokia LA Live
Dec. 11 Fresno, Calif. —Save Mart Center
Dec. 12 Reno, Nev.— Reno Events Center
Dec. 13 Eugene, Ore. —Matthew Knight Arena
Dec. 14 Kent, Wash.— ShoWare Center
McGraw, Urban Added To iHeartRadio Music Festival
/by Jessica NicholsonMcGraw and Urban join Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Elton John, Bruno Mars, a special performance from Queen and Adam Lambert, Muse, Tiesto, Chris Brown, fun., Phoenix, Zedd, Maroon 5, Ke$ha, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Benny Benassi and other guests.
For the first time, a Fan Village will run during the daytime at a 15-acre parking lot adjacent to the arena. That stage will feature performances from Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, AWOLNATION, Pete Tong, Twenty One Pilots and Jason Derulo.
For more information, visit festival.iheart.com
Eileen Carey – Bottle Your Crazy Up
/by contributorThat title is a phrase you’ll probably find yourself repeating the rest of your life—especially when you’re dealing with a friend’s obsessive behavior.
Here’s the scene of the song: One woman is telling another not to rebound from a bad breakup too hard and too fast. And here’s what she advises:
Don’t order the tequila, ‘cause you know how you get,
Don’t talk about your ex, you ain’t over him yet,
You can wear the short skirt, but I’d forget the heels,
And don’t go on about how you feel. . . .
Bottle your crazy up!*
Set for release to country radio the week of July 7, “BOTTLE YOUR CRAZY UP” is the latest gem from Eileen’s loudly applauded new album, Let It Go.
Eileen will be visiting radio stations throughout the summer for meet-and-greets, interview and live performances of “BOTTLE YOUR CRAZY UP.”
Amy Jack – "Lay Me Down in Oklahoma"
/by ProgrammerPlaylist“Lay Me Down in Oklahoma” (2:55) | www.PlayME.com
AMY JACK
Tony Ramey, Si Hill, Kris Bergsnes/O Tex Music-BMI, Twin Rose
The radio friendly, mid-tempo country story song, “Lay Me Down in Oklahoma” is a perfect choice for Amy Jack, a DFW resident and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. The daughter of a voice teacher, Amy sings the difficult, rangy tune with ease and amazing emotion. “Music can go a long way toward helping heal feelings and lift spirits ” she says. Veteran Music Row hit tunesmith, Kris Bergsnes, who also has an Oklahoma ranch co-wrote “Lay Me Down in Oklahoma” with Tony Ramey and Si Hill. Many top music executives feel this will be a country radio hit. Amy knows radio first-hand, since she was one of the marketing salespeople at Clear Channel whose sponsors helped keep the stations on the air. That’s just one more of the countless talents of the remarkable singer, songwriter and producer named Amy Jack.
Publishing–BMI, Warner Tamerlane Publishing–BMI
Produced by Remington Rafael, Linda Septien
Promotion Contact: Anne Weaver Price 214-907-4922 / kweenanne@aol.com
Record Company: Jack of All Trades 972-467-5889 / ajackiam@aol.com
Available on CDX, CD Tex and Play MPE and coming soon to iTunes
For more information call us at 214-907-4922