Country Comes Home: Grand Ole Opry Announces Sept. 28 Re-Opening of Opry House as Historic Circle of Wood is Returned to Opry Stage – MarketWatch
August 26th, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug 25, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Country music’s most famous show is coming home.
Grand Ole Opry officials today announced that the show, displaced from its permanent home due to May’s historic Nashville flood, will return to the Grand Ole Opry House with a star-packed show Tues., Sept. 28. Among the artists scheduled for the show are Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Charlie Daniels Band, Diamond Rio, Jimmy Dickens, Del McCoury Band, Montgomery Gentry, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Mel Tillis and Josh Turner. The show will air live on GAC: Great American Country. Read the rest of this entry »
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famers Scheduled To Perform: E-NEWS on NSAI
June 16th, 2010
More than a dozen members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame will perform at a special benefit concert for flood relief, on Saturday, July 17, from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. To be held at Nashville’s newest outdoor concert venue, The Woods at Fontanel, the event is sponsored by Fontanel, Anchor Trailways & Tours and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation.
Scheduled to perform at “Songwriters Sing For Nashville” are Matraca Berg, Bob DiPiero, Kye Fleming, Dallas Frazier, Dickey Lee, Dennis Morgan, Roger Murrah, Hugh Prestwood, Mark D. Sanders, Don Wayne, Jim Weatherly, Mike Reid and a few surprise guests. All ticket proceeds and all receipts from the day’s tours at the Fontanel Mansion will be donated to First Tennessee Bank for flood relief.
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Kenny Chesney Rules, Taylor Swift Moves Up On Forbes’ Biggest Country Moneymakers List | AHN
May 23rd, 2010
For those behind the curve who think Country Music is some small, inconsequential cousin of Pop Music, soak this in: not only is Taylor Swift selling more records than anybody, but the Forbes list of top money earners turns up some very serious bucks among Country stars. As AHN reports…
Kenny Chesney continues to top Forbes’ list of Country Music’s 10 Top Earning Artists in 2010. Also ranking #1 last year, he pulled in an estimate earnings of $50 million from 2009-2010. His 2009 tour reportedly grossed $71 million, earning an average of $1.6 million a night. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift Among Country Stars Set For Nashville Benefit | Billboard.com
May 10th, 2010
Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are among the artists who will perform at a benefit to assist victims of the middle Tennessee flooding. The concert was organized by McGraw, Hill, and Coran Capshaw at Red Light Management and will be presented by AEG Live/The Messina Group, Live Nation and Outback Concerts.
Nashville Rising: a Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery, will take place June 22 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Read the rest of this entry »
GAC to Air Flood Relief Concert with Brad Paisley, Lady A & Others
May 8th, 2010
The first national telethon and concert event to raise money to aid victims of last weekend’s flooding disaster in middle Tennessee has been announced by Great American Country Television, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau and Gaylord Entertainment. Music City Keep on Playin’ – A Benefit for Flood Relief will air commercial-free on GAC, Sunday, May 16, 8– 10 p.m. Eastern. Read the rest of this entry »