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The Boot News Roundup: Dan + Shay Performing at 2020 NHL Winter Classic + More
Dan + Shay will perform at the 2020 NHL Winter Classic.
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Alan Jackson Adds Tenille Townes & More to 2020 Tour
Since dropping his debut studio album in 1990, Alan Jackson has been keeping it country—selling nearly 60 million albums worldwide and ranking as one of the 10 best-selling country artists of all-time. As you probably imagined, Alan will be keeping it country in 2020 during his 30th year in the biz with a new tour.
Kicking off on Jan. 10 in Cincinnati, the tour will make additional stops in Atlanta, Denver, Nashville, Detroit and more.
Alan announced that Tenille Townes will be joining him at more than a dozen shows next year, as well as Carolina Pine, Steel Blossoms and Cory Farley on select dates.
Alan Jackson 2020 Tour
- Jan.10 | Cincinnati, OH | Heritage Bank Center ++
- Jan. 11 | Columbia, SC | Colonial Life Arena ++
- Feb. 14 | Atlanta, GA | State Farm Arena ^^
- Feb.15 | New Orleans, LA | Smoothie King Center ^^
- Feb. 21 | El Paso, TX | UTEP Don Haskins Center **
- Feb. 22 | Fort Worth, TX | Dickies Arena **
- March 26 | Tulsa, OK | BOK Center **
- March 27 | Springfield, MO | JQH Arena **
- April 25 | Glendale, AZ | Gila River Arena ##^^
- April 26 | Indio, CA | Stagecoach Festival <>
- July 9 | Ft. Loramie, OH | Country Concert <>
- Aug. 7 | Nashville, TN | Bridgestone Arena
- Aug. 14 | Cleveland, OH | Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse ##^^
- Aug. 15 | Detroit, MI | Little Caesars Arena ##^^
- Sept. 11 | Des Moines, IA | Wells Fargo Arena ##**
- Sept. 12 | Milwaukee, WI | Fiserv Forum ##**
- Oct. 2 | Salt Lake City, UT | Vivint Smart Home Arena ##++
- Oct. 3 | Denver, CO | Pepsi Center ##++
Tenille Townes on all dates except April 25, Sept. 11 and Sept. 12
## Tickets on sale Dec. 13
++ featuring Steel Blossoms
^^ featuring Carolina Pine
** featuring Cory Farley
<>Festival event
photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com
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21 Years Ago: Faith Hill Hits No. 1 With 'Let Me Let Go'
On Dec. 12, 1998, Hill struck chart gold when her single "Let Me Let Go" soared to No. 1.
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23 Years Ago: Clint Black Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
On Dec. 12, 1996, Black was celebrating yet another career milestone.
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Thomas Rhett Announces “Center Point Road Tour” With Cole Swindell & Hardy
Thomas Rhett will be staying busy this spring and summer on his headlining Center Point Road Tour, which takes its name from TR’s 2019 album.
The 26-date tour will kick off with back-to-back shows in Gilford, N.H., on May 29 and 30, making additional stops in Cincinnati, Boise, St. Louis, Philadelphia and more. Cole Swindell and Hardy will serve as support.
Tickets go on sale on Jan. 24 for select cities.
Center Point Road Tour
- May 29 | Bank of NH Pavilion | Gilford, NH*
- May 30 | Bank of NH Pavilion | Gilford, NH*
- June 5 | Ruoff Music Center | Indianapolis, IN
- June 6 | Blossom Music Center | Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- June 7 | Riverbend Music Center | Cincinnati, OH
- June 11 | St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview | Syracuse, NY
- June 12 | KeyBank Pavilion | Burgettstown, PA
- June 19 | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre | Tampa, FL
- June 20 | Coral Sky Amphitheater | West Palm Beach, FL
- July 9 | PNC Music Pavilion | Charlotte, NC
- July 10 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park @ Walnut Creek | Raleigh, NC
- July 11 | PNC Bank Arts Center | Holmdel, NJ
- July 16 | Oak Mountain Amphitheatre | Birmingham, AL
- July 17 | Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre | St. Louis, MO
- July 23 | USANA Amphitheater | Salt Lake City, UT
- July 24 | Idaho Center Amphitheater | Boise, ID
- July 30 | Toyota Amphitheatre | Sacramento, CA
- July 31 |Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mtn. View, CA
- Aug. 7 | Ak|Chin Pavilion | Phoenix, AZ
- Aug. 8 | Isleta Amphitheater | Albuquerque, NM
- Aug. 21 | Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion | Bangor, ME
- Aug. 22 | Xfinity Theatre | Hartford, CT
- Aug. 23 | CMAC | Canandaigua, NY
- Aug. 27 | Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater | Wantagh, NY
- Aug. 28 | BB&T Pavilion | Philadelphia, PA
- Aug. 29 | Jiffy Lube Live | Bristow, VA
*Dates do not include Cole Swindell
photo by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com
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2019 in Review: Laine Hardy Wins 'Idol', Toby Keith Name-Drops + More of May's Biggest Country Music Headlines
The Boot is looking back at some of the top headlines from 2019.
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Best Wishes to These Country Stars Who Got Engaged or Married in 2019!
Best wishes, y'all!
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Shannon LaBrie Can Get 'Home From Anywhere' in New Christmas Song [Exclusive Video]
"When I sing it, I’m instantly transported back to the home I grew up in," she says of the song.
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Thomas Rhett Plots 2020 the 'Center Point Road' Tour
He's hitting the road hard to support his new album.
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Story Behind the Song: Reba McEntire, 'The Bar's Getting Lower'
"Sometimes I sit and think about it, and I’m like, "Is this really real?'"
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Watch: Kelly Clarkson Joins Kaleb Lee for 'I Dream in Southern' on 'The Voice'
Clarkson and her former 'Voice' protege Kaleb Lee perform 'I Dream in Southern' on the show that made him famous.
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POLL: What Is Your Favorite Country Christmas Song?
I say Carrie Underwood. She says Kacey Musgraves. How 'bout you?
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2019 in Review: The Year's Best Country + Americana Vinyl Releases
We love everything about vinyl, so we decided to pick out 10 of our favorite country and Americana vinyl releases of 2019.
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Carrie Underwood Shares How New Single 'Drinking Alone' Came Together
The song is a departure from anything else she's ever done.
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Top 10 Suzy Bogguss Songs
How do the one-time Dollywood performer's track compare to each other?
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Kacey Musgraves (Barely) Recalls Wild CMAs Night With Reese Witherspoon, Gigi Hadid [Watch]
It involved bongos, Reese Witherspoon and a barn.
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Globetrotter Kip Moore Has the Cure for the World’s Divisiveness: “Travel”
From the mountains of Iceland to the surf of Costa Rica to the beaches of Australia, Kip Moore has spanned the globe. Take a quick scan through Kip’s Instagram, and you might end up with his viewpoint from Northern Ireland or Hawaii.
The native of south Georgia attributes his globetrotting with opening his mind. As Kip recently told the titular host of The Blair Garner Show, “travel” could be the cure to the world’s divisiveness.
“I think about how divisiveness this world is right now in every sense of the word, from being open to how you live your life, whether it be religions, politics, who you want to date, sexuality, everything,” says Kip. “Once you get out and you start to really travel, you realize how the same we all are, no matter our different preferences in life, and how most people just want to have joy and take care of each other. The people that are negative are the loud ones, so we hear their voices a lot, but for the most part, we’re all so similar. I’ll go and travel places where I can’t even speak the same language, but we can have a conversation without even speaking the same language and we’re having laughter . . . If we all got out and experienced the world for what it was, we’d all be so much more accepting of each other, and I think we’d be a lot less divisive.”
Kip recently gave fans their first taste of new music from his upcoming fourth studio album with the release of lead single “She’s Mine.” Kip produced the new single, which he co-penned with Dan Couch and Scott Stepakoff.
photo by NCD
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Kelleigh Bannen Puts on Her Fan Hat, Supports Her Fellow Artists on New Radio Show
"It's almost like someone said, 'Hey, go ahead and take up a bunch of space celebrating other people and music you love ...'"
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