Kellie Isn't Coming Home to NC with Rascal Flatts!

[ChrisKellieFan]

I just saw the 2008 country Megaticket for Verizon Charlotte, which goes on sale tomorrow, and it has Taylor Swift listed but not Kellie. Very disappointing and I won't be going just because Kellie won't be there! Why on earth wouldn't they book her to come to Charlotte with Rascal Flatts? Last year when she opened for Brad at Verizon the whole place went crazy screaming for Kellie. She got more cheers than Taylor, Jack and even more than or at least as many as Brad. And according to the new article on her site she will be with RF only through March. Also Taylor is listed for other southern dates with RF - Ohio, Virgina Beach, Raleigh, and Atlanta. Very disappointing that Kellie isn't on these dates! Again this must be due to underpromotion of her album and singles.

Kellie Pickler News

Kellie Hits the Road Again! 01.14.2008
Kellie is ready to hit the road and see the fans. Look for her as she joins Rascal Flatts on their "Still Feels Good" tour during the months of January, February and March.

The first tour date starts on Thursday, January 17th in Machester, NH. Check the tour page of Kellie's website for all concert listings.

See you on the road!

WSOC-FM - The 103.7 WSOC Mega Ticket

Rascal Flatts with Taylor Swift (Part of the 2008 Country Megaticket) Concert Tickets - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte Charlotte, NC | A Live Nation Event

Rascal Flatts Concert Tickets, Schedule, Tour Dates

Charlotte Observer | 01/14/2008 | Verizon Megaticket on sale Friday

Verizon Megaticket on sale Friday
See 7 great country concerts for one price

Rascal Flatts will play Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre on Sunday, August 3.The 2008 Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre Country Megaticket - a seven show “package” featuring the summer’s hottest country acts goes on sale Friday online only through megaticket.com.

Several different packages are available for a limited time only, and orders will be accepted online beginning at 10 a.m. The megaticket includes the same seats to all of the hottest country shows! Visit megaticket.com for more info, prices, updates, and to purchase.

Here's the schedule:

Tim McGraw with Jason Aldean and Halfway To Hazard – Friday May 16th

Toby Keith with Montgomery Gentry – Friday June 20th

Brad Paisley with a special guest – Friday July 18th

Rascal Flatts with Taylor Swift – Sunday August 3rd

Kenny Chesney with LeAnn Rimes – Thursday August 21st

Brooks and Dunn with Rodney Atkins – Friday September 5th

Martina McBride with a special guest – Friday October 3rd

The 2008 Raleigh Country Megaticket will be announced soon.


It's also interesting that at Kellie's other 2007 home state show with Brad, the venue (Walnut Creek Raleigh) had it's highest attendance of the year (except for Kenny who always has the highest and sells out football stadiums)! Of course Kellie is the reason, and Brad with Kellie sold more seats than Rascal Flatts with Jason Aldean at the same venue. I wanted to see RF last year but didn't go because Jason was opening and I had other concerts to attend about that time. Of course if Kellie opens the 2008 Charlotte show I would go. And last year Brad's entire tour had record attendance while touring with Kellie. Not having her open these shows is a big mistake (even though RF has high attendance no matter who opens, fans still want to see Kellie)!

newsobserver.com |On the Beat: David Menconi on music - Postmortem: Walnut Creek 2007

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Postmortem: Walnut Creek 2007

Tuesday's paper has a RockNotes piece about a band from Duke that just won a "Woodie Award," and a recap of 2007's attendance figures for Raleigh's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre (which will soon be getting a new title sponsor; see the story for details on that). Click through to see the show-by-show breakdown on all 22 of this year's Walnut Creek concerts; and go here to compare this year with 2006.

[More:]

Widespread Panic (April 20) -- 9,141
Widespread Panic (April 21) -- 9,036
Brooks & Dunn/Alan Jackson (May 12) -- 12,411
Gwen Stefani (May 14) -- 16,488
Rush (June 20) -- 8,046
Toby Keith (June 23) -- 11,845
New Edition (June 24) -- 3,852
*Goo Goo Dolls (July 15) -- 3,891
Brad Paisley (July 20) -- 18,290
*OAR (July 22) -- 3,616
John Mayer (July 31) -- 13,742
Kenny Chesney (Aug. 3) -- 19,413
Kenny Chesney (Aug. 4) -- 19,835
Allman Brothers (Aug. 11) -- 7,919
Projekt Revolution/Linkin Park (Aug. 13) -- 9,590
Rascal Flatts (Aug. 19) -- 17,474
*Aly & AJ (Aug. 22) -- 5,263
*Beach Boys (Aug. 23) -- 2,949
Nickelback (Aug. 26) -- 10, 404
**Def Leppard (Aug. 27) -- 7,351
Dave Matthews Band (Sept. 18) -- 17,467
Breaking Benjamin (Sept. 26) -- 6,924

Total -- 234,947

* Pavilion-only shows with no tickets sold on the general-admission lawn area.
** Def Leppard was originally scheduled for Aug. 21, but that show was postponed due to weather.

Posted at 07:44 am by davidmenconi in On the Beat: David Menconi on music

[north_clt]

I'm also disappointed that there isn't a single artist from the Carolinas on the Megaticket so far, unless one of the "special guests" turns out to be one.

You would think they could find a spot for Kellie, Bucky, JMC or Josh Turner.

[KellieCrazy77]

Darn

ChrisKellieFan,
if you ever hear about Kellie coming to NC this summer could you please post it or PM it to me? I asked my parents if Kellie comes this summer if I would be able to go and they said I could
I saw her july 21st but didn't have good seats, my friend got involved so my parents had to but lawn seats, and felft bad. Then at the NC state fair I couldn't go because it was a school night and it was 2 hrs away, so i'm really hoping she comes here summer 08!

[ChrisKellieFan]

Sure and I hope she has at least 1 concert in NC this summer, hopefully on a weekend night. She still hasn't performed in or around Albemarle or Charlotte by herself so I'm still looking forward to seeing her longest set of 13+ songs.