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Stampede announcement: Paisley adds three special guests
Staff reports
January 12, 2007
Special guests Jack Ingram, Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift will open for Brad Paisley during his 2007 tour. The addition of these three up and coming country music stars will surely add excitement to the previously announced Brad Paisley concert on June 23 at the Greeley Stampede.
Jack Ingram, one of the most successful artists to come out of the Texas music scene, has taken Nashville by storm since joining the roster of Big Machine Records in late 2005. He’s scored two Top Ten singles, including his first Number One, “Wherever You Are,” two Top 10 videos on CMT, including a Number One for “Love You,” and he looks to have another smash on his hands with “Lips of an Angel,” which has entered the Top 25 after just a few weeks of airplay. He toured with superstars Sheryl Crow and Brooks & Dunn last year, and was recently chosen by country radio to perform at their annual convention in Music City in late February.
American Idol finalist Kellie Pickler shot straight to the top of the country album chart in November with the release of her debut album, Small Town Girl. On the strength of her single “Red High Heels,” which she co-wrote, Kellie enters 2007 as the best selling, new solo country artist of the past year. Her album has received high marks from publications such as Rolling Stone to US Weekly and performances include The Today Show, The Tonight Show, The View and Ellen to name a few, and she made her Grand Ole Opry debut at the historic Ryman Auditorium.
Taylor Swift recently celebrated her 17th birthday and the songwriter/singer/guitarist had lots to celebrate. Her first Big Machine Records single, “Tim McGraw,” is in the Top Ten on the country radio airplay charts and has sold nearly 300,000 digital downloads. The accompanying video reached the Number Two spot on the CMT Top 20 Countdown. Her self-titled first album, for which she wrote or co-wrote all 11 songs, debuted at Number Three on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in early November and will surpass 300,000 copies sold this week.
The new year is poised to be a great one for Paisley, who kicks off 2007 with news of the Double-Platinum RIAA certification of his CMA and ACM Album of the Year winner, TIME WELL WASTED. Paisley’s fastest-certified two-million seller has launched three #1 singles, including “She’s Everything,” 2007’s first country chart-topper, now in its third week atop Billboard’s Hot Country Song chart. TIME WELL WASTED has now become his fourth back-to-back Platinum + album, and second double platinum – with total sales now topping 8 million.
Paisley’s 2006 TIME WELL WASTED TOUR played to over 750,000 fans and traveled over a million miles. According to Pollstar the tour ended the year #4 in total attendance for country tours, while the January 6 edition of Billboard names Paisley among five hot tour headliners (all genres) for 2007.
WHERE TO GO
What: Greeley Stampede, the World’s Largest 4th of July Rodeo and Western Celebration, featuring Country & Classic Rock Concerts, Pro Rodeos, Demolition Derby, Western Art Show, Televised Parade, Carnival and Western Fun.
When: June 22- July 4, 2007
Where: Island Grove Regional Park, Greeley
More info:
www.GreeleyStampede.org, 800-982-BULL,
rodeo@GreeleyStampede.org rodeo@GreeleyStampede.org.
2007 Stampede Night Show Series
Friday, June 22
Trace Adkins with Terri Clark
Saturday, June 23
Brad Paisley with Jack Ingram, Kellie Pickler & Taylor Swift
Monday, June 25
To Be Announced
Saturday, June 30
To Be Announced
Sunday, July 1
To Be Announced
Wednesday, July 4
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Tickets on sale
The Greeley Stampede Box Office is now open! The Box Office is located in Island Grove Regional Park and is open from 8am-4pm. Ticket purchasers also can buy tickets by calling the Stampede Box Office at 970-356-BULL (locally) or 800-982-BULL (nationally), or through TicketsWest in any Colorado King Soopers Stores, or online at
www.GreeleyStampede.org.
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