Posted: 4:22 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2013
2013 CMA Music Festival Lineup Heats Up; George Strait Tour Is Pollstar's Tops + More: Country Music News Roundup
By The Boot Staff
Filed under: Concert News, Country News
Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic
Gary Allan, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Kelly Clarkson, Florida Georgia Line, Hunter Hayes, Miranda Lambert, Jake Owen, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, the Band Perry, Keith Urbanand Zac Brown Bandhave all been added to the 2013 CMA Music Festival lineup. They join previously announced performersLuke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and Carrie Underwood. This year's four-day festival will take place June 6-9 in Nashville. Get your tickets here.
Congrats to George Strait whose Cowboy Rides Away Tour has debuted at No. 1 on Pollstar's Concert Pulse, topping Justin Bieber, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Dave Matthews Band and The Who (respectively). The King of Country music has sold out 15 venues so far on his farewell tour, and has averaged $1.4 million in gross sales per stop.
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