Sugarland to play the Zoo Amphitheatre
Sugarland performs at the Grammy Awards earlier this month. (Associated Press photo)
Country duo Sugarland will play on Sept. 11 at Oklahoma City’s Zoo Amphitheatre. Jeinnifer Nettles and Kristian Bush will resume their tour in support of their platinum-selling third album, “Love on the Inside.” According to a news release, they will resume with a 2009 leg of their highly successful “Love on the Inside” tour.
The nationwide tour will kick off on April 10 in their hometown of Atlanta, Ga. The tour will feature Mercury Nashville recording artist Billy Currington, singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson and RCA recording artist Jake Owen.
From the looks of the list of tour dates below, Currington and Nathanson will open the Oklahoma City show.
TOUR DATES
April 10 – Atlanta, GA The Arena at Gwinnet Center
April 16- Grand Forks, ND The Ralph Engelstadt Arena *
April 17 – Minneapolis, MN Target Center *
April 18 – Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center *
April 21 – Lethbridge, AB Enmax Center *
April 22 – Red Deer, AB The Centrium *
April 23 – Regina, SASK Brandt Center *
April 30 – Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center * ^
May 1 – New Orleans, LA Jazz Fest
May 15 – Orange Beach, AL The Amphitheatre at The Wharf * +
May 16 – Huntsville, AL Redstone Army Base * +
May 21 – Charleston, SC Family Circle Tennis Stadium * ^
May 22- Johnson City, TN Freedom Hall *
May 28 – Omaha, NE Qwest Center * +
May 29 – Kansas City, MO Sprint Center * +
June 4 – London, Ontario John Labatts Center ^
June 5 – Toronto, Ontario Molsen Amphitheatre ^
June 25 – Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre * ^
June 26 – Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center * ^
July 8 – Green Bay, WI Resch Center *
July 9 – Ft. Loramie, OH Hickory Hills Lakes
July 24 – Primm, NV Star of the Desert Arena
August 13 – Charleston, WV Civic Center Stadium * +
August 14 – Gilford, NH Meadowbrook +
September 9 – Hidalgo, TX Dodge Arena-STARS Benefit * +
September 10 – Corpus Christie, TX American Bank Center-STARS Benefit * +
September 11 – Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre * +
September 17 – Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum * +
September 18 – Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center * +
September 24 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center + #
September 25 – Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum + #
October 1 – Bloomsburgh, PA Bloomsburg Fair +
October 2 – West Springfield, MA Eastern States Expo +
*opener Billy Currington; +opener Matt Nathanson; #opener Jake Owen; ^opener Eric Hutchinson
Sugarland exploded onto the music scene in 2004 with multi-platinum selling album “Twice The Speed Of Life,” which gave birth to mega hits “Baby Girl” and “Something More.” Their second album, “Enjoy the Ride,” has sold more than two million copies and spawned No. 1 hits with “Want To,” “Settlin’” and “Stay.” Their third studio album, “Love On The Inside,” was released July ‘08 and has sold more than a million copies to date. Both singles released thus far off of the album “All I Want To Do” and “Already Gone” reached the No. 1 spot on the charts. They have received trophies from the American Music Awards for “Breakthrough Favorite New Artist,” the Academy of Country Music for “New Duo/Group of the Year,” Single Record of the Year” (”Stay”), and “Song of the Year” (”Stay”), Country Music Television for “Collaborative Video of the Year” and “Duo Video of the Year,” and the Country Music Association for “Vocal Duo of the Year” and “Duo Video of the Year” (”Stay”). Sugarland recently won a Grammy for “Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals” for “Stay” while Jennifer picked up her second Grammy for “Best Country Song” also for “Stay.” Nettles won her first Grammy in ‘07 for her collaboration with Bon Jovi for their No. 1 hit “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.”
Billy Currington debuted in ‘03 with the powerful Top 10 hit “Walk A Little Straighter,” followed by the Top 5 smash “I Got A Feelin’.” He went on to duet with Shania Twain on “Party for Two” and quickly earned notoriety, a devoted fan base and platinum sales status. Sophomore album “Doin’ Somethin’ Right” debuted at No. 2 on the country charts and further delivered with the hits. “Good Directions” and “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right” snagged him his first and second No. 1 singles. Currington’s third album “Little Bit Of Everything” garnered critical acclaim and debuted at No. 2 on the country charts. Currington recently acquired his third No. 1 with “Don’t,” the first single off of his new album; the second single, “People Are Crazy” goes to radio on March 2.
Matt Nathanson’s current single “Come On Get Higher” from his latest album, “Some Mad Hope,” is an RIAA Certified Gold single, having sold 743,000 track downloads and continuing to sell 20,000 more a week. The song was named iTunes No. 2 Pop Song of 2008 and currently has 14 million plays on MySpace, and 1.5 million views on YouTube.com. In addition to being a VH1 You Oughta Know artist, Matt recently performed the song on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and will perform it again on “The Ellen Degeneres Show” on March 2. “Come On Get Higher” is a favorite of Sugarland’s, so much so they included a cover of the track on their album “Love On The Inside (Deluxe Fan Edition).”
Eric Hutchinson originally released his debut album, “Sounds Like This,” on his own label – Let’s Break Records – and he’s been breaking records ever since. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and peaked at No. 5 on iTunes’ album chart, becoming the highest-charting album by an unsigned act in iTunes history. He then signed to Warner Bros. Records, which promptly reissued the album. First single “Rock & Roll” climbed to No. 1 on the AAA chart. Hutchinson was selected as a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist and has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Bonnie Hunt Show” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”
Since releasing his debut album, “Startin’ With Me,” RCA Nashville recording artist Jake Owen has celebrated four consecutive hit singles including Top 15 debut single, “Yee Haw,” the Top 10 “Startin’ With Me,” the Top 15 “Something About A Woman,” and his most recent Top 10 “Don’t Think I Can’t Love You.” In the past year Jake received nominations for his first Country Music Association (CMA) Award and GrammyAward for the song “Life in a Northern Town” (with Sugarland and Little Big Town). Jake is also currently nominated for “Best Vocal Collaboration” and “Top New Male Vocalist” at the 44th Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM). His sophomore album, “Easy Does It,” hit stores on Feb. 24, 2009.
-BAM
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