Rascal Flatts sells out Chicago’s Wrigley Field, performs with Vince Gill
Rascal Flatts performs July 10 on the “Today” show in New York City. (Associated Press photo)
Rascal Flatts became the first country act to perform a concert in historic Wrigley Field in Chicago last Saturday night.
The group, which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher, entertained before a sold-out crowd of 37,000 fans for one of only four concerts ever played in the Chicago Cubs home stadium, according to a news release. Oklahoma native Vince Gill and Darius Rucker opened the show.
The four-hour show was packed with Rascal Flatts’ biggest hits, including ”My Wish,” “What Hurts The Most,” “Here Comes Goodbye,” “Bob The Head” and new smash single “Summer Nights.”
Gill came out onstage midway through Rascal Flatts’ set to perform “Whenever You Come Around” with Rooney and bandmates Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus.
Rucker also performed with Rascal Flatts during the band’s two finale songs, Hootie & the Blowfish’s “Hold My Hand” and the trio’s cover of “Life Is A Highway.”
The “Rascal Flatts American Living Unstoppable Tour” continues this weekend.
Rascal Flatts recently placed its fourth consecutive studio album atop the Top 200 chart with “Unstoppable’s” first-week sales of 351,000 albums. It has became the biggest country release of 2009 to date, and the best in country first-week sales since November 2008. Since launching in 2000, the band has sold 20 million albums, scored 11 No. 1 singles and 18 top 10 hits and become the reigning American Music Awards, CMT Music Awards, People’s Choice Awards, Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Vocal Group of The Year.
“Rascal Flatts American Living Unstoppable Tour” First leg dates:
7-23 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
7-24 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
7-25 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheater
7-31 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
8-1 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8-2 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
8-7 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
8-8 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
8-9 Columbus, OH Columbus Crew Stadium
8-28 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
8-29 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
9-10 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
9-11 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
9-12 Boston, MA Comcast Center
-BAM
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