OPRY COUNTRY CLASSICS RETURNS FOR THIRD YEAR Spring run at the historic Ryman Auditorium begins March 31 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - (March 25, 2011) - The songs country music fans love most are set to take the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium in the return of Opry Country Classics each Thursday beginning March 31 for a nine-week run. Each Opry Country Classics show features a variety of country legends and newcomers performing all-time favorites plus a Spotlight Artist performing several of his or her biggest hits and personal favorites. The first show of the season will feature as Spotlight Artist Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry star Mel Tillis. A singer, songwriter, entertainer and actor, Tillis has had over 60 Top 40 hits and was CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1976. Also along for the fun of the first show will be Tillis’ award-winning daughter and fellow Opry member Pam Tillis, show host and consummate entertainer Larry Gatlin, the Gatlin Brothers, Lynn Anderson, and more.Pam Tillis is scheduled to return to the show as a Spotlight Artist later in the season. Among other Spotlight Artists scheduled for the spring are Grammy®-winners The Charlie Daniels Band and Oak Ridge Boys, and Nashville favorites The Time Jumpers. Opry Country Classics tickets as well as money-saving ticket combos including admission to both Thursday night Opry Country Classics shows and Tuesday, Friday, or Saturday Grand Ole Opry shows are available by visiting opry.com or by calling 615-871-OPRY or 800-SEE-OPRY. About the Grand Ole Opry The Grand Ole Opry presents the best in country music live every week from Nashville, Tenn. A uniquely American experience for more than 80 years, the Opry can be heard on 650 WSM-AM, SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio, and opry.com. The syndicated weekly program, America’s Opry Weekend, airs on country radio stations across America and on the Armed Forces Radio Network. The Grand Ole Opry is owned by Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET), a Nashville-based hospitality and entertainment company that also owns and operates Gaylord Hotels. For more information, visit opry.com orwww.gaylordentertainment.com |
Luke Bryan's Spring Break...Here To Party Tops Billboard's Country and Top 200 Sales Charts NASHVILLE, TN – Country superstar and 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards show co-host Luke Bryan has topped the Billboard Country sales chart and earned his first #1 album on Billboard's Top 200 chart with Spring Break...Here To Party, selling 149,515 units in its first week. This is the first full-length physical album released from Bryan's five-year "Spring Break" series. The 14-track album features two new tracks as well as a collection of songs from his previously released digital "Spring Break" EPs - 2009's Spring Break...With All My Friends, 2010's Spring Break 2...Hangover Edition, 2011's Spring Break 3...It's A Shore Thing and last year's Spring Break 4...Suntan City. Though the album didn't include a radio single, Bryan did release a video for "Buzzkill," one of the album's new tracks, which can ...
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