| CMT Kicks Off 2003 'CMT Most Wanted Live' Concert Tour Rascal Flatts headline the CMT Most Wanted Live Concert Tour | |
(August 6, 2003)
One of country music’s most vibrant acts and CMT’s most popular live performance series are mixing it up for one of the year’s most exciting concert tours – “Crest Night Effects Presents CMT Most Wanted Live Tour Sponsored by Choice Hotels”. Lyric Street Records recording artists Rascal Flatts, along with CMT’s live series, CMT MOST WANTED LIVE, are teaming up for a 30-city national concert tour kicking off Sept. 26 in Grand Forks, ND and concluding Dec. 4 in Anaheim, CA. Each tour stop will also feature Capitol Records’ hitmaker Chris Cagle and Lyric Street Records’ newcomer Brian McComas.
Tour updates and information will be provided regularly on CMT MOST WANTED LIVE, telecast each Saturday at 6:00-7:00 PM, ET/PT on CMT. The full tour schedule and tour news will also be available on CMT’s Web site CMT.com.
Select stops on the “CMT Most Wanted Live Tour” will feature CMT’s newly designed promotional trucks. The new CMT trucks will feature a star-studded red carpet where fans can pose with their favorite life-size standup celebrity. At the end of the red carpet fans can pose for a free laminate featuring their face on the cover of Country Music Today magazine. The new walk-up tour, based out of a 53-foot promotional truck and trailer, will provide music fans with cutting-edge entertainment including fun, games and a chance to win CMT prizes.
Rascal Flatts features Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney. The Lyric Street group has become popular with CMT viewers through their six CMT videos - which range in high-energy fun to moving and sultry – include two that reached the top spot ("This Everyday Love" and "These Days"). Rascal Flatts has expanded their presence on CMT with two of their own concert specials: RASCAL FLATTS: LIVE FROM THE SUNSET STRIP and RASCAL FLATTS: MELT ON THE BEACH. The trio's self-titled debut album, which contained the multi-media smash hit "I'm Movin' On", and sophomore project Melt have both reached platinum selling status, the latter debuting at #1 on the country album chart and #5 on Billboard's Top 100. Melt has delivered a three week #1 single, "These Days", which also won a CMT Flameworthy Award last spring as Group Video for The Year, a top five hit with "Love You Out Loud" and the fastest rising single of their career "I Melt."
Chris Cagle has had five videos land on CMT with two reaching the No. 1 position (“Laredo” and “I Breathe In, I Breathe Out”) on the CMT Top 20. Cagle won the “CMT Flameworthy Breakthrough Video of the Year” with his hit video “I Breathe In, I Breathe Out” which also was a No. 1 hit single from his debut album “Play It Loud.” The first single, “What A Beautiful Day,” from his self-titled sophomore album, “Chris Cagle,” reached the Top 10 and has spent more than 32 weeks on the Billboard Country Music Chart.
Lyric Street Records recording artist and rising star Brian McComas recently made his first appearance on CMT MOST WANTED LIVE to perform the hit single, "99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before"),” from his self-titled debut album, “Brian McComas.” The single has spent more than 16 weeks on the chart and is vastly climbing. The video for his debut single is currently in heavy rotation on CMT and already in the top five and climbing on the CMT Top 20.
The CMT MOST WANTED LIVE Tour schedule follows:
09/26/03 Grand Forks, ND Ralph Engelstad Arena
09/27/03 Omaha, NE Coliseum
09/28/03 DeKalb, IL NIU Convocation Center
10/02/03 Columbia, SC SC State Fair
10/03/03 Greenville, SC Bi Lo Center
10/04/03 Montgomery, AL Ala State Fair
10/05/03 Chattanooga, TN UTC McKenzie Arena
10/07/03 Jackson, MS MS State Fair
10/09/03 Salem, VA Salem Civic Center
10/10/03 Winston Salem, NC Lawrence Joel Coliseum
10/11/03 Columbus, GA Columbus Civic Center
10/17/03 Muncie, IN Emens Auditorium
10/18/03 Toledo, OH Univ of Toledo, Savage Hall
10/19/02 Saginaw, MI Wendler Arena
10/22/03 New York City, NY BBKing Blues Club
10/23/03 Bridgeport, CT Arena @ Harbor Yard
10/24/03 Bangor, ME Bangor Audit & Civ Ctr
10/25/03 Portland, ME Cumberland Cty Civ Ctr
11/07/03 Houston, TX Houston Arena
11/08/03 Tulsa, OK Expo Square Pavilion
11/09/03 Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena
11/13/03 Salisbury, MD Wicomico Civic Center
11/14/03 Johnson City, TN Freedom Hall Civic Ctr
11/15/03 Valdosta, GA Wild Adventures Theme Park
11/20/03 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center
11/21/03 St. Joseph, MO St. Joseph Civic Arena
11/22/03 Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls Arena
11/23/03 Mankato, MN Midwest Wirelss Civ Ctr
12/03/03 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay
12/04/03 Anaheim, CA The Pond
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