FROM THE PROMOTERS:

BRAD PAISLEY

H20 2010 WORLD TOUR

WITH

DARIUS RUCKER AND JUSTIN MOORE

WATER WORLD PAZA STAGE ARTISTS:
EASTON CORBIN, STEEL MAGNOLIA & JOSH THOMPSON

FRIDAY, MAY 21ST - DOORS OPEN AT 4PM! - TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 19TH AT 10AM!

Tickets available at LiveNation.com, the Hardee’s Thickburger Box Office at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater, select Blockbuster stores and charge by phone at 800-745-3000.

Nashville singer-songwriter Bonnie Bishop returns to the Smithfield Little Theatre stage to present an evening of her bluesy country rock music.  Being recognized as one of the up and coming songwriters, Bonnie's most recent CD, Virginia, was in the top of the Americana charts. This show is presented by Smithfield Music and Smithfield Little Theatre with proceeds benefitting youth music education in Isle of Wight County.  A special opening act will be the Carrollton Elementary Small Ensemble performing several songs using some of the instruments given as a result of this concert series. This show was originally scheduled for Feb. 6th but was cancelled due to weather, tickets purchased for that night will be honored for this date.  For information and advance tickets call 757-357-7707.  Tickets may also be available at the door.

FROM THE PROMOTERS

Brooks and Dunn will stop at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater June 18.   Tickets goes on sale 10 a.m. March 6.

Nashville, TN – Superstar duo Brooks & Dunn made a special appearance today during the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville to announce that the final show on their upcoming concert trek, The Last Rodeo Tour, will be Brooks & Dunn and Friends, a benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. Set to take place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on August 10, with special guests to be announced, the show will mark the concert culmination of the duo’s groundbreaking 20-year career.

In sharing the news, Brooks & Dunn offered this statement: “For several years, we have tossed around ideas for the best way to make a contribution to the Museum. We have a tremendous appreciation for the road that was traveled by the great stars that came before us. Their long nights in station wagons with instruments strapped on the roofs built an industry that allowed us to cruise around in big tour buses. Our last show together will certainly be a historic point in our lives and careers, and we feel it’s only right that the proceeds from this concert go to a place where all history in our business is so reverently preserved.”

“The enormity of this gesture, including the endorsement it implies and the example it sets, is something the Museum’s board and staff will contemplate with gratitude for a very long time,” said Museum Director Kyle Young. “We are grateful to Kix and Ronnie for supporting our educational mission and for putting the Museum on the radar screen of their nation of fans. The only word for them is magnificent!”

The Nashville show will join the majority of The Last Rodeo Tour dates going on sale March 6. A complete list of dates and markets appears below. Visit www.livenation.com or www.ticketmaster.com for tickets. Fans can watch the duo’s website at www.brooks-dunn.com for all the latest tour information.

Ticket price for the Nashville show will be $25 (plus convenience fee). The show will be produced by Brian O’Connell on behalf of Live Nation.

Alternating selected dates on The Last Rodeo Tour will be Jason Aldean (on most shows through June13), with Gary Allan on board for the remaining dates. Tyler Dickerson will be opening throughout the tour. Guests for the Nashville show will be announced at a later date.

The tour follows last year’s release of Brooks & Dunn’s career-spanning double-disc collection, #1s … and then some, which features 30 favorites in all, including an amazing 23 #1 hits.

May 2***        Vancouver, BC                        General Motors Place              

May 4***        Calgary, AB                             Pengrowth Saddledome           

May 5***        Edmonton, AB             Rexall Place                             

May 6***        Saskatoon, SK                         Credit Union Centre                

May 14            St Paul, MN                             Xcel Energy Center                 

May 15**        Bloomington, IL                        US Cellular Center

May 16            Columbus, OH             Schottenstein Center                

May 21            Phoenix, AZ                             Cricket Pavilion           

May 22            Albuquerque, NM                    The Pavilion                             

May 27            Wichita, KS                             InTrust Bank Arena                 

May 28            Tulsa, OK                                BOK Center                           

May 29            Dallas, TX                                Superpages.com Center           

May 30*          Baton Rouge, LA                     Bayou Fest

June 4              Charlotte, NC                          Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

June 5              Raleigh, NC                             Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion

June 11**        Tampa, FL                               Ford Amphitheatre

June 12**        W Palm Beach, FL                   Cruzan Amphitheatre

June 13            Jacksonville, FL                        Jacksonville Arena       

June 17            Hershey, PA                             Giant Center

June 18            Virginia Beach, VA                   Virginia Beach Amphitheater

June 26            Boston, MA                             Comcast Center

June 27            Bethel, NY                               Bethel Woods Pavilion

July 8*             Fort Loramie, OH                    Country Concert at Hickory Hills Lake

July 10             Darien Lake, NY                      Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

July 15             Atlanta, GA                              Lakewood Amphitheatre

July 18             Cincinnati, OH              Riverbend Music Center

July 23*           Minot, ND                               North Dakota State Fair

July 24*           Cheyenne, WY             Cheyenne Frontier Days

July 29             Detroit, MI                               DTE Energy Music Theatre

July 30             Pittsburgh, PA                          First Niagara Pavilion

August 6**       Kansas City, MO                     Sprint Center

August 7**       St Louis, MO                           Verizon Wireless Music Center

August 10         Nashville, TN                           Bridgestone Arena

Grammy-nominated country singer and songwriter Jamey Johnson will perfom at The NorVa 8 p.m. March 18. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5.

St. Patrick's day celebration with a night of all Irish music, Banjos,fiddles and more!

Mountain Music of Virginia

The “Crooked Road” is Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, winding through the mountains of southwest Virginia, where bluegrass and traditional country music have echoed in the hills and hollows for generations. The artists of the Crooked Road Project—balladeer Elizabeth LaPrelle, guitarist and guitar maker Wayne Henderson, lightning-fast banjo picker Sammy Shelor, fiddler and banjo players Kirk Sutphin and Eddie Bond, the Whitetop Mountain Band, and Amber Collins and No Speed Limit—are the descendants and keepers of hundreds of years of musical tradition.

Continuing the country music dynasty founded by her father Mel Tillis, Pam has been a formidable force in country music since her first single hit the charts in 1990. She has racked up 14 Top Five hits including six that hit #1, and has sold over 6 million records.

Grammy Award & Dove Award-winning American country singer who is considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music, with over thirty chart-topping hits and a unique neotraditionalist country style.

 

Sandler Center for the Performing Arts

Virginia Beach Town Center

201 Market Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23462

 

For tickets, call1-888-3-COXTIX or visit www.coxtix.com