Month: December 2015

Carrie Underwood Expands “The Storyteller Tour” With Additional International Shows
New Headline Dates in Sweden and Norway for C2C Scandinavia
 
North American Arena Tour Launches in January

 

 

NASHVILLE, TN – Nashville, TN – (December 14, 2015) – Seven-time Grammy winner and Pollstar’s three-time top female country touring artist, Carrie Underwood, has expanded The Storyteller Tour to include two additional concerts during Europe’s biggest country music festival, Country to Country (C2C), in Scandinavia next March playing both Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway.  Underwood is already headlining C2C in Glasgow, Scotland; London, England; and Dublin, Ireland.  The Storyteller Tour, whose North American run is in association with award-winning cosmetics brand ALMAY, will kick off January 30 in Jacksonville, Florida, playing 40 arenas across the U.S. and Canada.

 

The 2016 tour is in support of Carrie’s now Gold-certified Storyteller album, which made a historic debut in October when she became the only artist in the chart’s 51-year history to have each of her first six albums to enter the chart at #1.

 

The North American tour, promoted by AEG Live, will include special guests Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers. Tickets are available now at www.aeglive.com.

 

The Storyteller Tour:

 

Jan-30	Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Feb-1	Duluth, GA	Infinite Energy Arena
Feb-3	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum
Feb-5	Louisville, KY	KFC Yum! Center
Feb-17	Pittsburgh, PA	CONSOL Energy Center
Feb-20	Hampton, VA	Hampton Coliseum
Feb-22	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center
Feb-23	Boston, MA	TD Garden
Feb-25	Washington, DC	Verizon Center
Mar 4 Mar 5 Mar-11	Stockholm, Sweden Oslo, Norway Glasgow, Scotland	C2C/ Hovet* C2C/ Spektrum* C2C/ Clyde Auditorium*
Mar-12	London, England	C2C/ O2 Arena*
Mar-13	Dublin, Ireland	C2C/ 3 Arena*
Mar-17	Youngstown, OH	Covelli Centre
Mar-19	Allentown, PA	PPL Center
Mar-22	Auburn Hills, MI	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar-24	St. Louis, MO	Chaifetz Arena
Mar-26	Lincoln, NE	Pinnacle Bank Arena
Mar-29	Colorado Springs, CO	Broadmoor World Arena
Mar-30	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
Apr-1	Las Vegas, NV	ACM Party for a Cause Festival*
Apr-5	Fresno, CA	Save Mart Center
Apr-8	Reno, NV	Reno Events Center
Apr-10	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena
Apr-12	Stockton, CA	Stockton Arena
Apr-14	Phoenix, AZ	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Apr-16	Las Cruces, NM	Pan American Center
Apr-18	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center
Apr-19	Houston, TX	Toyota Center
Apr-22	Bossier City, LA	CenturyLink Center
Apr-24	Lafayette, LA	Cajundome
Apr-27	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
Apr-28	N. Little Rock, AR	Verizon Arena
Apr-30	Indio, CA	Stagecoach*
May-3	Madison, WI	Kohl Center
May-5	Green Bay, WI	Resch Center
May-7	Grand Forks, ND	Ralph Engelstad Arena
May-10	Casper, WY	Casper Events Center
May-12	Billings, MT	Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
May-15	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
May-17	Rosemont, IL	Allstate Arena
May-18	Cleveland, OH	Quicken Loans Arena
May-24	Buffalo, NY	First Niagara Center
May-27	Ottawa, ON	Canadian Tire Centre
May-28	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre
May-30	London, ON	Budweiser Gardens

*festival date 

 

Each of Carrie’s three previous headline arena tours, 2008’s Carnival Ride Tour, the Play On Tour in 2010, and 2012-2013’s Blown Away Tour played for over one million fans. When the Blown Away Tour wrapped in 2013, Carrie had performed 112 shows in 110 cities across three continents and six countries, including sold-out shows at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall, and two nights at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrie Underwood Earns a GRAMMY® Nomination as Storyteller Goes Gold and Returns to #1!

 

Underwood’s Latest Album Reclaims the Top Spot on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart

 

NASHVILLE, TN – Seven-time GRAMMY winner Carrie Underwood scored the 21st of her 22 #1 singles with “Little Toy Guns” (from  her Greatest Hits: Decade #1), and today, her performance of the song earned her a Best Country Solo Performance GRAMMY nomination for the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards®.

 

The GRAMMY news comes as Carrie’s new Storyteller album achieves RIAA Gold certification and also returns to #1 this week on Billboard’s Top Country Albums sales chart.  Last month, Storyteller notched a historic debut when Carrie became the only artist in the chart’s 51-year history to have each of her first six albums enter the chart at #1.

 

Following the success of Storyteller’s first single, the chart-topping “Smoke Break,” Underwood is new on the airwaves with her co-written “Heartbeat,” a song that All Access lauds as “sexy and beautiful and classy and raw,” while Billboard simply calls it “the country love ballad of our dreams.”  The song’s gorgeous new Randee St. Nicholas-directed music video can be seen online now.

 

 

Storyteller is available for sale here.

 

On a separate GRAMMY note, this past Sunday, Carrie was among the stars performing songs made famous by Frank Sinatra as part of the CBS airing of Sinatra 100 – An All-Star GRAMMY Concert.  The event honored Sinatra’s remarkable legacy in celebration of the upcoming occasion of what would have been his 100th birthday.  For the show, Underwood performed “Someone to Watch over Me” and joined Zac Brown and Seth MacFarlane for a medley of “Come Fly with Me,” “Bewitched,” “Stars Fell on Alabama,” and “Learning the Blues.”

 

 

The 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place Monday, February 15, 2016, live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, airing on CBS Television from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

 

 

Carrie Underwood Shines across Multiple TV Appearances and New “Heartbeat” Music Video

 

Featured on Last Night’s Late Late Show with James Corden and This Sunday’s Sinatra 100 – An All-Star GRAMMY Concert

 

Vinyl Edition of Chart-Topping Storyteller Album to Release December 4

 

 

Nashville, TN – From London to Las Vegas, superstar Carrie Underwood has been in the spotlight in multiple ways this week following a Sunday performance of her new single, “Heartbeat,” on the smash UK series, The X Factor.

 

On Wednesday, Underwood made a guest appearance on CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden, joining Corden for a hilarious installment of his popular show segment, “Carpool Karaoke.” See it online here.

 

 

Fans can also be watching for the seven-time GRAMMY® winner as part of the December 6 broadcast of Sinatra 100 – An All-Star GRAMMY Concert.  Presented by The Recording Academy®, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, and CBS, the special honors the remarkable legacy of the legendary Frank Sinatra by celebrating his 100th birthday with performances of songs that he made famous.  Also featuring Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Zac Brown, Harry Connick, Jr., Celine Dion, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, John Legend, Adam Levine, and Usher among the participating artists, the concert taped on Wednesday at Wynn Las Vegas Encore Theatre and airs this Sunday from 9-11 PM ET/PT, on CBS, in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound.

 

This week, Carrie has the hottest new song at country radio with “Heartbeat,” and the song’s gorgeous new music video made its debut earlier this week.  The Randee St. Nicholas-directed clip is now available for viewing on Vevo and is available for sale here.

 

“Heartbeat” is the second single and follow-up to Underwood’s #1 smash, “Smoke Break,” both from her chart-topping new album, Storyteller.  Storyteller is available for sale.

 

On Friday, December 4, a limited edition of Storyteller will be released on 150-gram vinyl, featuring special etched artwork. The two-LP set is available for pre-order here.

Carrie Underwood Performs “Heartbeat” on UK’s The X Factor

 

Nashville, TN – December 1, 2015 – On Sunday, superstar Carrie Underwood was in London for a performance of her new single, “Heartbeat,” on the hit UK series The X Factor, where she earned a standing ovation from judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Rita Ora, and Nick Grimshaw.  The song is the second single from Underwood’s chart-topping new album, Storyteller, available for sale.

 

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