Month: March 2016

CARRIE UNDERWOOD EXTENDS SPECTACULAR TOUR THROUGH FALL 2016

The Storyteller Tour- Stories in the Round

Tickets on sale April 8

 

Nashville, TN – (March 31, 2016) – Seven-time Grammy winner and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee Carrie Underwood has just announced The Storyteller Tour- Stories in the Round will extend through the fall including stops in Los Angeles (STAPLES Center), Nashville (Bridgestone Arena), and New York City (Madison Square Garden). The in-the-round arena tour launched to rave reviews in January and has already played sold out shows across the U.S., including a crowd of over 17,000 at Boston’s TD Garden. Carrie recently returned from Europe where she played five shows in five countries, each part of Country to Country Festival (C2C).

 

“I always love being on the road performing for my fans,” shares Underwood, “but something about this tour feels more magnetic than ever. Having a 360-degree view of the audience gives me the opportunity to connect with more fans and feed off their energy. I can’t wait to continue this tour into the fall!”

 

 

Concert review critics have applauded Underwood’s confidence and command over the massive stage that spans the entire length of the arena floor. The Washington Post claimed she’s “at the top of her game,” and the Hampton Daily Press said the show’s “presentation is overwhelming, from start to finish- a spectacular sensory overload that had the crowd roaring all night long.” Rollingstonecountry.com praised “the in-the-round setting provides each concertgoer with the best experience possible. Simpler still is the storytelling aspect of the show and country music’s reliance on conveying memorable stories in song.” The Boston Globe stated, Underwood “demonstrated that she now truly can stare unflinchingly into those lights and dominate a stage, with a confidence, defiance, and a sense of ownership that have been a treat to watch come to fruition. A rock-solid, deftly sequenced hour-and-45-minue long set, which moved from playful to solemn, smooth to twangy, and from cinematic scope to smaller, intimate moments. The most stunning part of the production however, remains Underwood’s voice, strong and nuanced.”

 

The North American tour, promoted by AEG Live, will include special guests Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers. Tickets will be available for The Storyteller Tour beginning Friday, April 8 at 10am local time at www.aeglive.com.  American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets for the U.S. shows before the general public beginning Monday, April 4th at noon local time through Thursday, April 7th at 10 p.m. local time. For information on fan club and D2C pre-sale opportunities and VIP packages go to www.carrieunderwood.fm.

 

Carrie will continue a donation of $1 from each ticket sold at the U.S. dates of The Storyteller Tour to be contributed to the C.A.T.S Foundation to help aid its causes including Checotah, Oklahoma’s education and literacy programs. Established in 2009, the C.A.T.S. (Checotah Animal, Town, and School) Foundation helps with general causes, needs, and services in the area of Checotah, Oklahoma, Carrie’s hometown, to directly impact the community.

 

 

The Storyteller Tour spring leg dates remaining:

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

 

The Storyteller Tour fall leg dates:

Sept-4	Spokane, WA	Spokane Arena
Sept-6	Boise, ID	Taco Bell Arena
Sept-8	Seattle, WA	KeyArena at Seattle Center
Sept-10	San Jose, CA	SAP Center at San Jose**
Sept-13	Bakersfield, CA	Rabobank Arena
Sept-14	Los Angeles, CA	STAPLES Center
Sept-20	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center
Sept-22	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena
Sept-24	Columbia, SC	Colonial Life Arena
Sept-26	Roanoke, VA	Berglund Center
Sept-28	Providence, RI	Dunkin’ Donuts Center
Sept-29	Manchester, NH	Verizon Wireless Arena
Oct-1	Hershey, PA	Giant Center
Oct-4	Indianapolis, IN	Bankers Life Fieldhouse**
Oct-5	Milwaukee, WI	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Oct-7	Des Moines, IA	Wells Fargo Arena
Oct-8	Sioux Falls, SD	Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
Oct-20	Cincinnati, OH	U.S. Bank Arena
Oct-22	Charlottesville, VA	John Paul Jones Arena
Oct-23	Charlotte, NC	Time Warner Cable Arena
Oct-25	New York, NY	Madison Square Garden
Oct-27	Albany, NY	Times Union Center
Oct-28	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena
Nov-6	Hamilton, ON	FirstOntario Centre
Nov-9	Rockford, IL	BMO Harris Bank Center
Nov-11	Evansville, IN	Ford Center
Nov-13	Memphis, TN	FedExForum
Nov-14	Birmingham, AL	Legacy Arena at The BJCC
Nov-16	Tampa, FL	Amalie Arena
Nov-17	Sunrise, FL	BB&T Center
Nov-22	Wichita, KS	INTRUST Bank Arena
Nov-23	Oklahoma City, OK	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Nov-26	Las Vegas, NV	T-Mobile Arena
Nov-28	West Valley City, UT	Maverik Center

** San Jose goes on sale May 6^th and Indianapolis goes on sale May 13th

 

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.

 

The tour is in promotion of Carrie’s new album, Storyteller, which was heralded by Rolling Stone as “the most anticipated country album of the year.” The album was produced by Jay Joyce, Mark Bright, and Zach Crowell with six of its 13 songs co-written by Carrie, including the #1 hits “Smoke Break” and “Heartbeat.”

 

 

“Church Bells” Ships to Country Radio April 1

 

 

NASHVILLE, TN, March 30, 2016 – Seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood will debut her new single, “Church Bells,” with a television performance on the 51^st Academy of Country Music Awards this Sunday, April 3 on CBS Television.

 

Produced by Mark Bright and written by Zach Crowell, Brett James, and Hillary Lindsey, Carrie’s “Church Bells” ships to country radio on Friday, April 1 and officially impacts on Monday, April 11. Fans have been raving about the epic revenge song that Entertainment Weekly called a “twangy roof-raiser,” and ABC News described as combining “some Americana-style banjo-play with a funky swagger.”

 

Underwood describes “Church Bells” as one of the most dynamic narratives on her Storyteller album.  “I love songs about strong women.  I love being sucked into that story:  rooting for the woman and seeing that she does something powerful that she never thought she could do,” explains Underwood. “People are strongest when they’re pushed to their limits.”

 

This is the third single from her Gold-certified, fifth-studio album, Storyteller, which has yielded two back-to-back #1 singles, “Smoke Break” and “Heartbeat.” To date, Carrie has achieved 23 #1 singles, 13 of which she co-wrote. Storyteller is available for purchase at https://smarturl.it/custoryteller

 

Carrie is an eleven-time ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee and the first female artist to be twice named the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year.  She is currently performing in sold out arenas across the U.S. and Canada on The Storyteller Tour- Stories in the Round.  Underwood recently returned from Europe where she headlined five shows in five different countries as part of Country 2 Country (C2C).

CARRIE UNDERWOOD WRAPS EUROPEAN TOUR LEG

 

Highlights Include Sold Out Shows and Major TV Promo

 

 

NASHVILLE, TN– (March 14, 2016) – After selling out all concerts in America that have played so far on The Storyteller Tour, ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee Carrie Underwood brought her tour to Europe this month. This past weekend she headlined sold out shows at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium, London’s O2 Arena, and Dublin’s 3 Arena. The weekend prior Carrie played for the first time in Stockholm, Sweden, and Oslo Norway to enthusiastic crowds. All 5 dates were a part of Country to Country (C2C), Europe’s biggest country music festival.

 

 

While overseas Carrie had an incredible run of UK promo activity including television appearances on BBC Breakfast and The Jonathan Ross Show. She visited with radio including “Another Country With Ricky Ross” at BBC Radio Scotland, “The Tracks Of My Years” with Ken Bruce at BBC Radio 2, and “Live From Country To Country 2016” with BBC Radio 2 Country. Carrie performed on “Woman’s Hour” at BBC Radio 4, and “Simon Mayo Drivetime” at BBC Radio 2. She was also featured in numerous print publications including the Sunday Times, Metro, Music Week, The Sun, and Hello magazine.

Watch highlights from the trip here: https://youtu.be/Ig9phvW-4Z8

CARRIE UNDERWOOD SCORES HER 23rd #1 SINGLE WITH “HEARTBEAT”

 

“Heartbeat” Becomes Carrie’s 13th #1 as a Songwriter

 

 

Nashville, TN, March 14, 2016 – ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee and seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood has just achieved the 23^rd #1 single of her career with “Heartbeat,” the second #1 single from her chart-topping album, Storyteller.  Her 13^th #1 as a songwriter, “Heartbeat,” reached the top spot on both the Billboard and Mediabase country airplay charts. The song is also currently #1 on Canada’s Mediabase country airplay chart for a third consecutive week.

 

“Heartbeat,” written by Carrie, Zach Crowell, and Ashley Gorley, and produced by Crowell, is Carrie’s 13^th #1 as a songwriter. Rolling Stone touted “Heartbeat” as “head-turningly sexy” and NASH Country Weekly says “Carrie interprets the message with real conviction and a passion that hits the right emotional notes.”

 

The music video for “Heartbeat,” directed by Randee St Nicholas, currently sits at #1 on GAC’s fan-voted Top 20 Country Countdown, where it’s reigned for 6 straight weeks. Watch the video here: https://smarturl.it/cuheartbeataudio

 

Carrie wrapped up the international dates of The Storyteller Tour this past weekend, playing sold out shows at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium, London’s O2 Arena, and Dublin’s 3 Arena. The weekend before Carrie played for the first time in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway to enthusiastic crowds. All 5 dates were a part of Country to Country (C2C), Europe’s biggest country music festival.

Carrie Underwood Celebrates 22nd #1 Hit

with “Smoke Break” Industry Party

Nashville- March 2, 2016- — Carrie Underwood and the co-writers of her #1 hit “Smoke Break” celebrated its success with music industry executives, family, and friends yesterday in Nashville. “Smoke Break” was written by Carrie, Hillary Lindsey, and Chris DeStefano, the same trio that penned Carrie’s last #1 hit, “Little Toy Guns.” 

“Smoke Break,” described by The Guardian as “refreshingly smart and bold,” became Carrie’s 22nd career #1 hit as well as her 12th #1 co-write and was the lead single from her gold-selling, #1 debuting Storyteller album. 

Photo 1:

Pictured- ASCAP songwriter Chris DeStafano, BMI songwriter Carrie Underwood, ASCAP songwriter Hillary Lindsey

Photo 2:

Pictured- (L-R): Back Row: Sony ATV’s Josh Van Valkenburg, BMG’s Chris Oglesby, ASCAP’s Michael Martin, BMI’s Bradly Collins, ASCAP’s Beth Brinker, BMI’s Jody Williams and Arista Nashville’s Randy Goodman. Front Row: Chris DeStefano, Carrie Underwood, and Hillary Lindsey.  

Photo credits: Erika Goldring