Concerts

In the past few months, Jake Owen has made it clear that he wishes it could be summertime all year long. In addition to releasing an ‘Endless Summer’ EP with four summery tracks, when the handsome country crooner became the headliner for this year’s CMT on Tour package, his multi-city trek was named the ‘Jake Owen: The Summer Never Ends 2012′ tour. He’ll close the tour in December with a stopover in his hometown of Vero Beach, Fla. There, he’ll hold his annual hometown fundraiser to raise money for Autism Speaks, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and several local charities and organizations.

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Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw have been breaking attendance records at stadiums all over the U.S. this summer. Chesney’s 22-city/23-stadium Brothers of the Sun Tour wrapped this weekend at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., selling a record-breaking 111,209 tickets over two shows. That’s just icing on the cake for the ‘brothers,’ who put on the highest-grossing tour of the summer, which sold over a million tickets in all.

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Willie Nelson gave his fans a major scare over the weekend when he canceled his Saturday night gig. Reports quickly surfaced that he was hospitalized because he was having trouble breathing, but fear not! The iconic country singer is back on the road again and he’s as fit as a fiddle.

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If you were out at the Missouri State Fairground last Saturday night (August 18), you had the chance to guess the official score of this big ol' buck for a chance to win some great prizes.  We went through all the registrations and tallied all of the guess, and one lucky winner guessed the official score right on the nose.  So, who won, and what was the official score?

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Thousands of country and blues fans flocked to the grandstands last Saturday night (August 18) for the final concert of the 2012 Missouri State Fair, featuring blues legend George Thorogood and the Destroyers and country icon Hank Williams Jr.  The packed show could be heard throughout the fairgrounds late into the night, and both Thorogood and Hank Jr. put on a terrific show.  Check out the photos from the concert here.

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Jake Owen has been named the headliner of the this year’s CMT on Tour package, which will also feature rising stars Love and Theft and Florida Georgia Line as supporting acts. The 2012 CMT on Tour: The Summer Never Ends trek is set to kick off on Oct. 10 in New York City and wrap on Dec. 15 in Owen’s hometown of Vero Beach, Fla.

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RCA recording artist Bush Hawg were kind enough to let us chat with them on their bus before their set on the Bud Stage at the Missouri State Fair.  They are certainly a high energy band and bring the party to the stage.  Video and pictures are below.

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LoCash Cowboys put on an amazing show Friday night (August 17) out at Cadillac Ranch in Warrensburg.  The duo played their chart topping hits, including “You Gonna Fly,” “Truck Yeah” and “C.O.U.N.T.R.Y.” and “Here Comes Summer.”  Chris and Preston also unveiled some brand new songs that are in the works.  They brought a few special guests to share the stage as well, including LoCash Cowboy superfan Nick and country rockers Bush Hawg, who are playing at the Bud Tent at this year’s Missouri State Fair.  Check out the scenes from this high-energy show that had everyone in the crowd yelling “Truck Yeah!”

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Fifty one of the 62 families with legal claims after last August’s Indiana State Fair tragedy had agreed to a settlement that would have protected the state from further legal action. The stage owner decided that wasn’t enough. Mid American Sound announced that minimum participation requirements were not met, without revealing what those requirements were.

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Day 10 of the Missouri State Fair is here, and it’s the final weekend too!  Today is Youth in Agriculture Day where you can get $1 off admission coupons at County Extension offices.

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