{"id":16609,"date":"2013-03-07T16:33:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=16609"},"modified":"2013-03-07T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:33:57","slug":"lets-hope-george-shows-as-he-is-so-sold-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/07\/lets-hope-george-shows-as-he-is-so-sold-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Hope George Shows As He Is So Sold Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\"George<\/p>\n

ALAN JACKSON, TRAVIS TRITT, PAM TILLIS, PATTY LOVELESS, TRACY LAWRENCE, KATHY MATTEA, JOE DIFFIE, MARK CHESNUTT, T. GRAHAM BROWN, AND MORE JOIN GEORGE JONES FOR HIS FINAL NASHVILLE CONCERT<\/strong><\/p>\n

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013<\/strong>
\nAT NASHVILLE\u2019S BRIDGESTONE ARENA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"GeoJonesFinalConcert\"Nashville, TN (March 7, 2013) \u2013 With the SOLD OUT<\/em> final concert already hosting top names in all genres of music including Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Kenny Rogers, and Randy Travis among others, George Jones is excited to announce his dear friends and fellow Grand Ole Opry members Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt<\/strong> and other performers from his hit song \u201cI Don\u2019t Need Your Rockin\u2019 Chair\u201d will join him onstage. Pam Tillis, Kathy Mattea, Tracy Lawrence, Patty Loveless, Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnutt<\/strong>, and T. Graham Brown<\/strong> latest additions to concert lineup.<\/div>\n
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The event, which will soon be dubbed the Country Music Event of the Year, has already announced Dierks Bentley, Charlie Daniels, Jamey Johnson, Montgomery Gentry, Shelby Lynne, Sam Moore, Lorrie Morgan, The Oak Ridge Boys, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, Josh Turner<\/strong> and Gene Watson<\/strong> as participating in the evening of music.In addition, Brenda Lee, John Conlee, Lee Greenwood, Eddy Raven, The Roys, Janie Fricke, T.G. Sheppard, Dailey & Vincent, Gary Morris, Jessi Colter, Bobby Bare, Jim Ed Brown, Little Jimmy Dickens, Stonewall Jackson<\/strong> and more will all take the stage during the finale performance.More stars are expected to be announced as performers gear up to pay tribute to one of the world\u2019s most accomplished recording artists.\u201cAlan and Denise Jackson have been friends of Nancy and I for years, so this show wouldn\u2019t be the same without him,\u201d says George Jones. \u201cI am also so grateful that my dear friend Garth Brooks is going to be on stage with me. I am not sure who will be crying more, me or him.\u201dGeorge Jones, often referred to as the “the greatest living country singer” will mark the end of an era with 2013\u2019s farewell tour titled “The Grand Tour”<\/em>. The tour is expected to make approximately 44 stops this year. The icon\u2019s hits, “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair”, “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes”, “White Lightning” and “He Stopped Loving Her Today” will surely be part of each night\u2019s set list, along with plenty of guests and surprises.About George Jones<\/strong>
\nGeorge Jones is the #2 best-charting country artist of all time, with a staggering list of hit singles since the \u201850s. The Beaumont, Texas native also has 143 Top 40 hits to his name, has received two Grammy Awards, was a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor recipient, is a Country Music Hall of Fame member, was presented with a GRAMMY\u00ae Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and holds a National Medal of Arts medallion.<\/p>\n

For more information on George Jones, please visit www.georgejones.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nGeorge Jones Media Contacts:<\/strong>
\nWebster & Associates Public Relations & Marketing
\nKirt Webster \/ kirt@websterpr.com<\/strong><\/a> \/ 615-777-6995 x230
\nJeremy Westby \/ jeremy@websterpr.com<\/strong><\/a> \/ 615-777-6995 x228<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 ALAN JACKSON, TRAVIS TRITT, PAM TILLIS, PATTY LOVELESS, TRACY LAWRENCE, KATHY MATTEA, JOE DIFFIE, MARK CHESNUTT, T. GRAHAM BROWN, AND MORE JOIN GEORGE JONES FOR HIS FINAL NASHVILLE CONCERT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013 AT NASHVILLE\u2019S BRIDGESTONE ARENA Nashville, TN (March 7, 2013) \u2013 With the SOLD OUT final concert already hosting top names in all genres of music including Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Kenny Rogers, and Randy Travis among others, George Jones is excited to announce his dear friends and fellow Grand Ole Opry members Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}