{"id":20281,"date":"2013-05-08T20:21:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T20:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=20278"},"modified":"2013-05-08T20:21:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T20:21:32","slug":"exactly-what-whisnews21-suggested-day-george-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/08\/exactly-what-whisnews21-suggested-day-george-died\/","title":{"rendered":"What WHISNews21 Suggested The Day George Died"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"georgejonesmaritzB2013\"George Jones\u2019 Final Concert Will Still Go On<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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In an unexpected twist on the old notion that the show must go on, country legend George Jones<\/a>\u2018 star-studded farewell concert \u2014 which was scheduled for Nashville\u2019s Bridgestone Arena on November 22 \u2014 will still take place as planned.<\/p>\n

In Jones\u2019 absence, the once-in-a-lifetime all-star roster that he had assembled will get together to celebrate and pay tribute to the singer and his enduring legacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone has been asking if we will still do the show,\u201d says Nancy Jones, George\u2019s wife of 30 years, in a press release. \u201cI have asked Garth [Brooks]<\/a>, Kid Rock<\/a>, Travis Tritt<\/a>, the Oak Ridge Boys<\/a>, Montgomery Gentry<\/a>, Sam Moore, Charlie Daniels<\/a>, Jamey Johnson<\/a> and others and they all said, \u2018Yes, I am still going to do it,\u2019 so with all the artists still planning on coming, we are going to honor George one final time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Performers originally confirmed for the show included Alan Jackson<\/a>, Shelby Lynne,\u00a0 Sam Moore, Dierks Bentley<\/a>, Lorrie Morgan, Kenny Rogers<\/a>, Randy Travis<\/a>, Tanya Tucker<\/a>, Josh Turner<\/a> and Gene Watson<\/a>. Pam Tillis<\/a>, Kathy Mattea<\/a>, Tracy Lawrence<\/a>, Patty Loveless<\/a>, Joe Diffie<\/a>, Mark Chesnutt and\u00a0T. Graham Brown were also scheduled, along with\u00a0Lee Greenwood<\/a>, Little Jimmy Dickens<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 publicist says that not all of the artists originally confirmed have been contacted and re-confirmed for the memorial event. A list of confirmed talent will be available at George Jones\u2019 official website after it\u2019s announced. The concert was already sold out prior to the icon\u2019s passing, but additional tickets could eventually become available via Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By Sterling Whitaker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

George Jones\u2019 Final Concert Will Still Go On In an unexpected twist on the old notion that the show must go on, country legend George Jones\u2018 star-studded farewell concert \u2014 which was scheduled for Nashville\u2019s Bridgestone Arena on November 22 \u2014 will still take place as planned. In Jones\u2019 absence, the once-in-a-lifetime all-star roster that he had assembled will get together to celebrate and pay tribute to the singer and his enduring legacy. \u201cEveryone has been asking if we will still do the show,\u201d says Nancy Jones, George\u2019s wife of<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20002,"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\/20281"}],"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=20281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}