country routes news: C2C: Country To Country London Event March 2013

C2C: Country To Country London Event March 2013

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Country superstars are joining forces for the first time in London to create C2C: Country to Country. Some of the biggest names in the business are heading across the Atlantic for a huge Two-Day music Festival extravaganza at The O2 London in March 2013.

Saturday 16th March

Tim McGraw (Big Machine Records)

Vince Gill

Little Big Town (EMI Music/Capitol Music Group- Capitol Nashville)

Kristian Bush (Mercury Nashville artist of Sugarland fame)

Sunday 17th March

Carrie Underwood (Arista Nashville /19 Entertainment)

Darius Rucker (EMI Music/Capitol Music Group- Capitol Nashville)

LeAnn Rimes (Curb Records)

Brantley Gilbert (Big Machine Records/ Valory Music Company)

** TICKETS ** went on sale Friday 7th December 2012 at 9am:

www.gigsandtours.com/ 0844 811 0051 or via theo2.co.uk / 0844 856 0202

** Buy Tickets at - http://www.axs.com/c2c

WHEN & WHERE : The O2 London / Sat March 16 & Sun 17, 2013

Select your day / days

Doors open: 4:00 PM. Show starts: 4:00 PM

SEATS £71.50 (£65.00 Face Value), £60.50 (£55.00 Face Value), £49.50 (£45.00 Face Value) and £38.50 (£35.00 Face Value)

** UPDATE ** (4 Dec) C2C: Country To Country - Weekend Tickets

SEATS £122.00 (£110.00 Face Value) On sale on Friday, 07 Dec 2012 at 9:00AM

SEATS £100.00 (£90.00 Face Value) On sale on Friday, 07 Dec 2012 at 9:00AM

The maximum number of tickets per-customer for this show is 6.

These restrictions are per-customer, not per order

Details:

http://www.gigsandtours.com/WEEKEND-TICKETS/

Blurb: On Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March 2013, C2C: Country to Country will see a line up of some of the leading country music artists in the world on stage together, including Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Vince Gill, Little Big Town, Brantley Gilbert, Kristian Bush, LeAnn Rimes and others to be announced shortly.

The sound of Nashville at the world’s most popular venue marks a major milestone in the UK’s love of country, where major US artists sell out arenas around the country.

The likes of LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood have had a massive effect on both the UK and US charts by appealing to modern day listeners while echoing the traditional sounds of the greatest country singers. Carrie Underwood’s sell out London performance last summer was the latest milestone and illustrated the

’s huge appetite for the new sounds of country.

Speaking about the forthcoming event, Tim McGraw said:

"Our trip to the UK and playing The O2 is one of the things I'm looking forward to the most for next year". "I love being able to take my music to other countries, and I think there are a lot of new songs on TWO LANES OF FREEDOM that fans over there will really dig. It's going to be a blast!"

Headlining on Sunday 17th will be Carrie Underwood, who sold out London’s Royal Albert Hall in record time this summer, said, "I love the idea of a country music festival in London and I'm so excited that so many amazing artists are coming together for Country to Country. I feel honored to help represent country music, and I know it's going to be a really fun weekend!"

(Source - www2.gigsandtours.com/news )

NOTE !!

There are also 2 spin-off Irish dates

for Carrie Underwood :

Thursday March 14, 2013 - Olympia Theatre Dublin, IE

Friday March 15, 2013 - Waterfront Hall Auditorium, Belfast , NI

Fanclub Presale begins: Tuesday 4th December 2012 to Thursday 6th December 2012

Onsale to General Public Friday 6th December 09:00

Source / Booking www.ticketmaster.ie

Steve Moore, CEO of CMA said:

“We at CMA are thrilled to be involved with the Country to Country music festival at The O2 arena. It will prove to be the beginning of an annual music tradition that Nashville artists can perform and build new fans throughout the UK and Europe."

BBC Radio 2 is the official radio partner, with Bob Harris, King of all things country, supporting the event and will be broadcasting highlights.

Bob said: "It's fantastic to see such a great line-up of major Nashville talent performing in the UK. There's a very vibrant music scene in Nashville at the moment and it feels like a particularly exciting time for country music. I'm so pleased that British audiences are being given the opportunity to see some of country music's greatest stars performing live, and am personally thrilled to be able to reflect such a great weekend of music on my Radio 2 country show."

Taking place at The O2, the world’s leading music venue, C2C: Country to Country will be a festival platform to bring country music headliners together in one place, for one weekend.

Much more than just a music festival it will be a celebration of country style and culture and will see The O2 transformed into a mini Nashville.

Chris York, Director of SJM Concerts said:

“We are proud to be working with Jay and his team at The O2 to deliver an event of this caliber in the UK. The talent is fabulous and we look forward to growing C2C: Country to Country to be the place to see the best in US Country artists in the best venue setting.”

(Source - www.backstagepass.biz )