Aldean Partners with GE and Susan G. Komen for Wyoming
TN – July 26, 2013 – On the eighth anniversary of the release of his
debut album, MULTI-PLATINUM entertainer Jason Aldean has already broken
the all-time attendance record at Cheyenne’s Frontier Days ahead of his
show there tonight. The previous mark was held by George Strait. At
current count, Aldean has sold 24,457 tickets with walk up lines wrapped
around the front gate for what will be the largest concert ever held in
the state of Wyoming.
“It’s
such an unbelievable thing to even have your name uttered in the same
breath as a guy like that,” said Aldean. “Strait is probably the best
country singer of the last century in my opinion. I can only hope for a
career that lasts half as long as his…there is still no one cooler
than King George!”
This
news comes on the eighth anniversary of Aldean’s debut album release.
The self-titled disc featured smash singles “Hicktown,” “Amarillo Sky”
and his first-ever No. one song “Why.” Since 2005, Aldean has gone on
to sell more than eight million copies of his five studio albums, rack
up 11 No. one singles and sell out stadium shows.
Aldean, a long-time supporter of the fight against breast cancer, partnered with GE, Susan G. Komen and the Wyoming Women First organization at
Frontier Days to help encourage women to sign up for more information
on screening options in Wyoming, the state with the third-lowest
screening rate in the country. He donated concert tickets, private meet
and greet experiences and more to raise awareness of the GE “Mammovan”
parked on site, which is a mobile screening facility especially vital in
states like Wyoming where the average distance a woman has to travel
for a mammogram is 70 miles. Each October, breast cancer awareness
month, Aldean dubs one of his tour dates the “Concert for the Cure” and
donates all profits to Susan G. Komen, raising in excess of $1 million
thus far.
For more information, please visit www.jasonaldean.com.