Keith Urban Returns to Headline Nashville’s New Year’s Eve Celebration
Diverse Lineup for Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Includes
Maren Morris, Cheap Trick, Carly Pearce, Jonny P and Fisk Jubilee Singers
NASHVILLE –GRAMMY-winner
Keith Urban will headline Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville
(#NashvilleNYE) for a second year in a row, the Nashville Convention
& Visitors Corp announced today. Urban will lead a diverse lineup
that includes CMA New Artist of the Year
Maren Morris, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Cheap Trick, 2017 country music breakout artist
Carly Pearce, R&B artist Jonny P and the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The event at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park is free and open to the public.
“We are thrilled to have
Keith return to headline our New Year’s Eve show with a lineup that
represents the great diversity of music genres thriving in Music City,”
said Beth Seigenthaler Courtney, chairman of
the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp and president of DVL
Seigenthaler. “We look forward to welcoming tens of thousands of
visitors in the crowd of 100,000, who will fill up hotel rooms, eat and
shop across Davidson County and generate substantial economic
activity.”
Butch Spyridon,
president and CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp,
added, “With the tragedy in Las Vegas still fresh on our mind, as always
we are taking the necessary precautions and refining our
security plan with partners at the federal, state and local levels,
including our full-time security team and the Metro Nashville Police
Department. We moved to Bicentennial Mall last year to accommodate the
growth of the event and to enhance our safety measures,
and we will continue our efforts to provide the most comprehensive
security possible.”
Gates will open at 4
p.m. on Dec. 31, and the raising of the Music Note will take place at
6:15 p.m. with the concert to follow. The event will include the
traditional Music Note Drop and accompanying fireworks
display to ring in the New Year against the backdrop of the iconic
State Capitol building and unique view of the Nashville skyline.
Storme Warren and Kelly Sutton will serve as emcees.
Nashville is scheduled to be a featured location as part of CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.”
New for 2017 are exclusive party and celebration packages with three different options to choose from. Details can be found at
visitmusiccity.com/nyepackages.
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Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville Celebration Package:
Choice of hotel, commemorative event t-shirt and Music City Midnight Party Pack. -
Music City Gold Circle Party – Ticket:
Ticket only to the Exclusive Party, Viewing Area and special amenities. - Music City Gold Circle Party Package: Choice of hotel plus ticket to the Exclusive Party, Private Viewing Area and special amenities.
Limited
Gold Circle Party tickets are available so purchase early before they
sell out. All ticket and hotel package options available for purchase by
calling 1-800-657-6910
or purchase online atvisitmusiccity.com/nyepackages.
Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville
is produced by the NCVC for the city of Nashville and presented by
Jack Daniel’s. Partners include Advance Financial, Tennessee Highway
Safety Office: Booze It & Lose It, Carl Black Chevrolet, Anderson
Benson Insurance, Dr Pepper Cherry, Korbel, Budweiser,
Bud Light, Fetzer and Uber.
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Keith Urban
2017 has proven to be a successful year for Keith Urban and his album
RIPCORD, which was released in 2016 and continued its incredible
run this year. He has earned five nominations for the 2017 CMA Awards,
including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Single
of the Year, and was the most awarded artist
at the 2017 CMT Music Awards with four wins. A groundbreaking album for
Urban,
RIPCORD marked the second time that one of his albums debuted
simultaneously atop the all-genre charts in the United States, Canada
and Australia. He is the only male country artist to achieve this mark.
RIPCORD produced five No. 1 songs including “Wasted Time,” “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “The Fighter,” which is Urban’s 23rd
No. 1 song and his seventh consecutive. It continued his streak as the
artist with the most consecutive
Top 10 songs on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart (38) — a streak that
started in August, 2000. Following the breakthrough success of
RIPCORD, which has continued worldwide, Urban took to the road
for his “ripCORD WORLD TOUR 2016.” The tour played more than 70 shows
on four continents in front of more than 1 million people, further
solidifying Urban’s already established reputation
as one of the most electrifying and dynamic live performers. In 2001,
the Country Music Association honored Urban with its Horizon Award. He
was the first in history to go on to win the CMA’s Male Vocalist of the
Year, a title he’s captured three times, and
the coveted Entertainer of the Year. Since then, Urban’s career has
seen a long list of groundbreaking firsts and accomplishments reserved
for the music industry’s elite. The 2015 CMA Awards brought Urban his
third win for Vocal Event of the Year (“Raise ‘Em
Up” featuring Eric Church) that marked the first time in history that
any artist has received the award in three consecutive years. Besides
his four GRAMMY Awards, Urban has won 10 Country Music Association
Awards, 11 Academy of Country Music Awards, a People’s
Choice and an American Music Award. He is a member of the Grand Ole
Opry. Urban’s reputation as a premier songwriter, vocalist, musician and
virtuoso guitarist has afforded him the opportunity to collaborate with
the likes of The Rolling Stones, John Mayer,
Steven Tyler, Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Alicia Keys, Tim McGraw
and Taylor Swift, Vince Gill and Eric Church. Urban has long supported
numerous charities. His “All For The Hall” benefit concerts for the
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum© have raised
more than $3.4 million. He is the first Ambassador of the CMA
Foundation, is an advisory board member at the St. Jude’s Children’s
Hospital and is a longtime supporter of The Mr. Holland’s Opus Fund and
The GRAMMY Foundation.
KeithUrban.net
Maren Morris
Twenty-seven
year old singer/songwriter Maren Morris has quickly established herself
with vocal stylings that reflect her country,
folk and pop influences. Armed with sheer talent, honest lyrics and a
completely magnetic presence, Morris’ label-debut album, the
Gold-certified
Hero, released via Columbia Nashville on June 3, 2016. One week after it was available,
Hero entered the Billboard Country Albums chart at No. 1 and No. 5
on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, which spans across all genres. With
this, the Arlington, Texas native became the first artist in the history
of Columbia Nashville to open at No. 1 on
the Billboard Country Charts with a debut album in the Soundscan era.
Morris’ debut single from
Hero, “My Church,” set a record at country radio by having the
most chart reporting stations to play a debut single by a country artist
with 107 stations the week it hit the airwaves, in addition to being
certified Platinum by the RIAA. Later in 2016
Morris tied for the most nominations with five at the 50th CMA Awards, including Album of the Year (Hero),
Female Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year (“My Church”), Song of
the Year (“My Church”) and New Artist of the Year, which she
won, marking her first CMA Award. She was tapped by Billboard Magazine to receive the Billboard Breakthrough Artist Award at the 11th
annual Billboard Women in Music Gala, as well as being awarded the
Breakthrough Artist Award by the Music
Business Association at Music Biz 2017. Kicking off 2017 Morris took
home the GRAMMY for Best Country Solo Performance for “My Church” at the
59th GRAMMY Awards, in addition to having the most nominations for a country music artist with four to
her credit, including Best New Artist, Best Country Album (Hero)
and Best Country Song (“My Church”). She received six nominations at
the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards, including Female Vocalist of
the Year, New Female Vocalist of the Year, which
she took home the trophy for, Album of the Year (as artist and
producer) for
Hero, and Single Record of the Year (as artist and producer) for “My
Church.” Morris was also named Radio Disney’s Best New Country Artist
at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards. Morris recently wrapped the first
leg of her first-ever, sold out, headlining
tour, The HERO Tour 2017, with the second leg to continue in October
and November. Next year Maren joins Niall Horan on the Flicker World
Tour 2018 with dates in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United
States.
MarenMorris.com
Cheap Trick
Cheap
Trick is an indisputable American institution, beloved around the globe
since 1974 for its instantly identifiable, hugely
influential, brand of pop rock ‘n’ roll. The band – Robin Zander
(vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar), Tom Petersson (bass
guitar), and Daxx Nielsen (drums) – are true pioneers with an
unparalleled streak of certifiably classic tunes, from “He’s
A Whore,” “California Man” and “Dream Police” to “Surrender,” “I Want
You To Want Me” and the worldwide No. 1 hit single, “The Flame.” 2016
saw Cheap Trick’s long awaited induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame. The induction honored both the band and
the pioneering sound that has earned them total record sales well in
excess of 20 million featured appearances and more than 40 international
Gold and Platinum certifications.
Bang Zoom Crazy … Hello made a spectacular chart entry following
its release on April 1, 2016 – officially designated “Cheap Trick Day”
in their beloved hometown of Rockford, IL. The collection arrived at No.
3 on Billboard’s “Top Rock Albums” chart
while also entering the overall SoundScan/Billboard 200 at No. 30.
“When I Wake Up Tomorrow,” the album’s powerful first single/video, also
proved a multi-format smash, spending more than 15 consecutive days at
the top of the Classic Rock airplay chart. As
if that weren’t enough, Cheap Trick ruled the Classic Rock chart in the
weeks preceding
Bang Zoom Crazy … Hello with a stunning 11 tracks in the format’s
top 15, including material recorded at a special iHeartRadio ICONS
concert in New York City.
cheaptrick.com
Carly Pearce
Born
into the bluegrass brawn of Kentucky, Carly Pearce has never known a
moment that country music wasn’t her destined path. At
the young age of 11 she began touring with a local band and by 16 quit
high school for a job performing at Dollywood while being homeschooled
before moving to Nashville, working odd jobs and playing songwriter
rounds for the last eight years. Life experiences
and strong will are reflected in her debut album Every Little Thing,
out now on Big Machine Records. Aligned with sought-after
producer/songwriter busbee (Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum,
Maren Morris, Kelly Clarkson), the 13-track album emphasizes
Carly’s textured vocals and emotive songwriting prowess. Hailed by Uproxx
as “the best country debut of 2017,” fans and critics continue fueling
her momentum making it clear this is destined to be Carly’s breakout
year. As the only solo female with
a hit currently in the Top 10 at country radio with her soul-bearing
title track, SiriusXM first dubbed “Every Little Thing” a Highway Find
before a three-week run at No. 1 with “If My Name Was Whiskey” also
propelled to the top spot. The CMT Next Women of
Country alum has been honored by People on their annual Ones To
Watch list, touting her as “the new voice of Country.” Carly has been
blazing her own trail with the depth of her sensibilities, nearly 50
invitations to play the Grand Ole Opry and a sultry
Top 40 collaboration with Josh Abbott Band called “Wasn’t That Drunk.”
Previously joining the bill alongside Eric Church, Kelsea Ballerini,
Martina McBride, Kip Moore, Hunter Hayes, Lucy Hale of
Pretty Little Liars, Carly is currently on the road as direct support for Brett Young’s CALIVILLE TOUR.
CarlyPearce.com
Jonny
P is a soul visionary. In just a few years, the Bronx-born,
Nashville-based singer- songwriter has served up some truly delicious
tunes rooted in the sounds of the past but anchored firmly and
irrevocably in the present, defined by disarmingly direct arrangements, a
superlatively smooth vocal style, and an undying belief in the power of
soul. In addition to wrapping his first role in
the upcoming film by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker,
Zero Dark Thirty) and screenwriter Mark Boal, he has released his second EP,
Good To You, this past April. The EP was produced by his
guitarist Goffrey Moore, working in tandem with Jonny P, and was mixed
by Tom Elmhirst (Adele, Frank Ocean, Jamie XX, Amy Winehouse, Mark
Ronson) and features James Gadson (Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney,
Herbie Hancock, Beck, BB King, Jamie Lidell) on drums. Jonny P has
crafted a set of songs that showcase his superlatively silky vocals, his
declarative melodies, and his less- is-much-more arrangements.
imjonnyp.com
Fisk
Jubilee Singers® is comprised of Fisk University students, who are
selected annually through an audition process. The ensemble
has received numerous awards, including induction into the Music City
Walk of Fame and the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. The Fisk Jubilee Singers® were
also awarded the National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest artistic
honor, in 2008. They perform around the world
representing Fisk University and Music City. fiskjubileesingers.org
The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp
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Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp is to maximize the economic
contribution of the convention and tourism industry to the community by
developing and marketing Nashville as a premier destination.
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