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Nashville Live - Tour starts this week

Published: Mon 1 Apr 2019 09:46 AM
For the very first time in New Zealand, Nashville Live is set to transport country music fans right into the heart of downtown Nashville, celebrating the atmosphere and energy of an evening in the home of country music.
Featuring LIVE some of the hottest country musicians, prepare be taken back to the Grand Old Opry and through the country music history featuring songs from Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton to Carrie Underwood and Garth Brooks.
In the style of a ‘live radio broadcast’ and with a setlist of 44 hit songs including Folsom Prison Blues, Crazy, Jolene and The Gambler, this trip through country music’s greatest moments is an evening not to be missed.
Check out www.stetsongroup.com for more details.
Nashville Live will feature four of the top country music acts stepping up alongside the live house band to perform. Complete with a Grand Old Opry announcer to reveal the hidden histories of country music, audiences can sing and dance to a mixture of classic solos, stellar duets and fantasy group harmonies.
With Musical Direction by Luke Thomas, British Country Music Association ‘Musician of the Year’ (2017), Nashville Live follows in the traditions of Tennessee to recreate a truthful evening straight out of Nashville.
Performers include:
Lars Pluto - Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson
Sam O'Hanlon - Hank Williams, Kenny Rogers, Billy Ray Cyrus
Laura Evans - Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette
• Helena Gullan - Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn
Luke Thomas - Guitar, Banjo (UK Country Musician of the year 2017 and 2018)
• Kyla Brown - Piano, Keys
• Luke Barrett - Drums
Dominik Told - Bass and Stand Up Bass
NASHVILLE LIVE
NZ DATES AND VENUES
4 April Auckland ASB Theatre Ticketmaster
5 April Tauranga Baypark Arena Eventfinda
6 April Palmerston North Regent Theatre Ticketdirect
7 April Napier Municipal Theatre Ticketek
8 April Wellington Opera House Ticketmaster

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