Friday, March 6, 2009

Sugarland Brings Their Love On The Inside Tour to The Wharf











2008 Grammy winner for “Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group,” Sugarland announced they are bringing their Love On The Inside Tour to The Amphitheater at The Wharf on Friday, May 15th as a part of Pepsi Star Series. Showtime for the concert is 8 p.m.

At the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards, the duo Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush were honored with the “Song and Single of the Year” for the acoustic sensation “Stay.” Nettles made history by being the only female artist to have solo-written the ACM “Song Of The Year.” "Stay" also won song of the year the Country Music Association Awards. Their album Love On The Inside, released July ’08, has sold over a million copies to date.

Also appearing on stage May 15th is Billy Currington who has been nominated for both ACM and CMA awards. His success in country music also includes #1 singles, “Hottest Video of the Year” at the 2006 CMT Music Awards, and recently chosen as an “On The Verge” artist by USA Today. Currington’s albums Doin’ Somethin’ Right and Little Bit Of Everything both debuted at #2 on the country charts. Currington recently acquired his third #1 hit with the first single of his newest album “Don’t.”

VH1 You Oughta Know artist Matt Nathanson will also perform at the upcoming concert. His current single “Come On Get Higher” from his latest album, Some Mad Hope, having sold 743,000 track downloads, named iTunes #2 Pop Song of 2008, currently has 14 million plays on MySpace, 1.5 million views on YouTube.com, and a cover of his track was included on Sugarland’s Love On The Inside (Deluxe Fan Edition).

Ticket prices for this concert range from $60.50 to $26, and tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. this Saturday, March 7th online at Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000, or at The Amphitheater Box Office Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or at The Dock Store at The Marina. Tickets purchased at The Wharf outlets will incur no Ticketmaster fees. More announcements of upcoming concerts are available at www.thewharfal.com or by texting the word ‘WHARF’ to TEXT ME (839863) for all Wharf events.

No comments: