FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEGA-STAR GEORGE
STRAIT
ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR HIS 2007 ARENA
TOUR
The
Multi-Platinum Artist Invites
Legendary
Ronnie Milsap to Special Guest
Nashville, Tenn. (November 1, 2006)
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Superstar and upcoming CMA Hall of Fame Inductee George Strait announces dates
for the first leg of his 2007 tour. The
arena tour will kick off January 11 in Lafayette, LA with performances
scheduled all across the country from Louisiana, Tennessee and Pennsylvania to
Oregon, Washington and Nevada just to name a few.
The Texas Troubadour is a proven must see, no matter
what part of the country! During his
2006 arena tour, The King of Country Music continued his streak of selling
out and setting attendance records.
Strait broke his own attendance record at Little Rock's Alltel Arena (previously set in
2004). The same week, other sold-out
shows included Omaha's Qwest
Center and Oklahoma
City's Ford
Center. George Strait
holds more than 20 attendance records
at venues from coast to coast.
His live shows are hailed by critics and fans and if there were a single grievance, it's the problem of having too
many hits to cover! With 53 Number One
songs (Billboard's all-time leader for number
one country singles) and 74 Top
10 and 78 Top 20 hits, George might just miss a favorite or two. His recent critically-acclaimed and Number One
CD, It Just Comes Natural, delivers
15 more cuts for fans to choose from.
"Strait is not merely a decent singer, he's
a master. There are 15 songs here, and not a one of them should have been left
off," says The Tennessean. "If ever there was a natural in country
music, it's Strait," says People Magazine with a 4-star
review. "He continues to make such consistent quality look easy," says USA
Today. "He makes it sound so effortless that you wouldn't be surprised
there were 53 more where that came from," says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
George has sold more than 62 million records and counting. With 26 different platinum or multi-platinum
albums, he's earned the second most certifications of any artist in any
genre, following only Elvis Presley. It
Just Comes Natural, marks Strait's 25th anniversary as a
recording artist and with
a total of 53, George
Strait has more #1 songs
than any other single artist in history (including Elvis).
Throughout his career, George Strait
has received more than 40 major
entertainment industry awards and countless nominations. George Strait
has had 65 Country Music Association nominations. He was the CMA "Vocalist of the Year" five
times and the only artist in history to be so honored in two different
decades. The Country Music
Association will induct George
Strait as one of the
newest members of the coveted Country
Music Hall of Fame. Formal induction will take place during "The 40th
Annual CMA Awards," which will be broadcast live on the ABC Television Network,
Monday, Nov. 6 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) from the Gaylord
Entertainment Center
in Nashville, Tenn.
Grammy Award-winning and
multi-platinum recording artist Ronnie Milsap will be Strait's special guest.
2007 Tour Schedule
Date City
& State
Venue
1/11 Lafayette,
LA
Cajundome
1/12 Shreveport,
LA CenturyTel
Center
1/13 Memphis,
TN FedEx
Forum
1/18 Hershey,
PA Hershey
Park
1/19 Charlottesville, VA
John
Paul Jones Arena
1/20 Greensboro, NC
Greensboro
Coliseum
1/25 Portland,
OR Rose
Quarter
1/26 Boise,
ID
Taco Bell Arena
1/27 Tacoma,
WA
Tacomadome
2/1 Las Cruces,
NM Pan American
Center
2/2 Phoenix,
AZ America
West Arena
2/3 Las Vegas,
NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
2/15 Hoffman Estates, IL Sears
Center Arena
2/16 Pittsburgh,
PA Mellon
Arena
2/17 Columbus,
OH Nationwide
Arena
2/22 Indianapolis,
IN Conseco
Fieldhouse
2/23 Knoxville,
TN Thompson-Bowling Arena
2/24 North Charleston, SC North
Charleston, Coliseum
3/2 Kansas City,
MO Kemper
Arena
3/3 Denver,
CO
Pepsi
Arena
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