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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Setting venue attendance records across seven stadium shows this summer, country music icon George Strait and eight-time GRAMMY winner Chris Stapleton continue the excitement into 2024 with nine new dates. Also returning alongside the King of Country and Stapleton for the extended run of one-off stadium dates are special guests and GRAMMY Award-winning band Little Big Town.
In addition to summer shows in Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Ames, Charlotte, East Rutherford, Salt Lake City, Detroit and Chicago, Strait will also supersize his longstanding Strait to Vegas show with a December date at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium to mark the 37th installment of the engagement.
Tickets to most shows go on sale next Friday, Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. local time via GeorgeStrait.com, with tickets to the Jacksonville show on sale Friday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. local time. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Friday, Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday, Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. local time.
Of the few opportunities to see Strait perform live, Pollstar opines, “Strait remains the most worthy inheritor of Merle Haggard or Willie Nelson’s mantle of country icon through the meaningful fluidity with which he moves through country’s various sub-strains with the same ease and enjoyment that marked both men’s Country Music Hall of Fame careers.”
“I’ve always said we have the best fans in the world, and to see so many of them show up for these shows just makes us want to keep bringing them more,” shares Strait. “I’ve also missed performing in Las Vegas during NFR, so I’m happy to see that show come together in 2024. See you soon!”
George Strait w/ Chris Stapleton & special guests Little Big Town 2024 Stadium Shows:
May 4, 2024 Indianapolis, Ind. || Lucas Oil Stadium
May 11, 2024 Jacksonville, Fla. || EverBank Stadium
May 25, 2024 Ames, Iowa || Jack Trice Stadium
June 1, 2024 Charlotte, N.C. || Bank of America Stadium
June 8, 2024 East Rutherford, N.J. || MetLife Stadium
June 29, 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah || Rice Eccles Stadium
July 13, 2024 Detroit, Mich. || Ford Field
July 20, 2024 Chicago, Ill. || Soldier Field
Dec. 7, 2024 Las Vegas, Nev. || Allegiant Stadium
About George Strait
George Strait is the unambiguous King of Country Music, having sold more than 105 million albums and counting while earning more than 60 major entertainment industry awards as well as countless nominations and becoming the only act in history to have a Top 10 hit every year for over three decades. With 33 different Platinum or multi-Platinum albums, he’s earned the third-most certifications of any artist in any genre, following only The Beatles and Elvis Presley, and with a total of 60, Strait has more No. 1 songs than any other artist in history (including Elvis).
The Texas troubadour released 2019’s best-selling Country album, Honky Tonk Time Machine, on MCA Nashville, produced by Strait and Chuck Ainlay, the album quickly became Strait’s record-extending 27th No. 1 Billboard Country album. Comprised of 12 original titles plus Strait’s version of the Johnny Paycheck classic “Old Violin,” Honky Tonk Time Machine marks an incredible 30th career studio album from the Country Music Hall of Fame member, who earned his 100th entry on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with his single “The Weight of the Badge” from the project.
Since his record-breaking Cowboy Rides Away Tour in 2014, Strait has performed for limited engagements, most notably at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena for his long running “Strait to Vegas” series. In 2022, he also made his 31st appearance at the iconic Houston Rodeo on the event’s final night and headlined two nights at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena. 2023 has seen Strait set concert attendance records at multiple venues as he has teamed up with Chris Stapleton for a series of one-off stadium shows in just six markets, with Little Big Town also appearing on each date.
About Chris Stapleton
Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is an eight-time GRAMMY, 14-time CMA and 10-time ACM Award winner and one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians who will release his highly anticipated new album, Higher, on November 10 (Mercury Nashville).
Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton and Chris Stapleton and recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, the record consists of 14 tracks that showcase Stapleton’s supernatural voice and musical versatility with songs that defy easy categorization. Already receiving overwhelming notice, the album’s lead single, “White Horse,” recently achieved the biggest add day of the last 12 months at country radio and marks the highest chart debut of Stapleton’s career. Released to critical acclaim, Billboard praises, “‘White Horse’ finds Stapleton pairing an outlaw swagger with some heaven-scraping vocals, going for the gusto throughout the chorus to try and match the guitar snarl.”
The new music adds to another landmark year for Stapleton, who is nominated for three awards at this year’s 57th Annual CMA Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Musical Event of the Year. He was also named Entertainer of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards—resulting in a prestigious ACM Triple Crown Award—and Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards, his sixth time earning the award, setting the record for most wins ever in the category. Additionally, in February, he performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII and has collaborated in recent years with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana and many more.
About Little Big Town
GRAMMY, ACM, CMA, AMA and Emmy Award-winning group, Little Big Town – consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook – first entered the music scene over 20 years ago with hit songs “Boondocks,” “Bring It On Home,” “Good As Gone” and the GRAMMY-nominated “Little White Church.” The band’s breakthrough albums Tornado and Pain Killer produced multiple No. 1 singles, including “Pontoon,” “Tornado,” and “Day Drinking,” as well as the history-making, best-selling country single of the year (2015) “Girl Crush.” 2017’s The Breaker debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Charts to critical acclaim. The album features their GRAMMY-winning, multi-week No. 1 single, “Better Man,” as well as the 2019 GRAMMY-nominated, “When Someone Stops Loving You.” The band’s self-produced ninth studio album, Nightfall, was released January 2020 and hit the top of the Billboard Country Charts. The record included critically acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated “The Daughters,” “Over Drinking” and “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” – the latter of which has reached almost 400 million global streams. In September 2022 they released their tenth studio album, Mr. Sun, which debuted as the Top Country Album released by a Group in 2022. Little Big Town has earned more than 45 award show nominations and has taken home nearly 20 awards, including multiple GRAMMY, AMA, People’s Choice, CMA and ACM Awards, in addition to an Emmy award.
(Ballard) — The Atlantic Trojans Boy’s Cross Country Team finished fourth in the Class B Field at the 43rd Annual Mike Carr Invitational Cross Country Meet hosted by Ballard on Monday. Alex Sonntag was the top runner for the Trojan Boys in 19th place, Devon Fields was 20th, Bennett Whetstone 25th, Tyrell Williams 27th, Braden Spurr 30th, and Luke Irlmeier at 36th.
For the Trojans Girl’s team they finished third. Claire Pellett ran well and had a second-place finish, Belle Berg finished ninth, Katrina Williams finished 19th, Makenna Schroeder, 27th, and Faith Altman, 35th.
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UNI coach Mark Farley says the Panthers need to find a way to protect quarterback Theo Day. In two games Day has been sacked 10 times, including five in Saturday’s 34-17 loss to ninth ranked Weber State.
Farley says they are exploring options to fix pass protection.
The Panthers have committed eight turnovers in the first two games and there is a sense of urgency to get things turned around as they get ready to visit Idaho State.
Idaho State is 0-2 after losses to San Diego State and Utah State.
Theo Day has five interceptions through two games, but Farley still has confidence in his senior quarterback.
Idaho State has thrown for nearly 700 yards in its first two games and pass defense has been a weakness for UNI.
Ohio coach Tim Albin says the offense will need to find a way to solve Iowa State’s defense this week. The Bobcats are 2-1 heading into Saturday’s home game against the Cyclones.
Albin says the Cyclones are consistently the best defense in the Big-12.
Albin says the Bobcats need to eliminate turnovers. They have committed eight in the first three games.
Iowa State beat Ohio 43-10 last year in Ames.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa field hockey freshman Dionne van Aalsum has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week after tallying eight goals in wins over Western Michigan and UMass Lowell. It was announced Monday by the conference office.
Van Aalsum has been awarded Big Ten Freshman of Week three weeks in a row to open the season after recording multi-goal games in every game of her collegiate career.
The Castricum, Netherlands, native leads the nation with 16 goals and 2.67 goals per game. She became the first Hawkeye to record a hat trick since Maddy Murphy vs. Indiana in 2019 and the first Hawkeye with four goals in a game since Kim Scraper vs Brown in 2016.
The top-ranked Hawkeyes improved their record to 6-0 in their home opening weekend at Grant Field.
The Hawkeyes lead the nation in winning percentage (1.000), shutouts (4) and shutouts per game (.67). Iowa ranks second in scoring margin (3.84), third in goals (27), goals per game (4.33), and scoring average (4.34). The Hawkeyes rank fourth in points per game (11.17),
The No. 1 Hawkeyes continue play at Grant Field hosting Vermont at 3 p.m. on Sep. 15.
Patience paid off for Iowa running back Jaziun Patterson. The redshirt freshman from Florida saw his most extensive action in a win at Iowa State and finished with 86 yards on the ground. His 59-yard run set up a field goal and later scored the Hawkeyes’ first touchdown on a four-yard run.
Patterson feels his style of running is a good compliment to sophomore Kaleb Johnson.
Patterson describes himself as a “down hill” runner.
He also provided a boost to the run game that struggled in the opener. The Hawkeyes finished with 112 yards of rushing against the Cyclones.
There is a new top ranked in the latest Radio Iowa High School Football Poll, Todd Kimm reports:
Asa Lucas, Chris Parks, Jim Field, and Matt Mullenix take a look at 8 area high school football games each week throughout the season. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.
Who’s Gonna Win? is brought to you again in 2023 by Rush CPA & Associates and Fareway.
Last Week:
Matt Mullenix 5-3
Asa Lucas 4-4
Jim Field 5-3
Chris Parks 6-2
Overall 2023 Standings:
Matt Mullenix 13-3
Asa Lucas 11-5
Jim Field 11-5
Chris Parks 11-5
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior defensive back Sebastian Castro has been named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in the Hawkeyes’ 20-13 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series win at Iowa State. The announcement was made Monday by the Big Ten Conference office.
Castro (5-foot-11, 205-pounds) returned an interception 30 yards for a score, collected four (three solo) tackles and had a pass break-up in last Saturday’s in-state showdown.
Castro’s pick-6 in the second quarter proved to be the game-winning score. The pick-six was Iowa’s first of the season and marked the 16th consecutive season that a Hawkeye defender has returned an interception for a score, the second longest active streak in the country (Utah).
One of Castro’s four tackles and his one pass break-up both came on third-down plays in the second half.
The native of Oak Lawn, Illinois, is the first Hawkeye to earn Big Ten weekly recognition this season.
Iowa (2-0) closes out nonconference play Saturday, hosting Western Michigan (1-1) on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City (2:30 p.m. CT, BTN).
CORALVILLE, Iowa — University of Iowa volleyball fell to Grand Canyon, 3-0, Sunday evening inside Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.
Nataly Moravec led the way for the Hawkeyes with 9 kills, and Kaia Mateo hit at a clip of .667. Delaney McSweeney also had a noteworthy hitting percentage of .455. Bailey Ortega registered 14 assists for the Hawkeyes.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 (GCU, 25-18): The match started off with a bang when Gabby Deery and Ortega paired up for a Hawkeye kill. Iowa took advantage of a GCU error, and McSweeney added a kill to the board. The set was tight early, tying at three, four, and five. After a few kills by the Lopes, Michelle Urquhart came through swinging from the back row to register a kill. The Lopes pulled ahead, but Iowa closed the spread to three with a kill and an ace by Mateo. Three consecutive kills by Moravec sent GCU into a timeout. Iowa continued to fight but couldn’t catch up, and the Lopes took the set.
SET 2 (GCU, 25-14): GCU clinched the first point, but Iowa quickly responded with a kill by Caitlan Buettner, assisted by Ortega. The Hawkeyes trailed closely behind early in the set, but climbed back up with a kill by Mateo. Iowa posted a couple of points to the board thanks to a kill by Anna Davis and a GCU error. Ortega assisted two consecutive kills, the first by Moravec and the second by McSweeney. The Lopes held the lead, but Ortega shortened the spread with a kill. Iowa posted a point to the board after an attack error by GCU. Mateo assisted Moravec for a successful attack, but the Lopes kept the lead and finished the set on top.
SET 3 (GCU, 25-16): Iowa opened the match strong with a McSweeney kill, assisted by Ortega. Audrey Black swung hard from the right side and recorded a kill. The set remained close in the beginning, tying four times. The Hawkeyes broke the tie and took the lead after a Moravec kill. Iowa followed closely behind GCU, and closed the spread to a tie after a kill by McSweeney. The Lopes took the lead again, but Urquhart posted a kill and Iowa took the ball back. Freshman Rosa Vesty added a kill to the books, lessening the spread to two. Caitlan Buettner broke the GCU scoring run with back-to-back outside kills. The Hawkeyes fell short, and GCU took the set and the match.
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes travel to Syracuse, New York to play on Friday, Sept. 9 against Syracuse in the Syracuse Invitational. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT on B1G+.
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