Tim McGraw has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and dominated country music for over three decades with 17 No. 1 Top Country Albums and a cumulative 73 weeks spent atop the Hot Country Songs chart. The Louisiana-born singer, songwriter, producer and actor has won three Grammy Awards, 16 Academy of Country Music awards and 11 Country Music Association awards and released three top country songs of the year, according the Billboard, with 1997’s “It’s Your Love” (with Faith Hill) and “Just to See You Smile,” and 2004’s “Live Like You Were Dying.” Across 31 Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, McGraw reached a career-peak No. 3 with his crossover Nelly collaboration “Over and Over” in 2004. McGraw has also become one of the highest grossing touring artists of all-time, headlining over a dozen successful country circuits, including multiple installments of the Soul2Soul Tour with his wife and fellow country superstar, Faith Hill. In August 2023, McGraw released his 16th studio album, Standing Room Only, which peaked in the Top 20 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. In November 2023, McGraw released a surprise six-track EP titled Poet’s Resumé. In 2026, Tim McGraw will embark on the Pawn Shop Guitar Tour, with shows scheduled throughout the summer and fall.
The Chicks are one of country music’s most influential and boundary-pushing groups. Formed in Dallas, Texas, in 1989 by sisters Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire, The Chicks (formerly known as the Dixie Chicks) rocketed to pop stardom with the addition of lead vocalist Natalie Maines in 1995. The multi-platinum trio would go on to win 12 Grammy Awards and become the best-selling female band of all time in the U.S., with 33 million albums sold worldwide. By blending honky-tonk with bluegrass and soaring pop vocals, The Chicks appealed to a diverse audience that stretched far beyond their country roots. Signature hits like 1999’s “Cowboy Take Me Away” and 1998’s “Wide Open Spaces,” along with their bluegrass virtuosity, saw The Chicks go from opening for Tim McGraw in 1999 to headlining massive concert tours that have sold over $100 million in tickets. 2020’s Gaslighter (produced by Jack Antonoff) was The Chicks’ first album in 14 years, and the catalyst for a 2023 tour where country-pop superstar Maren Morris will join the trio on a string of dates.
Lead vocalists Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott and multi-instrumentalist Dave Heywood first came together in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. Named after the architectural style that originated in the 19th-century Deep South, Lady A (formerly known as “Lady Antebellum”) began performing on their local circuit before landing a deal with Capitol Records Nashville in 2007. They first came to national attention later that year with U.S. Country Top 3 single “Love Don’t Live Here.” Their eponymous debut LP arrived in 2008, kickstarting a run of four consecutive chart-toppers on the U.S. Country Album chart, spawning the first of many No. 1 hits, the Grammy-winning “I Run To You,” and landing them Vocal Group of the Year at the ACMs. 2009 sophomore Need You Now took the band’s career to another level, reaching the top of the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of nearly half-a-million and producing a No. 2 hit on the U.S. Hot 100 with its title track. Lady A continued to dominate the country-pop scene throughout the following decade, topping the Billboard 200 once more with 2011’s Own the Night and 2013’s Golden, winning Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group at the American Music Awards three years straight and scoring multiple No. 1 hits, including “American Honey,” “Our Kind of Love” and “Just a Kiss.” Following 2014’s 747, the trio took a hiatus to focus on their respective solo careers. But they picked up where they left off in 2017 with their chart-topping sixth studio effort, Heart Break.
Alt-country soul from the heart of Appalachia in Russell County, VA. 49 Winchester delivers the poetically straightforward songs of singer/guitarist Isaac Gibson in a soulful electric live show. Rock & roll with roots planted firmly in the traditions of mountain music. Since making their start in the months after high school in late 2013, the band has made a name for themselves as warriors of the road, self releasing three studio albums and commanding audiences far & wide.
“When you listen to Isaac Gibson’s evocative voice, it’s hard to imagine him in any other job. Not to say that he wouldn’t be a good actuary, but you realize that’s not where his real talent lies. His voice is filled with the ache that has fueled countless songs, and it was made to fill dark honky tonks where people want to dance. Beyond that, he has a way of telling a story that makes you pay attention to every word.”
