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 Rascal Flatts kicks off its Bob That Head Tour next month with
Taylor Swift as its red-hot opening act. Having just won the Academy of
Country Music’s Top New Female Vocalist trophy, the 18-year-old
Taylor’s in a much different position than when she first toured with
the band, and she’s looking forward to being a part of their show
again.
"Being on tour with Rascal Flatts is kind of a cool little thing for me," she told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville.
"They were the first people who ever took me out on a major tour when I
was 16 and was out there with just me and my guitar opening shows for
them. That was something that I’ll never forget, and I’ll always love
them for that. So it’s cool being out on the road with them and getting
to go on right before they play."
The Bob That Head Tour kicks off June 13 in St. Louis, Mo.
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From GAC
Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar in Rascal Flatts) went back to Oklahoma
this week, though this trip is a sad one rather than a homecoming
celebration.
According to Country Aircheck, Joe Don returned to
Picher, Okla., to help with the cleanup after the town was severely
damaged by tornadoes and thunderstorms. According to the Asssociated
Press, 114 homes were destroyed and seven people lost their lives. In a
town of approximately 800, those numbers are particularly devastating.
Among those who died was one of Joe Don’s high-school friends.
The area, which was already the site of open mine shafts and acidic
water, will not receive rebuilding aid from the government. Money will
be given, however, for relocation assistance.
That Joe Don has gone to help out should come as no surprise.
It’s the perfect statement for Rascal Flatts’ status as the winner of
the Home Depot Humanitarian Award at this Sunday’s 43rd annual Academy
of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, airing on CBS. Rascal Flatts has
a chance to win Top Vocal Group for a record-tying sixth straight year.
The band is also up for Entertainer of the Year.
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ACM Entertainer of the Year nominee's-Rascal Flatts announced they are kicking off a new tour on June 13 in St Louis, Missouri. It will be called the "Bob That Head Tour." Along for the ride are red hot Taylor Swift and songwriters Wendell Wobley and Neil Thrasher.
The Flatts "Still Feels Good Tour" has been highly successful and was ranked as the best selling country tour for the first part of 2008 according to pollstar. Rascal Flatts have played for over 2 million fans the last two years in 156 cities.
“We hope our fans look forward to our shows as much as
we do,” says lead singer, Gary LeVox. “We want to give them an evening
of entertainment that can take their minds off of life’s pressures and
lift their spirits, if just for a few hours. See you on the road!”
Since their career launched in 2000, Rascal Flatts has sold over 17
million albums, scored 9 #1 singles and 17 top 10 hits and each of
their five albums are multi-platinum sellers. They are the reigning
CMT, ACM and CMA Vocal Group of The Year with six, five and five
respective consecutive wins. They will be honored as the 2008 Academy
of Country Music/The Home Depot® Humanitarian Award recipients during
the ACM Awards show in May. This honor, in part, due to their
dedication to raising funds for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s
Hospital at Vanderbilt, where in the past 3 years they have donated 2.2
million dollars, as well as their work on the American Red Cross
Celebrity Cabinet board. Rascal Flatts is currently nominated as ACM
Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year.
Taylor
Swift, widely hailed as the first bonafide country music star of the
MySpace generation, recently surpassed the 45 million mark for music
streams on her MySpace page, where she is consistently ranked Country’s
#1 artist. Her self-titled debut CD has sold 3 million copies and has
spent 18 weeks so far in the #1 position atop Billboard’s Country CD
Sales Chart.Taylor currently has singles climbing both the
country and pop radio charts, and she has nine songs on iTunes’ Best
Selling Country chart. Taylor won 2008 CMT Music Awards for Video of
the Year and Female Video of the Year and is the reigning CMA Horizon
Award winner, as well as the Nashville Songwriters Association
International’s Songwriter / Artist of the Year. She is the first
female solo artist in country music history to wrote or co-write every
song on a platinum-selling debut CD, and she leads the field of female
nominees for this year’s ACM Awards with three nominations.
Wendell
Mobley and Neil Thrasher are among Nashville’s most gifted songwriters.
Between the two they have penned songs for Rascal Flatts- “Take Me
There,” “Fast Cars and Freedom” and “I Melt”; Kenny Chesney- “I Know
How Forever Feels,” “There Goes My Life,” “I Lost It,”; Alabama’s “We
Can’t Love Like This Anymore” as well as hits for Trace Adkins,
Montgomery Gentry, Pat Green, Lonestar, Reba McEntire, Diamond Rio,
Carrie Underwood, Trisha Yearwood, and more.
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Hey Flatts fans, the time has finally come it's May 1st and voting for the ACM's Entertainer of the Year has started!! The guys need our help. This year is the first time the Entertainer Of The Year award is chosen by us the fans! We all know that Gary, Joe Don, and Jay are amazing people, who appreciate their fans, give back to the community, have sold millions of records, numerous number one hits and top 10, and are selling out concert's every night. Now is the time to give back to something to the guys and help them take home the big one this year.
So let's ROCK the VOTE! Go to: http://www.cbs.com/specials/43acma/vote/
and cast your vote for RASCAL FLATTS!! Make sure to spread the word, every vote counts!!
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