Eric Church

Eric Church part of all-star lineup for Billy Gibbons tribute concert

Eric Church and Brad Paisley are paying tribute to Billy Gibbons.  The country artists are among the vast lineup set to perform at A Tribute to Billy Gibbons at the Grand Ole Opry on May 16, honoring the ZZ Top singer and guitarist’s storied career. Other artists performing include Travis Tritt, Lucinda Williams, Ronnie Milsap, actor Dennis Quaid, sister duo Larkin Poe, who performed with Dierks Bentley and The War and Treaty at the ACM Awards, plus musicians Jimmie Vaughan, Tim Montana and Guthrie Trapp, in addition to surprise guests. The concert also serves as a benefit for a variety of veterans organizations, with 100 percent of the public donations going to the USO, CreatiVets, First Responders Children‘s Foundation, and ThanksUSA. The live audience will be limited capacity and socially distanced. Tickets go on sale on Friday.
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The country superstar lives for the road — and with a triple album and a fall arena tour planned, he’s asking his fans across the political spectrum to consider the COVID-19 vaccine their way back to his shows: “You’ve got to get needles in arms.” When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the concert industry, it robbed Church — and every other artist — of the act that gives his fans unalloyed joy, fulfills his own sense of purpose and offers everyone a temporary respite from the outside world. “That has been the hardest thing about COVID: It takes what you do,” says Church. “I used the music and the stage to get me through some of those darker things that were more personal,” including a near-fatal blood clot in his chest in 2017 and the death of his younger brother in 2018. “Take that away, and you’ve got to deal with some of the stuff you maybe haven’t dealt with.”  Read the full story HERE.
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