SECOND ANNUAL IHEARTRADIO COUNTRY FESTIVAL BRINGS THE BIGGEST NAMES IN COUNTRY MUSIC TOGETHER IN AUSTIN
Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Brantley Gilbert, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Justin Moore, The Band Perry, Sam Hunt, Tyler Farr and More Among Country Music Superstar Performances NBC to Air Festival as Two-Hour Special Wednesday, May 27
Austin, TX – May 4, 2015 – The second annual iHeartRadio Country Festival hosted Country music’s biggest superstars on Saturday night at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The event celebrated all things Country and included performances by Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Brantley Gilbert, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Justin Moore, The Band Perry, Sam Hunt and Tyler Farr. Hosted by Jennifer Nettles and Darius Rucker, the event included special guest appearances by Bobby Bones, Big & Rich, Cody Alan, Brooklyn Decker, Craig Robinson, Eric Decker and Jessie James Decker.
The music of the iHeartRadio app came to life with an extraordinary lineup and these special moments:
- The Band Perry closed out their set with a cover of Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk”
- iHeartRadio Music Award winner Brantley Gilbert brought Justin Moore on stage to perform their collaboration “Small Town Throwdown”
- After Tim McGraw sang “Something Like That,” iHeartRadio’s Bobby Bones led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to celebrate the artist’s 48th birthday
The 2015 iHeartRadio Country Festival was a prominent social media topic throughout the weekend, and #iHeartCountry continues to trend with tweets and retweets from fans as well as artists.
NBC, which also airs the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice” and the popular “iHeartRadio Music Awards,” will televise the iHeartRadio Country Festival on NBC Wednesday, May 27 from 9-11 p.m. ET / 8-10 p.m. CT. The all-star Country event also streamed live exclusively on Yahoo Live for fans nationwide and broadcasted live on iHeartMedia’s Country radio stations across the U.S.
iHeartMedia ran a six weeklong nationwide promotion, giving thousands of Country music fans nationwide the opportunity to win a trip to Austin for a one-of-a-kind experience at the iHeartRadio Country Festival. The promotion ran across more than 120 iHeartMedia Country radio stations as well as on iHeartRadio, the company’s all-in-one digital streaming and music platform.
iHeartRadio delivers everything listeners want in a free all-in-one platform: instant access to 2,000 Live Radio Stations across the country, user-created Custom Stations inspired by 800,000 artists and 20 million songs, thousands of curated digital stations and Shows & Personalities featuring on-demand news, talk and entertainment content.
To access photos from the event please visit:
Onstage: http://iheartradio.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Onstage/C00003FZlXVimPwI
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Offstage: http://iheartradio.photoshelter.com/gallery/Offstage/G0000Jixe1GOZs6A/C0000Y8MhiRLUMIA
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To access B-Roll footage from the event please visit:
https://www.hightail.com/download/bXBaeVdzNnk3N0F3anNUQw
About iHeartMedia
With 245 million monthly listeners in the U.S., 97 million monthly digital uniques and 196 million monthly consumers of its Total Traffic and Weather Network, iHeartMedia has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America. It serves over 150 markets through 858 owned radio stations, and the company’s radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company’s radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on tablets and smartphones, and on gaming consoles.
iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s digital radio platform, is the No. 1 all-in-one digital audio service with over 500 million downloads; it reached its first 20 million registered users faster than any digital service in Internet history and reached 60 million users faster than any other radio or digital music service and even faster than Facebook. The company’s operations include radio broadcasting, online, mobile, digital and social media, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation.
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