Quick work between Kenny Chesney, his management and the tour
promoter was able to produce an almost unheard pf response: a second concert —
April 5th — being put up just a little more than 11 minutes later. When the
news of the additional show began flashing on the venue’s LED display screen, an
audible cheer went up from the fans who otherwise would have gone home
disappointed.

"You never want people who took the time to get there the day the
tickets go on sale, who stood in the cold or the rain to go home without
tickets," says the man with the slow smile and the 2nd most attended tour for
the 1st half of last year. "You can’t always accommodate the demand for seats;
but I always feel like IF there’s SOME way to make it work, if that many people
wanna come out and party with us, I’d really like to try and make it happen."

With work heavily underway for the follow-up to last year’s
Somewhere In The Sun Tour — which saw Chesney play to well over a million fans,
as well as headline 3 major NFL football stadiums in Washington, DC, Pittsburgh
and Boston — the reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year is
committed to expanding the concert going experience for 2006. In addition to
enlisting Dierks Bentley and Sugarland for the tour’s first leg, Chesney is
again using the standing room only sand bars between the stage and the stage
extension and creating even more stage space for the band to move around.

"Here’s what I know: me and my guys have a blast playing music any
time, any place, any way we can," Chesney explains. "But when you’ve got the
kind of fans we’ve got; the kind of fans that the more you give ‘em, the harder
they throw it back at you, I don’t think you can find that anywhere. So when it
comes time for us to get out there and get it happening, I wanna make sure I
give the people who love my music and who come to our shows as good a time as
they give us — because those fans make it a whole other kind of experience for
me and the band."

With "Living In Fast Forward" scorching the charts — moving from
22-15 in one week alone — the double platinum The Road & The Radio’s second
single moves Kenny Chesney’s brand new studio project closer to being his fourth
triple platinum release in as many years. His solely-penned, soul-searching Be
As You Are: Songs From An Old Blue Chair is closing on double platinum status
for 2,000,000 copies sold as well – and come March 23-24 in Dayton, Ohio,
Chesney starts another major tour that’s already got fans snapping up every
ticket available, and then some!

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"It felt a lot like one of our crowds — people were dancing and
singing along," says Dunn of the vocal chords that can reduce a melody into
direct emotional current. "It looked a lot like our crowds, except everyone was
wearing t-shirts with these open mouths with tongues rolling out of them."

   Brooks, the high-flying guitarslinging singer/songwriter who
debuted the brand new female liberation anthem "Get Out of Town" at the show,
laughs and concurs, "It makes you feel good when you know that they paid to see
the Stones, but the crowd acts like they’re happy to see you."

   They were more than happy to see the second biggest selling duo of
all time — behind Simon & Garfunkel, no less — the belly-to-belly crowd gave
Brooks & Dunn an extended standing ovation for their high-energy, higher-impact
45 minute set that was long on tempo and longer on big guitars, bass, drums and
pedal steel.

   When the Stones came into the Rattlesnake Lounge between the acts,
Keith Richards himself inquired, "Were there really seven guitars up there?"
Always one to deflect and go for the quick laugh, Dunn responded, "Yes, but
really only two of them mattered."

   Michael Cohl, the legendary Rolling Stones tour promoter, didn’t
see any of the self-deprecation that the power-singer was exhibiting. Having
shared stages with Metallica, Los Lonely Boys, Joss Stone and the Black-Eyed
Peas since kicking off at Boston’s Fenway Park August 21, Cohl took B&D’s
manager aside to share, "You guys have gotten a bigger response than any other
act on this tour."

   For Brooks & Dunn, who’ve played the Olympics, several Presidential
inaugurations and Farm Aid among other special events, as well as appearing on
the Corn Flakes box, opening for the greatest rock & roll band in the world is a
whole other kind of thrill. Or as Dunn asked upon leaving the stage, "How do you
top this? How do you top this?"

   Hard to say. But if any act in modern country music is capable of
coming up with something, the smart money’s on Brooks & Dunn, two full-grown men
who aren’t afraid to play loud and larger than life.

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“I’ve gotten to put together the record that I
wanted to put together without sacrificing who I was as a person,”
Jamey says. “Every song on this record is special to me in one way or
another.” Highlights of the new CD include the lead single and title
track…“Keeping Up With the Jonesin’,” a song featuring vocals by George
Jones…“Ray
Ray’s Juke Joint” and “Back to Caroline” (one of Jamey’s personal
favorites). Fans of “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” will want to make sure to
pick up Jamey’s new CD for songs like “Rebelicious”—you may not know
it, but Jamey co-wrote Trace Adkins’ current hit.

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The mega-tour, which is
expected to exceed 70 concert dates, will kick off on April 21st at The
Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Soul2Soul II puts to end a nearly
six year hiatus away from the road for Hill and puts McGraw back
onstage in front of the loyal audiences that have served to make him
one of the music industry’s biggest touring acts.

Tim McGraw and Faith
Hill’s "Soul2Soul Tour 2000" marked one of the industry’s most
successful concert tours of the millennium. It produced fast sell-outs,
box office sales records at venues across America and critical
accolades. Since its conclusion nearly six years ago, (December 2000 in
Orlando) speculation and anticipation for a follow-up tour has been
widespread.

Tickets for select
performances will go on-sale to the general public on Saturday,
February 11th and fans can expect a great seat anywhere in the house
with "Soul2Soul II" Tour’s’ unique in-the-round set design that will
put fans closer than ever to the concert action. Fan club presale
tickets will be available as of February 6th at www.faithhill.com or www.timmcgraw.com .
For the "Soul2Soul II" Tour, McGraw and Hill have also combined their
efforts to create Club SuperSoul, an interactive fan package that
grants fans access to both artists’ online fan clubs, an exclusive
behind the scenes look at the tour, presale access, pre-show party
lottery and limited edition merchandise. In addition, "Soul2Soul II"
Tour media partner AOL will offer fans the opportunity to buy tickets
in advance on the Web through AOL Tickets at www.aol.com/tickets as of February 8th.

More than 60 million
albums sold, six Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards, 22 Country
Music Association Awards and 16 Academy of Country Music Awards, 11 #1
albums and more than 35 #1 singles, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are not
just country music’s reigning first couple, they are each, in their own
right, one of their generation’s most successful performers.

Soul2Soul II will
feature the songs that have become synonymous with Tim and Faith’s
careers over the past decade. Along with some never before seen musical
performances and what insiders are calling one of the most unique set
designs ever made, the latest in visual technology and lighting design,
Soul2Soul II Tour will include many of Tim and Faith’s biggest hits and
duets.

The "Soul2Soul II"
Tour is being presented by The Hershey Company. Fans of Hershey’s and
Tim and Faith share a love for great music and chocolate, creating a
winning combination for the Soul2Soul II tour.

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The performance is a part of Sony
Saturdays, in which Sony Music Nashville artists sing the National Anthem and/or
perform at the home games.

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After only 24 hours in
stores, rave reviews are pouring
in.  Peter Cooper of The Tennessean claimed, “Turner returns with an album
that tops
its predecessor in many places.”    It’s clear that
critics around the country agree…

 the
songs – “‘No
Rush’…it’s a sublime
piano
ballad…gorgeous; it’s sure to be one of the year’s best
seduction songs.”
                      
Kelefa Sanneh, New
York Times

the
album -“YOUR
MAN is a
mature, confident and sometimes brilliant
album.”                                                 
                                   
Jack Bernhardt, Raliegh News &
Observer

 the
voice – “A
baritone carved of solid granite, it’s reminiscent of no less a
luminary
than Johnny Cash.”
           
                                   
Chris Neal, Country Weekly
Turner is making stops
this week in Nashville,
Atlanta, Pheonix and Los Angeles on a
radio and media tour in
support of the new release.  With a platinum album under his belt, a
new
hit single on the charts and stellar album reviews, Turner is riding
high.  Once again establishing what fans have known all
along…Turner’s rich, deep voice, distinguished writing style and
song selection add up to one thing…staying
power.

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