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Sony Music Nashville And Sarah Cannon Join Together To Band Against Cancer At 2018 CMA Music Fest  

By on June 5, 2018 in In The Press

Continuing their unique ongoing collaboration based on fusing music, artistry and messages of hope and triumph for those touched by cancer,  Sony Music Nashville and Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institue of HCA Healthcare, are forging a new phase of their Band Against Cancer partnership through integration at the 2018 CMA Music Fest June 7- 10 in Nashville. Thousands of country music fans from around the world will experience a series of activations at Fan Fair X at the Music City Center and across the street at Omni Nashville Hotel, both in downtown Music City.

On Sunday, June 3, National Cancer Survivors Day, Old Dominion—one of Sarah Cannon’s Band Against Cancer Ambassador bands—played a special concert in Chicago during the world’s largest oncology meeting, The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. Enhanced with a social campaign (view video here), the ACM Vocal Group of the Year is kicking off this year’s focus on #StrongSong, which invites everyone to submit an empowering song via a Spotify StrongSong playlist, encouraging people facing cancer through the strength of a virtual ‘band.”
“We are proud to partner with Sony Music Nashville to bring Band Against Cancer to life in a bigger way for country music fans, survivors and supporters,” said Sarah Cannon Chief Executive Officer, Dee Anna Smith. “Through our Strong Song campaign, we can make a greater impact by uniting communities to support and empower people facing cancer.”

 

The cornerstone of the activation is the #StrongSong headphone mural and gif photo booth experience in Music City Center’s Fan Fair X, created by viral sensation and acclaimed street artist Kelsey Montague whose #WhatLiftsYou wings mural is on display in The Gulch area of Nashville near Sony Music Nashville and Sarah Cannon’s headquarters.

 

Across the street at the Omni Hotel’s Bongo Java, fans can take a break from the heat at the #StrongSong Happy Hour daily performances by Sony ATV writers who compose some of the biggest songs on the charts.

 

Here is a complete breakdown of Sony Music Nashville and Sarah Cannon Band Against Cancer activations at 2018 CMA Music Fest, followed by a schedule of artist meet and greets at Fan Fair X and songwriter performances at Omni Nashville Hotel’s Bongo Java.

Fan Fair X Activations @ Sony Music Nashville and Sarah Cannon Band Against Cancer Booth

  • #StrongSong Sony headphone mural by artist Kelsey Montague
  • Gif photo booth experience where fans take their photo in front of the headphone mural to win “cut the line” meet and greet passes to Sony Nashville artist signings through posting their #StrongSong photos
  • FISH Technology Instant Prizing Track Towers where fans scan their Official CMA Fest Fan Access barcode to unlock exclusive prizing provided by Sony Nashville and Sarah Cannon including Old Dominion Nissan Stadium Sound Check Party Passes
  • Tons of artist and Band Against Cancer swag

Omni Nashville Hotel Activations

  • Photo experience and ask-SARAH Resource Station in the Omni lobby – askSARAH is a resource from Sarah Cannon for patients facing cancer and their families – including a dedicated phone line with registered nurses answering cancer questions 24/7.
  • Larger than life co-branded mural with Band Against Cancer on the 5th Avenue side of the Omni

Room guests

  • Omni hotel room guest treated to extra special CMA Fest perks courtesy of Sony Nashville and Band Against Cancer including…
  • Hotel Keys featuring Sony Music Nashville artists
  • Room drop featuring Chris Young “Losing Sleep” mask, Band Against Cancer headphones and #StrongSong Spotify playlist cards

Bongo Java

  • Fans fuel up at the Omni Hotel’s Bongo Java
  • Featured #StrongSong Drink of the Day available throughout CMA Fest
  • Fans can recharge at the #StrongSong Happy Hours 4-6 pm daily featuring performances by Sony ATV songwriters (for specific performance details, see schedule at the end of press release).

Barlines and Kitchen Notes

  • Fans dining in the restaurants will be able to fill out their #StrongSong in their check cards to be entered to win tickets to CMA Fest 2019

Digital Activations

BandAgainstCancer.com

  • Fans can register to get information on what’s going on at CMA Fest with Sony Nashville and Band Against Cancer by visiting bandagainstcancer.com to register for alerts
  • Throughout the festival, fans can see a live feed of photos from the #StrongSong mural on the site

Socials

  • Follow @BandAgainstCancer on Instagram for live coverage of CMA Fest!

In addition to the activations with Sarah Cannon, Sony Music Nashville’s roster of artists will be featured throughout the week as the venerable label group returns to Fan Fair X. As the Columbia Nashville, RCA Nashville and Arista Nashville imprints continue to change the storyline in Music City, artists of yesterday, today and tomorrow will be doing meet and greets with their fans. From current hit-makers Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Tyler Farr & LANCO, to new artists Mitchell Tenpenny, Tenille Townes, The Sisterhood Band, Carlton Anderson, Ben Gallaher, Levon, Seth Ennis, Rachel Wammack and Ryan Hurd, to Sony Legacy legendary bands of the 80s and 90s—Exile, Shenandoah, Blackhawk and Baillie & The Boys—fans will have a plethora of artists to meet. Additionally, for those superstars unable to attend in-person, there will be spotlight hours featuring their hit music, merchandise, and giveaways for fans to access tickets and meet & greets with Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Maren Morris, Old Crow Medicine Show and Cam. Dolly Parton fans will have the chance to win passes to Dollywood and a two-night stay at her DreamMore Resort in Pigeon Forge, TN.

“CMA Music Fest is an institution for Country music and we wanted to deliver something really special for the fans,” says Sony Music Nashville EVP/Marketing & New Business John Zarling. “The fans come with such a different mindset than other festivals: connect and engage. They believe they’re part of the music’s history. Because they know incredible moments happen here, we are making sure their experience in Nashville is enhanced with the best music we have to offer.”

Below are the list of artists meet and greets and events happening at Sony Music Nashville’s booth within Fan Fair X:

Thursday, June 7
10-11am CT: Kane Brown meet and greet
11-12pm CT: Miranda Lambert Happy Hour: win music, tickets and meet and greet giveaway
12-2pm CT: Luke Combs meet and greet
2-3pm CT: Sony Music Nashville Legacy Spotlight: Shenandoah meet and greet
3-4pm CT: Mitchell Tenpenny meet and greet
4-5pm CT: LANCO meet and greet

Friday, June 8
10-11am CT: Brad Paisley Happy Hour: win music, tickets and meet and greet giveaway
11-12pm CT: Ryan Hurd meet and greet
12-1pm CT: Sony Music Nashville Legacy Spotlight: Baillie & The Boys meet and greet
1-2pm CT: Dolly Parton Music & Dollywood tickets and DreamMore Resort Weekend Giveaway
2-3pm CT: Old Dominion music, tickets and meet and greet giveaway
3-4pm CT: Tenille Townes meet and greet

Saturday, June 9
10-11am CT: Cam music, tickets and meet and greet giveaway
11-12pm CT: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Happy Hour: win music, tickets and meet and greet giveaway
12-1pm CT: Ben Gallaher meet and greet
1-2pm CT: Tyler Farr meet and greet
2-3pm CT: Maren Morris Happy Hour: win music, tickets and meet and greet giveaway
3-4pm CT: The Sisterhood Band meet and greet
4-5pm CT: Old Crow Medicine Show Happy Hour: win music, tickets and meet and greet giveaway

Sunday, June 10
10-11am CT: Carlton Anderson meet and great
11-12pm CT: Sony Music Nashville Legacy Spotlight: Blackhawk meet and greet
12-1pm CT: Levon meet and greet
1-2pm CT: Rachel Wammack meet and greet
2-3pm CT: Seth Ennis meet and greet
3-4pm CT: Mitchell Tenpenny meet and greet
4-5pm CT: Sony Music Nashville Legacy Spotlight: Exile meet and greet

Below are the Sony ATV songwriter performances featured at #StrongSong Happy Hours 4-6 pm daily at Omni Nashville Hotel’s Bongo Java:

 

Thursday, June 7
Chris DeStefano & Tom Douglas

 

Friday, June 8
Shane Minor & Lindsay Rimes

 

Saturday, June 9
Jon Nite & Ross Copperman

 

Sunday, June 10
James McNair & Heather Morgan

For updates to this CMA Music Fest schedule, download the CMA Music Fest app or visit www.bandagainstcancer.com.

About Sarah Cannon
Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA Healthcare, offers integrated cancer services with convenient access to cutting-edge therapies for those facing cancer in communities across the United States and United Kingdom. Sarah Cannon’s cancer programs include individualized patient navigation provided by oncology-trained nurses, more than 1,000 stem cell transplants performed annually throughout the Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network, hundreds of clinical trials, and molecular profiling capabilities. Through its services, Sarah Cannon is providing state-of-the-art cancer care close to home for hundreds of thousands of patients, a number unmatched by any single cancer center. To learn more about Sarah Cannon, visit sarahcannon.com

About Sony Music Nashville
Sony Music Nashville includes its three country label operations – Arista Nashville, Columbia Nashville and RCA Nashville – and Provident Music Group, one of the world’s leading Christian music companies.  Sony Music Nashville is a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

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Manchester City Host Pre-Game Party In Nashville On July 29th  

By on July 26, 2017 in In The Press
Country music artists and City soccer legends to feature at exciting fan event at the George Jones Museum and Entertainment Complex
 
Pre-game party to take place ahead of City’s match against Tottenham Hotspur at the Nissan Stadium on Saturday 29th July
 
English Premier League soccer team Manchester City will be hosting a pre-game fan event in Nashville ahead of the match against Tottenham Hotpsur on Saturday 29th July. The event will take place from 12-4pm at the George Jones Museum and Entertainment Complex in the Broadway District.
 
City ambassador Mike Summerbee and former player Paul Dickov will be present to meet fans and preview the upcoming pre-season match. The event will take place at an iconic Nashville venue, within walking distance from the Nissan Stadium.
 
Sony Music Nashville is supporting the event and its artists Ryan Hurd, Seth Ennis and The Sisterhood will perform at the event. Songs performed will include “Woke Up in Nashville” by Ennis, who is an avid fan of Manchester City; “Love in a Bar” by Hurd; and, newly-written material by duo The Sisterhood.
 
Sony artist and City fan, Seth Ennis, said: “I’m so thrilled to team up with Manchester City to officially kick off their big game this weekend in Nashville. I love soccer and have always been the biggest City fan, so to have a match in our backyard and be able to welcome them to town and watch them play is so exciting. I can’t wait to get the party started for City fans with Ryan and The Sisterhood. Let’s go City!”
 
Fans will enjoy Q&As on stage, giveaways and the opportunity to get ready for the match with fans from across the United States and those travelling from the United Kingdom.
 
For more information, visit City’s Nashville Fan Party Facebook page HERE.
 
 
About Manchester City Football Club Manchester City FC is an English Premier League club initially founded in 1880 as St Mark’s West Gorton. It officially became Manchester City FC in 1894 and has since then gone onto win the European Cup Winners’ Cup, four League Championship titles, including two Premier League titles (2012, 2014), and five FA Cups. Manchester City FC is one of four teams comprising the City Football Group and counts New York City FC and Melbourne City FC among its sister clubs.
 
Under manager Pep Guardiola, one of the most highly decorated managers in world football, the Club plays its domestic and UEFA Champions League home fixtures at the Etihad Stadium, a spectacular 55,000 seat arena that City have called home since 2003. Today, the Stadium sits on the wider Etihad Campus, which also encompasses the City Football Academy, a state-of-the-art performance training and youth development facility located in the heart of East Manchester. Featuring a 7,000 capacity Academy Stadium, the City Football Academy is also where Manchester City Women’s Football Club and the Elite Development Squad train on a daily basis and play their competitive home games.
 
For more information, please visit www.mancity.com
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Dolly Records and Sony Music Nashville Announce Joint Venture; Dolly Parton’s New Album Pure & Simple Available Worldwide August 19

By on July 8, 2016 in In The Press

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World-renowned singer/songwriter/entertainer Dolly Parton and Sony Music Nashville announced a joint venture and the launch of Dolly’s new studio album, Pure & Simple, for worldwide distribution on August 19. Releasing on Dolly Records/RCA Nashville, Pure & Simple can be pre-ordered starting Friday, July 8.
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Garth Brooks, Sony Music Entertainment Announce Highly Anticipated New Music, World Tour And Going Digital

By on July 10, 2014 in In The Press
Pictured (l-r) at this morning’s Garth Brooks press conference: Garth’s attorney Rusty Jones, Sony Music Entertainment’s EVP Business Affairs/General Counsel Julie Swidler and EVP/CFO Kevin Kelleher, Garth’s personal manager Bob Doyle, Brooks, Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris, Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Gary Overton, and Garth’s business manager Kerry O’Neil. Credit: Alan Poizner

Pictured (l-r) at this morning’s Garth Brooks press conference: Garth’s attorney Rusty Jones, Sony Music Entertainment’s EVP Business Affairs/General Counsel Julie Swidler and EVP/CFO Kevin Kelleher, Garth’s personal manager Bob Doyle, Brooks, Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris, Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Gary Overton, and Garth’s business manager Kerry O’Neil.
Credit: Alan Poizner

Singer/songwriter Garth Brooks will release his first album of all-new material in more than a decade under a new agreement with Sony Music, it was announced today by Brooks and Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris at a press conference in Nashville.
Under the worldwide deal, Garth, who in 2000, was certified by the RIAA as the #1-selling solo artist in U. S. history, will put out a new solo album on or about Black Friday in November through his own Pearl imprint in conjunction with Sony Music’s RCA Nashville that will be listed as a Pearl/RCA Nashville release. Sony Music will provide distribution services and collaborate in marketing efforts, as RCA Nashville will promote singles at country radio. Additionally, for the first time ever, Garth catalogue music and as well as the new studio album will be available digitally, exclusively through his website at GarthBrooks.com, beginning with catalogue content in the next few weeks.

 
The worldwide entertainer, who has sold 134 million albums to date and has amassed virtually every music award possible, also confirmed his highly-anticipated world tour, with the first city scheduled to be announced on July 15.

 

“Words cannot express how excited I am to get to make new music and tour again,” remarked Garth. “I cannot thank Sony Music and RCA Nashville enough for making that dream a reality.”

 
Said Morris, “Garth Brooks is one of the most accomplished and beloved artists of all time. We are thrilled he is joining the Sony Music family, and excited to be joining forces with him to bring much anticipated new music to his many fans around the world.”
“Garth redefined the parameters of what country music could be, and what it could accomplish. We are beyond proud that he’s chosen to begin the next chapter of an extraordinary career with us,” said Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Gary Overton.

 
Fans were able to see this morning’s news unfold in real time on GarthBrooks.com, where the press conference aired via Livestream, with Brooks’ site poised for an official re-launch on July 15.

 
About Garth Brooks

 
Since his first single, “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old),” debuted at country radio in 1989, Garth Brooks has taken 25 singles to the #1 position on country airplay charts and his albums have spent more weeks at #1 on sales charts than any other artist since the inception of SoundScan. Garth has received six RIAA Diamond Awards, each commemorating 10 million albums sold – and, he is the only solo artist in RIAA history to have accomplished this feat.
In 2001, Garth retired and moved back to Oklahoma to raise his children. In 2008 The President Elect, himself, requested that Garth headline President Obama’s Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. A crowd of over 300,000 did the “wave” to Garth’s performance of “Shout” while the President sang along. That same year the Governor of California asked Garth to help the State. Garth performed 5 concerts in 2 days with the proceeds from 83,000 tickets sold donated to efforts to prevent fire catastrophes. Portions of the live concerts were shown as a TV special, “Garth Brooks: Live in L.A.” allowing viewers to donate as well.

 

In December 2010, Garth finished an astonishing 9 sold out concerts in 6 days to raise money for the flood relief efforts in Tennessee. ABC World News Tonight declared Garth The Person of the Week and the Mayor of Nashville announced that this was a record December for downtown Nashville merchants due to the over 145,000 who attended the concerts.

 

In January, 2012 he was named the best selling artist of the last two decades by Billboard, Nielsen and SoundScan, with a whopping 68.5 million sales. Brooks also sold out his recent appearance at the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede. The sell out 15,000+ seats happened in less than a minute. Garth was recently inducted into the International Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York as well as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In October he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Performing for his induction were his heroes George Strait, James Taylor and Bob Seger. On November 29th, 2013, Garth took the night with almost nine million viewers watching his CBS special “Live From Las Vegas.” That very day Garth released his new boxed set, Blame It All On My Roots, which debuted for the 13th time in Garth’s career at #1 on the country charts. The boxed set also rose to the top of the Billboard 200 Chart making it the 9th time Garth has been able to achieve that feat.

 

Garth recently broke another record when he sold out 5 consecutive dates at Croke Park in Dublin, a feat no other artist had achieved. In fact, over 400,000 tickets were sold. Just after this feat, Garth’s performance of “Friends in Low Places” was the last thing heard on The Tonight Show as Jay Leno ended his 22 year reign as The Tonight Show host.

 

About Sony Music Entertainment

 
Sony Music Entertainment is a global recorded music company with a current roster that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars. The company boasts a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history. It is home to premier record labels representing music from every genre, including Arista Nashville, Beach Street/Reunion Records, Bystorm Entertainment, Columbia Nashville, Columbia Records, Day 1, Epic Records, Essential Records, Kemosabe Records, Legacy Recordings, MASTERWORKS, Polo Grounds, RCA Inspiration, RCA Nashville, RCA Records, Sony Classical, Sony Music Latin, Star Time International, Syco Music, Vested in Culture and Volcano. Sony Music Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Focus on the 615 at CRS 2012

By on February 27, 2012 in Special Events, Uncategorized

And that’s a wrap. Averaging four hours of sleep per night, around noon on Friday we finished up our last of 23 interviews for CRS week. Aside from all of these (stay tuned to watch them all here), the week consisted of exclusive performances, incredible after parties and an overload of fun.

CRS again is the Country Radio Seminar, a weeklong event at the Nashville Convention Center “created to provide a platform and structure for education and growth for the Country Music format, serving as the conduit connecting the interests of Country Radio with the Country Music Industry” (crs.org). Our job was to cover it as part of the media… therefore we hung out in the media room and interviewed artists instead of going to the educational seminars. Not a bad gig.

Tuesday

Day 1 was Tuesday, a day that proved just a warm up for the week ahead. We started at Warner Music where we caught up with The Dirt Drifters, HER & Kings County and Ty Stone. HKC are some of the most energetic people we had the good fortune of meeting.

“Y’all kicked our hangover to the curb like a Bloody Mary.”
– HER & Kings County

You’re welcome guys.

Then it was up to the Bridge Bar (a cool lounge area located on the walkway over Commerce Street) to meet up with The Roys, DJ Miller and Mark Cooke. Six interviews ain’t bad for a days work, and then we were invited to attend the Country Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony, followed by the Sony-hosted after party featuring Brent Anderson, Wade Bowen and Jerrod Niemann. They all brought the house down, especially Niemann’s finale, a cover of the classic Pride and Joy.

Wednesday

Now we come to the day where we almost had TOO MUCH fun. No kidding, it was almost hard to process it all.  The day started early with an interview with The Farm, a great group of people, then Gloriana, who I’ve had my eye on since their first single Wild At Heart three years ago. Then finally, I got to meet Jana Kramer who is in fact the sweetest person in the entire world.Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan

Then came lunch at The Ryman, one of the best musical venues in the country, for a performance by nearly the entire Universal Music Group roster. I won’t mention them all, but it started off with none other than King George Strait. Let me tell you, there is not a lot that can trump watching Troubadour live in The Ryman Auditorium as the sun shines through the stained glass windows. But if there was one thing that could, it was the way they closed the show: with Lionel Richie. And he immediately brought out one of his biggest fans to perform with him: Luke Bryan. They played Easy (Like Sunday Morning) one of my favorite songs of all time, and after a well-deserved standing ovation, we were back to the media room. So yeah, that was lunch.

After this, we caught up with Marlee Scott, Frankie Ballard and Jason Mitchell. Soon thereafter we found ourselves at a meet-and-greet with most of the aforementioned artists in attendance, along with Josh Turner, Scotty McCreary, Lauren Alaina, Luke Bryan, Craig Morgan, and others. No interviews with those folks unfortunately, but all very nice people.

But we weren’t done yet: after that was the sold out Lady Antebellum concert at Municipal Auditorium. Thompson Square opened the show in incredible fashion before Darius Rucker took the stage, singing a couple Hootie & the Blowfish classics as well as a Nashville favorite Family Tradition. Then it was Lady A’s turn, and they put on one impressive show. They played all the hits, and even featured surprise cameos from Luke Bryan (performing Do I, co-written by Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood) and Sara Evans (who performed Stronger, co-written by Hillary Scott). After the show we were exhausted… oh, but not done yet.Faith Hill

The after party was a Warner Music gathering with an 80’s theme. Artists played one of their own songs followed by an 80’s classic. On the roster were (among others) HER & Kings County, Ty Stone, Jana Kramer, THE FARM, Jason Jones, The Dirt Drifters, Frankie Ballard, Hunter Hayes, and Big & Rich who performed a rousing rendition of Madonna’s Like A Virgin.

Cue exhaustion.

Thursday

After Wednesday, Thursday became a blur of sleep deprivation masked with too much caffeine. Of the interviews I remember, we had Glen Templeton, Due West, Amber Hayes, Jessie James, Deborah Allen, Adam Gregory, Maggie Sajak and Bucky Covington (forgive me if I forgot anyone). By the time Bucky finished out the day our batteries were drained figuratively AND literally (Bucky’s interview ran slightly short due to the death of the camera battery).

Lunch featured an acoustic set by Alan Jackson, and shortly thereafter we had a few hours where I was able to go home and nap before the Black River Entertainment showcase featuring Glen Templeton, Sarah Darling and Due West.

Friday

An easy day today! Only two interviews with icon Billy Dean and the lovely The McClymonts, and then on to lunch with Faith Hill! She debuted two new songs during her performance, and sounded as good as ever.

After a little break, we were back for the New Faces of Country Music show. The pre-show and happy hour featured a performance by The Lost Trailers, before we adjourned into the performance hall to see Hunter Hayes, Eli Young Band, Sunny Sweeney and David Nail. Thompson Square was also set to perform, but had to cancel due to an unfortunate death in Shawna’s family. The performances were amazing, and the after party was equally as amazing with everyone cutting loose after a long week.Hunter Hayes

We have pictures of all this excitement on our Facebook page, and will be sure to post these interviews online as soon as possible, so be sure to check back often! We would also like to thank each artist for their time, their management for their patience, and everyone who was involved with CRS for their hard work and dedication to an extraordinary week. Thank you!

 

 

Below is a recap of our CRS interviews:

The Dirt Drifters

HER & Kings County

Ty Stone

The Roys

DJ Miller

Mark Cooke

The Farm

Gloriana

Jana Kramer

Marlee Scott

Frankie Ballard

Jason Mitchell

Glen Templeton

Due West

Amber Hayes

Jessie James

Deborah Allen

Adam Gregory

Maggie Sajak

Bucky Covington

Billy Dean

The McClymonts

CRS 2012

 

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