Incredible Headliner Announcement For The Long Road Festival

As if brand new music and lifestyle festival The Long Road wasn’t already shaping up to be an amazing weekend celebrating the rise of country music in the UK, they’ve only gone and announced CARRIE UNDERWOOD as Saturday night’s headliner! I’m freaking out.

The fact that one of country music’s biggest stars is performing at a brand new UK country music festival is so so exciting

“I’m thrilled to be a part of this exciting new festival that celebrates the heart and soul of country music on a global stage!” 

Underwood emerged from the promise of her 2005 American Idol win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning

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More New Artists For Country Music Week

Country Music Week begins Monday October 2nd but the opening act is yet to be announced. The week is made to show off artists are having a big impact on today’s country music scene. Country Music Week is exciting for UK country fans as it shows that country is growing here as more artists are coming over to perform for English crowds. It makes the wait until C2C seem slightly easier!

While we know that the week takes place over 2nd-8th October 2017, we do not yet have a complete line up.

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NEW SHOWS: @cma Songwriters Series, @whisperingbob Under The Apple Tree Sessions and many more. Tix on sale 9am Friday! #countrymusicweek

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🇬🇧 Tour Alert: The Cadillac Three & Brothers Osborne

After their amazing set at Download Festival at the weekend, The Cadillac Three have announced they’ll be returning to the UK in November and as if that wasn’t enough, they’re going to be joined by Brothers Osborne!

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We’re heading back to Europe in November with our friends @BrothersOsborne and @BrokenWittRebels for the Long Hair Don’t Care Tour! Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 16th. Sign up for our mailing list to access exclusive ticket pre-sales! #LongHairDontCare

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Having had a taste of their new album with the release of ‘American Slang’ and ‘Dang If We Didn’t’ and a performance of ‘Tennessee’ at Download, I’m excited to hear more of Legacy on the tour.

🇬🇧 Tour Alert: Dan + Shay

Dan + Shay are coming back to the UK! They’ve played here on two separate occasions in the last 9 months and apparently they can’t get enough! They have a slot at Ireland’s Harvest Festival in August and are returning to the UK and Scotland for more dates this November/December.

US country icons @DanAndShay are coming to the UK for five shows in Nov/December! For more details head to: https://t.co/7oMTa3dJKH #country pic.twitter.com/vgrYjCKDol

— AXS_UK (@AXS_UK) May 30, 2017