Putting paid to rumours circulating for the past week, promoters Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts today confirmed superstar Tim McGraw will rock North Queensland for subscription TV country music channel, CMC.
CMC Rocks North Queensland will be the North's biggest ever country music event-a six-plus hour multi-lineup blockbuster to be held at Townsville's Reid Park on Saturday September 25.
Tim McGraw will lead the charge on a lineup which includes Canadian Corb Lund and Aussies' Steve Forde and Jasmine Rae with more to be announced.
Tickets for McGraw's North Queensland show will go on sale the same day as McGraw's Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney east coast concerts, Monday May 17, from Ticketek.
Tim McGraw fanclub members can buy pre-sale tickets at the fan club site from Mon 10 May, 12pm > Wed 12 May, 5pm (AEST)
Tim McGraw fans with Visa Credit, Debit or Prepaid cards can gain access to pre-sale tickets through Visa Entertainment. Advance Tim McGraw tickets across all seating categories will be available from 9am on Wednesday 12th May until 5pm Friday 14th May or until tickets sell out at Visa.
Executive Chairman of Chugg Entertainment, Michael Chugg-the man who brought Elton John to North Queensland, the region's most successful concert in history, said, "Ever since Elton we've been looking for the next big concert we thought would work.
"We believe, like Elton, we're on the money with Tim.
"North Queenslanders turned out in record numbers, showed us that the right concerts up North could work, really work.
"They gave the metro markets a run for their money and proved that if we brought the right artist, at the right time, they'd turn out in the tens of thousands."
Waiting almost two decades, Australian fans-a big number of them in North Queensland according to record company, Sony Music, Chugg and Potts are chuffed McGraw agreed to headline CMC Rocks North Queensland.
"Tim gets taking it to the country music heartland," said Rob Potts. "It's why, working really hard with him and his people, we were able to schedule a Saturday night for North Queensland.
"We know, and Tim understands, fans in a radius way beyond that of Townsville will travel amazing distances, and hours, to see him."
CMC's owner, XYZ Network's General Manager, Shaun James, said, "To be able to launch CMC Rocks - great country music in iconic Australian locations - in North Queensland, on a Saturday night, with Tim McGraw, is a mind-blowing privilege, for us, and Tim's fans."
Tim McGraw is a 40-million unit selling artist. He's topped the US charts with 31 #1 singles including the title track from his latest album, Southern Voice. He is married to Faith Hill. Tim McGraw was the most played artist on US radio for the first decade of the 21st Century and his song Something Like That the most played. He's starred alongside the likes of Sandra Bullock, Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughan and Gwyneth Paltrow in seven films, including the Academy Award-nominated The Blind Side and the soon to be released Love Don't Let Me Down.
He's got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in September this star will be in Australia.
Tim McGraw rocks North Queensland at Townsville's Reid Park on Saturday September 25.
Outback Steakhouse is proud to continue their partnership with Tim McGraw's 2010 Southern Voice North American Tour, by supporting the record breaking artist's first ever tour in Australia. Through this ground breaking partnership Outback Steakhouse guests will earn chances to win concert tickets, VIP passes, special Outback Steakhouse food promotions and much more.
"Outback Steakhouse is thrilled to extend our partnership with Tim McGraw to cover the Australian leg of his 2010 Southern Voice Tour. We could not imagine a more perfect fit than aligning with Tim in the land that inspired everything that Outback Steakhouse is about," said Steve Nilsen, vice president of Outback Steakhouse International.
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