KANE BROWN TO HEADLINE 2023 PEPSI GULF COAST JAM ALONG WITH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED HEADLINERS MORGAN WALLEN, MIRANDA LAMBERT, AND HARDY

Organizers of the Gulf Coast Jam Presented by Jim Beam today announced Kane Brown will join Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert and HARDY as the fourth and final headliner for the 11th annual Country On The Coast music festival, scheduled for June 1-4, 2023 at Frank Brown Park in beautiful Panama City Beach. Tickets for next year’s festival are currently available at GulfCoastJam.com.

“Kane Brown played Gulf Coast Jam in 2017, and it’s incredible to see how his career has exploded over the last five years,” said Gulf Coast Jam Presented by Jim Beam Executive Producer Rendy Lovelady. “The impact he’s had not just on country music but on music overall is inspiring, and he’s an artist our Jammers have been requesting for a while.”

The full 2023 Gulf Coast Jam Presented by Jim Beam lineup will be announced on Friday, November 18. Many ticket packages are already sold out, and prices for remaining passes will increase on Friday, November 11.

“Our list of headliners had already pushed ticket sales beyond any year in our history, and there’s no telling what’s going to happen when word about Kane Brown starts to spread!” said Gulf Coast Jam Presented by Jim Beam COO Mark Sheldon. “We’re excited about him hitting the stage next June, and we’re encouraging our Jammers to book their accommodations now.”

Sky Boxes, Side Stage, Super VIP are already sold out for 2023. Early Entry passes, Platinum Parking and General Parking are also sold out. A very limited number of VIP Pit passes are available for $589.00, General Admission is currently $169.00, College passes are $159.00, and Military and First Responder passes are $149.00. All passes are plus applicable fees and available at www.GulfCoastJam.com.

Listed by Billboard as one of “The 10 Best Country Music Festivals,” the Gulf Coast Jam Presented by Jim Beam is the largest music event in the southeast. Organizers added an extra day this year to commemorate the festival’s 10-year anniversary. The fourth day was such a success, the decision was made to make the additional day a permanent part of the schedule.

Jammers are encouraged to follow Gulf Coast Jam Presented by Jim Beam at www.GulfCoastJam.com and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for special announcements about the Festival.

RADIO'S #1 MOST ADDED SINGLE: ERNEST’S “FLOWER SHOPS" BLOOMS WITH 88 FIRST WEEK STATIONS ON BOARD

It’s a sunny day for ERNEST with his brand-new song “Flower Shops (feat. Morgan Wallen)” launching this week as the most added single at Country radio with 88 stations spinning the record now. The Big Loud Records MULTI-PLATINUM artist/songwriter surprise dropped the fan-favorite track on New Year’s Eve, quickly catapulting to #1 at Apple Music Country, Spotify Country, and iTunes overall upon release and now debuting Top 30 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The melancholic ode was written by ERNEST with Ben Burgess and Mark Holman and produced by Joey Moi. "I'm so grateful for the fans and Country radio for getting behind this song so early on," says ERNEST. "It isn't every day that a record gets this kind of response and I couldn't be happier that 'Flower Shops' is getting so much love."

ERNEST is currently on the road for Chris Lane’s FILL THEM BOOTS TOUR, which kicked off January 13 in Boston, MA. Bringing “Flowers Shops” to the stage each night, the tour will stop this weekend at The Summit in Denver, CO (1/27), The Complex in Salt Lake City, UT (1/28), and Revolution Concert House in Boise, ID (1/29). Adding to his touring resume, the Nashville native will headline hometown hot spot Exit/In for two SOLD OUT nights, March 21 and March 22. Check out all upcoming tour dates HERE.

The hit-maker recently wrapped Season Three of his Just Being ERNEST podcast where he hosted up-close chats alongside trailblazers such as Bobby Bones, John Crist, Craig Wiseman, Morgan Wallen, Chris Lane and more. Past seasons have featured artists and creators from Diplo to HARDY to John Daly and Taylor Lewan. ICYMI, watch on YouTube HERE.

With an ever-growing portfolio of hits, ERNEST is one of the most in-demand songwriters and his profile only continues to rise. Spotlighted as “The Charmer” in MusicRow’s 2021 October/November print issue, he has penned FOUR #1 singles for artists Sam Hunt, Chris Lane, Morgan Wallen, and Florida Georgia Line. ERNEST’s credit is also on Kane Brown’s chart-rising “One Mississippi.” Check out Apple Music’s ERNEST: Songbook for his growing list of cuts.

SAVE THE DATE: MORGAN WALLEN LIVE FROM THE RYMAN (1/12)

Morgan Wallen announces today that he’ll take the celebration for his January 8th sophomore release – Dangerous: The Double Album – live from The Ryman on January 12, 2021 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT.

The one night only, full-band Nashville concert will be livestreamed worldwide on Wallen’s YouTube and Facebook pages, showcasing “one of the most exciting stars in the genre” (Forbes) who “walks the line from Waylon to Paisley” (HITS). Fans can tune in to see Wallen perform a selection of Dangerous’ expansive 30 tracks, as shared on his socials earlier today.

Rounding out his skyrocketing year, Wallen continues to break records, notching a second consecutive week atop Apple Music’s all genre pre-add chart with Dangerous. Meanwhile, his current single “7 Summers” climbs at Country radio, and adds short-list mentions as one of the best songs of 2020 from Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, TIME, and Rolling Stone.

CJ SOLAR CELEBRATES "UP DOWN" #1

Ships New Single,

Opening for Skynyrd This Weekend

CJ Solar started this week seeing his name atop the Country Music charts for the first time as the co-writer on Morgan Wallen’s #1 single “Up Down,” and he will wrap up the week opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour in Raleigh and Charlotte. In between, he will release “American Girls,” the follow up to his Top 15 single “Airplane,” to Country radio.

“I’ve been dreaming of this since I wrote my first song when I was like 12,” said an elated Solar of “Up Down,” his first #1 Country single as a writer. “I can’t thank Morgan, FGL and the whole Big Loud crew for taking it all the way to the top and to the Country fans for helping make it happen!”

Solar, who Rolling Stone Country named one of their “New Artists You Need To Know,” wrote “American Girls” with Michael Hardy, Jake Mitchell and Michael Hobby of A Thousand Horses. “We were wanting to write something that felt current but still had that Southern Rock vibe that we grew up on,” said CJ. “I had been listening to the Tom Petty station on SiriusXM and got the idea to write a modern day song about American girls.”

CJ will have another dream come true, when he and his band head to Raleigh on Friday and Charlotte on Saturday to open for Lynyrd Skynyrd. 38 Special is on both bills, and Cheap Trick and Hank Williams, Jr. split the Raleigh and Charlotte shows, respectively.

“I can’t believe everything that’s going on right now. This might be the best week of my life, and I feel like we’re just getting started!”

Keep up with CJ Solar at: 

www.CJSolar.com
https://www.facebook.com/cjsolarband
https://twitter.com/CJSolar
https://www.instagram.com/cjsolar/

RISING STAR MORGAN WALLEN SHINES IN GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT

RISING STAR MORGAN WALLEN SHINES IN  GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT

Bill Anderson Raves About “The Way I Talk” Singer’s Potential

Currently Opening Select Dates On Florida Georgia Line’s Massive THE SMOOTH TOUR 2017

Pictured (L-R): Dan Rogers, Director of Opry Marketing, Communications, and Artist Initiatives; Dirk Hemsath, Working Group Artist Management; “Whispering” Bill Anderson; Morgan Wallen; Eddie Stubbs; Mike Bachta, Working Group Artist Management

Photo Credit: Chris Hollo for Grand Ole Opry

Showing equal amounts of new-school swagger and respect for Country’s timeless traditions, Big Loud Records rising star MORGAN WALLEN left his mark during his debut appearance at the GRAND OLE OPRY Friday, July 7.

Receiving an overwhelming introduction from legendary Opry star “Whispering” Bill Anderson, Wallen was barely able to contain his excitement as a long-held dream came true.

Anderson, who is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and holder of 18 #1 hits as a solo artist, raved about the young singer-songwriter and predicted Wallen’s debut was only “the first of many performances on the Opry stage.” Anderson also drew an interesting parallel between Wallen and Country icon Johnny Cash, who made his own Opry debut 61 years to the day on July 7, 1956.

Photo Credit: Chris Hollo for Grand Ole Opry

During his performance, Wallen delivered two original songs for the thousands in attendance and countless more tuning in from around the world; the grooving getting-over-her ballad “Whiskey Glasses,” and his breakout first single, “The Way I Talk,” both of which appear on his 2016 EP THE WAY I TALK (produced by Joey Moi). Written by Jessi Alexander, Ben Hayslip, and Chase McGill, “The Way I Talk” is a drawling, take-me-as-I-come anthem which rose into the Top 35 of the Country radio airplay charts, and has already been streamed more than 10 million times on Spotify alone.

Showing off a diverse sound based in modern Country and Southern Rock – along with Wallen’s distinctive sandpaper vocal – the song and EP have helped the Knoxville native earn recognition as one of Rolling Stone’s “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know” and Taste of Country’s 2017 Risers. His video for “The Way I Talk” premiered on CMT earlier this year, and he collected his first single credit as a co-writer on A Thousand Horses’ rocking new release, “Preachin’ To the Choir.”

Wallen is currently performing in front of massive crowds as an opening act on select dates of Florida Georgia Line’s game-changing THE SMOOTH TOUR 2017, a post-genre blowout which also features Hip-Hop icon Nelly and breakthrough Country star (and labelmate) Chris Lane. Wallen will continue touring through late October.

For more about Morgan Wallen, visit www.morganwallen.com.