Rodney to Host Fourth Annual "Music City Gives Back Concert Tuesday, June 3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RODNEY
ATKINS TO HOST FOURTH ANNUAL
"MUSIC CITY GIVES BACK" CONCERT TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Country
hitmaker to be joined by star-studded
lineup including Lee Brice, Jana Kramer, Dustin Lynch, Josh Thompson and more
for concert benefiting W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 12, 2014) – Country fans heading to
Nashville in June
for the CMT Music Awards and CMA Music Fest will have the chance to join
chart-topping country artist Rodney
Atkins for
his annual “Music City Gives Back” concert
in downtown Nashville onTuesday,
June 3.
Now in its fourth year, the show will feature
an all-star lineup of Atkins’ friends including Lee
Brice, Jana Kramer, Dustin Lynch,
Josh Thompson and more and will
benefit Nashville’s W.O.
Smith Music School.
The event will kick off at 6:00
p.m. CT at
1st Avenue and Broadway and is free to the
public.
Carl
Black Chevrolet and Wrangler® are returning for the fourth year
as
presenting sponsors for Music City Gives Back. Both sponsors will stream the
show live on CarlBlackRadio.com and WranglerNetwork.com,
a first-of-its-kind mobile and online destination that serves as a centralized
hub for all Western lifestyle content, respectively. Ally Financial will also be joining the event this
year as a
stage sponsor. Cumulus
Media stations NASH-FM 103.3 and WSM-FM
95.5 will
be on site, with “NASH Nights Live” Host Shawn Parr
broadcasting live and “America’s Morning Show” Host Blair Garner introducing
artists as they hit the stage.
“I am so excited to be
part of this event for the fourth year in a row and to have such a great group
of artists give their time and talent to help out,” said Atkins. “I’ve always
believed that music is a great healer and it’s important to me as an artist to
use that platform to give back.”
Founded in
1984, W.O. Smith Music School provides music
instruction to children from low-income families for the nominal cost of 50
cents per lesson. An all-volunteer teaching artist faculty of 220 gives music
lessons to more than 650 students annually. Instruments and all learning
materials are loaned to the students at no additional expense.
Atkins is currently
working on his fifth studio album for Curb Records and performing headlining
dates across the country. For more information, please visit www.RodneyAtkins.com or follow on Twitter and Facebook
@RodneyAtkins.
About
Ally
Ally Financial is a
leading automotive financial services company powered by a top direct banking
franchise. Ally's automotive services business offers a full suite of financing
products and services, including new and used vehicle inventory and consumer
financing, leasing, inventory insurance, commercial loans and vehicle
remarketing services. Ally Bank, the company's direct banking subsidiary and
member FDIC, offers an array of deposit products, including certificates of
deposit, savings accounts, money market accounts, IRA deposit products and
interest checking. Ally's Corporate Finance unit provides financing to
middle-market companies across a broad range of industries. With approximately
$148.5 billion in assets as of Mar. 31, 2014, Ally operates as a financial
holding company. For more information, visit the Ally media site at http://media.ally.com or follow Ally on Twitter: @Ally.
About
Carl Black
Chevrolet
Carl Black Chevrolet
is one of General Motor’s top dealers with locations in Atlanta, Nashville and
Orlando as well as online at www.carlblack.com. CarlBlackRadio
is an internet station available on the Tune In platform that features current
singles, past hits and favorite album cuts of top Country artists broadcast
inside the showrooms and ready for easy access with the GM 4G LTE digital
dashboards available on new 2015 GM Models.
About
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media (CMLS)
combines high-quality local programming with iconic, nationally syndicated
media, sports and entertainment brands in order to deliver choices for
listeners and advertisers and create opportunities for shareholders. As the
largest pure-play radio company, Cumulus' exclusive audio content is fully
distributed through approximately 460 owned an operated stations in 89 U.S.
media markets, over 10,000 broadcast radio affiliates and through numerous
digital channels, including a national streaming/mobile platform and
partnership with digital audio provider, Rdio. For more information, visitwww.cumulus.com.
About Wrangler®
Wrangler® Western Wear, a VF Corporation
brand, is
available nationwide in specialty stores, including work apparel chains, farm
& fleet,
and western stores, as well as through online and catalog
retailers, andwww.wrangler.com.
To find a retailer or for more information on the Wrangler® family of products,
visitwww.wrangler.com or call 888-784-8571.
To
access the latest western lifestyle, rodeo and county music live streamed
video, news and more, visit the Wrangler Network at www.WranglerNetwork.com.
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Media
Contacts:
Essential Broadcast
Media, LLC
Ebie McFarland |
Stephanie Rew
[email protected] | [email protected]
Press materials
available at www.ebmediapr.com/rodney-atkins