Alabama at Webster Bank Arena, Sept. 10

FAIRFIELD, CT  - Webster Bank Arena is gearing up for the country concert of the Fall. Nostalgia and excitement will fill the arena as ALABAMA celebrates over 40 years of country hits with classic hits and songs of new, from their 2015 album, Southern Drawl. ALABAMA will make their Connecticut stop with special guest, Dwight Yoakam.

The Southern Drawl Tour 2017 will take place Sunday, September 10, 2017 at Webster Bank Arena located at 600 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Tickets are on sale now and are available for purchase at WebsterBankArena.com, the CLICK IT or TICKET Box Office located at the front entrance of the facility, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster Outlets or charge by phone 800-745-3000.

For the band ALABAMA, it’s not just a story; it’s their life. It is a classic American tale of rags to riches. From humble beginnings picking cotton in the fields to international stars that went on to sell 73 million albums while changing the face and sound of country music. It's been over 40 years since Randy, Jeff and Teddy, left the cotton farms of Fort Payne, Alabama, to spend the summer playing in a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina bar called The Bowery. In 1980 the band broke through with their first Top 20 hit “My Home’s In Alabama.”  ALABAMA is the band that changed everything. They brought country music to the mainstream and from side stage to the main stage. ALABAMA introduced rock style guitars, lights, pyrotechnics and sounds to the country audience. 

While their music continues to stand the test of time, their numbers and stats are beyond compare. They have charted 43 #1 singles including 21 #1 singles in a row, a record that will likely never be surpassed in any genre. They have won over 178 CMA Awards, Grammy Awards, ACM Awards and counting. They’ve earned 21 Gold ®, Platinum ® and Multi- Platinum ® albums and were named the RIAA's Country Group of the Century. They are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and have a start on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They are also world-class philanthropists who have raised over 250 Million dollars for charity. 

But the boys from Fort Payne are not content to rest on past glories. To much acclaim the band released a new studio album SOUTHERN DRAWL in 2015. That standard of excellence continues on Southern Drawl. Whether it’s a wistful ballad about a musician missing his lover on the road such as “Come Find Me,” the emotional honesty of “I Wanna Be There,” their heartfelt tribute to working class America in “American Farmer” or just the rowdy, groove-laden fun of “Hillbilly Wins the Lotto Money,” each song on Southern Drawl is a snapshot of life vividly brought into focus by three masters of their craft.

Singer, songwriter and actor, Dwight Yoakam, is a country music pioneer. Since the early 1980’s Yoakam has made his mark in mainstreaming Honky Tonk “Hillbilly” music from Nashville to Los Angeles. His self-financed break out EP, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., carried his debut hits, “Honky Tonk Man”, a Johnny Horton remake, and “Guitars, Cadillacs”.

Dwight Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and he is a 21-time nominated, multiple GRAMMY Award winner. He has 12 gold albums and 9 platinum or multi-platinum albums, with five of those albums topping Billboard’s Country Albums chart, and another 14 landing in the Top 10. Nearly 40 of Yoakam’s singles have charted, with 14 peaking in the Top 10. He received the Artist of the Year award at the 2013 Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony, the most prestigious award offered by the organization. In September of 2016, Yoakam released his first ever bluegrass album Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars… on Sugar Hill Records. Featuring a band of bluegrass luminaries, this album boasts a collection of reinterpreted favorites from his catalogue, as well as a cover of Prince’s “Purple Rain.” Produced by nine-time GRAMMY winner Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton), Jon Randall (songwriter of “Whiskey Lullaby”), and Yoakam himself, and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, this album reflects the love for bluegrass music that Yoakam developed at an early age in Kentucky, and that has inspired him for many years thereafter.  In 2015, Yoakam released his album Second Hand Heart on Warner/Reprise records, the follow up to his critically-acclaimed album 3 Pears.  In addition to his musical career, Yoakam is a formidable film and television actor, capable of seamlessly melting into his roles, and impressively standing toe-to-toe with some of the world’s top thespians over the course of his storied and successful acting career, including Jodie Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Leto, Forest Whitaker, and Matthew McConaughey.

To purchase tickets: Visit the CLICK IT or TICKET Box Office located at Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604, WebsterBankArena.comTicketmaster.comGoodWorksLive.com and all Ticketmaster Outlets or charge by phone 800-745-3000.

 
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