Artist Updates: Bobby Bones And The Raging Idiots, Chris Stapleton, Kristian Bush, Allie Louise

Bobby Bones And The Raging Idiots Make Grand Ole Opry Debut

Bobby Bones And The Raging Idiots, the comedy group composed of Bobby Bones and Producer Eddie from iHeartMedia’s The Bobby Bones Show, made their Grand Ole Opry debut on Friday, March 25.

Pictured (L-R): Gordon Kerr, CEO, Black River Entertainment; Producer Eddie, Bobby Bones; Pete Fisher, VP, Grand Ole Opry.

Chris Stapleton To Play Lollapalooza

Chris Stapleton’s touring schedule keeps getting busier. The singer-songwriter just added a performance slot for Lollapalooza on Saturday, July 30 in Chicago.

Stapleton joins the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ellie Goulding, J. Cole, Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Lana Del Ray and more to play the four-day annual festival.

Lollapalooza will be held from July 28-31, with 170 acts performing in Grant Park. For more information on Lollapalooza, visit Lollapalooza.com.

Chris Stapleton

Kristian Bush Pens Songs For ‘Troubadour’

Kristian Bush has composed a set of original songs for Janece Shaffer‘s play Troubadour, which will stage its premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta on Jan. 18-Feb. 12, 2017.

A romantic comedy set in 1950s Nashville, Troubadour follows the son of a country music legend who joins forces with a singer-songwriter and a rodeo tailor to carry on his father’s legacy.

“Writing the throwback country songs for Troubadour was exciting, especially for an East Tennessee boy like me,” says Bush. “It was a joy discovering these characters, and a wonderful challenge to try and create hit songs for each of them that would fit in the authentic timeline of the story.”

 

Allie Louise Appears On Nashville Today

Sixth Beat Productions’ Allie Louise celebrated the release of “Stilettos” with WSM-AM Nashville Today hosts Nan Kelley and Devon O’Day. The track from her debut self-titled EP was written by Lindsey Lee, Rachel Proctor and Victoria Banks, and produced by Eddie Gore in Nashville. The singer is scheduled to embark on the second leg of her radio tour Sunday, April 3.

Jerry Duncan Promotions is spearheading the radio promotion campaign.

Pictured (L-R): Tim Riley, Industry Consultant; Nan Kelley, 650 AM WSM; Allie Louise; Devon O’Day, 650 AM WSM.