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Bass Performance Hall  Country Music Legend George Jones Returns To Bass HallPerforming Arts Fort Worth welcomes the return of country music icon George Jones to Bass Performance Hall on Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $30-$60, and will go on sale THIS SATURDAY, April 17, at 10:00 a.m. Year after year, George Jones goes on tour, playing everywhere from roadside honky-tonks to high-roller casinos to performing arts centers. Not much has changed, in other words, over the past 50 years. Just as he did when he was in his twenties, Jones – now in his late seventies – still lives and breathes the road, the stage, the audience. In five decades, the Texas-reared singer has released more than 1,000 different album titles and charted more singles than any artist in any format of music. His songs are not only timeless classics, they helped shape, define and popularize country music. Among them: “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “The Race is On,” “Walk Through This World With Me,” “She Thinks I Still Care,” “White Lightning,” “The Grand Tour,” “Why Baby Why,” “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair” and “Choices.” Some of Jones’ career milestones: For additional information please contact:
 Grammy®-Winning Music Legend Kenny Rogers ReturnsPerforming Arts Fort Worth welcomes the return of country and pop music singer Kenny Rogers to Bass Performance Hall on Friday, July 16, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $44-$66, and will go on sale THIS SATURDAY, June 5, at 10:00 a.m. Winner of three Grammy awards, 11 People’s Choice Awards, 18 American Music Awards, eight Academy of Country Music awards and five Country Music Association awards, Kenny Rogers, it’s safe to say, is one of country and pop music’s most celebrated singers. Throughout a career that has spanned more than five decades, Rogers has racked up a seemingly endless string of hit singles. Among them: “Lady,” “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” “The Gambler,” “She Believes in Me,” “Islands in the Stream,” “Daytime Friends” and “Buy Me a Rose.” Rogers’ secret to longevity, he says, is his unending devotion to his craft. “I really, really love what I’m doing,” he says. “People survive longer if they love what they’re doing, because you just don’t quit.” Born in Houston, Rogers formed his first band in 1956, while still in high school. The group, a rockabilly outfit called The Scholars, scored a record deal and two hit singles. Rogers later joined two other bands – a jazz ensemble called the Bobby Doyle Trio and a folk group named the New Christy Minstrels – before forming his own group, The First Edition. The First Edition gave Rogers his first taste of success via the hit single, “I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).” Later rechristened Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, the group found success on both the country and pop charts with the songs “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town” and “Reuben James” – a feat that Rogers would consequently repeat throughout his solo career. That career was officially launched in 1975, after The First Edition had disbanded and Rogers catapulted his solo hit, “Lucille,” to the top of both the country and pop charts. From that point on, Rogers remained on a roll that lasted throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s and produced some of the most well-known songs of those eras, including “The Gambler,” “Sweet Music Man,” “Coward of the County,” “Love or Something Like It,” “You Decorated My Life,” “Love the World Away,” “Love Will Turn You Around” and “Lady.” “There are a lot of songs that may have initial success but don’t linger the period of time those songs have,” he says, reflecting on his now-timeless classics. “They do take a different value in your heart when they have the kind of staying power that represents your success and represents a feeling and a thought.” Along the way, he dabbled in acting, starring lead in a TV mini-series named after his signature hit, “The Gambler,” and in his off-Broadway Christmas musical, The Toy Shoppe. He also published several books and made a name for himself as a photographer. But music has remained his primary focus and a vital part of his life and career. In 1999, he formed his own record company, Dreamcatcher Entertainment, and found himself on the charts once again with “The Greatest” and the No. 1 hit, “Buy Me a Rose.” Despite his long-standing chart success, countless industry awards and 20 platinum albums, Rogers says it’s the fans that matter most, not the success. “It’s not about being the biggest star in the world,” he says. “I think for all intents and purposes, if you go back to the peak of my career, I accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish. To do that again doesn’t excite me. But to just be there and to be a force and have people care about what you’re recording, that’s the greatest gift you can have.” To charge tickets by phone, call (817) 212-4280 in Fort Worth; 1-877-212-4280 (toll free) outside Fort Worth; or order online at www.basshall.com. Tickets are also available at the Bass Performance Hall ticket office at 525 Commerce Street. Ticket office hours: Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. For additional information please contact:
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