Second Annual iHeartRadio Country Festival Brings The Biggest Names In Country Music Together In Austin
Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Brantley Gilbert, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Justin Moore, The Band Perry, Sam Hunt, Tyler Farr and More Among Country Music Superstar Performances
NBC to Air Festival as Two-Hour Special Wednesday, May 27
Austin, TX 鈥 May 4, 2015 鈥 The second annual iHeartRadio Country Festival hosted Country music鈥檚 biggest superstars on Saturday night at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The event celebrated all things Country and included performances by Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Brantley Gilbert, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Justin Moore, The Band Perry, Sam Hunt and Tyler Farr. Hosted by Jennifer Nettles and Darius Rucker, the event included special guest appearances by Bobby Bones, Big & Rich, Cody Alan, Brooklyn Decker, Craig Robinson, Eric Decker and Jessie James Decker.
The music of the iHeartRadio app came to life with an extraordinary lineup and these special moments:
The Band Perry closed out their set with a cover of Mark Ronson鈥檚 鈥淯ptown Funk鈥
iHeartRadio Music Award winner Brantley Gilbert brought Justin Moore on stage to perform their collaboration 鈥淪mall Town Throwdown鈥
After Tim McGraw sang 鈥淪omething Like That,鈥 iHeartRadio's Bobby Bones led the crowd in singing 鈥淗appy Birthday鈥 to celebrate the artist鈥檚 48th birthday
The 2015 iHeartRadio Country Festival was a prominent social media topic throughout the weekend, and #iHeartCountry continues to trend with tweets and retweets from fans as well as artists.
NBC, which also airs the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series 鈥淭he Voice鈥 and the popular 鈥渋HeartRadio Music Awards,鈥 will televise the iHeartRadio Country Festival on NBC Wednesday, May 27 from 9-11 p.m. ET / 8-10 p.m. CT. The all-star Country event also streamed live exclusively on Yahoo Live for fans nationwide and broadcasted live on 茄子污污视频鈥檚 Country radio stations across the U.S.
茄子污污视频 ran a six weeklong nationwide promotion, giving thousands of Country music fans nationwide the opportunity to win a trip to Austin for a one-of-a-kind experience at the iHeartRadio Country Festival.聽 The promotion ran across more than 120 茄子污污视频 Country radio stations as well as on iHeartRadio, the company's all-in-one digital streaming and music platform.
iHeartRadio delivers everything listeners want in a free all-in-one platform: instant access to 2,000 Live Radio Stations across the country, user-created Custom Stations inspired by 800,000 artists and 20 million songs, thousands of curated digital stations and Shows & Personalities featuring on-demand news, talk and entertainment content.