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Tour NOT cancelled

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:15:30 +0000

Rumors that the remaining dates on the Well Lit & Amplified Tour 2012 have been cancelled are NOT true.

Check out tour dates and ticket information on the tour page here. We’ll see you at the show!

Help Blake Shelton Win The Voice!

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:08 +0000

Before his show last year in Ontario in August, Blake asked me in person to help make sure his team wins The Voice. Last year, we organized overnight viraly to get Dia Frampton almost 8600 votes and earned her second place by less than 1.5 percent from first place. We can do better.

This is why I’m asking for more help this season – starting now. Sign up to help us make sure that Team Blake takes the victory this season.

Blake’s upcoming TV appearances

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:33:55 +0000

February 2 – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – 11:35pm EST (NBC)
February 3 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show – (Check local listings)
February 5 – The Super Bowl – Pregame Performance of “America The Beautiful” – Pregame programming begins at 1:00pm EST; Kickoff is at 6:30pm EST (NBC)
February 5 – The Voice Season Premiere – Begins After the Super Bowl (NBC)
February 12 – The Grammy Awards – 8:00pm EST (CBS)

Blake Releasing America The Beautiful With Miranda

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:39:48 +0000

Blake will be releasing America The Beautiful on January 31st. It’s a duet version of the patriotic song with his wife Miranda Lambert, who will be performing it together before the Super Bowl on February 5th!

Annoucement from Blake Shelton:

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:17:29 +0000

It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of Blake Shelton’s father, Dick Shelton. Mr. Shelton, who was in declining health this past year, was surrounded by loved ones in Oklahoma upon his passing this evening. Due to this unfortunate event, the following dates of his “Well Lit & Amplified Tour 2012″ have been rescheduled: Rapid City, SD (1/19), Bismarck, ND (1/20), Billings, MT (1/21) and Bozeman, MT (1/22). The rescheduled dates are listed below.

“I appreciate your understanding during this difficult time and thank you for all your prayers. Your support means the world to me. I love you guys,” Blake.

Rescheduled Dates:

Bismarck, ND – March 20th
Rapid City, SD – March 21st
Bozeman, MT – March 22nd
Billings, MT – March 23rd

Tickets for the above-mentioned January dates will be honored at the rescheduled dates in March. Refund requests will be honored at the original point of purchase. For up-to-date tour information, visit www.BlakeShelton.com.

The “Well Lit & Amplified Tour 2012″ will continue as schedule next week in Columbus, GA on Jan. 26.

Sellout Crowd Packs Pershing For Blake Shelton

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:47:13 +0000

Another awesome review! Looks like the tour is going great so far:

A big show came to town Saturday night. Big as in the most elaborate staging that Pershing Center has seen for a good while. Big as in the sellout crowd that packed the old building. Big as in a star hitting a peak.

That star is Blake Shelton, who wouldn’t have been called a star or packed Pershing or carried such a large show a year ago.

Then he became a coach on The Voice, married Miranda Lambert and “crossed over,” if not beyond country, to its upper echelon.

But he hasn’t been there long. Last summer, he opened for Brad Paisley. Now, he’s a headliner.

Emerging from the center of three “corrugated metal” silos, Shelton kicked the 7-piece band into “Footloose,” then hit his swinging “It’s All About Tonight” and a pair of ballads before taking a drink, walking back to the microphone and saying:

“I was nervous as crap coming in here tonight. This is my first headlining tour and my first weekend.”

Shelton didn’t appear anywhere near nervous from the third row. He was, instead, relaxed, assured and ready to carry an arena show.

Playing the majority of his radio songs — a couple of which are covers — Shelton has a an arena-worthy catalog that draws on all contemporary country veins. For example, the Jimmy Buffett-like “One Beach” and the Charlie Daniels-like “Kiss My Country Ass.”

That number is part of Shelton’s redneck persona, which he displayed to great audience enjoyment, embracing drinking and deer hunting and Twitter.

“The Nashville people don’t like me talking about crap like that,” he said. “I’m a country artist. I’m supposed to drink milk.”

Shelton paid some homage to “The Voice” in the show. His talent show discovery, Dia Frampton, opened the show and joined him for a song, and the night’s cleverest cover came from Cee Lo Green, the smash “Forget You.”

With the audience singing along to his oldest songs and screaming for every tune, it was obvious that Shelton has made the jump to a new level.

At 8 p.m., the Pershing hallways were jammed by late-arriving crowd and beer and restroom lines. The sell-out crowd was in the 6,200 range, a number that reflects the staging that extended about 20 yards into the center of the auditorium.

Staging and lights came in the half-dozen semis that, along with a handful of busses, blocked N street Saturday. There was a big show in town.

The next time Shelton comes back, the show will even bigger. And in a new bigger arena.

- Source

Blake Shelton Hits All The Right Notes At The Chaifetz

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:45:45 +0000

A new review of Blake’s first headlining tour:

There are reasons that Blake Shelton has taken home two straight male vocalist of the year trophies in country music, and he put them all on display for a sold-out show Friday night at Chaifetz Arena.

On just the second night of the singer’s first headlining tour, dubbed “Well Lit and Amplified,” Shelton wrapped the crowd around his finger with a fan-friendly mix of songs and storytelling.

Shelton came on a stage adorned with what looked to be three grain silos by descending out of the middle one while delivering his remake of “Footloose.”

He segued into “All About Tonight,” another up-tempo number before he slowed it down with three straight ballads: “She Wouldn’t Be Gone,” “Don’t Make Me” and “Home.”

So far, so good. But it was after “Home” that Shelton’s comfort level seemed to soar as he started mixing in stories, smarting off to the fans and showing the personality that has turned him into a huge favorite in Nashville and nationwide.

“I’m pretty sure this is a crapload of people,” he told the audience after mentioning that “Well Lit” was in its infancy as a tour.

Not that you could tell. The show moved nicely, mixing slow and fast, old and new material, and the video screens enhanced Shelton’s set list without overpowering it.

Shelton moved deeper into the crowd on the T-shaped part of the stage to deliver acoustic versions of two of his early songs: “Nobody But Me” and his first No. 1, “Austin.” As he strummed the opening bars, he said his band wouldn’t play because “these songs are so old they can’t remember them.” (And it’s hard to believe “Austin” dates to 2001.)

He told the crowd he could sing almost anything country — old or new, because it’s what he listens to all the time. But as he started the opening bars of country’s current No. 1 song, he suggested maybe the crowd would rather hear its real singer.

Out came Missouri native David Nail, who belted out “Let It Rain” to an appreciative crowd, before Shelton came back onstage. Nice touch, Blake.

His 90-minute main set wrapped with “Hillbilly Bone” before he sang a two-song encore, “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Anymore” and “God Gave Me You” to wrap up what could be one of the best tours going this winter.

Shelton got strong opening support from Justin Moore and his 10-song, 50-minute set. Moore, known for songs like “Smalltown USA,” and “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away,” has a strong voice and devoted fans.

Songs like “I Don’t Care If You Don’t Like My Twang,” sum up his attitude onstage as well, as he makes clear he is a gun-lovin’, flag-wavin’ good ole boy. His fans drink it in, so clearly it’s working.

Dia Frampton, who was a contestant on the first season of “The Voice,” opened with mixed results. Her bare feet and exposed bra strap gave an impression that she wasn’t quite prepared to take the stage, but she has a pleasant voice that sounded better when she joined Shelton on stage for a duet from her debut album, “I Will.”

- Source

PHOTOS ADD: Toledo, OH

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:27:12 +0000

Sherry sent us some of her pictures she had taken at Blake’s first tour stop this week in Toledo, Ohio. Check out the fan pictures from the Well Lit & Amplified Tour below:

Blake-Shelton.com / gallery / concerts & events / fan photos / 2012 / Jan 12th – Toledo, OH

VIDEO: Blake Shelton Opens In Toledo

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:19:35 +0000

Here’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for… Blake Shelton’s opening of his Well Lit & Amplified Tour! He opens up with Footloose. check it out:

Blake to co-host ACM Awards with Reba Again!

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:09:47 +0000

Blake’s returning on April 1st to co-host the ACM awards with Reba again this year!

Blake Shelton returns to co-host ACM Awards with Reba; Richie, Zac Brown Band also headline

By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 6:28 AM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Get ready for another dose of Blake Shelton as country’s hottest leading man joins Reba McEntire again this year as co-host of The Academy of Country Music Awards.

The 47th annual show will be held Sunday, April 1, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Like Shelton, the ACM’s Fan Jam also will return for a second year. This time Zac Brown Band will host the parallel event at the Mandalay Events Center.

Source: Washington Post