New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Company) Country star
Trace Adkins will hit the road on November 14th for The Christmas Show 2014 Tour, continuing the holiday tradition he started last year with this reverent theatrical and musical production for the whole family. Fans can also bring The Christmas Show home with the "The Christmas Show" DVD available today. A full list of tour dates are below and tickets can be purchased through https://www.TraceAdkins.com.
"The holidays are my favorite time of year and I'm excited to bring this show back on the road. These shows aren't just a straight up concert, they're bigger and more exciting with the 12 piece ensemble, the storytelling and some of the most beautiful arrangements I've ever heard."
The Christmas Show 2014 Tour features songs from THE KING'S GIFT (Adkins' album of Celtic carols) as well as historical and humorous narrations and fireside chats. These Christmas classics will be performed by Adkins and his twelve-piece "Sarepta Symphony," including Scottish singer, Alyth McCormack, whose voice is featured on the studio version of "I Saw Three Ships" from THE KING'S GIFT and also joined Adkins on "The Christmas Show" DVD. Trace is beyond humbled to have Alyth join this year's tour and have her perform a few songs of her own.
The tour is inspired by Adkins' annual hosting duties at Disney World's Candlelight Processional, where his deep baritone narrates Christmas stories, while a full choir and orchestra perform. It has always been a highlight of Trace's year and he is thrilled to bring his own unique version of this concept on tour for the second year in a row.
"The Christmas Show" DVD features performances from esteemed guests Alyth McCormack,
Andrea Zonn and Lily Costner. Filmed during last year's tour stop at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, FL, the DVD also includes behind the scenes interviews with Trace and other members of the tour.
In addition to a ticket to this year's Christmas Show, fans at participating venues can also download a copy of Adkins' Celtic Christmas album THE KING'S GIFT (released October 2013). THE KING'S GIFT ("Tiodhlac An Righ," in Gaelic) pays tribute to an ancient genre and transports the listener to a time of mystery and valor.
The Christmas Show 2014 Tour
11/14 West Point, NY US Military Academy - Eisenhower Hall Theatre
11/15 Worcester, MA Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
11/16 Boston, MA Wilbur Theatre
11/18 New Brunswick, NJ
State Theatre
11/19 Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Center
11/20 Wilmington, DE The Grand Opera House
11/21 Providence, RI Providence Performing Arts Center
11/22 Baltimore, MD The Modell LYRIC
11/23 Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort Casino Showroom
11/28 South Bend, IN Morris Performing Arts Center
11/29 Wabash, IN Honeywell Center
11/30 Dearborn, MI Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
12/04 Stafford, TX Stafford Centre
12/05 Greenville, TX Municipal Auditorium
12/06 Salina, KS Stiefel Theatre
12/07 Davenport, IA Adler Theater
12/10 Fayetteville, NC Crown Theatre
12/11 Nashville, TN Polk Theater at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center
12/12 Nashville, TN Polk Theater at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center
12/13 Cherokee, NC Harrah's Cherokee - Event Center
12/16 Memphis, TN The Orpheum Theatre
12/17 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Symphony Hall
12/18 Mobile, AL Saenger Theatre
12/19 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theater
12/20 Ft. Pierce, FL Sunrise Theater
12/21 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
THE CHRISTMAS SHOW DVD includes performances of (with featured artists noted):
The Christmas Song
Wexford Carol
O'Come Emmannuel
Away in a Manger
We Three Kings
What Child is This
I Saw Three Ships (Alyth McCormack)
Miriam (Andrea Zonn)
Silent Night (with Lily Costner)
I'll Be Home For Christmas (Lily Costner)
Oh Holy Night
Tannenbaum
Carol of the Drum
White Christmas
ABOUT TRACE ADKINS: Trace Adkins' trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts and sold over 10 million albums, cumulatively. His hit list includes "You're Gonna Miss This," "Ladies Love Country Boys," "Songs About Me," "Every Light In The House," "Hillbilly Bone (Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins)," and "Just Fishin'," to name a few. The Grammy-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry is a TV personality, actor, author, spokesman for the Wounded
Warrior Program and the American Red Cross, for whom he raised over $1.5 million dollars as winner of NBC's All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. In recent years, Adkins has performed seven USO Tours.
In his 2007 autobiography, A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck, the former oil-rigger recounted his rise to fame, brushes with death, and battles with personal demons. Trace played a tough as nails biker in The Lincoln Lawyer (starring Matthew McConaughey), then a wise oracle of a tattoo artist in the family-friendly film Moms Night Out (starring
Patricia Heaton, Sean Astin,
Sarah Drew). He developed and hosted GAC's "Great American Heroes" honoring every-day heroes and he has hosted the American Country Awards on FOX for four consecutive years.
