New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Reagan was president. AIDS was a United States crisis. Technology was booming, and the music industry was evolving. Genre-bending artists like pop/R&B-turned country music artist
Kenny Rogers challenged formats and sought to make music unlike anything of its time.
Tune in on Thursday, May 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. ET for a special exclusive interview with
Kenny Rogers by CNN host Brooke Baldwin as part of CNN Newsroom's broadcast leading in to
Thursday night's airing of CNN's "The Eighties" Original Series. Rogers - one of the best-selling male solo artists of all time - talks about the decade that changed the music industry forever.
CNN's "The Eighties" Video Killed The
Radio Star series episode will air on Thursday, May 26 at 9 p.m. ET and re-air at various times throughout the weekend. The full list of upcoming airdates includes:
CNN'S "The Eighties" Upcoming Airdates:
Thursday, May 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Friday, May 27 at 12 a.m. ET/PT
Saturday, May 28 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET/PT
Sunday, May 29 at 12 a.m., 1 a.m., 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. ET/PT
Throughout his iconic career, Rogers has sold more than 120 million albums worldwide. Having recently announced his retirement from touring, he commenced his final world tour this month and will soon be coming to a city near you on his Gambler's Last Deal Tour. Visit kennyrogers.com for full list of dates.
Rogers has an iconic career across diverse genres of music, having charted a record within each of the last seven decades. The first country artist to consistently sell out arenas, Rogers quickly became a pop superstar as well — his 28 Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 10's rank him fourth-best of all time among men, trailing only Elton John, Neil Diamond, and Elvis Presley. Rogers has recorded 24 No. 1 hits, 11 No. 1 albums, 25 Top 10 country albums and is the RIAA's eighth best-selling male solo artist of all time. He has received three GRAMMY® Awards, 11 People's Choice Awards, 19 American
Music Awards, eight Academy of Country
Music (ACM) Awards and six Country
Music Association (CMA) Awards. The past several years have been some of the most active, creative, and rewarding of Rogers' entire storied career.
About CNN's Original Series "The Eighties"
CNN premiered the seven-part documentary series, "The Eighties," on Thursday, March 31. From EMMY® Award-winning producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman in association with HBO and EMMY® Award-winning producer Mark Herzog, "The Eighties" explores the individuals and events that shaped a decade of excess. Through its use of rarely seen archival footage and interviews with journalists, historians, musicians and television artists as eyewitnesses to history, "The Eighties" will look at the decade's various defining moments and evolutions.
Kenny Rogers On Tour - The Gambler's Last Deal
May 26 - Portland, ME -
Maine State Pier
May 27 - Watertown, NY - Watertown Fairgrounds Arena
May 28 - Salamanca, NY -
Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino
June 4 - Crockett, TX - Crockett Civic Center - SOLD OUT
June 17 - Vienna, VA - The Filene Center at Wolf Trap
June 19 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheater
June 22 - Del Mar, CA - San
Diego County Fair
June 24 - Lincoln, CA -
Thunder Valley Casino Resort
June 25 - Laughlin, NV - The E Center - Edgewater Casino Resort
June 26 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
June 28 -
Santa Rosa, CA - Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
June 29 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery
June 30 - Thousand Oaks, CA - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
July 1 - Bakersfield, CA - Bright House Networks Amphitheatre
July 2 - Indio, CA - Fantasy Springs Resort Hotel & Casino
July 9 - Grand Ronde, OR -
Spirit Mountain Casino
July 14 - Tulsa, OK - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa
July 15 - Enid, OK - Enid Event Center
July 16 - Stockdale, TX - Kosciusko Hall
July 22 - Anderson, IN - Hoosier Park Racing & Casino
July 23 - Kettering, OH - Fraze Pavilion
July 24 -
Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
July 31 - Columbus, OH - Ohio
State Fair
August 6 - Singapore, Singapore - Star Theatre
August 9 - Bangkok, Thailand - Royal Paragon Hall
August 11 - Manila, Philippines - Araneta Coliseum
September 4 - Nichols, NY - Tioga Downs
September 16 - Morristown, NJ - Mayo Performing Arts Center
October 6 - North
Little Rock, AR - Verizon Arena
October 7 - Memphis, TN - Orpheum Theatre
October 8 - New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre
October 31 - Glasgow, Scotland - The SSE Hydro*
November 3 - Amsterdam Zuid, The Netherlands - Heineken
Music Hall*
November 7 - Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena*
November 8 - Belfast, UK - SSE Arena*
November 10 - London, UK - Palladium*
November 12 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo*
Kenny Rogers is booked by WME.
For additional updates on
Kenny Rogers and his final world tour, The Gambler's Last Deal, please visit www.kennyrogers.com.
