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Oct 27

Toby Keith, Jimmy Wayne Lead Concert News

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Toby Keith photo courtesy of Show Dog Nashville.

Toby Keith photo courtesy of Show Dog Nashville.

Toby Keith will top 1 million ticket sales,  Jimmy Wayne had an onstage drop-in from a legendary pop artist, and Kenny Chesney had the summer’s top tour.

In addition to the weekend’s previously reported mass of ticket sales for the new Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift dates, there’s still plenty of country concert news to skim.

What’s up on the road:

  • When Toby Keith concludes his current America’s Toughest Tour, he will have sold a whopping 1 million concert tickets for the year. It is, he says, the ninth time he’s reached that mark.

  • When Jimmy Wayne appeared in Baltimore last week on Brad Paisley’s American Saturday Night Tour, he had a surprise guest join him onstage. John Oates, of the pop duo Hall & Oates, helped out on Jimmy’s performance of “Sara Smile,” a 1976 H2O hit that Jimmy’s re-recorded as his current single. Brad’s tour, which also featured Dierks Bentley, came to a close over the weekend. Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore take over Dierks’ and Jimmy’s slots when Brad goes back out in January.

  • Kenny Chesney had the top-grossing tour of the summer among any genre, according to USA Today. He landed ahead of such pop stars as Elton John & Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Beyonce.

  • Kellie Pickler will headline the first-ever concert at the new Country Crossing development in Dothan, Ala., on Dec. 12, The Dothan Eagle reported.

  • When U2 performed in Norman, Okla., earlier this month, Big Kenny found his way to Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. He got to meet Bono for the first time.

  • Outback Steakhouse is sponsoring Tim McGraw’s Southern Voice Tour in 2010. The partnership includes a sweepstakes that will send four winners to Australia to see Tim perform Down Under.

  • Luke Bryan begins his first headlining tour Thursday in Estero, Fla.

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