As you may have read in our December Events in Vegas post, this month sees the annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in our beautiful city. It’s a huge event that brings out the country in all of us, and we at the Riviera are thrilled to present two of country music’s biggest stars over two consecutive nights: Jamey Johnson in his Hank Cochran tribute tour on Dec 14, followed by Trace Adkins in his “Songs and Stories Tour” on December 15.
If you haven’t made your reservations already, we have some great offers on tap for a two-night stay with tickets to either or both concerts!
Jamey Johnson
December 14 at 10 p.m.
The Riviera Royal Pavilion
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Jamey Johnson has rocketed to Nashville stardom since he self-released his first album, They Call Me Country, in 2002. Since then, the award-winning artist has been lauded by fans and critics alike for his exceptional The Lonesome Song. Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are just a few of the major publications that sang its praises. He followed it with his album, The Guitar Song, which hit the top spot on the U.S. country music charts.
Of his own success, Jamey says simply, “All I ever wanted was to get to just ride around and sing country music. It’s cool when things happen along the way, because those are things I never thought I could achieve.”
In October of this year, Jamey released his latest effort, Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran. He worked with many of country music’s finest voices, like Allison Krauss and Lee Ann Womack, to honor one of country’s greatest musicians, and Jamey is bringing his tribute tour to the Riviera this month. Get your tickets now
Here’s a preview of his “Living For A Song” tour.
Trace Adkins
December 15 at 10 p.m.
The Riviera Royal Pavilion
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Trace is a certified country superstar. In the fifteen years since his platinum debut, out of ten studio albums, he’s had over thirty chart singles, four Grammy nominations and five ACM and CMT awards. He’s also branched out to film and TV, including a run on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. In fact, he’ll be reprising that role come March 2013, as he participates in the first ever Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars.
Trace is joining us at the Riviera Hotel & Casino as part of his “Songs and Stories Tour.” Do you have a special request of him? Hit up his website, Twitter or Facebook. “I wanted it to be more of an interactive tour,” he says.
He has plenty of material to draw from. In addition to classics like his first single, “There’s a Girl in Texas,” he’ll be performing numbers from his latest album, Proud To Be Here. Get your tickets now.
As a preview, here’s a video of a new song released last month, “Tough People Do.”
