Stars for Stripes Special Premieres Today

Chart-topper Chris Young is on the radio now with his latest single and album title track, “The Man I Want to Be,” and he’s warming up a cold month with a busy road schedule, TV, and a new video, all hot on the heels of his recent #1 smash, “Gettin’ You Home.”    

New on the charts, “The Man I Want to Be” is already wowing the critics, with Billboard cheering “a remarkably seasoned performance by a young talent who has the vocal chops and sensibility to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Keith Whitley,” while Music Row declares, “He wraps his pipes around the ballad with an enormous warmth and tenderness … this is a star-making performance.”  

“The Man I Want to Be,” as well as “Gettin’ You Home,” are just two of the songs featured on Young’s sophomore album, The Man I Want to Be.

Written by noted songwriters Brett James and Tim Nichols, “The Man I Want to Be,” with its tale of hope and redemption, comes to life on the small screen in a poignant new music video currently airing in Turbo rotation on GAC and debuting in Heavy rotation on CMT and CMT Pure on Monday.  The video is also online now at CMT.com.

In addition, fans can be watching for Chris tomorrow night as GAC premieres the new special, Stars for Stripes: Wounded Warriors Return.  Hosted by GAC’s Nan Kelley, the one-hour broadcast documents an overseas trip earlier this year that found Kelley, Young, and fellow country star Craig Morgan, together with wounded warriors Sergeant First Class Joseph Bowser (U.S. Army, retired) and Staff Sergeant Scott Lilley (USAF), as they toured and visited with servicemen and women at bases and hospitals in Kuwait, Iraq, and Germany.  The special premieres December 10, at 9:30 PM ET, on GAC.

Young is also maintaining a busy tour schedule in December, including a Grand Ole Opry performance on December 15, followed by an autograph signing at the Opry Originals location in downtown Nashville, and he’ll be celebrating 2010 headlining a New Year’s Eve concert at Cowboys in Dallas, TX.

For complete tour dates and much more, visit Chris online at chrisyoungcountry.com.
 

If you like the new single, THE MAN I WANT TO BE, and you're requesting it at your local station, why not add it to your myspace page.  It's playing on Chris's page now (just click on the plus (+) sign next to the song on Chris's player.  The song is also available for download at iTunes--click on the banner below to get yours.

"Chris, when are you coming to (fill in the blank)? "

We love it that everyone wants Chris to perform in their hometown.  New shows are added to the sites as they are confirmed so take a moment to check his myspace calendar for new dates or visit his website Tour page at http://www.chrisyoungcountry.com/tour.php. 

If you're a Young Country street team member and would like to see Chris play at a local venue, you'll find helpful guidelines for making your request on the Chris Young message board in the Street Team forum.

Chris would love to play everywhere for all of you--go have a look to see where he's going next.  Check it often because who knows when he'll be in your city!

REMINDER:  Monday, November 16, please request THE MAN I WANT TO BE at your local stations!

Yep, Chris was pranked.  Find out who's responsible and what happened at http://www.cmt.com/videos/misc/452006/cmt-road-pranks-4.jhtml?id=1625338.

Spend New Year's Eve in Texas with Chris Young.  The party's at Cowboys Red River - Dallas.  General admission tickets are $12 advance, $15 day of show and reserved tickets are $25.  Order by phone at (214) 352-1796 or online at Ticketmaster.  http://www.ticketmaster.com/Chris-Young-tickets/artist/1111980

This is a party you won't want to miss!

Visit the Cowboys Dallas website at www.cowboysdancehall.com. 

Kenny Chesney Helps Deliver the News!

Nashville, TN – RCA Nashville hitmaker Chris Young earns the first #1 smash of his career as “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song)” powers its way to the top of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, as well as Country Aircheck’s Mediabase chart.

From his recently released sophomore album, The Man I Want to Be, “Gettin’ You Home” is also a song that Chris co-wrote, which makes the success even more special.  “This is just so cool for me – this feeling will last the rest of my life,” he says. 

Young recalls one of the fun aspects of hearing about his first #1 was the way it was delivered, when he stepped off a plane and called his record label head of promotion.  Chris says that as he was getting the news, he heard, “Hang on…there’s someone I want you to talk to,” at which point the phone changed hands and a man’s voice came on the line and began talking about his first #1 single before congratulating Chris on “Gettin’ You Home.”  That voice, Chris says, “was Kenny Chesney.  So, that was pretty cool!”

While celebration is definitely in order, Chris will be back on the road this week, and among his upcoming dates, Young will join American Idol finalists Michael Johns and Brooke White as well as other artists backed by American Idol music director Rickey Minor and his band, this Friday for the Idle Time Concert at the Lexington Opera House in Lexington, KY.  Presented by Shirecrest Equine Education Center, and working with the University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital, the event benefits Lash’s Lessons, an educational program designed to teach healthy living concepts to children.  More information on the program, as well as a link to buy event tickets, can be found at lashslessons.net. 

For complete tour dates and much more, visit Chris online at chrisyoungcountry.com.