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Hit "OUT LOUD" Tour Gets Louder
Keyboardist Jeff McMahon finished this summer’s scheduled tour
dates with country superstar Tim McGraw on August 1, but he won’t
be unpacking anytime soon. The tour has now been extended well into October
to meet an overwhelming demand for additional performances. The group
spent the summer filling amphitheaters from coast to coast, but they will
now move to indoor arenas for the renamed “Tim McGraw and The Dancehall
Doctors Fall Tour 2004.”
This summer’s critically acclaimed “OUT LOUD” tour
finished up its initial 33-city run with a full house on Sunday, August
1 in Nashville, Tennessee. McGraw and his band have performed for over
half a million fans since kicking the tour off in June, breaking attendance
records and thrilling audiences across the country. With the added anticipation
for the August 24 release of Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors’
new album, Live Like You Were Dying, it comes as no surprise
that the concerts continue to sell out, show after show.
Here is what writer John Hayes of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
had to say about his experience at the “OUT LOUD” show in
July.
Surrounded by 18 video screens and one of the hottest eight-piece
bands in the country universe, heartthrob Tim McGraw gave a capacity Post-Gazette
Pavilion crowd exactly what it paid to see. His 1 1/2-hour set on Tuesday
spanned 12 years of award-winning songs, foreshadowed an upcoming CD and
spotlighted The Dancehall Doctors, a band that's as tight as McGraw's
faded jeans.
“I’m all for it,” said keyboardist McMahon about the
extended tour. “I’m not ready to go home. I love taking the
new stuff out there and putting it onstage. We get to see the response
to the new songs…see what the audience thinks.”
“Besides,” he adds, “I’m havin’ a blast!”
“Tim McGraw and The Dancehall Doctors Fall Tour 2004”
kicks off August 19 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This precedes the release
of the new album, Live Like You Were Dying, on August 24. The Warren
Brothers and Big & Rich will continue as opening acts for these additional
performances. All new tour dates will be listed on www.timmcgraw.com
as soon as they become available, and all dates are subject to change.
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