big and rich tour 2011

Five years after completing their tour, multi-platinum Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson will hit the road for “Xtreme Muzik The Tour.” The tour will include special guests Cowboy Troy and Two Foot Fred.  They will visit over 30 cities beginning 18 June 2011 in Springfield, Missouri.
Sharing one eight-piece band on a custom stage that includes a fully-operational bar as the centerpiece.  The  show will offer something different to fans – the co-headliners will rarely leave the stage. The music will not stop, as Big & Rich and Gretchen perform hit after hit and often join in on each other's songs.
“We’ve been talking about this for quite a while, and we really put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into putting together a show we feel the fans will walk away and say, ‘wow, I’ve never seen anything like that,’” said Gretchen. “You’re going to see me come out and sing on Big & Rich songs, you’re going to see John and Kenny sing on my songs, and there’s no telling where Two-Foot and Cowboy Troy will be!”
“They’ll be up at the bar,” quipped John. “You know, this crew started out with a bunch of us hanging out in little clubs playing all kinds of music,” he added. “We want to give our fans not just a great night of music but an experience they’ll talk about for a long time.”
“We’ve been friends for so long,” said Big Kenny, “writing, recording, touring and even watching our kids grow up together. John and I have both done solo projects, which were fun, but we’re ready to get out and make some Big & Rich noise! This set is custom-designed to deliver all the hits that everybody wants to hear.”
Grammy-nominated duo Big & Rich set country music on its ear when their “Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)” single and video hit the airwaves in 2004. Their Horse of a Different Color, Comin’ To Your City and Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace albums were met with success, and countless miles of touring followed. In 2008, the award-winning duo announced they would go on hiatus while Big Kenny recovered from a pre-existing neck injury. In the years that followed, with mutual blessings, each released solo albums.
Big Kenny followed his “Love Everybody” heart across the globe, where he worked tirelessly in the Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, helped deliver medical supplies and entertained aid workers in Haiti following the devastating earthquake and more. He was the sole writer on Tim McGraw 's #1 hit "Last Dollar (Fly Away) ".
John went on to host three seasons of CMT’s “Gone Country” show, scored a solo hit with the hard-hitting "Shuttin’ Detroit Down," produced records for Jewel, Randy Owen, and published Jason Aldean’s smash duet with Kelly Clarkson "Don't You Wanna Stay." He is now a contender on the “Celebrity Apprentice” working for his favorite charity, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.