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George Strait Tour Dates
George Strait is on tour with Reba McEntire, Lee Ann Womack through fall 2010. George Strait has unveiled the latest slate of concert dates for his on-going tour with fellow country stars Reba and Lee Ann Womack. The next leg of their tour venture kicks off September 9 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH, according to Pollstar.
A total of 11 George Straight tour dates are on the schedule, booked through an October 22 performance at Fargodome in Fargo, ND. Other stops along the way include a September 16 concert at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, SC, and an October 15 show at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA.
The itinerary also includes a September 11 event at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. The concert was originally booked for April 28 but was postponed as part of the tour extension, according to a notice on Strait's official Web site. Tickets for the original date will be honored at the rescheduled September show.
An official tour statement, including fall onsale dates and ticket prices, is still forthcoming from George Strait and Reba, who has officially dropped the "McEntire" from her professional nomenclature. According to Pollstar, the details will be announced soon.
A complete list of George Strait tour dates follow below.
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George Strait Announces Fall Leg of 2010 Tour
George Strait, Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack will hit the road together again this fall. The first date on the new leg is September 9th in Columbus, Ohio. The second leg of the 2010 George Strait tour will stop in 11 cities across the U.S. throughout September and October. The trek will wrap on October 22nd in Fargo, North Dakota.
 In other news about George, the superstar's George Strait Live on DVD will be re-issued exclusively through Walmart on June 15. George and his Ace in the Hole Band were recorded performing their greatest hits and all-time fan favorites at the Dallas Reunion Arena on New Year's night in 1986. George Strait Live has been digitally re-mastered with 5.1 surround sound and includes five bonus music videos made available for the first time ever for fans on DVD. source
George Strait 2010 Tour Dates (not official)
September 9 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
September 10 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
September 11 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
September 16 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
September 17 – Birmingham, AL – BJCC
September 18 – Bossier City, LA – CenturyTel Center
October 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center
October 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia
October 16 – Buffalo, NY – HSBC Arena
October 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
October 22 – Fargo, ND – Fargodome
Check here too for official George Strait tour dates.
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 George Strait, Reba McEntire Will Extend Tour Into Fall of 2010
George Strait will extend his tour with Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack into the fall although no list of cities or dates has been announced. The tour will stop in Omaha, Neb., on Thursday (April 8), Kansas City, Mo., on Friday (April 9) and Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday (April 10). They will also play the Alamodome in San Antonio on May 1. In adding the fall dates, an April 28 stop at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena has been rescheduled for Sept. 11. .. source article
George Strait Re-Issues Live CD, Announces 2010 Fall Tour Dates
The ACM Artist of the Decade, George Strait, just announced the re-release of a classic Strait concert album and additional 2010 fall tour dates. In September and October, George will be taking his show across the U.S., starting September 9 in Columbus, Ohio. Summer tour mates Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack will also be joining him. more
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George Strait Biography ( Short George Strait bio )
George Strait was born on May 18, 1952, in Poteet, Texas, the son of a junior high school teacher who also owned and operated a ranch that had been in the Strait family for nearly 100 years. When Strait was a child, his mother left the family, taking her daughter but leaving behind her sons with the father. During his childhood, he would spend his weekdays in town and his weekends on the ranch. Strait began playing music as a teenager, joining a rock 'n' roll garage band.
 After his graduation from high school in the late '60s, Strait enrolled in college but soon dropped out and eloped with his high school sweetheart, Norma. In 1971, he enlisted in the Army. Two years later, he was stationed in Hawaii where he played country music with the Army-sponsored band, Rambling Country. They played several dates off the base under the name Santee. Strait left the Army in 1975, returning to Texas with the intent of completing his education. He enrolled in Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos to study agriculture and formed his own country band, Ace in the Hole.
Ace in the Hole made a few records for D, an independent Dallas-based record label, in the late '70s, but they never went anywhere. Toward the end of the decade, Strait attempted to carve out a niche in Nashville but failed because he lacked any strong business connections. In 1979, he became friends with Erv Woolsey, a Texas club owner who once worked for MCA Records. Woolsey invited several MCA executives to Texas to hear Strait. His performance convinced the company to sign him in 1980.
"Unwound," Strait's first single, was released in the spring of 1981 and climbed into the Top 10. The follow-up, "Down and Out," stalled at No. 16, but "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" reached No. 3 in early 1982. The song sparked a remarkable string of Top 10 hits that ran well into the 2000s. His astonishing stretch of No. 1 hits began with 1982's "Fool Hearted Memory." In the 1980s alone, he reached the top of the chart 18 times with songs such as "The Chair," "All My Exes Live in Texas," "Famous Last Words of a Fool" and "Baby Blue." In 1985, he won CMA awards for album of the year (Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind) and male vocalist. In 1986, he repeated his win as male vocalist, but his year was marked by tragedy when his 13-year-old daughter, Jennifer, was killed in a car wreck. (His other child, George Jr., was born in 1981.) Strait capped the decade by winning the CMA entertainer of the year award in 1989. A year later, he won the award again.
 Strait was also one of the few '80s superstars to survive the generational shift of the early '90s that began with the phenomenal success of Garth Brooks. This can be partly credited to "Love Without End, Amen," "I've Come to Expect It From You," "If I Know Me" and "You Know Me Better Than That," which all remained at No. 1 on Billboard's country airplay chart for multiple weeks. In 1992, Strait released the movie, Pure Country, which featured him in the lead role. A love song from the soundtrack, "I Cross My Heart," ultimately reached No. 1 and became one of his biggest hits to date. He released a four-CD boxed set, Strait Out of the Box, in 1995. By the spring of 1996, it had become one of the five biggest-selling boxed sets in popular music history.
Blue Clear Sky, his 1996 album, debuted on the country charts at No. 1 and won a CMA award. Strait also won male vocalist in 1996, the same year "Check Yes or No" won the CMA award for single of the year. In 1997, he released Carrying Your Love With Me, which also won a CMA award. Strait repeated as male vocalist in 1997 and 1998. All in all, Strait scored 17 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country airplay charts in the 1990s, including "One Night at a Time," "I Just Want to Dance With You" and "Write This Down."
In 2000, he scored another No. 1 hit, "The Best Day," and won a CMA award for vocal event for "Murder on Music Row," his duet with Alan Jackson. More hits came his way: "Go On," "Run," "Living and Living Well," "She'll Leave You With a Smile" and "Cowboys Like Us." In 2004, a new song, "I Hate Everything" was included on the two-disc compilation 50 Number Ones -- and ultimately reached No. 1, rendering the album title obsolete. Somewhere Down in Texas arrived in 2005, and his duet with Lee Ann Womack, "Good News, Bad News," won a CMA award for vocal event of the year. It Just Comes Natural was released in 2006 and offered the No. 1 hit, "Give It Away." However, the year's highlight was his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Nov. 6. .... George Straight biography source
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