NEWS: PARMALEE RETURNS TO ALMA MATER EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY TO HEADLINE
Greenville, NC (September 18, 2015)~ This holiday season, Parmalee will return to its roots to throw its biggest party to-date, the FEELS LIKE CAROLINA HOMECOMING, on the grounds of its alma mater East Carolina University’s 8,000-seat Minges Coliseum. The headlining arena show will pay homage to Parmalee’s home state of North Carolina and the community that supported the band since it started in 2001.
“It has been a life-long dream of ours to play Minges Coliseum! What a homecoming!” says Matt Thomas, lead singer for Parmalee. “We would always throw a big field party towards the end of summer that we called 'Uncle Ron’s Party.' Eventually, those got too big for us to handle so we've been working on a way to keep it going, and here we are!”
Tickets for FEELS LIKE CAROLINA HOMECOMING are officially on sale to the public today. Additionally, a limited number of 300 VIP tickets to the show are available for purchase on a first come, first serve basis. The VIP tickets give fans a choice of a premium purple reserved seat (in honor of ECU’s school colors) OR a VIP Pit Pass for the concert. VIP tickets also include access to an exclusive pre-show VIP Party with a private acoustic performance by Parmalee, an official event t-shirt, a meet-n-greet pass/photo opportunity with the band, a commemorative VIP Laminate and VIP Event Parking.
BBR Music Group’s newly signed Wheelhouse Records act and digital media sensation Granger Smith has been announced as the first opening act for the FEELS LIKE CAROLINA HOMECOMING show.
Purchase tickets for the FEELS LIKE CAROLINA HOMECOMING now at: http://ecutickets.net/2015/09/14/parmalee-2/
Last week, Parmalee celebrated its steadfast climb to success with a performance of its current Top 25 single “Already Callin’ You Mine” on NBC’s TODAY show and MLB Central’s Studio 21. The band’s debut multi-week #1 smash “Carolina” was recently CERTIFIED PLATINUM by the RIAA.
Parmalee recently spoke with FOX 411 Country’s Ashley Dvorkin about its hometown community and how the band’s friends and fans lifted them up in the wake of the tragic shooting that nearly took Scott Thomas’ life, five years ago this month. Watch the interview here: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4487032815001/parmalee-gaining-popularity/?#sp=show-clips
For more information on the FEELS LIKE CAROLINA HOMECOMING, visit: http://www.parmalee.com/feels-like-carolina-homecoming/
ABOUT PARMALEE: Top 25 and rising “Already Callin’ You Mine” is the third consecutive hit off Parmalee’s debut Stoney Creek Records album, FEELS LIKE CAROLINA. Recent hits include the Top 3 “Close Your Eyes” and the multi-week #1 smash “Carolina.” Parmalee has earned 236 million Pandora streams, 29 million plays on Spotify, over 14.8 million YouTube/ VEVO views and 1.5 million singles sold. In 2014, Parmalee earned a Teen Choice Award nomination for “Choice Country Group,” a semi-finalist nomination for ACM “New Artist of the Year” and was lauded one of “Country Music’s Breakout Stars Of 2014” by MSN Entertainment. The band has supported Brad Paisley and Jake Owen on national tours while finding time to perform on The Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson, FOX & Friends, The Queen Latifah Show, WGN Midday and more. Download FEELS LIKE CAROLINA on iTunes here: http://geni.us/FeelsLikeCarolina
Parmalee Social Media Links:
https://www.facebook.com/parmaleemusic
http://instagram.com/parmaleemusic
ABOUT GRANGER SMITH: Country music artist Granger Smith is the flagship artist, along with Trace Adkins, of BBR Music Group’s newest imprint, Wheelhouse Records. With sold-out national tours, a social media following of more than four million, and YouTube views exceeding 34 million, Granger Smith has amassed an audience that is rabid and has built a career that is truly groundbreaking. Granger’s current EP, 4x4, is co-produced by Granger Smith and the revered Frank Rogers (Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker and Josh Turner), was introduced with the single “Backroad Song,” which sold over 32,000 downloads in its first week of release and entered the iTunes Country Singles chart at Number Two, the iTunes Canada Country Chart at Number One and the Billboard Country Digital Sales Chart at Number Four. Although the song doesn’t officially go for adds until October 5, it is already making waves at country radio and has caught the attention of major players like Bobby Bones who declared Granger is, “shaking up Country music.” His recent "YEE YEE NATION" national tour (84 shows) sold out and broke attendance records and merchandise sales records at nearly every venue. Granger's country boy alter-ego, Earl Dibbles Jr., has its own following and has garnered him a weekly segment called “Dip ‘Em and Pick ‘Em” on CBS Sports Network’s Inside College Football. Season three premiered earlier this month.
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