Young goes virtual with fans
Young made stops in Indianapolis, Chicago and Detroit. Despite the miles between them, Young still wanted to connect with his fans.
While waiting to take the stage for Miranda Lambert's "On Fire" tour in Indianapolis on Friday, Young employed Netwave Technology to spend another hour hosting a virtual meet and greet with his fans at the festival. As fans waited in line at Young's booth at CMA Music Festival, the singer video chatted with each person individually and signed a digital photo. He later Tweeted a surprise Skype session with CMA Music Festival attendees for Saturday from Chicago's Wrigley Field, where later than night he played for an estimated 35,000 country music fans. Young was the only artist this year to host a virtual meet-and-greet from Fan Fair Hall at CMA Music Festival.
More news for Chris Young
- 05/07/20: Young cancels summer gigs
- 02/10/20: Young expands tour, opens earlier
- 01/14/20: Young plans Town Ain't Big Enough tour
- 09/23/19: Young makes directorial debut with "Drowning"
- 07/12/19: Young, Alaina collab gets released
- 06/14/19: Young releases emotional single "Drowning"
- 06/10/19: Young joins Billion Airs club
- 02/04/19: Since it worked at first, Young will try it again
CD reviews for Chris Young
Chris Young has one of the best country voices, and it's always a pleasure to hear him sing. But it's disappointing when the title cut sounds more like the groove to a Justin Bieber song than anything truly country. When, say, someone like Jason Aldean performs music with barely any resemblance to real country music, it's not that big a deal; he's not a great natural singer to begin with. However, Young's voice is just too good to waste on mere pop. ...
Song selection can sometimes seem fairly inessential whenever chosen by a master singer. Such is the case with "It Must Be Christmas," Chris Young's new holiday collection. He sounds as perfectly comfortable with the jazzy "I'll Be Home for Christmas," where its supper club vibe takes a little of the edge off one seriously sad song, as he does with the Phil Spector rock nugget "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)."
Young is also helped out by a few special guests. ...
Chris Young has enjoyed steady success from his previous four releases, and there's no reason to suggest that "I'm Comin' Over" won't do the same. But that doesn't mean that Young is doing anything all that different from what's au courant.
Young's go to has always been his full-sounding, big-bodied voice, and that remains intact here throughout these 11 songs, 9 of which he had a hand in writing. His voice is front and center (that's apparent ...
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