C2C 2019: Who is headlining the UK country music festival and where can I get tickets?
Three-night event brings best of Nashville to London, Dublin and Glasgow
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Your support makes all the difference.Europe's biggest country music festival, C2C: Country to Country, has just announced its 2019 line-up.
Inaugurated in 2013, the three-night event brings some of the biggest names in Nashville to London, Glasgow and Dublin every spring, with Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Tim McGraw, Dixie Chicks, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Dwight Yoakam, Kacey Musgraves and Faith Hill all making past appearances.
Here's everything you need to know about the next instalment.
Who is headlining C2C 2019?
The London leg at the O2 Arena opens on Friday 8 March with Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Cam and Chase Rice.
Lady Antebellum headline the Saturday night show on 9 March supported by Hunter Hayes, Dustin Lynch and Carly Pearce.
Chris Stapleton leads the closing night on Sunday 10 March, with Lyle Lovett, up-and-coming talent Ashley McBryde and Drake White & The Big Fire.
The same groupings of performers will appear at Dublin's 3Arena and Glasgow's SSE Hydro over the same weekend on different nights.
In Dublin, its Lady Antebellum and friends on Friday followed by Stapleton on Saturday and Urban on Sunday.
In Glasgow, Stapleton kicks things off on Friday followed by Urban on Saturday and Lady Antebellum on Sunday.
How can I get tickets for C2C?
Tickets for all three venues go on sale on Friday 26 October.
You can order yours on the C2C website via Gigs and Tours, AXS, See Tickets or Ticketmaster.
What is Country Music Week?
An affiliate event that debuted in 2017, Country Music Week likewise brings new talent across the Atlantic to play a series of venues across London.
Running right now until Sunday 28 October, the line-up is as follows:
- Duane Eddy, London Palladium, Tuesday 23 October
- Chase Rice, Bush Hall London, Tuesday 23 October
- Drake White, Koko London, Wednesday 24 October
- Eric Paslay, The Borderline London, Friday 26 October
- The Wandering Hearts, Sarah Darling, Sara Douga and Eleanor Nelly, Bush Hall London, Friday 26 October
- Russell Dickerson, The Borderline London, Saturday 27 October
- Kacey Musgraves, Wembley Arena London, Saturday 27 October
- Eric Paslay, Jimmie Allen, Lee Miller and Cassadee Pope, Bush Hall London, Sunday 28 October
- Cassadee Pope, Kerri Watt, Fairground Saints & Foreign Affairs, The Borderline London, Sunday 28 October
- Darius Rucker, Royal Albert Hall, Sunday 28 October
Tickets for all of these shows are again available to purchase via the C2C website.
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