Jo Dee Messina and Diamond Rio

Jo Dee Messina kicked off her notable career with “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” a single that immediately made her a household name.  Following the success of her debut, she posted nine #1 hits, recorded 16 Top 40 songs, and won multiple ACM, CMA, and GRAMMY Awards.  She also proved to be a history maker, becoming the first female in country music history to celebrate three consecutive multi-week, chart-topping songs.  Her impressive listenership recently earned her acknowledgement for having on the Top 20 country albums of the 1990s on Spotify.

Diamond Rio became the first country music group in history to reach #1 with a debut single, “Meet in the Middle,” in 1991.  Since then, the band has sold more than 10 million albums, won a GRAMMY Award, six Vocal Group of the Year wins (CMA and ACM), released two Greatest Hit albums, a live and Christmas project, earned five multi-week #1 singles, 22 Top 10 singles, three certified Platinum and five gold albums.  Diamond Rio recently released I Made It, their tenth studio album.

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• Children age 2 and under may share a seat with an adult; everyone else needs a ticket.