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Mitchell Tenpenny To Make Opry Debut

Country newcomer and chart topper Mitchel Tenpenny is confirmed to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday, February 16. Tenpenny will perform on country music’s most famous stage just…

Mitchell Tenpenny To Make Opry Debut

NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 10: Recording artist Mitchell Tenpenny performs onstage during Sony Discovered in the HGTV Lodge at CMA Music Fest on June 10, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images for HGTV)

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Country newcomer and chart topper Mitchel Tenpenny is confirmed to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday, February 16.


Tenpenny will perform on country music’s most famous stage just days following the official radio impact of “Alcohol You Later,” his newest single, which comes out on Monday, February 11.

In addition, Mitchell just made national television appearances on NBC's Today and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live.

His debut album Telling All My Secrets was released December 14. It earned the best country first-week showing for a major label debut album of 2018, amassing 20,000 units.

The 11-song project includes “Alcohol You Later,” which was written by Tenpenny, Michael Lotten and Sam Sumser who also produced this track, in addition to the Platinum #1 airplay and streaming hit “Drunk Me.”

Mitchell will join Old Dominion’s “Make It Sweet Tour” from February 27 through April 27 as a special guest.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.