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Brad Paisley: Fourth Of July Show Is ‘Going To Be Nuts’

Brad Paisley will be playing a live show in downtown Nashville for the 2021 4th of July Event in Nashville. Brad was going to do it last year, but because…

Brad Paisley: Fourth Of July Show Is 'Going To Be Nuts'
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Brad Paisley will be playing a live show in downtown Nashville for the 2021 4th of July Event in Nashville.

Brad was going to do it last year, but because of COVID, it was canceled. Brad says he's thrilled it is finally here, "I’m so excited about the Fourth of July in Nashville. We were going to do it last year. But they shut everything down. And thankfully we kicked the can down the road. And here we are just in time for us to reopen this place in the biggest way possible."

He added, "I mean, it’s supposed to be the biggest fireworks display they’ve ever had or ever seen in these parts. And that’s going to be crazy. That’s right after we’re done. You know, and, and then the idea of looking out at a street that was a short time ago, a ghost town and seeing hundreds of 1000s of people lining this place where people were not allowed to go for quite a while. It would be a crazy day if it was just a normal Fourth of July playing there. But the fact that you took it away for a year and a half is going to be nuts, and it’s going to be emotional."

Brad Paisley - On Stage With A Superstar

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.