A version of this column appears in the Life section Friday Weekend the Oklahoman.
George Strait playing final show Saturday at Tulsa BOK Center
The king of country music is ending its two-year "The Cowboy Rides Away" Tour.
“Our hero “Blake Shelton said at the end of the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this month.” Our hero won tonight!"
If the native Ada had shouted "Long lives the king," he could not have made the point clear: even among the biggest current stars of the genre, George Strait still rules as the King of Country Music.
The music legend, who won his second career title actor ACM year on April 06 awards show, will play one of their last concerts as an itinerant artist Saturday night at BOK Center in Tulsa.
King George is reaching the end of their two years of "The Cowboy Rides Away" farewell tour , and it is clear that the superstars and super- fans of the countries are trying to send to the sunset in style, even if are finding that old letters some Strait , " the last goodbye is the hardest to say. "
Current format After all, Strait , who turns 62 in May , surveyed out - heavyweights Shelton, Shelton wife and fellow Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert , Luke Bryan and Taylor Swift to ensure ACM entertainer trophy years - 25 years after winning the academy 's top award for the first time .
"I've always said I have the best fans in the world," Strait said in accepting the award ACM entertainer on national television live from Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena. "I heard this was a fan thing - . Voted, so I refer "
George Strait performs on stage at the 49 th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday April 6, 2014 in Las Vegas. (AP)
regional career
as if I needed more evidence. Last fall, the artist won the title the year Award rival Country Music Association, too.
Last May, the Country Music Hall of Fame became the first music artist in history, regardless of gender, to put 60 songs in the top of the charts when Mediabase named his 2013 single “Give It All We Got Tonight " as the most played song of the week on country radio .
Strait fans , radio stations and some of the greatest artists of country music joined the "Sixty Sixty " movement that helped the successful artist achieve his unprecedented 60th No. 1 single when it still was 60 , making only few days before his 61 th birthday.
And , the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Decade has sold 68 million albums in his career spanning three decades , and MCA Nashville label strait home since its debut in 1981 , announced last year that was spreading recording contract superstar five albums .
“If I have one regret in my career, which has been very good and hard to get to, that would be it, I kind of stopped writing for years. Because is beginning, I loved to write and I wrote a lot and then I just kind of walked away from it,
“Strait said in a rare press conference last fall at the aT & T stadium in Arlington, Texas, where he will play his last day on tour June 7.” Now I'm getting back into it again, so I'm enjoying it. 'm writing with my son (Bubba) and other writers, so it's really fun."
After the Texas troubadour plays Saturday at the BOK Center, will have only three dates left on "The Cowboy Rides Away" trek: May 23 at the Bayou Country Fest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; May 31 at the home of the New England Patriots, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough , Mass.; and June 7 farewell concert - home state , where the Dallas Cowboys usually play .
The end of tour will include a stellar selection of guest artists ( performing three songs each) including Lambert , former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, Norman was born and raised in Oklahoma City Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill, Jason Aldean , Kenny Chesney, Eric Church , Sheryl Crow , Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride and Lee Ann Womack.
Dunn , who recently released his debut album in his little Will -E Records, also open for Saturday's Strait BOK Center, where King George and Oklahoma native Reba McEntire set a record in 2010 , selling concert co - head poster in less than an hour and the first time that more than 18,000 tickets were sold for an event at the stadium.
Sandy Straits returned to Tulsa with singer Martina McBride for a concert of February 2012.
Throughout the list of real successes Saturday launch Strait Tulsa fans can expect him to “Amarillo by Morning “and” The Minstrel “among his favorite songs to play live.
"It is really liking me do" I’ll Always Remember You”, because when I wrote it, it was to say something to the fans how much you have meant to me over the years," said presser last September. “So that's kind of a special moment for me at the shows.”
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