This year marks LeAnn’s 16th anniversary as a performer and at just 29 years old, the seasoned vocalist has grown into a strong, confident woman with a broad range of talent and versatility whose appeal spans far beyond her age and the country music genre.
Singer-songwriter, actress and author, LeAnn Rimes has sold more than 37 million albums, won two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards and 12 Bilboard Music Awards. Rimes is the youngest recipient of a Grammy and was also the first country recording artist to win in the “Best New Artist” category. Rimes has placed 42 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 13 of which are top-10 hits. She has scored numerous hit singles including “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” (which went #1 in 11 countries) and “How Do I Live,” which is the second longest charting song ever on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
LeAnn has released a new album “Lady & Gentlemen,” a tribute to the songs made famous by legendary male performers such as Merle Haggard, George Jones, John Anderson and the late
Waylon Jennings. The Washington Post remarked about her new album, “ Rimes sounds completely at home on the ballads. Her lean, bluesy remake of co-producer Vince Gill’s “When I Call Your Name” is a bold move. But even better is her steel guitar-steeped take of Freddy Fender’s “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights,” a gorgeous vehicle for the husky mix of sensuality and vulnerability in Rimes’s voice when she reaches down into the lower registers.”
Tickets for LeAnn Rimes range from $20 (Student) to $59 (Adult) and are available beginning Wednesday, February 1, 2012, in-person and by phone at 10 a.m. and online at 12 p.m. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Performing Arts Center Ticket Office at 937-328-3874 (toll-free 1-866-PAC-TKTS), Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased online at pac.clarkstate.edu. Special discounts for groups of 15 or more are also available. Become a fan of the Clark State Performing Arts Center on Facebook for more information about our upcoming events!
Special thanks to our Jeff Wyler/Clark State Country Artist Series Sponsors
Series Sponsor: Jeff Wyler Chevrolet | Season and Country Club Sponsor: Kapp Construction | Season Co-Sponsors: Courtyard by Marriott, Greater Ohio Eye Surgeons, Heidelberg Distributing, KeyBank, Performing Arts Center Circle of Friends, Speedway, Tech II | Media Sponsors: K99.1 FM, Springfield News Sun, Yellow Book | Grant Support: Arts Midwest Performing Arts Fund, Ohio Arts Council, Springfield Foundation. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this performance with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
