Scotty McCreery Performs "It Matters to Her" on ABC's "Good Morning America"

SCOTTY McCREERY PERFORMS “IT MATTERS TO HER”
ON ABC’S “GOOD MORNING AMERICA”
 
McCreery Wraps Brooks & Dunn REBOOT 2023 Tour
as Final Weekend Kicks Off Tonight

Triple Tigers recording artist Scotty McCreery joined ABC’s “Good Morning America” to perform “It Matters to Her” yesterday, June 14. Joined by wife Gabi and seven-month-old son Avery, McCreery and his band launched into his latest smash hit and fastest rising song of his career. Watch the performance HERE.
 
Written by McCreery, Rhett Akins and Lee Thomas Miller, “It Matters to Her” highlights some of the wisdom the North Carolina native has gleaned through his marriage to Gabi, as the couple prepares to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary this month.
 
“I'm still learning, trust me — got a long way to go,” McCreery shared with PEOPLE. “But it’s what I’ve learned so far. We put it all into a song, and it’s got a little kind of country vibe that I grew up with, and I just love it. I turn it up whenever it’s on the radio.”
 
“It Matters to Her” followed RIAA Platinum-certified No. 1 “Damn Strait” and RIAA Gold-certified No. 1 “You Time,” all found on his latest album Same Truck: The Deluxe Album. McCreery has earned five consecutive No.1 hits in the last few years.
 
Tonight, McCreery rejoins the Brooks & Dunn REBOOT Tour 2023 for three final shows this weekend before heading back out on the road in July for 25+ headlining dates through the fall.
 
McCreery is among six inductees in the 2023 class scheduled to be enshrined in the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame during the annual induction ceremony this fall. The induction ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at the Mooresville Performing Arts Center in Mooresville, N.C. VIP and General Reserved tickets are available HERE.
 
Remaining tour dates for the Brooks & Dunn REBOOT Tour 2023, featuring Scotty McCreery and opening act Megan Moroney:

June 15            Mt. Pleasant, MI                     Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
June 16            Columbus, OH                        Nationwide Arena
June 17            Greensboro, NC                      Greensboro Coliseum Complex
 
Additional Upcoming Headlining Tour Dates

July 7              Northfield, OH                        Hard Rock Casino Northfield Park
July 8              Milwaukee, WI                       Summerfest
July 12            Nashville, TN                         Grand Ole Opry
July 13            Knoxville, IL                          Knox County Fair
July 14            Portland, IN                            Jay County Fair
July 15            Baraboo, WI                           Sauk County Fair
July 20            Sacramento, CA                      California State Fair
July 21            Minden, NV                            Carson Valley Inn Casino - TJ's Corral
July 27            Tooele, UT                              Country Fan Fest
July 28            Caldwell, ID                           Canyon County Fair
Aug. 3             Prairie Du Chien, WI              County Line Country Fest
Aug. 4             Toledo, OH                             Promenade Park
Aug. 5             Binghamton, NY                    Spiediefest & Baloon Rally
Aug. 6             Hampton, NH                         Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom  
Aug. 17           Lafayette, IN                           Loeb Stadium
Aug. 18           Lampe, MO                            Black Oak Amphitheater
Aug. 23           Gray, TN                                 Appalachian Fair
Aug. 25           Marshfield, WI                       Central Wisconsin State Fair
Aug. 26           Dekalb, IL                               DeKalb Corn Festival
Aug. 30           Lincoln, NE                            Memorial Stadium
Sept. 1             Evansville, IN                         Victory Theatre
Sept. 14           Nashville, TN                         Opry Country Classics at the Grand Ole Opry
Sept. 15           Stillwater, OK                         McKnight Center for the Performing Arts
Sept. 22           Tempe, AZ                              Boots In The Park
Sept. 23           Englewood, CO                      Fiddlers Green Amphitheater
Sept. 29           Mount Vernon, KY                 Renfro Valley Entertainment Center
Sept. 30           New Haven, KY                     Log Still Distillery
Oct. 14            Harrisburg, NC                       Harrisburg Park Amphitheater
Nov. 19           New Philadelphia, OH            Kent State Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center
 
Tickets for Brooks & Dunn REBOOT Tour 2023 and Scotty McCreery solo dates above can be purchased at ScottyMcCreery.com.
 
About Scotty McCreery
Scotty McCreery’s Same Truck: The Deluxe Album is available now on vinyl, CD and digital formats, and contains two No. 1 songs, RIAA Platinum-certified “Damn Strait” and RIAA Gold-certified “You Time,” along with the fastest rising single of his career, “It Matters To Her.” In total, McCreery has achieved 5 consecutive No. 1 hits in the last few years, including the two mentioned above as well as an additional three from his last album Seasons Change, the RIAA Gold-certified project which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album chart: the RIAA Triple Platinum-certified “Five More Minutes,” the RIAA Platinum-certified “This Is It,” which stayed at the top of the charts for two weeks, and RIAA Gold-certified “In Between.” McCreery co-wrote all 11 songs on Seasons Change, which Rolling Stone named as one of the “40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2018.” Four of his albums have debuted at No. 1 on a Billboard Albums chart, with current combined sales surpassing 4 million copies. The North Carolina native has earned one Triple Platinum, five Platinum and three Gold singles; one Platinum and two Gold albums; won the 10th season of “American Idol” in 2011; was named the ACM New Artist of the Year in 2011; won the CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year (‘The Trouble with Girls’) in 2012; and BMI Awards for writing One of the Top 50 Country Songs of the Year five times (in 2015 for “See You Tonight,” in 2018 for “Five More Minutes,” in 2019 for “This is It,” in 2021 for “In Between,” and in 2022 for “You Time”). His song “Five More Minutes” inspired two popular holiday movies which aired on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Network: “Five More Minutes” in 2021 and “Five More Minutes: Moments Like These” in 2022. McCreery launched his recording career by making history in 2011 as both the first country artist and the youngest male artist of any genre to debut his first studio album, the Platinum-certified Clear as Day, at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. For more information, visit ScottyMcCreery.com.

CROWN LANDS Transcend to Epic, Prog-Rock Heights with Release of Sophomore Album 'Fearless'

Release BBC Live Session Recorded at

Legendary Maida Vale Studio

Listen HERE

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"Punk spirit in a luxury prog package."

- Classic Rock

"They have the chops, the pipes and, perhaps most importantly, the ambition, heralding the arrival of their second album with an 18-minute single"

- Guitar World

“The group are at the forefront of a classic rock revival.”

– Loudwire

“In a sphere dominated by a pantheon of aging legacy acts, CROWN LANDS show that there is still unoccupied space in the modern progressive landscape for this style of classic prog music.”

– Everything Is Noise

Following a stream of long, conceptual single releases, today Juno Award-winning, powerhouse rock duo CROWN LANDS – Cody Bowles (vocals and drums) and Kevin Comeau (guitar, bass, and keys)—proudly release their modern-day progressive opus, 'Fearless', their sophomore album, through Spinefarm Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company.

'Fearless' is available across all streaming platforms and on vinyl, presented as a 2 LP in standard black and deluxe colour variant both accented with a zoetrope design.

Stream / Buy 'Fearless' HERE

The nine-track album follows CROWN LANDS’ self-titled debut (2020). It was recorded in 80A Studio at Universal Studio in Toronto with producer David Bottrill (Rush, Muse, Tool, Mastodon) and came together over a six-month period in short, intense bursts between tours. Where the debut record showcased CROWN LANDS' aptitude for raw blues rock, 'Fearless' embraces more of the band’s earliest passions in prog-rock. The album is an unapologetically rich, ambitious work yet easily accessible, plus fans will notice some previously released tracks “Context: Fearless Pt. I” and “Right Way Back” that act as familiar touchpoints framing in the new soundscape.

CROWN LANDS describe, “'Fearless' is the culmination of all our years as a band. Everything we have worked on as writers and players is on full display here. I think we were both able to do what we wanted to do as artists for so long.” Rather than clobber its audience with complexity, 'Fearless' creates a world you want to spend time in."  

Bowles anticipates, “I hope that our playing on this record inspires people to kind of take up playing in that way. It's something that's not so common now, but when you get into it, it's just so beautiful.”

'Fearless' is also a record of contrasts and dynamic textures. Nine tapestries of tone, where atmospheric swathes morph into strident guitars, dextrous polyrhythms and gnarly basslines – Bowles’ strange, beautiful tenor soaring over the top like a bird over a mythological land. On the 18-minute lead single, “Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II", CROWN LANDS proclaim, “it is perhaps the most ambitious piece of music that we have written to this point. I suppose we intended it to be the centrepiece of this record.” That first track throws down the gauntlet, capturing the whole 'Fearless' album experience.

“The rest of the album serves to continue the themes we explore on ‘Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II'. It was an absolute pleasure to work with David Bottril. He is a true musical genius and a hell of a guy. We’re so proud of this record. It’s the best body of work we have assembled to date.”

Elsewhere, “Reflections” turns the spotlight on CROWN LANDS themselves. Written mid-pandemic, it’s a tender, stirring moment that finds Bowles and Comeau navigating a rocky period in their friendship – blending personal experience into the interstellar imagery that underpins the record.

Offering a ray of stripped-back sunlight, acoustic instrumental “Penny”– written years ago by Comeau, for his late grandmother – reflects the delicate atmospherics of John Butler(a huge influence on the guitarist).

“Citadel” offers velvety, piano-led closure, drawing 'Fearless' to an end in six gorgeously moody minutes. A folk-hearted ode to environmental defenders, it’s a space where Pink Floyd meets Bob Dylan. “We wanted to flip the narrative and reinterpret the way people see people defending their land,” Bowles explains. “Because they're depicted in the media as a thorn in people's sides, but they should be celebrated as heroes, because they're trying to save the last bit of land that is untouched and untainted by corporations.”

Earlier this month, CROWN LANDS released their BBC Live Session, recorded last year at the legendary Maida Vale Studio with BBC Radio 1. The session includes live performances of three of the band’s most notable tracks, “White Buffalo,” “The Witching Hour (Electric Witch)” and “Context: Fearless Pt. I.”

Listen to CROWN LANDS' BBC Live Session HERE

Watch the Recap HERE

ABOUT CROWN LANDS

CROWN LANDS are born storytellers. Advocates for the LGBTQ+ and indigenous communities. Counter-culturalists for the 21st century, informed by a cocktail of ancient voices, social injustice, science-fiction, and musical narrators from Rush to Paul Simon, Led Zeppelin to John Butler. Since meeting in 2015 at a band audition, singer/drummer Bowles (a reconnecting Mi’kmaq who identifies as Two Spirit) and guitarist/keyboardist Comeau have cultivated a diverse sonic and lyrical palette. Touchstones range from the mistreatment of Canada’s indigenous population to Buddhist meditation master Chögyam Trungpa, the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and Dune author, Frank Herbert.  

Originally, they got their foot in the door with raw blues rock, on their Juno-nominated, 2020 self-titled LP, working with Grammy nominated Dave Cobb. This paved the way for an introduction to three of CROWN LANDS' heroes: Terry Brown, Nick Raskulinecz, and David Bottrill – all prolific producers that worked with them on their breakthrough track “Context: Fearless Pt. 1,” which premiered on Rolling Stone. After a steady stream of new music, the band’s fresh approach and mission-driven catalogue garnered them the 2021 Juno Award for “Breakthrough Group of the Year.”

CROWN LANDS ended 2022 with the release of their rendition of The Beatles’ quintessential rally song, “Come Together,” released in partnership with TSN as part of a campaign for the Canadian Men’s National Team during FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022,™ watch the commercial featuring the track HERE (track starts at 3:20).

With the latest installment of tour dates and their sophomore album, CROWN LANDS are ready to bring elegant, clever, progressive rock to the masses.

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