Church’s ‘Holdin’ My Own Tour’ to make a stop in Pittsburgh
Country music star Eric Church will bring is soulful country sound to Consol Energy Center April 21 as his “Holdin’ My Own Tour” makes a stop in Pittsburgh.
In early 2006, Church released his debut single “How ‘Bout You,” and it rocketed to the country Top 20 right when his debut album “Sinners Like Me” was released.
After the album received accolades from both critics and fans, he released his second album “Carolina” in 2009, which featured two country chart Top Ten singles, “Hell on the Heart” and “Love Your Love the Most.”
Since then Church has received several awards including Top New Solo Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2010.
The following year Church’s album “Chief” became his first album to reach the number one spot on both the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. This also made him a household name for country music fans everywhere.
Today, Church is crisscrossing the country on his tour and bringing his recognizable sound to thousands of adoring fans.
Recently, the tour made a stop at the Spokane Arena in Washington.
Megan Carroll, a reporter for The Spokesman-Review gave her thoughts on the concert for the paper.
“Eric church kept fans on their toes from his opening note until the show ended, she wrote.
“The night’s pacing and theatrical effects kept the night engaging, too. The set list featured a healthy variety of emotional power ballads like the 2015 hit ‘Mr. Misunderstood,’ and amusing odes to life’s more simple pleasure like ‘Drink in My Hand.’ A 360-degree stage offered viewers an immersive experience from any seat in the arena.”
In addition to being passionate about providing a great performance to each audience, he is also very serious about preventing ticket scalping at his concerts.
According to CMT.com, Church cancelled 25,000 tickets that were purchased from scalpers.
He was able to find these scalped tickets by using a proprietary technology he had commissioned that uses 10 different data points and then flags any purchases that are suspicious.
“Orders that we cancelled were automatically refunded to the purchaser’s credit card,” read a statement that was sent to CMT.com. “Ticket scalpers got their money back, and we would expect that scalpers would in turn refund their customers. But with ticket scalpers, you never know! Fans would have a strong case for contesting charges with their credit card company if they paid for something that the scalper didn’t deliver.”
Ticket’s to the Pittsburgh stop of the “Holdin’ My Own Tour” can be purchased at ticketmaster.com and start at $69.
Doors to the concert open at 6:30 p.m. and Church will take to the stage promptly at 8 p.m. There is no opening act.
“It’s an interesting time in country music – maybe in all music – because everything is up in the air and all the genre barriers are breaking down,” said Church on his Facebook page. “With satellite radio, social media and the way people consume music now, people have access to every kind of music, and you just don’t run into people now who only listen to one kind of music. People are smart enough to discern what’s good, and if the music makes them feel something, then they’ll respond.”