LADY A TO HEADLINE 38TH ANNUAL “99.5 WYCD HOEDOWN” AT DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021

(DETROIT – May 19, 2021) - Audacy’s 99.5 WYCD Detroit’s Country (WYCD-FM) will host its 38th annual “99.5 WYCD Hoedown,” presented by Your Metro Detroit Ram Truck Dealers, at DTE Energy Music Theatre on Friday, August 13, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. The event will feature a headlining performance by Lady A and feature acts across three stages, including main stage performances from Carly Pearce, Niko Moon and Tenille Arts. The “99.5 WYCD Hoedown” will also include performances by Rob Stone, Andrew Jannakos and Walker Hayes on the Festival Stage and Nate Barnes, Elvie Shane and more on the Lume Tree House Stage. 

Profile® by Sanford is the official VIP sponsor of the tour. A portion of the ticket sales will go towards LadyAID, the group’s philanthropic fund which supports initiatives around the world ranging from helping vulnerable children, societal and cultural issues, as well as natural disaster aid and recovery. 

"This tour is really going to be about letting our fans know how much they mean to us and what music has done for all of us over the last year...which is the essence of the tour name. We started writing a song called 'What A Song Can Do' and it turned into a love-letter to our fans,” Charles Kelley said. “We are gonna soak up these moments on stage more than we ever have before. It’s gonna be hard to wipe the smiles off our faces and I’m sure the tears off of Hillary’s. We were lucky enough to still release new music this past year but there are songs like 'Champagne Night' and 'What If I Never Get Over You' that we haven’t been able to play live much so we know those will make for some really special moments.”

Over the course of their decade-plus career, Lady A has become one of the 21st century’s premier vocal groups, blending deeply felt emotions with classic Country sounds. While ushering more than 18 million album units, 34 million tracks sold, nearly five billion digital streams and 11 No. One hits. The trio earned the biggest first week streams of their career with their critically acclaimed No. One album OCEAN. Known for their 9X Platinum hit “Need You Now,” which is the highest certified song by a Country group, they have earned CMA “Vocal Group of the Year” trophies three years in a row and countless other honors including five GRAMMY® Awards, Billboard Music Awards, People’s Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards and a Tony Award nod. The trio's newly formed LadyAID Scholarship Fund supports students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities. They were recently honored with an invitation to become members of Country’s longest standing musical – the Grand Ole Opry. Additionally, Hillary Scott was recently honored as one of 31 women leaders from diverse industries for Dress for Success’ “Your Hour, Her Power” campaign. For more information visit ladyamusic.com.

Fiercely rooted in the classics, Carly Pearce, the girl who left her Kentucky home and high school at 16 to take a job at Dollywood has grown into a woman who embraces the genre’s forward progression and is confident in what she wants to say. Like those before, she leaned on her own intuitions with Top 20-and-rising single “Next Girl” and clever video. Carly explores more of a pivotal time with a seven-song collection called 29 (Big Machine Records), finding creative simpatico with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne following the unexpected death of her mentor and former producer busbee. As Carly marks a new chapter coming of age, “I Hope You’re Happy Now” wins ACM "Single" and "Music Event of the Year" for the PLATINUM-certified, No. One duet with Lee Brice. For more information visit CarlyPearce.com. 

Tenille Arts celebrated her first #1 single, “Somebody Like That,” in April of this year making history as the first song written, produced and performed by all females to top the Country charts. She was inducted into the CMT "Next Women of Country Class of 2021" and nominated for her first ACM Award for "New Female Artist of the Year." She has made an unprecedented three appearances performing original songs on The Bachelor. Her Love, Heartbreak, & Everything In Between album was released in January of 2020, and her new single “Back Then, Right Now” is at radio now. Born and raised in the small prairie town of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Tenille now makes Nashville her home. For more information visit tenillearts.com.

RCA Nashville breakthrough recording artist Niko Moon kicked off 2021 by topping multiple charts with his Platinum-selling debut single “Good Time.” With more than 235 million on-demand streams, “Good Time” helped catapulted Moon to No. One on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart. Born in Tyler, TX, Moon relocated to Douglasville, GA at age 10, equidistance from hip-hop hub Atlanta and country breeding ground Newnan, GA, inspiring his artful persona: a mix of hooky melodies, shrewd wordplay and edgy, electronic beats. Moon has five No. One hits as a songwriter and is currently self-producing his debut full-length project alongside longtime collaborator and friend Joshua Murty. For more information visit nikomoon.com.

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