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MAC McANALLY OPENS SUMMER SCHEDULE AT KENNEDY CENTER

MAC McANALLY OPENS SUMMER SCHEDULE AT KENNEDY CENTER "You First" & "Down The Road" Singer Plays Solo And With Jimmy Buffett (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) One of music's most respected creators visits one of its most hallowed stages as artist/songwriter/musician/ producer Mac McAnally plays the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC to honor wounded soldiers June 8. The Launching Challenge America initiative, which also features Amy Grant and Vince Gill, is prelude to a full schedule of performances for McAnally stretching to year's end. Mac's itinerary mixes solo performances focused on his new Show Dog/ Nashville music, including the well-received new single "You First," with huge arena shows in his role as a longtime member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer band. Already, McAnally has more than 25 shows on the books through November, with more to be added soon. Following his first No. 1 as a recording artist and sixth as a songwriter - "Down The Road" with Kenny Chesney - McAnally signed to Toby Keith's Show Dog label and began work on another album of original material. "You First," his first single for the label, offers poignant examples of love in McAnally's direct yet profound simplicity of style. It is an approach born of experience and accomplishment. Starting as a Muscle Shoals session musician while still essentially a child, McAnally went on to become one of the most respected guitar players in the world. He's played behind or sang harmony for artists including Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Jr., Amy Grant, Jimmy Buffett, Travis Tritt, Linda Ronstadt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dolly Parton and many more. As a producer, he's helmed successful projects by Sawyer Brown, Chris LeDoux and Little Feat, among others. Mac was named 2008 Musician of the Year by the Country Music Association, the same year he was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. He is also a 2007 inductee to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. McAnally signed his first record deal at the age of 16 and was the first artist signed to the legendary Geffen Records. Mac McAnally Tour Itinerary: June 8 Washington, DC Kennedy Center (Challenge America Benefit) June 13 Roswell, GA Roswell Cultural Arts Center June 18 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Amph. * June 19 Avalon, NJ Rock n' Chair June 20 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Amph.* June 23 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion * June 25 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center * June 27 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center * July 5 London, England Shepherds Bush Empire * Aug. 6 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center * Aug 8 Bridgeview, IL Toyota Park * Aug 11 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center * Aug. 13 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Theatre * Aug 14 Marshall, IN Sugar Valley Aug 15 Bridgeview, IL Toyota Park * Aug 23 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall * Aug 26 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre * Aug 29 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theater * Sept 3 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavillion * Sept 4 Falls Church, VA State Theatre Sept 5 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavillion * Sept 26 Paris, France La Cigale * Nov. 14 Orlando, FL Amway Arena * Nov. 17 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena * Nov. 19 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre * Nov. 21 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena * Nov. 24 New York, NY Madison Square Garden * (* - Jimmy Buffett show with Mac performing in Coral Reefer band.)