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The Band Perry have come a long way in 12 years and at this years CMA Awards on November 10th at the Bridgstone Arena they will get their chance to perform live in front of their peers at the same time they are also nominated for group of the year.  Not bad for a fairly unknown band as they share the honor with Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Zac Brown Band and Little Big Town.

The Band Perry released their self-titled debut album last month which made it to number 2 on the country charts with the hit “If I Die Young”. Kimberly Perry is the lead singer in the band and with her brothers Reid and Neil they have had the support and prodding of their parents to work their way to this stage of their careers.

The 44th annual Country Music Awards show will feature the best of country music with performances from the top artists in the country.  The CMA’s will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood with performances by Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson, Kid Rock, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Reba, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Dierks Bentley and Blake Shelton.

The fifth annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival tickets went on sale for the two day event at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.  The two day event will be held on Saturday April 30th and Sunday May 1st and this year features Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood as well as Loretta Lynn, DArius Rucker, Josh Turner and more.

The best ticket deal for California’s Country Music Festival will be the two day general admission ticket or the free general admission tickets for 10 & under. You can still find reserved seats on sale with a face value running $500 to $800 each and packages for camping and rv parking on site. Stagecoach Festival tickets are also available from ticket brokers for the fans that have to be up front, at any cost.

The Empire Polo Club is a large grassy area with a main stage with reserved seats in front and at least two smaller stages on the grounds. Most of the area will be general admission seating or standing as the case may be. Country fans are not allowed to bring food or beverages onto the grounds and will have to purchase those from the vendors for CASH only.

Michael Buble performed in Sacramento at the Arco Arena last night and you expect that he would have sold out the venue but that was not the case. For his Sacramento concert Michael Buble only sold out the lower level seating and the rear of the upper deck. Much of the upper level went unsold for one of the most popular artists on tour today.

And for the recent concerts by Carrie Underwood, Tool and the American Idols at the Arco Arena it was pretty much the same thing, fairly empty in the upper level. And Carrie Underwood usually has no problem selling tickets for her tour dates as the top country artist, but she only sold about 9,000 tickets for this show.

Even the Justin Bieber concert scheduled for Friday October 22nd at the Arco Arena has not sold very many upper level tickets though he has sold out concerts throughout his current tour. It doesn’t help that the kid is selling VIP packages at $391 per ticket for a cash starved city, but he wouldn’t understand what the parents buying his tickets are going through anyway.

A big part of the problem with the Sacramento area is not only the economy, but the fact that so many California state workers live in Sacramento and they have had so many furlough days resulting in a reduced pay of about 10%. Many Sacramentans have no extra income for entertainment any longer and concert tickets just don’t fit in the budget this year.

Sacramento is not the only city having problems selling tickets for concerts and other entertainment events. And some cities such as Pittsburgh do very well selling out multiple concerts and the Wells Fargo Center. But the lack of ticket sales will probably keep most of the major acts out of the Sacramento area for some time to come and those that do come to the Arco Arena may not sell out as they usually do.