Multi-platinum selling country rock group Alabama has announced their “Roll On 2 North America” tour will include a stop at the new Fishers Event Center at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, featuring special guest Lee Greenwood.
The Fishers Event Center is the largest mid-size event center in the Indianapolis region set to open its doors in November 2024.
Tickets for Alabama go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday, Aug. 9 at FishersEventCenter.com.
Country legend Lee Greenwood will appear on stage in Fishers this December. (Photo provided)
Quality songs that have become the soundtrack for American life are the foundation for Alabama’s stellar career. The group introduced rock style guitars, lights, pyrotechnics, and sounds to the country audience that has inspired many of today’s brightest country stars including Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, and Luke Bryan. From humble beginnings picking cotton in the fields to international stars, Alabama went on to sell 80 million albums and change the face and sound of country music. While their music continues to stand the test of time, their numbers and stats are beyond compare.
Five decades since starting the band, Alabama has charted 43 No. 1 singles, including 21 No. 1 singles in a row, and have won dozens of CMA, GRAMMY, and ACM Awards. They are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame and have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In addition, they are world-class philanthropists who have raised millions of dollars for various charities.
About Alabama
Over 50 years ago, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen left the cotton farms of Fort Payne, Alabama to spend the summer playing music in a Myrtle Beach, S.C., bar called The Bowery. It took them six long years of tip jars and word-of-mouth to earn the major label deal they’d been dreaming of. Then, seemingly no time at all to change the face of country music.
Alabama, country music’s first band, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. The group is known for hit songs including “Mountain Music,” “Roll On,” “Dixieland Delight” and “If You’re Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band).”
Alabama went on to become the most successful band in the history of country music.
In November 2022, Alabama co-founder Jeff Cook passed following a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. With his prior encouragement and wishes, Alabama continues touring on a limited basis, keeping the iconic music they created alive for the current and future generation of fans.
About Lee Greenwood
Throughout his expansive career, international country music icon Lee Greenwood has earned multiple CMA and ACM Awards, a Grammy Award for Top Male Vocal Performance on “I.O.U,” in 1985, and a multitude of other prestigious awards nominations.
His discography includes 22 studio albums, seven compilation albums, seven No. 1 hits, and 38 singles including songs like “It Turns Me Inside Out,” “Ring On Her Finger Time on Her Hands,” “She’s Lyin’,” “I Don’t Mind the Thorns if You’re the Rose,” “Dixie Road,” “Somebody’s Gonna Love You,” “Going Going Gone,” “You Got A Good Love Comin’,” among others. His stand-out hit “God Bless the U.S.A.” has been in the top five on the country singles charts three times (1991, 2001, and 2003), giving it the distinction of being the only song in any genre of music to achieve that feat.