Murfreesboro’s own Chris Young, winner of USA Network’s 2006 Nashville Star competition, will be among the performers in the Nashville Star Tour concert at 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 28, in MTSU’s Murphy Center. Other performers will include Nashville Star contestants Casey Rivers, Nicole Jamrose and Matt Mason.
The event will be part of the university’s “Week of Welcome,” which offers a series of programs and activities for returning students.
Young, a graduate of Oakland High School in Murfreesboro, attended both MTSU and Belmont University. After moving to Texas, he entered the competition in Houston along with 20,000 other hopefuls across the country and emerged as a semi-finalist and ultimately the big winner. Today, he is an RCA recording artist.
“That wasn’t on the books originally,” Young said, referring to the tour stop at Murphy Center. “I’m very excited about that. There are a lot of my friends who have never seen me play. … I’d really like to sell out Murphy Center. I would love to do that. It’s been forever since someone has done that.”
With the performers appearing in reverse order of their contest results, Young will close the show with a few new songs and his first RCA single “Drinkin’ Me Lonely.” The performers will be backed up by John Bohlinger and the Nashville Star Band.
The concert will be free to MTSU students with an ID. MTSU faculty and staff also may pick up one free ticket at the box office with an MTSU ID. Tickets will be $10 per person for the general public. Advance tickets can be purchased through the MTSU box office located next to Floyd Stadium or by calling 615-898-2103. Those who obtain free tickets are reminded also to bring their MTSU ID to the door the evening of the concert.
For more information about the Aug. 28 event, call MTSU Student Programming at 615-898-2551 or visit www.2006NashvilleStarTour.com.
MTSU’s “Week of Welcome” also will feature Greg Critser, author of “Fat Land,” this year’s required reading for freshmen; Seth Meyers of “Saturday Night Live”; and “American Dreamz.” For more about the “Week of Welcome,” call MTSU Student Programming at the number above.
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