The BIG 98 Presents: Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots' Million Dollar Show for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Nashville, Tenn. – November 10, 2015 – iHeartMedia’s The BIG 98, Nashville’s #1 station for new Country music, announced today The BIG 98 Presents: Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots’ Million Dollar Show For St. Jude. Taking place on Monday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the live concert will be headlined by Black River Entertainment’s Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots, with performances by Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town, Brett Eldredge, Cam, Eric Paslay and special guests. All proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. iHeartMedia’s Bobby Bones announced the benefit concert live on The Bobby Bones Show this morning, and will host the event sponsored by Jack Daniel’s.
The BIG 98 Presents: Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots’ Million Dollar Show For St. Jude is a celebration of the fundraising efforts of Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots over the last year and a half, which has resulted in more than $1.5 million being raised for St. Jude through on-air fundraisers, radiothons, and charity concerts. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Thanks to generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, November 13, at 10 a.m. CT via ticketmaster.com.
Bones stated, “We’ve been blown away by the support for The Raging Idiots, and it’s a dream come true to not only play a show at the legendary Ryman Auditorium, but also share the stage with some amazing Country music artists. We hope fans enjoy the show and come out to support the incredible work St. Jude does to help children fighting cancer and other life threatening diseases.”
For up-to-the-minute information on The BIG 98 Presents: Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots’ Million Dollar Show For St. Jude, log on to www.BobbyBones.com or www.thebig98.com, or listen to The Bobby Bones Show or The BIG 98 on-air or online, as well as on iHeartRadio.com and the iHeartRadio mobile app, iHeartMedia’s all-in-one music streaming and digital radio service. To see all available platforms and to download the app, visit iHeartRadio.com/apps.
Artists and/or event subject to change or cancellation without notice.
About The Raging Idiots
Comprised of Bobby and Eddie from iHeartMedia’s The Bobby Bones Show, The Raging Idiots is a comedy band that plays shows all over the U.S., and to date, has raised over a million dollars to benefit various charitable causes. The duo has played with Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line and has toured with Brad Paisley and Toby Keith. The Raging Idiots signed to Black River Entertainment in 2015 and their first studio album is expected in early 2016. For more information, please visit http://www.bobbybones.com.
About The Bobby Bones Show
Broadcasting live from Nashville, iHeartMedia’s The Bobby Bones Show reaches millions of listeners on more than 80 stations, including markets such as Washington, D.C., Boston, MA, and Miami, FL. The program is also heard nationally via iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's free all-in-one streaming music and live radio service digital service. Airing weekday mornings from 5 to 10 a.m. CT, hosts Bobby Bones, Lunchbox and Amy welcome the biggest names in Country music and entertain listeners with their unique mix of pop-culture news and information, crazy stunts and hilarious conversations. For more information, please visit www.BobbyBones.com.
About iHeartMedia Nashville:
iHeartMedia Nashville owns and operates WSIX, WRVW, WUBT, WNRQ, WLAC and is part of iHeartMedia. With 245 million monthly listeners in the U.S., 97 million monthly digital uniques and 196 million monthly consumers of its Total Traffic and Weather Network, iHeartMedia has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America. It serves over 150 markets through 859 owned radio stations, and the company’s radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company’s radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on tablets and smartphones, and on gaming consoles. iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s digital radio platform, is the No. 1 all-in-one digital audio service with over 430 million downloads; it reached its first 20 million registered users faster than any digital service in Internet history and reached 50 million users faster than any digital music service and even faster than Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest. The company’s operations include radio broadcasting, online, mobile, digital and social media, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation.
Media Contacts:
Kimsey Kerr
The BIG 98
kimseykerr@iheartmedia.com
615-664-2476
Rachel Nelson
Premiere Networks
818-377-5300
rnelson@premierenetworks.com