{"id":1316400,"date":"2019-11-04T11:49:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T18:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1814055"},"modified":"2019-11-04T11:49:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T18:49:58","slug":"cmt-on-tour-michael-ray-heads-to-georgia-nyc-detroit-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/cmt-on-tour-michael-ray-heads-to-georgia-nyc-detroit-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"CMT on Tour: Michael Ray Heads to Georgia, NYC, Detroit, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:680267?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n24m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let this year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-on-tour\"><strong>CMT on Tour<\/strong><\/a> with Michael Ray be the one that got away. <\/p>\n<p>Ray will resume CMT on Tour on November 23 at the Crazy Bull in Macon, Georgia. That\u2019s followed by December dates in Detroit and New York City, as well as Sayreville, New Jersey, and Clifton Park, New York. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-on-tour\">Get details.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>What a headliner Michael Ray has become as he leads fellow entertainers Jimmie Allen and Walker County in CMT on Tour this fall. Besides his Hollywood good looks and mesmerizing vocals, Ray brings to the stage a dazzling hit list that includes \u201cKiss You in the Morning\u201d and \u201cOne That Got Away,\u201d as well as such crowd-pleasers as \u201cReal Men Love Jesus,\u201d \u201cThink a Little Less,\u201d \u201cGet to You\u201d and his current and heartbreaking \u201cHer World or Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3A85JE2ugiI\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3A85JE2ugiI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so honored to be headlining CMT on Tour,\u201d Ray says. \u201cI\u2019ve noticed that after the CMT tour, you can see the trajectory of the year ahead, and many of the artists who have participated in the past end up having one of the best years of their careers. I think CMT has a great way of putting a package together that really sets up artists for the next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1811479\/michael-ray-recalls-his-make-or-break-moment\/\">READ: Michael Ray Recalls His Make or Break Moment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ray was born and grew up in Eustis, Florida, where his paternal grandfather, Amos, taught him to play guitar and, as it\u2019s turned out, provided his name as the title for Ray\u2019s newest album. After high school, Ray formed a band that played local gigs. The reaction of his audiences inspired Ray to record and release his own self-titled album in 2010 and eventually move to Nashville.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/56m-t2PeKg8?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/56m-t2PeKg8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the talent show <em>The Next: Fame is at Your Doorstep<\/em>, Ray was mentored by Big &amp; Rich\u2019s John Rich. After winning that contest, Ray was signed to Atlantic Records. It also helped him score his first success as a songwriter by co-writing with Rich the 2015 Big &amp; Rich single, \u201cRun Away With You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1812283\/micheal-ray-heeded-the-advice-of-chris-young\/\"><strong>READ: Michael Ray Heeded the Advice of Chris Young<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 6 of this year, Ray achieved fame of another sort when he married fellow country artist Carly Pearce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JOIvhO2fDTI?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JOIvhO2fDTI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMichael Ray is a proven road warrior who has developed an undeniable connection with his fans, and we\u2019re thrilled to welcome him as headliner for this year\u2019s tour,\u201d said Leslie Fram, SVP, Music and Talent, CMT.<\/p>\n<p>Created in 2002, CMT on Tour has a history of propelling rising artists towards headliner status. Past tour participants include such acts as: Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Miranda Lambert, Brett Young, Jon Pardi, Brett Eldredge, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Jake Owen and Kip Moore.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1814055\/cmt-on-tour-michael-ray-heads-to-georgia-nyc-detroit-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 24m ago Don\u2019t let this year\u2019s CMT on Tour with Michael Ray be the one that got away. Ray will resume CMT on Tour on November 23 at the Crazy Bull in Macon, Georgia. That\u2019s followed by December dates in Detroit and New York City, as well as Sayreville, New Jersey, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1316400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 08:09:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}