Princess Cruises, in partnership with the Academy of Country Music, is bringing nation music to the excessive seas with the ACM Live from the Red Barrel Lounge live performance collection.
On Caribbean voyages departing Galveston between February ninth and March seventeenth, company aboard Regal Princess will get pleasure from intimate stay performances from a few of nation music’s most enjoyable rising artists. They embody chart-topping singer and ACM Award nominee Kameron Marlowe, reigning ACM New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year Tigirlily Gold, and America’s Got Talent breakout stars Chapel Hart, together with different rising acts throughout a number of cruises crusing out of Galveston in early 2025.
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As a part of the collection, six nation music acts will carry out two 45-minute live shows within the Princess Theater and work together with company throughout meet and greet periods.
Country Music Cruises
8-Day Sailing: February 9-17, 2025
Drew Baldridge — Raised in Patoka, Illinois, he started performing in native expertise contests as a youngster earlier than shifting to Nashville at 18 to pursue nation music. After releasing a pair of EPs in 2014-2015, his single “Dance with Ya” turned his first chart hit, and his debut album Dirt on Us adopted in 2016. His single “She’s Somebody’s Daughter” turned a viral hit in 2023-2024, marking his first top-40 hit. In 2024, he signed with BBR Music Group’s Stoney Creek label and launched “Tough People” as his debut single below the brand new deal.
6-Day Sailing: February 17-23, 2025
Chapel Hart — Danica and Devynn Hart, together with their cousin Trea Swindle, make up Chapel Hart and have confirmed they’re actually a power to be reckoned with. These girls have discovered a method to reward wrap their Mississippi roots & Louisiana spunk and share it with listeners all over the world. They’ve independently launched 4 studio albums and eleven singles. In July 2022, they competed within the seventeenth season of America’s Got Talent, the place they completed fifth. The group’s hottest music is “You Can Have Him Jolene,” a solution music to Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.”
8-Day Sailing: February 23 to March 3, 2025
Hannah Ellis — The Campbellsville, Kentucky-native’s voice – a mixture of favourite flannel, glowing pink wine and welcome – is the good friend we at all times wished. Whether pouring from a automotive radio or the cellphone, the act named to Rolling Stone Country’s “Artist To Watch” checklist and ACM Award nominee, reminds listeners large leaps usually come as a collection of small steps when nobody is trying. Her debut album, That Girl, options notable singles resembling “Wine Country,” “Too Much and Not Enough,” “Country Can,” and “Home and a Hometown.”
6-Day Sailing: March 3-9, 2025
Tigirlily Gold — This sister duo, initially from North Dakota, signed to Monument Records and to SMACK Songs Publishing. They toured all through the mid-west whereas nonetheless in highschool, promoting out amphitheaters of their house state. In 2024, their present single “I Tried A Ring On,” climbed the Country Radio Charts and have become their second top-40 radio single earlier than releasing their debut studio album, Blonde. They received “New Duo or Group of the Year” on the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards in 2024, solely the second feminine duo to ever win the award.
Regal Princess
8-Day Sailing: March 9-17, 2025
Kelsey Hart — Curb Records recording artist, songwriter and Kentucky native Kelsey Hart has discovered his approach into the highlight, a spot he’s dreamed of being since his childhood days of belting gospel music from the passenger seat of his dad’s truck. His radio single “Life with You” has garnered over 100 million international streams, 429,800 TikTook views and debuted within the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Digital Songs Chart.
6-Day Sailing: March 17-23, 2025
Kameron Marlowe — Raised in North Carolina, he developed a ardour for music by his grandfather and started singing in church at age 10. In 2018, he gained nationwide consideration on The Voice, the place he joined Blake Shelton’s workforce earlier than being stolen by Adam Levine, although he was eradicated within the stay playoffs. Marlowe then moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting, releasing his debut single “Giving You Up” in 2019. In 2020, he signed with Columbia Nashville and launched “Burn ‘Em All.” His hit “Giving You Up” was licensed Gold by the RIAA in 2021, marking a significant milestone in his profession.
The ACM Live from the Red Barrel Lounge collection, introduced by Princess Cruises, pays homage to the Academy’s western roots and the beginnings of the Academy of Country Music. The Red Barrel Niteclub, and house owners Mickey and Chris Christensen, hosted the primary So-Cal Country Music Awards Banquet circa 1963. It was formally often known as first the Academy of Country and Western Music Awards Banquet and would later grow to be the ACM Awards. The Red Barrel Lounge, positioned on the Academy’s headquarters in Nashville, gives established and rising artists with a novel platform to showcase their abilities, join with new followers, and broaden their attain.
“We’re thrilled to partner with the Academy of Country Music to showcase the incredible talent of these rising stars,” mentioned Becky Thomson Foley, Head of Global Entertainment for Princess Cruises. “Many of our guests are passionate about country music, and this unique experience featuring intimate performances and meet and greet opportunities, promises to make their cruise vacation unforgettable.”
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