LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Country artist
and hit songwriter Colt Ford brings
his hard rockin' music to AXS TV when the network premieres the
concert special, COLT FORD: CRANK IT
UP! LIVE AT WILD ADVENTURES, Tuesday,
February 10 at 10 p.m.
ET/7 p.m. PT. The concert
special follows Ford's guest-appearance on AXS TV's country music
docu-series DISCOVERING LUCY ANGEL at 9 p.m.
ET/6 p.m. PT. In this episode,
Ford joins the mother-daughter trio Lucy
Angel in the studio, adding a verse to one of their
songs.
COLT FORD: CRANK IT UP! LIVE AT
WILD ADVENTURES features Ford and his band performing an
electrifying, high-energy show at the Wild Adventures Theme Park in
Valdosta, Georgia. The first-ever
concert special spotlights tracks from Ford's entire career,
ranging from his newest single "Crank It Up" to many of
his top hits such as "Drivin' Around Song," "Ride Through the
Country" and "Chicken & Biscuits."
On the night's all-new episode of DISCOVERING LUCY ANGEL titled
"Happy G-Manniversary," Lucy Angel
band members Kate Anderton and her
two daughters Lindsay and Emily work with Ford to produce a song
for their new album. Meanwhile, Kate's husband G-Man enlists his
two sons' help in planning a heartwarming surprise for his wife to
celebrate their 40th anniversary.
"Colt Ford's concert special and
featured appearance on DISCOVERING LUCY ANGEL are the perfect
pairing of music and TV," said Evan
Haiman, AXS TV's vice president, music programming and
production. "This double-dose of Ford will liven up the night for
country fans everywhere."
DISCOVERING LUCY ANGEL airs on
AXS TV Tuesday nights at 9 p.m.
ET/6 p.m. PT.
ABOUT AXS TV
AXS TV is the cable industry's leading
general entertainment network for live event programming, and the
premier destination for some of the nation's biggest music
festivals in 2015. Launched in July
2012 by visionary entrepreneur Mark
Cuban, AXS TV is dedicated to providing groundbreaking music
programming, stand-up comedy performances from today's top
comedians, and hard-hitting mixed martial arts promotions. Boasting
over 70 hours of exclusive live broadcasts of premier music
festivals in 2015 (featuring Coachella Valley Music and Arts
Festival, Stagecoach Country Music Festival, New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival, Rock on the Range Music Festival and Firefly
Music Festival), the HD channel heavily concentrates on bringing
the industry's biggest names directly into their viewers' homes,
for the ultimate front row experience. Other hit network franchises
include such original programs as THE BIG INTERVIEW with
Dan Rather; DISCOVERING LUCY ANGEL,
THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS, GOTHAM COMEDY LIVE, ART MANN
PRESENTS, AXS TV FIGHTS and INSIDE MMA.
AXS TV is a partnership between Mark
Cuban, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, Creative Artists Agency
(CAA) and CBS. The network is available in the United States via AT&T U-verse,
Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS,
and other cable, satellite and telco providers. The network is also
distributed in Canada,
Mexico and the Caribbean. For
more information, visit the website, www.axs.tv; go to the
Facebook page here and follow the company on
Twitter, @axstv; on Instagram; Tumblr
and YouTube.
ABOUT Colt Ford
In
2012, Colt penned two #1 hits; Jason
Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem," and Brantley Gilbert's, "Country Must Be Country
Wide." His album, Declaration of Independence, topped
the Billboard Top Country Album Chart at #1, and
was followed by his new release, Thanks For
Listening, in July 2014. "Thanks For
Listening" charted at #1
on Billboard's Independent Albums,
#1 on Billboard's Rap Albums chart, #2
on Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart and #10
on The Billboard 200 Albums chart. "Crank
It Up! Colt Ford Live At Wild Adventures," Colt's first
live concert on DVD, was released to retail in Fall 2014 and is set
to air on AXS TV in February 2015. To
date, Colt has sold over 1 million albums, millions more song
downloads, has 1.5 million Facebook Likes and over 100 million
YouTube views. Colt was also featured in a two-page cover story in
the "Arena" section of the Wall Street
Journal (July 2013). In October, 2013, Colt hit the
road on a 34-city tour with Florida Georgia
Line, and toured with Toby
Keith last Fall. In addition to being a gifted songwriter
and artist, Colt is also a former professional golfer, and resides
with his family in Athens, GA.
Follow
at www.coltford.com; twitter.com/coltford; facebook.com/coltford.
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