Brad Paisley is coming back to Bloomington, but this time the country heavyweight who played at the McLean County Fair nine years ago will be on stage Jan. 24 at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
Joining him for his "American Saturday Night Tour" for the show will be Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore.
Paisley leads nominees for seven awards, including entertainer of the year, at next week's Country Music Awards (7 p.m. Wednesday on WHOI), and is co-hosting the event with Carrie Underwood.
Over the past year, Paisley has played to more than 1.2 million fans and sold out at 51 venues.
The reigning CMA male vocalist of the year already has collected three Grammys, 12 Academy of Country Music Awards and 11 Country Music Association Awards.
Paisley has released eight studio albums and sold 10 million units, including the double-platinum 2005 ACM and CMA Album of the Year, "Time Well Wasted." His most recent album, "American Saturday Night," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums sales chart when it was released in June.
Paisley has 14 No. 1 singles -- the last 10 consecutive -- extending a streak already unmatched by any other country artist in the 19-year history of Nielsen BDS- monitored airplay.
Paisley's tours have consistently placed in the Top 5 in Pollstar for attendance.
Singer/songwriter Lambert is a two-time Grammy nominee is one of three artists in Soundscan history whose first three albums landed the No. 1 spot out of the box (Lee Ann Rimes and Gretchen Wilson are the other two). She has been nominated as this year's CMA Top Female Vocalist and has won ACM's 2007 Best New Female Award and 2008 ACM Album of the Year.
Born and raised in Poyen, Ark. -- population 272 -- Southern Country stylist Moore embodies the soul and character of a kid from a small town with his tough-talking, straight-shooting brand of country. His single, "Small Town USA," recently topped both country charts, making Moore the only new artist to have a No. 1 hit in 2009 and the first solo artist to have a song from his/her debut album go No. 1 since Taylor Swift's "Our Song" in December 2007.
Tickets for the show are $36.75 and $51.75, and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 14. They will be available at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-745-3000, or at the coliseum box office.