Emporium Presents & Live Nation
Parker McCollum
Larry Fleet
Ian Flanigan
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Doors: 6:00 pm / Show: 7:30 pm
St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater
Syracuse, NY
$29.50 - $84.50
Parker McCollum
Coming into 2022, McCollum had already been named an ‘Artist to Watch’ by Rolling Stone, Billboard, Sounds Like Nashville, MusicRow and The Boot. He was featured as the Opry Next Stage ‘Artist of the Month’ and Apple Up Next Artist for 2021. Parker made is late night TV debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” where he performed his hit “To Be Loved By You.”
This year has only proven McCollum’s star status by garnering his first two major awards – ACM’s 2022 New Male Artist of the Year, and the CMT Award for ‘Breakthrough Video of the Year’ for his mega hit, “To Be Loved By You.” McCollum is also a 2022 CMA Award nominee for “Best New Artist” – his first nomination at Country Music’s biggest night.
Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Parker McCollum released his major label debut album, Gold Chain Cowboy, with MCA. The album follows his Hollywood Gold EP which was met with widespread critical acclaim and became the top-selling debut Country EP of 2020. McCollum earned his first-ever No. 1 hit with his double-platinum certified premiere single, “Pretty Heart,” and his follow-up gold certified single, “To Be Loved By You,” also hit No. 1 on the charts. “To Be Loved By You” was also the only debut single to ship to radio and peak at No.1 in 2020. In November of 2021, McCollum made his first late-night TV appearance performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
McCollum has been named an ‘Artist to Watch’ by Rolling Stone, Billboard, SiriusXM, CMT, RIAA, and more with American Songwriter noting, “The Texas native teeters on the edge of next-level superstardom.” MusicRow listed McCollum as their 2021 Breakout Artist of the Year and Apple also included him as one of their all-genre “Up Next Artists” Class of 2021. A dedicated road warrior, McCollum made his debut at the famed Grand Ole Opry in 2021 and he already sells out venues across the country (over 40 sold out shows nationwide in 2021) including record-breaking crowds in Dallas (20,000), The Woodlands (16,500), Austin (7500+), Lubbock (7700+), Jackson, MS (5000+), Kearney, NE (3000+), Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and three nights at Fort Worth’s iconic Billy Bob’s Texas. In March of this year McCollum made his debut at RODEOHOUSTON to a sold-out crowd with over 73,000 tickets sold. He also made a dream come true by performing at Austin City Limits for the first time and will be kicking-off their 2023 season. McCollum earned his first ACM award for New Male Artist of the Year in March 2022 in Las Vegas. McCollum also won his first CMT “Breakthrough Video of the Year” award, a fully fan-voted honor, in April 2022. Parker is currently up for his first-ever CMA Award as a nominee in the “New Artist of the Year” category.
For more information, visit ParkerMcCollum.com
Larry Fleet
Don’t let Larry Fleet’s humble demeanor fool you: the Chattanooga-based Country singer-songwriter is the real deal, with fans in contemporary heavy-hitters like Jake Owen and living Country legends like Willie Nelson. He’s a thoughtful songwriter with a knack for a one-liner, an ear for a good hook and a powerhouse voice that strikes the perfect balance of soul and twang.
You can hear all this and more on Fleet’s new single “Where I Find God.” Written alongside award-winning songwriter Connie Harrington, “Where I Find God” is a beautifully heartfelt ode to family, fishing and Fleet’s unyielding faith. “Sometimes, whether I’m lookin’ for him or not / That’s where I find God,” Fleet sings, with his soul-drenched twang adding an element of gospel to the track’s stripped-down Country arrangement.
“Where I Find God” has already received an immensely positive response from fans, many of whom have shared their own experiences of faith and finding God. Some fans even count hearing the song itself among their life’s religious experiences, a life-changing phenomenon that gets right at the heart of why Fleet writes songs in the first place.
Ian Flanigan
“MEET YOUR NEW PROGRESSIVE FOLK GUITAR HERO” -A&R Factory
Season 19 Team Blake artist on NBC’s The Voice, Best of the Hudson Valley’s Best
Vocalist/Best Artist, first place Chronogrammies winner, and SongwriterUniverse’s Best Song of
the Month winner Ian Flanigan’s sound is “rhythmic, engaging, compelling” (Bob’s Music Box)
with a “smoky Waits vibe… leaning towards pop folk” (Austin Town Hall) that is “unique and
powerful” (Argentina TOP/VIRAL HITS). Local to upstate NY, Flanigan’s music—an eclectic
blend of progressive country-folk and percussive fingerstyle—has been featured internationally
and celebrated on stages shared by John Fogerty, Grace Potter, Tedeschi Trucks, Corey Glover,
Bob Schneider, The Pedrito Martinez Group, Session Americana, Chris Knight, and Dwight
Yoakam. Flanigan is a celebrated Kerrville finalist, Emerging Artist of Falcon Ridge Folk
Festival, Hope Rocks’ Artist of the Year, and an alumni of NBC’s The Voice and the Dripping
Springs Texas Songwriter Festival.
“Imagine Tom Waits as a member of Mumford & Sons playing songs by the Lumineers, with a
hint of Chris Stapleton. That’s my impression of Flanigan, whose smoky barroom voice provides
contrast to the melodic plea he unleashes with an urgency. Overall, Flanigan offers the kind of
optimism that is hard-won after losing on the kind of bets that alter the trajectory of a life—bets
you make on yourself, bets you make on others, bets that fail to deliver more often than they
come through” (John Barry, USA Today).
His most recent release, “Give Me Color” received accolades both internationally and regionally,
marking the success of a milestone collaboration with three-time Grammy winner and Hudson
Valley local, Justin Guip (producer, engineer, percussionist). Praise for the EP’s title track: “Quite
honestly, I can’t remember when an acoustic guitar took my breath away… Any fans of Chris
Cornell and Eddie Vedder definitely won’t want to let Ian Flanigan’s talent, passion, and
propensity to weave aural alchemy on a fretboard pass them by” (Amelia Vandergast of A&R
Factory)
Additional Information
Ages: All Ages
Seating: GA Pit & Reserved Seating