Season opener Reba McEntire takes a break from other projects
Reba McEntire has sold nearly 50 million albums -- more than any other female country artist -- and had 31 No. 1 hits, which she'll soon fold into a ''Ones" album a la Elvis Presley and the Beatles.
Yet McEntire, who opens the Tweeter Center's summer season tonight with Brad Paisley and Terri Clark (humorously dubbed the ''Two Hats and a Redhead Tour"), modestly shrugs off these achievements.
''I wouldn't have known I had that many number ones if they hadn't told me," she says. ''I had my first No. 1 in 1982, so I've been around long enough to chalk them up. And I had my latest No. 1 last year with 'Somebody.' "
There are workaholics -- and then there's Reba. She has diversified in recent years by acting on Broadway in 2001 in ''Annie Get Your Gun," then launching the popular TV sitcom ''Reba" on the WB network. And she has a new clothing line. No wonder it's somewhat restful for her just to get back on the road and sing.
''We've been out for two weekends and the crowds have loved the combination of me with Brad and Terri," she says of her latest tour. ''Terri goes on first, then Brad, then me, but we all come out and do two or three songs as an encore."
The tour helps benefit Habitat for Humanity, with one dollar of each ticket going to the nonprofit. ''I've always been a big fan of Habitat and I've loved what they do. They work hard. It's been a great marriage," she says.
McEntire's return to New England tonight is symbolic. She helped put country music on the map in this region when she scored a hit with ''Whoever's in New England" in 1984.
''I think back to '83 and '84 when Ricky Skaggs and I came up there to play," she adds. ''I couldn't believe how many people were coming out to the concerts then. They'd say, 'Oh, we love country music up here.' So I'm not surprised at all that it's done well there. I'm sure other people are surprised, though, because when I did 'Whoever's in New England,' some would say, 'Why are you singing a song about the Northeast? They don't like country music.' And I'd say, 'Yeah, they do.'
''I had to fight for the song a bit, but hey, I was standing up for y'all a long time ago."
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Yet McEntire, who opens the Tweeter Center's summer season tonight with Brad Paisley and Terri Clark (humorously dubbed the ''Two Hats and a Redhead Tour"), modestly shrugs off these achievements.
''I wouldn't have known I had that many number ones if they hadn't told me," she says. ''I had my first No. 1 in 1982, so I've been around long enough to chalk them up. And I had my latest No. 1 last year with 'Somebody.' "
There are workaholics -- and then there's Reba. She has diversified in recent years by acting on Broadway in 2001 in ''Annie Get Your Gun," then launching the popular TV sitcom ''Reba" on the WB network. And she has a new clothing line. No wonder it's somewhat restful for her just to get back on the road and sing.
''We've been out for two weekends and the crowds have loved the combination of me with Brad and Terri," she says of her latest tour. ''Terri goes on first, then Brad, then me, but we all come out and do two or three songs as an encore."
The tour helps benefit Habitat for Humanity, with one dollar of each ticket going to the nonprofit. ''I've always been a big fan of Habitat and I've loved what they do. They work hard. It's been a great marriage," she says.
McEntire's return to New England tonight is symbolic. She helped put country music on the map in this region when she scored a hit with ''Whoever's in New England" in 1984.
''I think back to '83 and '84 when Ricky Skaggs and I came up there to play," she adds. ''I couldn't believe how many people were coming out to the concerts then. They'd say, 'Oh, we love country music up here.' So I'm not surprised at all that it's done well there. I'm sure other people are surprised, though, because when I did 'Whoever's in New England,' some would say, 'Why are you singing a song about the Northeast? They don't like country music.' And I'd say, 'Yeah, they do.'
''I had to fight for the song a bit, but hey, I was standing up for y'all a long time ago."
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