Big & Rich, Love and Theft Announced For CMC Rocks The Hunter

Fans heading to Hope Estate's CMC Rocks the Hunter festival will now experience the rowdy performance of US  country music powerhouse Big & Rich, the duo making their first-ever Australian trip and leading a list of additional acts joining the already huge lineup.

Also venturing Down Under for the first time will be fellow-US country duo Love and Theft, as well as Aussie acts Adam Harvey, Jasmine Rae and Buddy Goode and a host of rising stars from Australia and New Zealand who will perform at the festival's sixth birthday.

The full announcement lists as follows.

Big & Rich (USA), Love and Theft (USA), Adam Harvey, Jasmine Rae, Buddy Goode, Aaron Jury (NZ), Paul Greene, Jackie Bristow (NZ), Chelsea Basham, Mark Wells, Kaylens Rain, Peter McWhirter.

With a career spanning a decade, six top 20 singles and plenty of roof-raising live shows, Big & Rich – or duo Big Kenny and John Rich - will finally bring hits such as Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy, Comin' To Your City and Lost In The Moment exclusively to the Hunter, must to the delight of fans who have been begging for the band to be included on the bill for years.

These acts join the already huge lineup including:

Rascal Flatts (USA), Billy Ray Cyrus (USA), Chris Young (USA), The Band Perry (USA), Adam Brand, Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans (CAN), David Lee Murphy (USA), Dean Brody (CAN), Catherine Britt, Amber Lawrence, Morgan Evans, The Legarde Twins, The Bluegrass All-Stars, Bob Corbett, Doug Bruce & The Tailgaters, Craig Morrison, The Wolfe Brothers, Aleyce Simmonds.

The CMC Rocks the Hunter festival takes place on 15 – 17 March at Hope Estate in the Hunter Valley, with the main program of the festival taking the stage on Saturday 16 March from 2pm until 11pm, Rascal Flatts playing the massive headlining set at the end of the day.

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