Hunter Hayes has exclusively revealed to JustJaredJr the opening act for his upcoming MTV Artist to Watch LIVE show at Webster Hall on Tuesday (June 18) in New York City!
The 21-year-old musician personally selected country crooners Striking Matches from a list of artists on the Artists.MTV/VH1/CMT platform. Congrats!
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“We are so incredibly excited to have the opportunity to open for Hunter, we’re both really big fans of his and [fellow opening act] Ashley Monroe‘s, and we’re beyond honored to get to open the show! We can’t possibly thank Hunter, his team, and MTV/VH1/CMT enough for choosing us!” the duo told JJJ.
Hunter is gearing up to release his Hunter Hayes (Encore) deluxe album, which drops June 18th!
Hunter Hayes jumps up high in the air while performing at LP Field during the 2013 CMA Music Festival on Friday night (June 7) in Nashville, Tenn.
The 21-year-old musician played alongside Sheryl Crow and Jason Mraz during the annual fete.
“STOKED! We Finally get to do the River Stage! 4:00, Come hang!” Hunter excitedly tweeted.
Sheryl also wrote with a pic of the two, “Hanging out with @HunterHayes backstage at #CMAfest – can’t wait to catch his set tonight!”
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Hunter Hayes gets the crowd excited during a performance at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday night (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.
The 21-year-old country crooner sang his hit new song “I Want Crazy” and performed it on an outside stage.
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Earlier in the night, Hunter hit the purple carpet as he arrived at the awards show.
Watch Hunter perform “I Want Crazy” below!
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Hunter Hayes keeps it cool in blue as he arrives at the 2013 CMT Music Awards held at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday night (June 5) in Nashville, Tenn.
The 21-year-old singer is nominated for Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for his hit song “Wanted.” He will also be performing at the event.
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“Vocal warm ups, check. Red Carpet, check, next? Oh yeah! #CMTAwards here we go!!!!” Hunter tweeted.
The day before, Hunter was spotted at rehearsals and recently dished on his upcoming tour.
Hunter Hayes hands out some high-fives while heading to rehearsals for the 2013 CMT Music Awards Rehearsals Day 2 held at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday afternoon (June 4) in Nashville, Tenn.
The 21-year-old musician just announced his headlining, Let’s Get Crazy tour!
Speaking with Billboard, Hunter dished about his new record, Encore, and taking his show on the road with Pistol Annies‘ Ashley Monroe. Check it:
On his “Let’s Get Crazy” tour: “This is gonna be my chance to finally put together a show with the production and the time I need, and I love that I get to pick an opening act like Miss Ashley to come be part of it,” Hayes says.
On the song “I Want Crazy”: “[It's] the most excited I’ve been to release a song ever. I don’t know what it is about that song, but it’s like showing everybody a new guitar. It’s a new stage set for everything else I get excited about.”
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Hunter Hayes squeezes in a pic with Sara Haze at the 2013 CAA BBQ held at the CAA offices on Monday night (June 3) in Nashville, Tenn.
The 21-year-old country musician was joined at the fete by Nashville stars Lennon and Maisy Stella.
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Recently speaking with The Globe and Mail, Lennon and Maisy dished about going country in their music careers.
“I don’t know if we’d really like to go out fully as country artists,” Lennon shared. “Probably it would be more indie singer-songwriter type stuff.”
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Two of JJJ‘s favorite country stars — Taylor Swift and Hunter Hayes — will be performing at the 2013 CMT Music Awards!
The two will join Little Big Town, Luke Bryan and the Pistol Annies, among more to be announced at the show, which will air live June 5th @ 8PM ET/PT on CMT.
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Head on over to CMT.com to get all your awards updates and to vote for your faves!
Also, mark your calendars for June 21st — Hunter will be performing on The Today Show’s Summer Concert Series.
