Eric Church to bring unique concert experience to Nashville Bar Chief's. Here's how you can listen in
Eric Church is returning to his Neon Steeple stage at Chief's, his six-month-old Lower Broadway bar, honky-tonk, restaurant and performance venue.
On Sept. 30, the "Springsteen" vocalist will perform during a SiriusXM broadcast from his six-story space.
SiriusXM's Eric Church-curated Outsiders Radio (channel 740) showcases the Grammy-nominated CMA Entertainer of the Year's musical catalog alongside his favorite music and influences featuring collaborations and recordings with friends, behind-the-scenes stories, live performances and more.
The exclusive-for-listeners full-band show will feature Church turning back the clock two decades to a vibe similar to the club shows that guided him to early stardom.
How to listen, attend Eric Church SiriusXM broadcast?
The performance will air on Sept. 30 at 10 p.m. ET on SiriusXM's Eric Church Outsiders Radio (ch. 740) and be available to stream on the SiriusXM app. Outsiders Radio will take over Y2Kountry (Ch. 57) and air the performance on Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. ET, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. ET and Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. ET.
SiriusXM subscribers can enter to win a trip to the event. Subscribers who live in the area and/or listen to relevant SiriusXM channels and opt into marketing communications can win tickets and earn their entry by volunteering at local charities. A select number of tickets will also go to Church's fan club members, the Church Choir.
What to expect from the concert?
The shows also mark the performer's premiere foray onto the Neon Steeple stage with a full band.
Previously, from April 5 through June 9, 2024, Church played 19 intimate solo concerts for his fans as part of his "Eric Church: To Beat The Devil" residency — tickets were primarily made available for members of his Church Choir fan club.
In regards to expectations for this concert, the multi-platinum-selling chart-topping performer offered the following statement, exclusive to The Tennessean:
"Just as the residency shows were completely their own, different than anything we bring to the stage on our tours, we've designed this concert to be its own unique experience. Since Outsiders Radio started as a segment on SiriusXM's The Highway nearly a decade ago, it's been all about the music I'm a fan of and the artists who inspire me and how that all informs our music — I'm excited to commemorate this milestone with a show for all us outsiders."
Church's last year of concerts
Alongside a headlining set at April's Stagecoach Festival, nearly two dozen other noteworthy Church live sets have occurred in downtown Nashville in the past year.
In Aug. 2023, Church played for two nights as the eighteenth Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Artist-in-Residence. The event was an intimate and theatrical Broadway-style presentation of a 19-song, two-hour concert by the "Chief" and his and a nine-piece band.
The Tennessean regarded the event as a "rare career moment" during which the impact of his catalog "bewildered" him while he played at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's 776-person capacity CMA Theater.
On April 6, on the second night of his Chief's residency at Neon Steeple, The Tennessean regarded the concert in front of 400 seated fans and friends as "one of the ultimate displays of the honesty, personal touches and against-the-grain actions and thinking that have defined x(Church's) quarter-century in Nashville."
In general, regarding whenever he chooses to perform at his home stage, Church offered the following in March 2024:
"These shows at Chief's will be one of a kind, only for Chief's and with some songs that will only ever be performed during these shows. They're the most unique shows I'll probably ever do, and I'm excited to enjoy this chapter of what Chief's will be."
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