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Big names are back, but touring might not be pretty.
This year’s season will see a return of national acts, something that was lacking in its 13th season, due to the start of the pandemic, which limited the arts venue to recruiting only local and regional artists.
Mark Fields, executive director of The Grand in Wilmington, said touring this year might be messy for performers because the pandemic presents a host of logistical issues.
“Routing,” for example, is an industry term used to describe the way national performers tour from city to city. The goal is for artists to create a tour schedule that allows them to play about five to six shows a week.
Jake Owen, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Earth, Wind & Fire: Freeman Arts 2021 season announced Andre Lamar, Delaware News Journal
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The Freeman Arts Pavilion revealed its 2021 lineup Thursday at 11 a.m., introducing oodles of national headliners including Earth, Wind & Fire and Lynyrd Skynyrd, along with country star Jake Owen and Fitz & The Tantrums.
The Selbyville venue opens its 14th season with Kashmir: The Live Led Zepplin Show on June 17.
Other top acts on tap for this season include Fitz & The Tantrums, Black Violin, Train, Indigo Girls, Kathleen Madigan, Steve Earle and Los Lobos, Amos Lee, REO Speedwagon, ABBA, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Blackberry Smoke, Straight No Chaser, The Commodores, Jamey Johnson and Leslie Odom Jr.