CMC Rocks

Full artist lineup:

BRAD PAISLEY (USA) – KANE BROWN (USA) – MORGAN EVANS 

JIMMIE ALLEN (USA) – BRELAND (USA) - BLANCO BROWN (USA) – MACKENZIE PORTER (CAN) - NIKO MOON (USA) - TENILLE TOWNES (CAN) LINDSAY ELL (CAN) - LEE KERNAGHAN - TROY CASSAR-DALEY – JAMES JOHNSTON – RESTLESS ROAD (USA) - CASEY BARNES – ABBY ANDERSON (USA) - BRAD COX - BROOKE McCLYMONT & ADAM ECKERSLEY  KAYLEE BELL (NZ) -  LACI KAYE BOOTH (USA) – CORNELL & CARR  – RACHAEL FAHIM - HURRICANE FALL – SOUTHBOUND xo - MELANIE DYER – CHARLIE COLLINS - IMOGEN CLARK - SINEAD BURGESS – LINDSAY RIMES – AMY SHEPPARD - SAMMY WHITE - GEORGIA STATE LINE – DJ GRIZZLY ADAMS - DEE JAYE BUX 

HOSTED BY STORME WARREN & MIKE CARR 

With the announcement in October last year that CMC Rocks QLD was returning after a two year hiatus to Willowbank, Ipswich between 21st to 25th September 2022, country music fans let out an almighty cheer. Tickets for the festival SOLD OUT on the day they went on sale, proving the thirst for Australia’s premiere international country music festival remains as strong as ever.  

Potts Entertainment, Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring revealed the starstudded list of headliners for CMC Rocks QLD last year. US superstar BRAD PAISLEY, US country/pop phenomenon KANE BROWN and Aussie favourite MORGAN EVANS all received an incredible response. Today CMC Rocks QLD reveals the full festival lineup, a 30 strong bill of international and local country music talent.  

Joining internationals Brad Paisley and Kane Brown are 2021 CMA ‘New Artist of the Year’ winner Jimmie Allen (USA), ‘My Truck’ singer and genre bender BRELAND (USA), ‘trailertrap’ country / hip hop artist Blanco Brown (USA), Canadian singer / songwriter / actress MacKenzie Porter, off the back of his 2020 US Country #1 ‘Good Times’ Niko Moon (USA) will be returning to CMC Rocks QLD as will 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards ‘Female Artist of the Year’ winner Tenille Townes. Following her blazing 2019 appearance Lindsay Ell (CAN) will be returning alongside CMC Rocks debutants and Kane Brown collaborators Restless Road (USA) and rising Texan singer / songwriter Abby Anderson (USA). New Zealand’s Kaylee Bell with her smash hit ‘Keith’ will also be returning and Nashville newcomer Laci Kaye Booth (USA) who will hit the CMC stage for the first time. 

Flying the Australian flag along with headliner Morgan Evans will be the ARIA Hall Of Famer and Australian country icon Lee Kernaghan, 2021 ‘Best Country Album’ ARIA Award and 37 time Golden Guitar winner Troy Cassar-Daley, #1 single ‘Raised Like That’ hit maker James Johnston, country crossover star Casey Barnes, APRA Award winner Brad Cox and superstar husband and wife duo Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley. Rounding out the Aussie contingent are Cornell & Carr, Rachael Fahim, Hurricane Fall, Southbound, Melanie Dyer, Charlie Collins, Imogen Clark, Sinead Burgess, Lindsay Rimes, Amy Sheppard, Sammy White and Melbourne artist Georgia State Line. DJ Grizzly Adams and Dee Jaye Bux will also be on hand to keep booties shaking long into the night.  

Chairman of Chugg Entertainment, Michael Chugg said“CMC Rocks QLD 2022 is set to become one of our biggest events yet. With the full lineup now locked in and full of top shelf local and international talent, it’s going to be one big 5 day party. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate our 15th anniversary.” 

Due to some ticket holders from 2020’s postponed event unable to attend CMC Rocks QLD 2022, a limited number of tickets will now be put on sale at 12pm AEST Monday 4 April. Fans need to be quick before they are all snapped up! Please note CMC Rocks QLD 2022 camping is all sold out.  

Australia’s most significant country event, CMC Rocks has over the years hosted world-class sets from international music icons like Tim McGraw, Toby Keith and Alan Jackson to Lady A, Faith Hill, Taylor Swift, The Chicks, Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan. Complemented each year by an array of Australia’s most prolific stars and exciting up-and-comers, including Morgan Evans, Lee Kernaghan and Troy Cassar-Daley, all featuring at this years event, as well as the like of Travis Collins, The McClymonts, Busby Marou and more, CMC Rocks never fails to deliver the very best of country music to local music fans. 

CMC Rocks QLD is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland and features on the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar.  

Potts Entertainment, Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce that CMC ROCKS QLD will return to its home at Willowbank, Ipswich from Wednesday 21st to Sunday 25th September 2022, and today revealed its starstudded list of headliners; US superstar BRAD PAISLEY and US country/pop phenomenon KANE BROWN will visit Australia for the very first time and Australia’s favourite son MORGAN EVANS, will head back from Nashville, Tennessee to play the main stage at CMC Rocks.

In its 15th Anniversary year, CMC Rocks QLD will land at Willowbank in September rather than March, a decision that event organisers have said was driven by a desire to deliver an epic festival experience to country music lovers as early as possible, after the global pandemic forced the 2020 festival to postpone and fans missed out again in 2021.

Chairman of Chugg Entertainment, Michael Chugg commented, “We couldn’t wait! We know that it’s been a long year and a half for country music fans, we’ve felt it too. After making the heartbreaking decision to postpone our 2020 event a week before the festival was due to take place, we’ve been working hard to navigate all the changes and find the best way forward, safely”.

“We didn’t want to miss the opportunity to deliver an event to the CMC Rocks community in our 15th anniversary year. We’re confident that by September 2022, the challenges we’ve all faced since March 2020 will be a thing of the past, and we’re looking forward to getting back to what we do best; curating the finest country music from Australia and around the world, and partying with music lovers from near and far,” said Jeremy Dylan, Festival Director, Potts Entertainment.

From 2023 onward, it’s expected the event will return to its regular March slot on the annual calendar.

CMC Rocks QLD is gearing up to deliver the ultimate country music experience in its anticipated 2022 homecoming. With headliners Brad Paisley, Kane Brown and Morgan Evans announced today, the full lineup will be revealed in the coming months and will include other top-calibre local and international artists. CMC Rock QLD 2022 promises an incredible celebration of music, community and country spirit.

Brad Paisley is one of country music’s biggest stars. He’s earned his place in country music history as one of the genre’s most talented and decorated artists. Over the past 20 years, his songwriting and unmatched showmanship have won him numerous awards, including three GRAMMYs, two American Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards and 15 Academy of Country Music Awards among many others.

A member of the Grand Ole Opry since 2001, Brad Paisley has scored 32 Top 10 singles on the US Billboard Country Airplay. His 2017 album ‘Love and War’ which features collaborations with the likes of Mick Jagger, John Fogerty and Timbaland, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. This year saw the release of new music from Brad with ‘City of Music’, an ode to the dreamers who arrive in Nashville hoping to make it big.

Without doubt one of the most exciting artists on the global stage, Kane Brown has achieved huge success in both the country and mainstream spheres. His appearance on CMC Rock QLD 2022 will be his first ever visit to Australia.

Since his 2015 breakthrough single ‘Used To Love You Sober’, Brown has claimed multiple CMT, ACM and American Music Awards, most recently taking out the ACM Award in April for Video of the Year for his hit single ‘Worldwide Beautiful’. 

Brown is one of only five country acts with multiple 4 x Platinum hits, joining the distinguished ranks of Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and Sam Hunt. With his No.1 Billboard album Experiment (2018), Kane Brown became the only male country artist in over 24 years to top the chart on debut.

Kane’s collaborations with the likes of Marshmello on ‘One Thing Right’, Nelly on ‘Cool Again’, Khalid and Swae Lee on ‘Be Like That’ have brought country and R&B pop genres together like no other artist has. With his latest single ‘Memory’ with blackbear, Kane steps it up a notch, delivering one of his most dynamic tracks to date. Brown’s songs have amassed over an incredible 4 billion streams.

Australian born and bred Morgan Evans has a special connection to CMC Rocks. Having cut his teeth as a fledgling performer on the CMC Rocks lineup over the years, Evans has grown to become one of the most exciting artists on the global country music scene right now.

Having relocated to Nashville in 2017, Morgan exploded onto the US Billboard Country Airplay chart with ‘Kiss Somebody’ hitting #1 and being certified Gold and achieving Platinum in Australia. ‘Day Drunk’ followed which hit the Top 20 in the US and is certified 2 x Platinum in Australia. Both hit singles feature on Morgan’s album ‘Things That We Drink To’ which reached the Top 10 on the US Billboard Country Album chart and Top 5 in Australia on the ARIA Album chart. Morgan went on to win the ARIA Award for Country Album of the Year in 2019.

Morgan Evans is about to release a new EP ‘The Country And The Coast Side A’ which is due on 29 October. The first single lifted from the six track release is ‘Love Is Real’, which has spent six weeks at number 1 on the Australian Country Radio chart.

Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe welcomed CMC Rocks back to Queensland.

“Queensland has a strong country music fan base who will be thrilled to see CMC Rocks QLD return home to Willowbank in September 2022 with a solid line-up of world-class performers eager to hit the stage for a memorable entertainment event,” Mr Hinchliffe said.

“CMC Rocks QLD has been included as a not to be missed show on the State’s It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar because of its reputation for attracting country music fans from across Australia and making a significant contribution to our visitor economy.”

“After being postponed, the 15th anniversary of CMC Rocks QLD promises a country music experience that’s well worth the wait.”

Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding added,“I am thrilled to be welcoming CMC Rocks back to home to Ipswich in 2022. This world class festival is a highlight on the event calendar for people from all over Australia and around the world.”

“CMC Rocks also brings economic benefits along with national exposure to the Ipswich region.Our community really gets behind this must-see event with its fantastic atmosphere, international artists and being able to camp on-site for the full festival experience.” 

All tickets purchased for CMC Rocks QLD 2020 will be valid for 2022 event. Anyone who is unable to attend the 2022 event will be entitled to a full refund in the next 28 days via Moshtix. See FAQs for full details.

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