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After toiling away for years in the country music scene, Blake Shelton has enjoyed massive mainstream success in recent years, making several appearances on the Billboard pop charts. A stint on NBC’s wildly popular singing competition, The Voice, has helped cement Shelton as a bona-fide crossover star, but both he and his music have changed a great deal since his smash hit “Austin” blew up the airwaves in 2001. Now, Shelton is the definition of pop country, and hits like “Boys ‘Round Here” and “Doin’ What She Likes” laid the groundwork that has made twangy bro- country tunes of his contemporaries like Eric Church some of the most popular music in Middle America.
Sat., Sept. 27, 7 p.m., 2014