Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town and many other of your favorite country artists are huge Nashville Predators fans and have performed the National Anthem, along with Trisha Yearwood, Kelly Clarkson and Martina McBride and Faith Hill (for Game 6). Not only is it exciting that the Preds are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but that this run has really brought people together.
“This is what we’ve all been hoping for as hockey fans in this town that we’d make it this far in the playoffs, ‘cause the further you go, the more people come in. I mean, making it to the playoffs like this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a lot of teams,” says long-time season ticket holder Dierks. “I’ve got some friends who work for the NHL, and they said they’ve never seen an atmosphere like the one here in Nashville. They said it’s like collegiate – the chants, the way everyone chants together and the volume is the loudest they’ve ever heard it anywhere in the country. It’s not so much about what the Stanley Cup means to Nashville, it’s more about what Nashville is doing for hockey. I mean we’re doing a lot more for the NHL is doing then what the NHL is doing for us. We’re showing really the NHL what a really great hockey town looks like.”
“For the city of Nashville specially, and I think our entire state, there’s such an electricity about the Preds and what’s going on and how hard they have worked and how incredible they are doing,” says Lady A’s Hillary Scott.
Luke performed a pre-show concert today (June 11th) prior to Game 6 of the Stanley Cup game, and his No. 1 single, “I Don’t Want This Night to End,” was shown live on NBC.
"Nashville is on FIRE with hockey, right now!" –@LukeBryanOnline#StanleyCup 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/LG1Ghqxz80
— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) June 12, 2017
.@FaithHill with an INCREDIBLE performance of the National Anthem tonight in Nashville (and a cameo by @TheTimMcGraw!) 🇺🇸👏 pic.twitter.com/JSzu1Iy3WI
— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) June 12, 2017
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