Have you heard? Lionel Richie’s “Tuskegee” is hitting stores NEXT WEEK, Monday, March 26. The highly anticipated new album features 13 of his timeless hits performed as duets with country stars.
“Tuskegee is one of the most special albums I have ever done in my life,” he says. “It’s a moment in time when all of these artists got together and celebrated music.”
Tuskegee debuted at No. 1 on iTunes Canada on Monday, the day of its Canadian release. The album is also available in United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Europe and Australia, and will be released to the rest of the world on Monday.
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- Grand Prize: An autographed lyric sheet from one of the songs from the album, a Tuskegee CD and a poster
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Lionel is hitting the media circuit to promote the album.
- On Friday, March 23, CMT will premiere CMT Presents: Lionel Richie: Tuskegee at 10:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. CT. This 30-minute show contains an exclusive interview with Richie, as well as footage from the studio with his duet partners and the “Endless Love” video with Richie and Shania Twain. On Tuesday, March 27, at 8 a.m. ET/7 a.m. CT, Richie takes over as CMT’s VJ for a Day and shares his favorite country videos in the one-hour special.
- BET will air CENTRIC Presents: Lionel Richie: Tuskegee on March 24 at 9:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. CT.
- NBC’s Weekend Today will air Lester Holt’s interview with Richie on Sunday, March 25. Richie will also appear on NBC’s The Voice on Monday, March 26.
- On Tuesday, March 27, he will be joined by Little Big Town to perform “Deep River Woman” on the Today show. That evening, Jason Aldean will duet with Richie on “Say You, Say Me” on Late Show with David Letterman. On Wednesday, March 28, he will be interviewed on Piers Morgan Tonight, which airs on CNN at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.
- He will appear on the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS on April 1 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. The next evening, the Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions will tape an all-star concert special, ACM PRESENTS: Lionel Richie and Friends–In Concert, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The show will air on CBS on April 13 at 9 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. CT. Some of his greatest hits will be performed by Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Jennifer Nettles, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Rogers and many more.
- On April 2, he will perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
- Billy Currington will join Lionel on the duet of “Just For You” for ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on April 4 and on The Talk on CBS on April 5.
Lionel says Tuskegee is “By far, this is probably the most fun ever because of the fact I did not have a clue as to what it was going to be from one session to the next,” he says. “What started out as a group of very talented, very successful collaborations with great artists ended up brand new, very good old friends. We’ve had so much fun. I learned more jokes. I’ve gotten more jokes to tell. I have jokes I can never say again.
“Nine months later and beyond my wildest dreams, as far as creativity, something was finished that even blew me away.”
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