It's going to get loud at CN Centre this fall when rowdy country rocker Tim Hicks makes his return to Prince George.
The Niagara Falls recording artist has two platinum and six gold singles to his name so far. All four of his albums have cracked the Canadian Top 40 for sales. When he was one of the mainstage headliners at the 2015 Canada Winter Games festival he came packing the hit song Get By (he co-wrote that one with Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, Neil Sanderson of Three Days Grace, Casey Marshall and Shawn Hamm) which was Canada's best-selling country song for 17 weeks when it first came out.
Hicks also had Hell Raisin' Good Time fresh on everyone's stereo. It peaked at
No. 9 on the Billboard Canada country charts and it has sustained itself as one of the most popular party songs on radio to this day. But since then Hicks has only added punch to his playlist. He collaborated with The Road Hammers on the hit song One Horse Town. He also has Slow Burn, Young Alive & In Love, Forever Rebels, She Don't Drink Whiskey Anymore and a roster of other favourites.
"Hicks released his fourth studio album, New Tattoo, last month," said a statement issued Monday by Hicks' tour organizers.
"His first studio release since 2016's Shake These Walls - which debuted as the No.1 Canadian Country Album on the Nielsen Soundscan Top Country Albums Chart upon release - New Tattoo is a fiercely confident collection of 12 tracks that catapult between traditional country grooves, stadium-sized rock riffs and blue collar country. First single (it's called Loud) which was licensed by the NHL in North America, was the No. 1 most added song at Canadian radio (all formats), its first week of release, and continues to climb the radio charts with over 2 million streams to date."
The sales figures and award nominations are piling up, and so are the fans. In Prince George everyone can Get Loud with Hicks on Nov. 29 along with his very special musical guests Tebey and Andrew Hyatt.
Tickets go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. via the TicketsNorth office (website and CN Centre box office).
