Brad Paisley’s UK concerts still on despite flood in Nashville

First there was his newly released single, Water, followed by a music video with musical instruments and amps floating in water and Brad Paisley and his band playing inside a pool, drums et all. Then there was the announcement of the so called H2O world tour. And, in April, during the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Brad accepted the Male Vocalist of the Year trophy and ended up, again, in a pool.

Sadly and ironically, in the beginning of May heavy rain left Nashville, the country music capital and also Brad’s home, literally under water. The flood left a devastating trail of damaged bridges, houses and a death tool still unknown. The Mecca of country music, The Grand Ole Opry, is also under water. And most of Brad`s instruments and gear, along many from musicians such as Keith Urban and Vince Gill have also been affected. Brad Paisley is now set to add some charity gigs to his scheduled concerts that include two London dates in June.

Johnny Cash, a country music legend, in his song Five Feet High And Rising tells that good things sometimes come from adversity. “We couldn’t see much good in the flood waters when they were causing us to have to leave home / But when the water went down, we found that it had washed a load of rich black bottom dirt across our land / The following year we had the best cotton crop we’d ever had”. Touch wood!

Brad Paisley plays Shepherds Bush Empire on June 23 and 24.