Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum to play Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre June 13

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Brandy McDonnell

Oklahoma country music fans will have two chances this year to see superstar Tim McGraw, along with hot trio Lady Antebellum.

McGraw is kicking off his “Southern Voice” North American tour next week and planning stops in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Lady Antebellum, whose sophomore album “Need You Now” currently is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts, will join McGraw for the entire tour.

The tour will play June 13 at Oklahoma City’s Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50. Special guests Love and Theft will open the Oklahoma City show

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, with prices starting at $57.50.

Tickets will be available online at www.tickets.com and www.zooamp.com, at participating Buy-For-Less Stores or by phone at (800) 511-1552.

In addition, the tour will stop April 8 at Tulsa’s BOK Center, 200 S Denver. Special guests the Lost Trailers will open the Tulsa show.

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 13. Ticket prices are set at $35.50, $49.75, $69.75.

Tickets will be available online at www.bokcenter.com, at Arby’s Box Office and all Tickets.com outlets, or by phone at (866) 726-5287.

McGraw and his band, the Dancehall Doctors, will kick off their tour in support of his new album, “Southern Voice” Thursday at Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb. The tour will conclude at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, Va., on Aug. 15.

McGraw has sold more than 40 million units and dominated the charts with 30 No. 1 singles. He’s won three Grammys, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association Awards, 10 American Music Awards, three People’s Choice Awards and numerous other accolades.

He also has a successful acting career, most recently starring in the sleeper hit “The Blind Side,” which this week earned an Oscar nomination for best picture.

Lady Antebellum on Sunday took home the Grammy Award for best best country performance by a duo or group with vocals for the chart-topper “I Run To You.”

The trio recently notched another No. 1 hit with “Need You Now,” which the trio performed on Sunday’s Grammy awards show. The title track of the band’s second album recently spent five weeks at atop the Hot Country Songs chart and is climbing the Billboard 100 pop chart.