Celebrating his 50th year in show business, the country music superstar will perform nationally kicking off at the Brisbane River Stage on Friday October 17.

Having recorded more than 65 albums which have sold more than 105 million records worldwide, Rogers is one of country music’s most popular, successful and celebrated stars.

Consider his extraordinary body of hits – ‘Lady’, ‘Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town’, ‘The Gambler’, ‘She Believes in Me’, ‘Islands in the Stream’, ’We’ve Got Tonight’, ‘Coward of The County’, ‘You Decorated My Life’ & ‘Rueben James’ to name just a few - all memorable for those instantly recognisable sweet raspy vocals. He absolutely sounds like nobody else.

Rogers has won three Grammy awards, 11 People’s Choice Awards, 18 American Music Awards, eight Academy of Country Music awards and five Country Music Association awards. He is the only artist in recording history to chart a record in each of the last six decades (50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s). ‘The Gambler’, one of his biggest hits spawned no fewer than five movies and a five-episode mini-series, seen by more than 100 million people in the US. Rogers starred as Brady Hawks. He’s written four books of fiction and non-fiction, published three books of photography, and is chairman of the multi-leveled company Dreamcatcher Entertainment. Born in Texas, the fourth of eight children, Rogers formed his first band in high school in 1956 and never quit making music from that time on. For five decades since, Rogers has delivered memorable songs, drawing fans among rock, pop, soul and country audiences across all ages groups. Recently celebrating his 70th birthday (August 21), this amazing entertainer shows no sign of slowing down. Simply, he says: “I really, really love what I’m doing.” Don’t miss this rare chance to see one of the country music’s true superstars with his full American band.