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Alabama Announces Farewell Tour
05/23/2002 4:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Mark Armstrong
(4/23/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Alabama surprised millions of viewers Wednesday (May 22) with the news of a forthcoming farewell tour during a backstage on-air interview with Dick Clark at ACM awards. "We've decided it's time to plan our farewell tour," said Randy Owen, "and hopefully take it coast to coast to reach all the fans that have been there for us the past 25 years. This farewell tour will be a blast from sea to shining sea!"
Alabama also presented Clark with a custom-made Gibson Les Paul guitar specially built for the Academy Of Country Music archives. The one-of-a-kind instrument features an intricate red, white, and blue design and an inscription that reads "The American Farewell Tour."
"The band and I wanted to present Dick and the Academy Of Country Music a token of our appreciation because they've been there since the beginning," said Owen. "They gave us our first country music award."
Details of Alabama's American Farewell Tour will be announced as confirmed. The group anticipates the tour to start in early 2003.
-- Nancy Brooks, Nashville
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