eMusic Live partners with iHeartMedia to livestream this year’s iHeartCountry Festival featuring Country music’s biggest superstars from Austin, Texas on Saturday, May 7
New York, NY – April 21, 2022 – eMusic today announced a partnership with iHeartMedia to livestream the star-studded lineup at the 2022 iHeartCountry Festival presented by Capital One live from the new state-of-the-art venue, Moody Center in Austin, TX on Saturday, May 7. eMusic Live will stream the entire festival, featuring performances from today’s hottest Country superstars including Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett, Zac Brown Band, Maren Morris, Dustin Lynch, Jimmie Allen, Scotty McCreery, and Cody Johnson. As an added bonus to fans, the livestream will also feature exclusive behind the scenes content, backstage sneak peeks and interviews.
eMusic Live will exclusively stream the performance for fans in the USA, who can tune in to watch the free livestream at eMusiclive.com/iHeartCountry and on iHeartMedia's Country music radio stations in their local markets, on iHeartRadio.com and the iHeartRadio App at at 8pm ET/5pm PT (7pm CT).
The eMusic Live platform, launched in August 2020, is the first-of-its-kind platform for the live music industry to stage virtual concerts and create unique artist-to-fan experiences. The platform has hosted hundreds of artists, festivals, and venues from all over the world. The platform brings a new level of artist customization and direct commercial opportunities around live gigs for artists, including fully branded event pages, virtual VIP Meet and Greets, digital music sales, merch and artists NFTs.
Tamir Koch, President of eMusic, said, “Our livestream platform is built to generate meaningful, interactive experiences that bring more live music to more fans. The iHeartCountry Music Festival is going to be such a special event for fans - with an incredible line up and engaging features on our platform that are built to be immersive and unique to the digital experience.”
The iHeartCountry Festival presented by Capital One is an iHeartMedia Production. Proud partners of this year's livestream include Ram Trucks. For more information visit iheart.com/iheartcountry-festival.
About eMusic Live
In 2020, 7digital and eMusic launched their joint venture, eMusic Live, which has fast become the most advanced commercial live stream platform, offering end-to-end monetization, engagement opportunities, and sponsorship experiences for artists, artist managers and venues around the world.
About Moody Center
Moody Center will provide the nation’s 11th largest city with a premier venue to host the biggest artists and acts on the planet. Designed specifically for concerts, the new arena will replace the 45-year-old Frank C. Erwin Jr. Center at The University of Texas and will be the home to the University of Texas women’s and men’s basketball games as well as other sports and community events. Moody Center is privately financed by Oak View Group, Live Nation/C3 Presents, University of Texas, and Matthew McConaughey and is set to open April 2022. Also, follow along on social media on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @moodycenteratx.