Country music superstars Rascal Flats will join Keith Lockhart, and The Boston Pops, on the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, for the July 4th Esplanade celebration! Join us for this FREE event! This year marks the 35th anniversary of the BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, the orchestra's annual free outdoor Fourth of July concert sponsored by Liberty Mutual Group, one of America’s leading insurance companies.
Rascal Flatts will perform some of their greatest hits with The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra under the direction of conductor Keith Lockhart.
The concert will also feature its traditional piece, the Boston Pops rendition of the "1812 Overture." The final 23 minutes of the telecast, featuring the fireworks display, will be presented commercial free by Liberty Mutual Group.
The Boston Pops, America's orchestra, performs in front of nearly 900,000 people annually in Boston, across the country and around the world, and reaches millions more through its recordings and television broadcasts.
Rascal Flatts has sold over 17 million albums, scored nine number one singles and 17 top 10 hits, and each of their five albums are multi-platinum sellers. They are the reigning CMT, ACM and CMA Vocal Group of The Year with multiple consecutive wins at each. They were recently honored as the 2008 Academy of Country Music/The Home Depot® Humanitarian Award recipients, due, in part, to their dedication to raising funds for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, where, in the past three years, they have donated $2.2 million, as well as for their work on the American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet board. Known for their dynamic performances and high-tech stage productions, Rascal Flatts recently wrapped their “Still Feels Good Tour,” ranked as the best selling country tour for the first quarter of 2008, according to Pollstar. Since 2006, the vocal group has performed for two million fans in 156 cities. The band is currently headlining their "Bob That Head Tour," which kicked off last weekend, in promotion of their latest album, Still Feels Good.
Boston 4 Productions (www.july4th.org) has produced this annual event for the past 35 years for which approximately 500,000 people pack Boston's Charles River Esplanade. In addition, more than seven million people across the country and the globe join "America's Orchestra" through the annual televised broadcast, sponsored by Liberty Mutual Group.
The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, will be hosted by Craig Ferguson, and broadcast live from the Charles River Esplanade in Boston, Friday, July 4 (10:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Craig Ferguson (CBS's "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson") will host the special for the second consecutive year.
