Reba McEntire Will Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Her Grand Ole Opry Debut With Two Shows on Sept. 22

Reba McEntire Will Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Her Grand Ole Opry Debut With Two Shows on Sept. 22

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey  |  July 20, 2017

Reba McEntire announced today (July 20) that she will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of her Grand Ole Opry debut with two shows on Sept. 22.

Reba shared the announcement via a Twitter video that inclued a short anecdote about her debut on the Opry in 1977, where she was upstaged by none other than Dolly Parton.

“First time I ever sang on the Grand Ole Opry was September 17, 1977,” says Reba in the video, “and I was supposed to sing two songs, but they came to me when I got there and said, ‘We’re gonna have to cut you down to one song because Dolly Parton just pulled up into the driveway, and she’s gonna take one of your songs.’ I said, ‘Okay, she can take both of them. Can I meet her?’ That was a big event in my life because Mamma and Daddy always listened to the Grand Ole Opry on the radio, 650 WSM. And now here comes the anniversary 40 years later. September 22, I’m going to go back and sing at the Grand Ole Opry. Won’t you come out and help me celebrate?”

Watch Reba’s video below.

Tickets are on sale now for the two shows—7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.—on Sept. 22.

photo by Chris Hollo/Grand Ole Opry

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After going through the last two years, Thomas says, “I’ll never take for granted being able to come see y’all and I’m so fired up to play some of these new ones that were made with these nights in mind. I have a feeling things are going to get loud – I’m counting down the days already!”

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