April 26, 2010 - The fourth installment of the Stagecoach festival, country music's answer to Coachella, rocked fans at Indio, CA's Empire Polo Fields with music from headliners Keith Urban and Toby Keith.
April 15, 2009 - Phil Vassar and the Boston Pops, with John Williams conducting, will perform May 30 at Boston's Symphony Hall for "Share the Beat," an evening of music and personal stories to benefit organ-donation awareness and transplant research, according to a press release.
April 30, 2008 - Pop diva Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" moved 182,000 copies during its second week in stores, enough to hold onto its spot atop The Billboard 200 album chart.
December 3, 2007 - Contemporary country artist Phil Vassar is previewing material from his forthcoming album as he keeps a busy tour schedule well into next year.
August 16, 2007 - While country star Phil Vassar was growing up in Lynchburg, VA, he was a big fan of the Virginia Tech Hokies, based in nearby Blacksburg. So when a gunman killed 32 people before killing himself at Virginia Tech on April 16, Vassar felt the need to somehow bring the community together.
August 1, 2007 - The Dave Matthews Band will lead a host of marquee names helping Virginia Tech students, faculty and family deal with the tragic shootings that occurred at the university in April.
April 16, 2007 - Big & Rich's Muzik Mafia brought the hick-hop and piano-playing singer Phil Vassar brought his sparkling personality to the Country Thunder USA festival over the weekend (4/12-4/15) at the 50-acre Canyon Moon Ranch in Florence, AZ.
June 26, 2001 - When Phil Vassar moved to Nashville in 1987 to pursue a career in country music, he was unsure of his writing talents. If he could score one hit, he figured, it would validate his abilities and pave the way for his own record deal.
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