NASHVILLE (CelebrityAccess) The band Shenandoah took a break from its 30th Anniversary Tour when its tour bus caught fire on the interstate in Forest city, Ark., early Saturday.
The fire was believed to be caused by a faulty turbo. The city’s firefighters were able to smother the flames and stop the fire from spreading, but the band was unable to board the bus because of the smoke but were traveling back home and are said to all be back in their domiciles.
“It’s one of the things you always know is possible. You certainly never want it to happen, but it does, and it did. The biggest concern is the safety of the guys we run the highways with,” frontman Marty Raybon said. “The bus is just a piece of machinery that gets you from one point to the other. We’re so truly grateful no one was injured, and The Lord was watching over us. I don’t want us to ever keep the road that hot again. I do say that with a hardy chuckle!”
Not all is bad for the ACM award winners. Their single “That’s Where I Grew Up” debuted as the second-most-added on the Music Row Chart with 29 first-week adds, marking Shenandoah’s best radio debut in 20 years. The band formed in Muscle Shoals, Ala., in 1985.
2018 Shenandoah 30th Anniversary Tour Dates:
July 3 – Gunnison, CO – The I Bar Ranch
July 7 – Zanesville, OH – The Smiling Goat Saloon
July 14 – Ranger, TX – Moonshine Ranch
July 15 – New Braunfels, TX – River Road Ice House
July 19 – Valley Center, CA – Harrah’s Resort SoCal – Dive
July 26 – Livingston, MT – Music Ranch Montana
July 27 – Denison, TX – Heritage Park Music on Main
July 28 – Benkelman, NE – Dundy County Fair
July 29 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
Aug 1 – Gallipolis, OH – Gallia County Fair
Aug 10 – Bluefield, WV – Brushfork Armory
Aug 11 – Grundy, VA – Buchanan Co Festival
Aug 22 – Centre Hall, PA – Grange Fair
Aug 25 – Chattanooga, TN – Tivoli Theatre
Sept 1 – Hurricane Mills, TN – Loretta Lynn Ranch
Sept 6 – Greenville, TX – Texan Theater
Sept 8 – Gail, TX – Coyote Country Store
Sept 22 – Gadsden, AL – Hokes Bluff Festival
Sept 26 – Jacksonville, AL – Jackson State University
Sept 29 – McKinney, TX – Hank’s Texas Grill
Oct 5 – Gonzales, TX – Come And Take It Celebration
Oct 11 – Greenville, AL – The Ritz Stage
Oct 13 – Cadiz, KY – Renaissance Stage
Oct 19 – Pigeon Forge, TN – Country Tonite Theatre
Oct 26 – Fort Smith, AR – Kay Rogers Park
Oct 27 – Waxahachie, TX – Texas Country Reporter Festival
Nov 3 – Springfield, GA – Springfield Fall Festival
Nov 8 – Somerset, KY – Center for Rural Development
Nov 24 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns
Nov 30 – Lake Junaluska, NC – Art of Music Festival at Stewart Auditorium
Dec 2 – Florence, AL – Faith Church
Dec 15 – Deadwood, SD – Deadwood Mountain Grand
