Concerts come to Southeast

The 2011 Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year is coming to the Show Me Center for one of her final shows of the year. Miranda Lambert will electrify the stage, Southeast students and the Cape Girardeau community on Thursday, Oct. 20, with her "Revolution Continues" tour.

Lambert's most recent album entitled "Revolution" was released in 2009 and was the original name for her current tour. However, Lambert said the tour name had to be improvised after a bit of good fortune.

"We're still celebrating the huge success of my album, 'Revolution,' and when we first started on this tour, it was called 'Revolution,'" Lambert said through an interview with her publicist. "Then it was doing so well that we kept extending it and started adding 'Continues' to it."

Lambert's new album, "Four the Record," is set to be released Nov. 1. Her show will include a few songs from that as well as songs from her other three records.

"Expect the unexpected!" Lambert said. "We are pulling out all the stops for the final leg of my 'Revolution Continues' tour. My shows are all about leaving your problems at the door and having an awesome time. The more energy the crowd has, the more my band and I get into the show."

Show Me Center director David Ross said Lambert's concerts are high energy and the atmosphere is electric. The expected ticket sales for the venue, which seats around 6,000 after the stage is built, would be a good indicator of that.

"Each time that she's been here the crowd's been larger, so we're expecting 5,000 and maybe more," Ross said.

Ross also said that if there is a good time to see Lambert in concert it would be now. He said that after a while the country artists who frequent the Show Me Center become more famous and outgrow the Show Me Center's capacity. So with Lambert's success, the chances of her coming back in a few years are slim.

"Miranda is a rising star," Ross said. "She's played here twice before, has a good following and we're very fortunate to bring her back to Cape Girardeau this fall."

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Special guests Justin Moore and the Randy Rogers Band will open the concert. Tickets are available at the Show Me Center box office, online at ticketmaster.com or by phone at 573-651-5000.

"As always, I hope the crowd can escape for a few hours and have a blast!" Lambert said. "I can't wait to rock with everyone in Cape Girardeau."