MUSIC IS UNIVERSAL Brings Thousands of Fans Together for Over 20 Live Performances, Special Music Previews, and More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 13, 2023) – UMG Nashville’s inaugural Music Is Universal event at downtown Nashville’s Skydeck on Broadway brought thousands of fans from all over the world to see over 20 artist performances, fan club parties, meet & greets, listening events, DJs, line dancing and more over the four-day free event June 8-11, 2023.

Day Four of Music Is Universal saw a Universal Music Publishing Group writers round including Adam James (Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band), Allison Veltz Cruz (Matt Stell, Tenille Arts, Maddie & Tae), Dillon James (songwriter artist), and Catie Offerman (songwriter artist), performances by rising stars Dalton Dover and Jon Langston, and a surprise drop in by Luke Bryan to celebrate Langston’s “All Eyes On Us” earning RIAA Gold.

Reaching capacity crowds multiple times across the weekend, Music Is Universal featured some of country music’s biggest artists and rising stars. Spanning the rosters of UMG Nashville, UMPG, and UMe, artists included Kassi Ashton, Priscilla Block, Jordan Davis, Travis Denning, Dalton Dover, Luke Grimes, Caylee Hammack, Dillon James, Jon Langston, Kylie Morgan, Catie Offerman, Josh Ross, Sam Williams, Mark Wills, Anne Wilson, Boy Named Banjo, Brothers Osborne, Maddie & Tae, plus guest artists David Morris, and VAVO, comedian Danae Hays, and songwriters Allison Veltz Cruz, Adam James. 

UMG Nashville consists of Capitol Records Nashville, EMI Records Nashville, MCA Nashville, and Mercury Nashville. Reading like a “who’s who” of Music Row, the combined rosters include Alan Jackson, Anne Wilson, Billy Currington, Boy Named Banjo, Brad Paisley, Brothers Osborne, Carrie Underwood, Catie Offerman, Caylee Hammack, CB30, Chris Stapleton, Dalton Dover, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, George Strait, Hootie & The Blowfish, Jon Langston, Jon Pardi, Jordan Davis, Josh Turner, Kacey Musgraves, Kassi Ashton, Keith Urban, Kip Moore, Kylie Morgan, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Luke Grimes, Maddie & Tae, Mickey Guyton, Parker McCollum, Priscilla Block, Reba McEntire, Sam Hunt, Sam Williams, The War And Treaty, Travis Denning, Tyler Hubbard, and Vince Gill. For additional information, visit www.umgnashville.com.