SCOTTSDALE, AZ – For the 16th consecutive year, Major League Baseball relied upon Select Artists Associates (SAA) as technical producer for the on-field musical entertainment during the 89th annual All-Star Game Festivities in Washington D.C.
On Sunday, July 15th, AMA, ACM, CMA, CMT and Billboard Music Award winner, Florida Georgia Line, performed hit songs “Cruise” & “Simple” on SAA’s patented, field-friendly roll-on stage between the SiriusXM Futures Game and Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Nationals Park.
During the Celebrity Softball Game, none other than 4-time NBA champion & MVP, Shaquille O’Neal, a.k.a. DJ Diesel performed throughout the celebrity event. On Monday, during the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, DJ Irie took over the DJ duties from the SAA-constructed “Sky Island” stage atop Nationals Park center field vantage point before a capacity crowd of 43,698 and the live television audiences on ESPN & MLB Network respectively.
On-field performances were positioned on the ballpark infield and shallow center field utilizing SAA’s field-friendly roll-on & “round mound stage” with concert-quality audio system.
Previous on-field SAA All-Star productions have included: Pitbull & FloRida – 2017 (Miami); Fall Out Boy – 2016 (San Diego); Walk the Moon – 2015 (Cincinnati); Idina Menzel – 2014 (Minneapolis); Pitbull – 2013 (New York); Zac Brown Band – 2012 (Kansas City); Jason Aldean – 2011 (Phoenix); Train – 2010 (Anaheim); David Cook – 2009 (St. Louis); 3 Doors Down – 2008 (New York); Counting Crows – 2007 (San Francisco); Big & Rich – 2006 (Pittsburgh); Uncle Kracker – 2005 (Detroit); Clay Walker – 2004 (Houston) and LIVE – 2003 (Chicago).
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