Pardi will be newest member inducted this fall
Capitol Records Nashville multi-Platinum singer/songwriter/producer Jon Pardi will officially become a member of the Grand Ole Opry during two shows on October 24th. While performing at country music’s Stagecoach Festival in April, Pardi was surprised on stage by his friend and Emmy Award-winning restauranteur Guy Fieri, and directed to a video on the big screen where Opry member and Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson appeared with the official Opry ask to the country star. Sharing the moment with thousands of cheering fans in his home state was a fitting celebration as Pardi will become the first California native inducted into the Opry.
“I moved to Nashville chasing a dream at 22 years old and now I’m here. I love you guys and I love country music. Thank you, everybody. This is an amazing night. I’ll never forget it,” said an emotional Pardi after the announcement, “I always wondered how this might happen if it was going to. I never imagined anything this great. That was incredible.”
Pardi heads out on his headlining Mr. Saturday Night World Tour this month with dates coming up in the US, Canada, and several across Europe including stops in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, and Sweden before heading back stateside for his October 24th Opry induction.
Since first hitting the country landscape, Jon Pardi has long since separated himself from the pack, carving a lane that was all his own by producing, writing, and singing songs he created from the melodies up, and earning praise for it. Pardi has earned five No. 1’s on country radio.
