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25 Feb Clint Black Brings Classic Country Charm and Timeless Hits to Bloomington
Clint Black’s 35th Anniversary of Killin’ Time Tour
Clint Black
Emily Ann Roberts
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
Bloomington, IL
Saturday February 15th, 2025 at 7:30pm
While the temperatures may have been frigid, fans from near and far traveled to Bloomington, IL to enjoy a show put on by country superstar Clint Black. As the crowd settled down, Emily Ann Roberts got ready to start the night off with some country music.
Just before the show was about to start, a member of the venue came out to introduce Emily Ann Roberts to the crowd. With just her guitar in hand, Roberts took the stage ready to play an acoustic set.
Emily Ann Roberts is a singer-songwriter who got her debut on season 9 of The Voice on Team Blake. Many of the songs she performed on the show charted on the Billboard magazine charts. While Roberts placed second on The Voice, this was only the start for her. After the show, she went back to finish her schooling before pursuing music. She released her first single “Stuck on Me and You” in 2018 and later signed to Starstruck Records in 2019. Her first studio album Can’t Hide Country was released in September of 2023 with a deluxe version releasing in April of 2024. Roberts got the opportunity to tour with her former coach Blake Shelton in 2024 and is set to open for Clint Black, Cody Johnson, and Megan Moroney on some of their tour dates in 2025.
Emily opened her set with her hit “He Set Her Off,” which is featured on her first album Can’t Hide Country. She sang many other songs off her album such as “Chickens,” “Working on Love,” and “The Building.” Roberts released a new single in January of this year called “Easy Does It,” which was also included in the setlist. Stories were shared before each song about her growth as an artist and how she came about writing her songs. Covers of Dolly Pardon’s “9 to 5” and Sixteen Tons’ “Tennessee Ernie Ford” were performed and had the audience singing along. Roberts closed her set with her song “Whole Lotta Little” and announced she would be meeting fans by her merch table all night long. She left the crowd buzzing with energy for Clint Black’s awaited performance.
Fans settled in as the lights dimmed and the music started playing, awaiting the arrival of Clint Black. As the band took the stage, Clint black emerged from the wings and kicked off his show with “The Shoe’s You’re Wearing.” Black performed “Summers Coming,” “When My Ship Comes In,” and “State of Mind” before playing his entire album Killin’ Time in order of the track list. He shared stories about his background, both personal and professional, as well the process of how his songs were written. The crowd was laughing along as Black joked about being old and picking on the Midwest accents. He later shared that his title track “Killin’ Time” almost didn’t make the original cut for the album.
Clint Black is a singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He released his debut album Killin’ Time in 1989, which produced four straight number one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks charts. Black has had more than 30 singles on the US Billboard country charts, where 22 of which have reached number one. In 2003, he founded his own record label, Equity Music Group, which later closed in 2008 due to financial difficulties. Black has released 14 albums, with his most recent being “Out of Sane” in 2020. He has been nominated at the Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, TNN Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, and Country Music Association Awards. Black has won 14 awards across these various award shows. Black earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996, becoming the fourth country music star to earn a star. He was also inducted into the Grand Ole Opry and has been a member since 1991.
After performing the Killin Time album, Black played “Better and Worse,” along with a Waylon Jennings cover “Are You Sure Waylon Done It This Way.” He informed the crowd that his CDs were available for purchase at his merch booth. Black joked that the fans should buy two CDs since they wear down quick and that is how you get double platinum. Cheers erupted as the opening notes of “Nothin’ but the Taillights” played and everyone in attendance sang along for the last song of the set. As Black left the stage, fans waited for the encore to begin.
Everyone was on their feet as Black took the stage again to perform his last song of the night. The crowd sang along and danced to “We Tell Ourselves” before the night came to a close. As the song wrapped up, Black and his band came forward and bowed to the crowd ending the night on a high note.
For additional information on these artists and the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, please visit:
Clint Black- https://www.clintblack.com
Emily Ann Roberts- https://www.emilyannroberts.com
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts- https://www.artsblooming.org
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Photographs and writing by Jaclyn Duske
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