OPRY LIVE: Barbara Mandrell’s 50th OPRY ANNIVERSARY Live on Circle Network Saturday, July 30 at 9/8c

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Grand Ole Opry will celebrate Country Music Hall of Fame member Barbara Mandrell on her 50^th Anniversary as a member of the Opry family with two shows Saturday, July 30. Opry member Carrie Underwood, who has lauded Mandrell as one of her musical and professional inspirations, is set to appear as well as CeCe Winans, Suzy Bogguss, Linda Davis to help honor the music legend who will be in attendance at both shows. The three-time ACM/CMA Entertainer and four-time ACM/CMA Female Vocalist of the Year was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on July 29, 1972. For more information and to buy tickets, visit Opry.com.

Fans not able to attend in person can TUNE IN for a one-hour portion of the night’s first show that will air live at 9/8 pm CT and will re-air at 12/11pm CT, as Opry Live hosted by Bill Cody on Circle Television. The show will livestream via Circle’s social channels and be heard on  SiriusXM’s Willie’s Roadhouse channel 59. Both shows will air in their entirety on WSM Radio and opry.com/wsmonline.com.

SiriusXM also welcomes Mandrell as “Opry House Guest DJ” at Willie’s Roadhouse (Ch. 59), hosting two-hours of hand-picked selections and stories from throughout her career, premiering tonight at 9 pm ET and rebroadcast  on Friday, July 29 (6 pm ET); Saturday, July 30 (9 am ET); Sunday, July 31 (7 pm ET). Mandrell will also join T.G. Sheppard for his show on Prime Country (Ch. 58) which will premiere August 5 (3 pm ET). For more information click HERE.

In honor of Mandrell’s golden Opry anniversary, a special commissioned Hatch show print will be available in the Opry Shop and online at store.opry.com. Additionally, the exclusive merchandise line that Mandrell, in partnership with the Opry, launched last year in celebration of the 40^th anniversary of her signature hit- and one of country music’s most iconic classics- “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool” will again be available exclusively online at store.opry.com and in the Opry gift shop in Nashville, TN. The collection includes “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool” branded tshirts, Hatch poster, coffee mug and more.Mandrell, a 9x People’s Choice Award winner, released “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool” in April 1981 as the lead single from her album Barbara Mandrell Live. The song hit the No. 1 spot on July 4, 1981 and helped propel her Live album to be certified Gold by the RIAA and helped her win the 1981 CMA Entertainer of the Year.

Tickets are sale now at (615) 871-OPRY and opry.com.