Lorie Line plans Opera House concert
FAIRMONT — The living legend is giving her fans something new — a solo tour.
Pianist Lorie Line, recently inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, will bring her “Simply Grand” tour to the Fairmont Opera House on Saturday, April 29. It is part of a 10-city trek that begins in Grafton, N.D., on April 20 and winds up May 7 in Pipestone.
“Please join me for my very first Midwest solo piano tour,” Line asks of fans. “This intimate concert will feature me all by myself at the piano. I’ll be playing all the favorite songs I’ve recorded and performed over the past 28 years of my career as well as some brand new songs I’m recording this spring. I’ll be sharing fun and funny stories, old and new, and playing the request medley.”
Line has been touring for nearly three decades, but has never been on the road all by herself in the Midwest. She says she loves the idea because it gives her more flexibility to play off the cuff and unrehearsed, unlike working with a band or orchestra.
Line last visited the Fairmont venue in the spring of 2013, when she brought her “Come Together” salute to the Beatles to town.
Tickets for her Opera House performance cost $39, or $34 for the group price (10 or more). They are available by calling (952) 474-1000 or by visiting www.lorieline.com
Line grew up in Reno, Nevada, and has been playing the piano since age 5. As a child prodigy, she won many annual statewide piano competitions. Classically trained, she graduated from the University of Nevada-Reno with a bachelor’s degree in music, piano performance.
In 1986, she married Tim Line, moved to Minneapolis and landed a job serenading shoppers at the piano for Dayton’s department stores. It was from here that Midwestern fans took notice of her talent and her career took off.
Since then, Line has recorded 49 CDs and has published 46 books of music. She has sold 6 million albums. She has 800,000 active Lorie Line Radio listeners on Pandora and her music “spins” almost two million times a week.
She has toured the United States for 28 years, performing on more than 2,000 stages. She performs 60 to 80 concerts each year.
Over the years, Lorie has produced three TV specials for PBS. She has performed for two Presidents at the White House.
In 2002, she was Entrepreneur of the Year for Ernst & Young. Her grass roots story has been published in hundreds of news articles.
Her dresses have been showcased in museums and she may own one of the largest private costume collections in the country.
This past October, she celebrated 30 years of marriage to her business partner, Tim. Over the years, they have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities. They have two adult children and are now empty-nesters.
They live on Lake Minnetonka.
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