{"id":84532,"date":"2018-12-09T14:58:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T19:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=84532"},"modified":"2018-12-09T14:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T19:58:46","slug":"double-platinum-selling-officially-in-guinness-book-of-world-records-and-runner-up-on-nbcs-the-voice-billy-gilman-is-home-for-the-holidays-doing-nearly-sold-out-shows-in-providence-ri-and-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=84532","title":{"rendered":"DOUBLE-PLATINUM SELLING, OFFICIALLY IN GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS AND RUNNER UP ON NBC\u2019S THE VOICE BILLY GILMAN IS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS DOING NEARLY SOLD OUT SHOWS IN PROVIDENCE, RI AND BETHLEHEM, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gilman burst onto the national stage in 2000 releasing the hit single \u201cOne Voice.\u201d His debut album was certified double- platinum in the United States, and he was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest singer to ever reach #1 on the <i><em>Billboard<\/em><\/i> Top Country Album charts. He has sold five million albums worldwide and garnered awards and nods from the Grammy\u2019s, Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association, Billboard Magazine, and the American Music Association.<\/p>\n<p>His current schedule to share his voice is several Home for the Holidays shows in Providence, RI (December 8<sup>th<\/sup>; 7:30pm at Dunkin Donuts Center) and Bethlehem, PA (December 15<sup>th<\/sup>; 8pm at Sands Event Center).\u00a0 Both shows are selling tickets rapidly and expected to sell out.<\/p>\n<p>Former NBA player Joe Hassett has this to say regarding one of Billy\u2019s appearances: \u201cI have stood up for thousands of National Anthems in my life time. There were none better than Billy Gilman at URI game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Best not to miss your chance to see and hear this amazing talent.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to buy tickets for December 15, 2018 8pm\u00a0 at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/sands-bethlehem-event-center-tickets-bethlehem\/venue\/16942\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/sands-bethlehem-event-center-tickets-bethlehem\/venue\/16942&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1544471089956000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZ0SK91jioNwVnSBi4KLGBMKCvqA\">https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/sands-bethlehem-event-center-tickets-bethlehem\/venue\/16942<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information and image provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nLeslie Taylor<br \/>\nBig Machine Agency<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,1024,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-entertainment","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gilman.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}