KENNY ROGERS TO REPLACE VINCE GILL

Country music legend Kenny Rogers will step in Sept. 30 to give a Show Me Center concert originally scheduled to feature Vince Gill and Patty Loveless.

The event coincides with Southeast's Family Weekend.

Rogers, recipient of three Grammys and five Country Music Association awards, will perform at 8 p.m. at the Show Me Center.

Gill developed a last-minute scheduling conflict due to an awards show and will perform at the Show Me Center later in the year.

In a career that has spanned five decades, Rogers has produced nine platinum albums and a list of hits that include "Ruby," "She Believes in Me," "Lucille," "Islands in the Stream" and "The Gambler."

Tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Aug. 26 at the Show Me Center box office, Capital Bank main branches in Jackson, Perryville, Sikeston and Poplar Bluff, Disc Jockey Records in Cape Girardeau, Carbondale and Paducah, and at Schnucks Food and Drug on Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau.

Tickets also can be ordered by phone 24 hours a day by calling (314) 651-5000.