SHELTON WILL HEADLINE SHOW; TICKETS SALES START SATURDAY FOR FEB. 10 PERFORMANCE

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Ricky Van Shelton, Patty Loveless and Mark Collie will entertain country music fans at the Show Me Center Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.

The Cape Girardeau performance is the first of a national tour by the three sponsored by Red Man Tobacco.

Tickets go on sale Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Show Me Center box office and other ticket outlets. Tickets also may be obtained by calling the 24-hour ticket line at 651-5000.

Reserved seat tickets cost $15. Discount coupons for $3 off the ticket price are available at Rhodes 101 Convenience Stores. Coupons may be redeemed by mail or at the box office only.

Shelton was chosen the 1990 Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year at the TNN/Music City New Country Awards in June.

His third album, "RVS III," went gold within four weeks of its release and includes number one singles, "Statue of a Fool" and "I've Cried My Last Tear For You."

Other Shelton number-one singles include: "I'll Leave this World Loving You," "Somebody Lied," "Life Turned Her That Way," "Don't We All Have the Right," and "Living Proof."

Loveless performed at an earlier Red Man country concert at the Show Me Center May 25 while promoting her album, "Honky Tonk Angel."

Her album has remained on the charts with singles like "Timber, I'm Falling in Love," "Chains," and "The Lonely Side of Love."

She was chosen Female Artist of the Year by TNN/Music City News Country Awards. Her new album is titled "On Down the Line" and includes singles "Overtime," "I've Got to Stop Loving You," "Blue Memories" and "Some Morning Soon."

Collie will open for Shelton and Loveless. Collie's album "Hardin County Line includes singles, "Something With a Ring To It," and "Looks Aren't Everything."