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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Country star Martina McBride has announced she&#8217;ll extend her Love Unleashed Tour into 2017, and those extra dates will take her to the Wyoming Valley.</p><p>McBride performs March 11 at the F.M. Kirby Center, 71 Public Square, with special guest Lauren Alaina, according to an article on musicrow.com.</p><p>McBride has joined forces with CMT&#8217;s &#8220;Next Women of Country&#8221; franchise, an initiative that supports and showcases the current rising generation of female superstars, the article says.</p><p>Tickets start at $39.50 and go up to $99.50 plus fees. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9</p><p>and are available at the Kirby Center box office, online at kirbycenter.org or charge by phone at 570-826-1100. Kirby member pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Martina McBride arrives at the 50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. in November. McBride performs at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre in March. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_MartinaMcBride.jpg</photo0><caption0>Martina McBride arrives at the 50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. in November. McBride performs at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre in March. </caption0><photoCredit0>AP Photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Matt Mattei</p><p>mmattei@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Matt Mattei at 570-991-6651 or Twitter @TLArts.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Tickets for Martina McBride’s stop at the Kirby Center go on sale Dec. 9