Dierks Bentley performs at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
County music fans gathered in Wisconsin last weekend for the touring Country Thunder music festival, featuring two dozen acts over four days.
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Music fans didn’t let inclement weather get in the way of enjoying Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis.
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Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin.
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Fans at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis.
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Midland performs at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., July 19, 2018.
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Midland’s first album, 2017’s “On the Rocks,” hit number 2 on the country chart, and featured the Top 10 hit “Drinking Problem.”
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Midland performs at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., July 19, 2018.
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Mark Wystrach of Midland performs at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., July 19, 2018.
Wystrach is also an actor who has appeared on the soap opera “Passions,” “Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight,” “CSI: Miami,” and the film “Johnny Christ.”
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Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy and Mark Wystrach of Midland perform at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., July 19, 2018.
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Jess Carson of Midland performs at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., July 19, 2018.
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Midland performs at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., July 19, 2018.
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Relaxing at Country Thunder.
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An enthusiastic crowd at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis.
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Sam Hunt performs at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., Thursday, July 19, 2018.
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Hunt, who has written songs for Keith Urban (“Cop Car”), Kenny Chesney (“Coming Over”) and Reba McIntire (“Love Somebody”), released his first album, “Montevalio,” in 2014. It went to Number 1 on the country chart and #3 on the Billboard 100.
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Hunt’s top country hits include “Leave the Night On,” “Take Your Time,” “House Party” and “Body Like a Back Road.”
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Sam Hunt performs at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis., Thursday, July 19, 2018.
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High spirits at Country Thunder.
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Storm clouds at Country Thunder in Twin Lakes, Wis. In the early morning hours of July 20, a lightning bolt struck a tent on the campground. A 22-year-old student, Brittany Prehn, was seriously injured and transported to the hospital.
“Brittney has survived, but has a long road to recovery ahead of her,” her mother Lisa Prehn wrote on a GoFundMe page set up to raise money for medical bills.
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Rain won’t keep music fans away.
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What one does in mud.
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Music fans at Country Thunder Wisconsin.
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We checked the Country Thunder website and could not find a dress code.
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Ready to dig in.
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Chillin’ at Country Thunder.
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Eleven-year-old Kayl Emery told CBS News it’s her fourth year at Country Thunder, and she gets the same spot each time.
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Ashley McBryde performs at Country Thunder at Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
After her 2017 single, “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega,” the singer-songwriter released her first album this year, “Girl Going Nowhere.”
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T.J. Osborne, of the Brothers Osborne, performs at Country Thunder at Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
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John Osborne, of the Brothers Osborne, performs at Country Thunder at Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
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As high school students in Maryland, T.J. and John Osborne played with their dad in a cover band, Deuce and a Quarter, performing songs by Merle Haggard and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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The Brothers Osborne have released two albums: “Pawn Shop,” and “Port Saint Joe.” Their biggest single to date, “Stay a Little Longer,” reached Number 2 on the Country chart.
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A meet-and-greet with Brothers Osborne.
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The Brothers Osborne meet with fans at Country Thunder.
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A fan gets an autograph.
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Hat’s off to the fans!
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Fans at Country Thunder.
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A red-white-and-blue reason to cheer.
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Sustenance.
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The crowd at Country Thunder.
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Dierks Bentley performs at Country Thunder at Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
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Dierks Bentley performs at Country Thunder at Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
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To date Dierks Bentley has had 16 #1 country singles, including “What Was I Thinkin’,” “Come a Little Closer,” “Am I the Only One,” “Somewhere on a Beach” and “Forever Country.”
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Dierks Bentley performs at Country Thunder at Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
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Nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, Bentley has won three Country Music Association Awards, and the Academy of Country Music’s Merle Haggard Spirit Award.
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Dierks Bentley performs at Country Thunder at Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
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Dierks Bentley performs at Country Thunder at Twin Lakes, Wis., July 20, 2018.
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After the show … another show, at Country Thunder’s Electric Thunder Tent.
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Singer-songwriter-producer David Fanning performs at the Electric Thunder tent at Country Thunder July 20, 2018.
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David Fanning performs at the Electric Thunder tent at Country Thunder July 20, 2018.
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Fanning’s singles include “Drink You Away” and “Doin’ Country Right.”
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More smoke needed!
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Lucy Voll performs at the Electric Thunder tent at Country Thunder July 20, 2018.
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