Oliver Anthony is leaving the music industry after rising to fame with “Rich Men North of Richmond” a year ago. “I’ve decided that moving forward, I don’t need a Nashville management company. I don’t even need to exist within the space of music.
So I’m looking at switching my whole business over to a traveling ministry,” he said. “I just kind of want to keep things in the family business moving forward.” Anthony shared about his upcoming vision called the “Rural Revival Project,” which would start as a “grassroots music festival but, hopefully, it grows into something that can literally change our landscape, and our culture, and the way we live,” he said.
“I want to create a routing schedule that exists parallel to Nashville that circumvents the monopolies of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, and it goes into towns that haven’t had music in them in a long time,” he said. “And it stimulates their economies, it showcases their culture, it uses local vendors, local musicians. “You’re not having to drive to Pittsburgh to some concrete amphitheater to see a show.
It’s done out on a farm or a main street somewhere in a town that desperately needs the economic impact.” Earlier in the video, Anthony revealed his success in music has allowed him to “never have to work for another day” in his life. “I have everything that I wanted,” he said.
However, he still wants to contribute to something to the world that can make a difference, he sai.
