article_snippet.sent: Tim McGraw is facing a backlash from country music fans who say that Tim McGraw decision to headline a concert for a gun control charity could end Tim McGraw career.
article_snippet.sent: However, anti-gun control commenters have said that Tim McGraw, 47, risks losing anti-gun control commenters career the same way female country trio the Dixie Chicks never bounced back from criticizing President George W Bush.
article_snippet.sent: Tim McGraw Tim McGraw is facing backlash from conservative fans after agreeing to put on a Connecticut concert in support of a pro gun control charity.
article_snippet.sent: The conservator pro-gun blog Bearing Arms published a piece saying that Tim McGraw's fan base 'overwhelmingly supports gun rights and views a concert benefiting Sandy Hook Promise as being a betrayal'.
article_snippet.sent: Tim McGraw's opening act Bill Currington backed away from the project after backlash saying, 'I've never been one to take on controversial issues
article_snippet.sent: However, Tim McGraw, the headliner, stood by he decision when speaking to the Washington Post.
article_snippet.sent: Opening act Bill Currington (left) walked away from the project after backlash but will join Tim McGraw (right) on the rest of their tour together .
article_snippet.sent: Tim McGraw has been one of country music's most bankable acts for decades and has sold more than 40million records.
article_snippet.sent: Tim McGraw was estimated to bring in the 11th most money of all country artists in 2014 with $23.5million, according to Forbes.