Kip Moore is getting ready to embark on a sold-out tour of Australia, beginning with a show at the Dittmann Bull Pit Country Fest in Bloomsbury March 11th. The trek Down Under will also include stops in Melbourne, Sydney, Willowbank and Auckland, before he travels to South Africa for more headlining shows, including a two-night stand in Cape Town at the beginning of April.

For his shows Down Under, he says he and his band experience a sort of euphoria when playing to those crowds. “I think we’re most excited about just experiencing the euphoric nature that that Australian crowd always provides us. I think as entertainers that’s all you can ever hope for is that someone pours into you the same thing that you’re trying to pour into them, and Australia gets us that way.”

He does wish he had a little more downtime to explore and enjoy one of his favorite activities. “Unfortunately, I will not have as much downtime as I’d like to have. I would love to surf. I would love to experience the Outback, but we’re kind of in and out really fast. So once again, I don’t really get to experience the country the way I wish I could.”

Kip recently announced the title and release date of his fifth studio album, Damn Love. The 13-song collection will be available April 28th.