LUKE BRYAN WILL APPEAR ON DAVID LETTERMAN MONDAY. (PRESS RELEASE)

Nashville – (May 8, 2013) – The Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year and four-time CMT Music Award nominee Luke Bryan will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman on Monday, May 13. Luke will perform his new single “Crash My Party,” the first song from his next studio album due out later this summer.

Luke debuted the tune on the ACM Award show telecast last month and its release to radio has become his fastest charting career single.After The Late Show with David Letterman appearance Luke will head out for the summer leg of his highly successful headline tour, the “Dirt Road Diaries Tour,” which begins on May 17th in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Luke’s recent Academy of Country Music Award wins for Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Event (“Only Way I Know”) with Eric Church and Jason Aldean, along with his first-time ACM hosting duty with Blake Shelton, are just a few of the career highlights Luke has enjoyed lately. Additional accolades include multi-Platinum albums sales, back-to-back #1 singles and his first #1 album debut with “Spring Break…Here To Party.” His spring break shows in Panama City Beach, Florida this past March brought in 120,000 fans during the 2-day concert event and his performance at the Houston Rodeo was the second largest attendance in the rodeo’s history with 75,000 fans.

His last studio album, tailgates & tanlines¸ produced 3 back-to-back Platinum singles and became a Top 10 album of 2012 and sold seven million tracks. He has placed a total of six career singles at #1 and was named the #1 Artist of 2012 and #1 Male Artist of 2012 by Country Aircheck. Billboard named tailgates & tanlines the #2 Country Album and the #3 Country Artist Album of 2012 and claimed Luke as the #3 Top Country Artist of the Year. Also in 2012, Luke took home 11 music awards, including a record nine wins at the merican Country Awards as well as his first American Music Award.