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  • ERIC CHURCH HEART & SOUL ALBUM AUDIO TOOLKIT.

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    Eric Church

     

     

    We have compiled an array of content — a variety of liners and soundbites – from ERIC CHURCH to equip you with everything you might need to put together your own album radio special; roll-out tracks leading up to –and following — the release of his triple album project, HEART & SOUL, to use in news feeds, specials and much more. Check out all of details (including select audio liners and soundbites, as well as transcriptions) to create your own content surrounding ERIC’s release.

    Click here to download the Album Audio Toolkit.

     

    Pre-order links:

    Combined Heart & Soul link:

    https://strm.to/ECHeartAndSoul

     

    Heart:

    https://strm.to/ECHeart

    Soul:

    https://strm.to/ECSoul

     

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  • THE ACM AWARDS 2021 ARE THIS SUNDAY, AND MANY OF YOUR FAVORITE COUNTRY STARS ARE READY TO HIT THE STAGE.

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    Brothers Osborne / Chris Stapleton / Dierks Bentley / Eric Church / Keith Urban / Lauren Alaina / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Maddie & Tae / Mickey Guyton

    With six each, Chris Stapleton and Maren Morris lead the list of nominations going into Sunday night’s (April 18th) ACM Awards.

    Chris earned nods in the categories for Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Song (for “Starting Over”) and Album of the Year (Starting Over) as artist, songwriter and producer.

    Eric Church earned three category nominations for Entertainer, Male Vocalist and Music Event of the Year for Luke Combs’ “Do to Me.”

    Luke Bryan picks up a pair of nominations for Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year for Born Here Live Here Die Here, while Dierks Bentley also is nominated for two including Male Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for “Gone” (the award went to Kane Brown for “Worldwide Beautiful”).

    Brothers Osborne are nominated for both Duo of the Year (an award they’ve won twice before) and Album of the Year for Skeletons. Keith Urban also picks up two nods…in the same category – Music Event of the Year for both “Be a Light” with Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott and Chris Tomlin, as well as his latest single, “One Too Many” with P!nk.

    Carrie Underwood earned a nod in Music Event of the Year with John Legend for “Hallelujah,” while Lauren Alaina is also nominated in Music Event of the Year for Hardy’s “One Beer,” along with Devin Dawson.

    Little Big Town picks up a nomination for Group of the Year, while Maddie & Tae scored a nomination for Duo of the Year.

    The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton, will air live from Nashville April 18th beginning at 8pm ET/7pm CT on CBS. The show will also be available to stream live and on demand on the Paramount+.

     

    Audio / Luke Bryan is up for ACM Entertainer of the Year, as well as Album of the Year for Born Here Live Here Die Here. He says being recognized for Entertainer is always a “dream come true.”

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    Luke Bryan (Nominated for ACM Entertainer) OC: …dream come true. :36
    “Being nominated for ACM Entertainer of the Year is just, it’s just amazing. I mean, I look back over my career and I’ve won a couple of Entertainer awards and every time you see your name a part of that group of people, you’re just honored by it. I’ll tell you what, I go on stage every night trying to be the best entertainer I can be and try to get everybody in the crowd, in the room sing and love one another and have fun So, any time the ACMs recognizes me for that, it’s a dream come true.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan talks about what fans can expect on his new album, BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE.

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    Luke Bryan (fan expectations for BHLHDH) OC: …something for everybody. :37
    “I think fans can expect a little something of everything. They can expect a love song, a dancing song; obviously, ‘One Margarita’ being a big ole fun summer drinking song. And I think we have songs that will make you cry, touch your emotions, and I think, like I said there are songs that you can fall in love to out there. And there are songs that talk about the true meaning of life when you think about a song like ‘For a Boat,’ and you got a father teaching his son about the important things in life. So, I’m just proud of the way the album come together, and I feel like there’s something for everybody.”

    Audio / Eric Church, going into Sunday's ACM Awards as the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, says this nomination means more to him than ever before.

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    Eric Church (ACM Entertainer Nod) OC: …live up to. :51
    “Coming off the CMA Entertainer of the Year – I’ve said this in interviews and I really believe this – I did not know what that award would mean to me because we’d never won that award (laughs) and never thought we would, and I felt a responsibility. I know what that award means to the format; I know what that means historically, and I tried to live up to that. I think with the vaccinations, I think with the touring, I think with the things we’ve tried to do during this, I’ve done more in that regard than I ever would’ve, because I understand the people that came before me, and I understand the people that will come after me. So, that nomination means more to me now than it probably ever has, because we’ve won. I think representing the format that I adore is something that I’m trying to live up to.”

    Audio / Eric Church talks about his ACM Male Artist nomination.

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    Eric Church (ACM Male Artist 2021) OC: …category. :12
    “I’ve not been in that category in a while. I think it’s a great honor. I mean, I’ve said this a thousand times – I’ve always thought of myself as more of a stylist than a vocalist, but it’s an honor to be with the guys that are in the category.”

    Audio / Eric Church talks about being nominated for ACM Music Event of the Year with Luke Combs on “Does To Me.”

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    Eric Church (ACM Music Event of the Year 2021) OC: …hopefully it wins. :34
    “Luke Combs is somebody that we went to the same college, we’re from North Carolina both of us, I’ve got to know him, not only as an artist, but on a personal level. We’ve hung out together in North Carolina, here in Tennessee. I’m so proud of him and what he’s done. I’m proud that I was able to influence him and that he was able to do his own thing. And this song was, it was great to record it with him. I love the song. I love the writing of the song. I had nothing to do with that. They wrote it to the wall, and it was an honor to join him, and hopefully it wins.”

    Audio / Chris Stapleton, who is nominated for Entertainer, Male Artist, Album and Song of the Year at this year’s ACM Awards, talks about the theme of his latest album, Starting Over.

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    Chris Stapleton (theme of Starting Over album) OC: …as humans. :54
    “I’ve never really looked at records necessarily as having a theme.  I’ve never made a record in that kind of a constraint necessarily. And there are a lot of great records that have this theme and this overlying thread that kind of runs through them.  Maybe the thread for me is just I’m singing. I wrote a bulk of the songs. It’s the same guys playing all the songs. If there’s a theme – if there’s a theme it’s hopefully there’s a theme of truth somewhere in it. And what I mean by that is hopefully we’re conveying in the songs some experiences that feel real and hopefully people can find themselves in those songs and in the album. And for me if I’m looking for a theme it’s that kind of, I don’t know, that thing that binds us all together as humans.”

    Audio / Chris Stapleton will perform “Maggie’s Song” on the ACM Awards on Sunday Night (April 18th). He felt like Maggie, a dog he and Morgan rescued and had for 14 years, deserved a song of her own – that song appears on his ACM-nominated album, Starting Over.

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    Chris Stapleton (Maggie’s Song) OC: …of our family. :33
    “She deserved a tribute of a song. Now, whether or not I did her justice in the song, I don’t know, but she was a dog that deserved a song so I wrote a song about her the day after she died. That song happened to carry through to me being allowed to play it live, and we wound up in the studio and we recorded it. And now it lives in the world to make people more sad than they deserve to be (laughs) in a year that we don’t need much of that. But I loved that dog very much, and she was a great member of our family.”

    Audio / Brothers Osborne, who are nominated for two ACM Awards including Duo of the Year and Album of the Year, talk about why they made their ACM-nominated album, Skeletons.

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    Brothers Osborne (how Skeletons came about) OC: …came about. 1:02
    “Skeletons is a record that was essentially brought on because we wanted to play more new songs live. So, going into this record T.J. and I decided let’s make a record that no matter what song we just cherry pick out of the record we can do it during our show. And that is how we decided the songs that we ended up on the record. And we started with just like every other artist, 30, 40 plus songs. We started whittling them down, ‘well we might be able to play that. I don’t know if we would be able to play that.’ And that’s how we ended up with Skeletons. And it was really birthed from just playing live shows. One of the cool things about this record is that this is the first record where our entire band is playing on it. Previous records our drummer Adam and our bass player Pete they were playing, but this one has our other guitar player Jason and our keys player Billy Justin now. And it made a huge difference because for the first time we all got in the studio after playing hundreds of shows together, we put the headphones on and started playing and it was like oh it’s just the guys. We’re jamming with the dudes. And that’s how the record came about.”

    Audio / Keith Urban has two ACM nominations in the same category of Music Event of the Year. Here he talks about the ACM-nominated duet with superstar P!nk on “One Too Many.”

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    Keith Urban (P!NK duet) OC: …it together. :29
    “This song was written as a duet, and I sent the song to her and luckily she loved it. I loved the song and I was really hoping she would love it, because she’s truly one of the great singers of our generation. So, to hear her voice on this song was phenomenal. We had such a great time getting to do that. I wish we could’ve done it in the same space, but you know with the situation we’re in, of course, we couldn’t do that. So, she recorded her vocal at her house and I did mine at my house, and we put it together.”

    Audio / Little Big Town talks about being nominated for ACM Group of the Year.

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    LBT (Group nomination) OC: …yeah. :12
    “That’s the coolest thing. Yeah. We’re all friends and we all root for each other and cheer each other on, and we love the music they’re making. And we just celebrate, man. We’re, we’re fans. Yeah.”

    Audio / Maddie & Tae feel like awards nominations show them they're making music people are enjoying.

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    Maddie & Tae (Duo nomination) OC: …super fun. :24
    “Having that nomination was like, oh wow, our peers do still feel like we’re doing something special and do still believe in us and that was a really nice spirit-lifter where we were like, ‘Oh my gosh. We are doing something right and we’re making music that people are enjoying,’ and that was just a huge, huge compliment. And we’re nominated with some of favorite people in the industry, so super fun.”

    Audio / LINER Keith Urban (ACM promo)

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    Audio / LINER Mickey Guyton (ACM Promo)

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    Audio / LINER Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton (ACM Promo)

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  • THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PERFORMANCES, COLLABORATIONS AND WORLD PREMIERES FOR SUNDAY NIGHT’S ACM AWARDS.

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    Alan Jackson / Brothers Osborne / Carrie Underwood / Chris Stapleton / Dierks Bentley / Eric Church / Keith Urban / Little Big Town / Mickey Guyton

    The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards are setting the stage for a night of incredible music on Sunday (April 18th). The ACMs announced this week special performances, collaborations and more for the awards show, which will be hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton.

    The show, which will feature some of the biggest names and emerging talent in Country Music, will take place from three iconic venues: the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and The Bluebird Cafe with special performances at legendary locations across the city including the Station Inn, Bridge Building and on Broadway.

    This year’s ACM Awards will feature Elle King and Miranda Lambert opening the show with “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” Dierks Bentley performing U2‘s classic “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” with husband/wife duo The War and Treaty; Brothers Osborne will turn in their new single, “I’m Not For Everyone,” Eric Church (“Bunch of Nothing”), Carrie Underwood will perform a medley from her new album of gospel hymns (My Savior) which will also feature a duet with CeCe Winans, Mickey Guyton (“Hold On”), Alan Jackson “You’ll Always Be My Baby” and a special mashup for “Drive (For Daddy Gene),” Chris Stapleton on the tear-inducing “Maggie’s Song,” as well as Kenny Chesney, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Jimmie Allen, Gabby Barrett, Lady A, Dan + Shay, Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton celebrating the 20th Anniversary of his first hit single, “Austin,” as well as his latest “Minimum Wage,” Chris Young and Kane Brown, Carly Pearce and Lee Brice (“I Hope You’re Happy Now”).

    Previously announce performers include Keith Urban, Little Big Town and Ashley McBryde.

    The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton, will air Sunday, April 18th beginning at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.

  • ERIC CHURCH TO SHARE EXCLUSIVE AMAZON MUSIC PERFORMANCE ON APRIL 20th

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    Eric Church

    Amazon Music announced today that 10-time GRAMMY nominee Eric Church will share an exclusive performance and live Q&A for fans on April 20. Following the release of Heart this Friday, the first album from his highly anticipated new three-part project, Church will perform new music, including “Rock And Roll Found Me” from Soul for the first time ever ahead of the album’s release next Friday. Starting at 8 p.m. CT on April 20, fans can watch along via the Amazon Music Twitch channel and within the Amazon Music mobile app. The performance will also be available to watch on the Amazon Music Twitch channel for four days afterwards.

    Heart & Soul was born from a secluded session in rural North Carolina, where Church and his collaborators wrote and recorded a song from start to finish each day for nearly a month. The three-part, 24-song collection from the man Stereogum praises as “the most consistently interesting star in the Nashville ecosystem” begins with Heart, out this Friday, April 16, and concludes with Soul, out next Friday, April 23. In keeping with his longtime commitment to put fans first, Church created the middle album, &, specifically for the Church Choir and will make it available exclusively to those fans and only as a vinyl record on Tuesday, April 20.

    To gear up for the event, fans can now explore Eric Church’s full discography on CD and Vinyl in his Amazon Music Store, featuring 22 Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum certified singles off Gold-certified Desperate Man (“Some Of It”), Platinum-certified Sinners Like Me (“How ’Bout You,” “Guys Like Me”), Carolina (“Smoke a Little Smoke,” “Love Your Love the Most”) and Mr. Misunderstood (“Record Year,” “Round Here Buzz”), Double-Platinum certified The Outsiders (“Like a Wrecking Ball,” “Talladega”) and 3x Platinum-certified Chief (“Springsteen,” “Drink In My Hand”).

  • THE “HEART” OF ERIC CHURCH’S NEW MULTI-ALBUM PROJECT GOES TO SONGWRITER CASEY BEATHARD.

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    Eric Church

    Eric Church is preparing to release the first of three new albums from his upcoming Heart & Soul project on Friday (April 16th). The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year helmed a marathon session during which he spent nearly a month writing and recording a song per day – including current single “Hell of a View” – while sequestered in a rural North Carolina cabin last January (2020). He brought with him his producer Jay Joyce, his band and a horde of songwriters, including one of his frequent collaborators Casey Beathard, who co-wrote 12 of the 24 tracks on Heart & Soul.

    Eric calls Casey the “heartbeat” of this new project because of everything he brought to the table less than one month after his 22-year-old son, Clay Beathard, was stabbed to death four days shy of Christmas 2019.

    “Casey was, of all the writers, he was the most integral in this whole process. Everybody did great, but he was the one to me that got the heartbeat of it, the soul of it. And he was coming off of, for people who didn’t know, his son was killed right before we went. And when I mean right before, I mean within a month. So, I wasn’t sure if Casey was going to be in a position to go and do it,” says Eric. “Just the strength and faith, he was very inspiring to me. And I had lost my brother not long before, about a year or so before that, so we were talking about that a lot. It just created the most unique situation I’ve ever seen. And with the musicians and writers too, they felt they were a part of something; they weren’t just hired, they weren’t just paid to do it. They wanted it.”

    Eric, who is nominated for three ACM Awards including Entertainer, Male Artist and Music Event of the Year, releases the first of his three records, Heart, on Friday (April 16th). He created the middle album of the trilogy, &, specifically for the Church Choir (his fan club), which will be available exclusively to them only as a vinyl record on April 20th. The third installment, Soul, is set for release April 23rd.

    Audio / Eric Church says songwriter Casey Beathard is the "heartbeat" of his new Heart & Soul project.

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    Eric Church (Casey Beathard Heart of the project) OC: …they wanted it. :54
    “Casey was, of all the writers, he was the most integral in this whole process. Everybody did great, but he was the one to me that got the heartbeat of it, the soul of it. And he was coming off of, for people who didn’t know, his son was killed right before we went. And when I mean right before, I mean within a month. So, I wasn’t sure if Casey was going to be in a position to go and do it. Just the strength and faith, he was very inspiring to me. And I had lost my brother not long before, about a year or so before that, so we were talking about that a lot. It just created the most unique situation I’ve ever seen. And with the musicians and writers too, they felt they were a part of something; they weren’t just hired, they weren’t just paid to do it. They wanted it.”

    Audio / LINER Eric Church (Heart available this week)

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  • ERIC CHURCH HEART & SOUL BROWN BAG INTERVIEW.

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    Eric Church

    We’re offering an Eric Church brown bag interview for your use prior to the release of his new project Heart & Soul. We will also be updating the pressroom site with more audio from him.

     

    Click here to download the open-ended interview.

  • ERIC CHURCH’S ACM ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINATION MEANS MORE TO HIM NOW THAT HE’S THE REIGNING CMA ENTERTAINER.

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    Eric Church

    Going into this year’s ACM Awards as the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, Eric Church is well-aware of the responsibility the title brings to him and what it would mean to him, but he’s spent the past few months trying to live up to its title.

    “I did not know what that award would mean to me because we’d never won that award (laughs) and never thought we would, and I felt a responsibility,” says Eric. “I know what that award means to the format; I know what that means historically, and I tried to live up to that. I think with the vaccinations, I think with the touring, I think with the things we’ve tried to do during this, I’ve done more in that regard than I ever would’ve, because I understand the people that came before me, and I understand the people that will come after me. So, that nomination means more to me now than it probably ever has, because we’ve won. I think representing the format that I adore is something that I’m trying to live up to.”

    In addition to the nomination for Entertainer, Eric is also up for Male Artist of the Year and Music Event of the Year with Luke Combs on their chart-topping song “Does To Me.”

    The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton, will air Sunday, April 18th beginning at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.

    The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, who just announced The Gather Again Tour kicking off in September, is set to release the first of his three new records, Heart, April 16th. He created the middle album of the trilogy, &, specifically for the Church Choir (his fan club), which will be available exclusively to them only as a vinyl record on April 20th. The third installment, Soul, is set for release April 23rd.

    Eric is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Hell of a View.”

    Audio / Eric Church says the ACM Entertainer of the Year nomination means more to him now than ever before since being named the CMA Entertainer of the Year last year.

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    Eric Church (ACM Entertainer Nod) OC: …live up to. :51
    “Coming off the CMA Entertainer of the Year – I’ve said this in interviews and I really believe this – I did not know what that award would mean to me because we’d never won that award (laughs) and never thought we would, and I felt a responsibility. I know what that award means to the format; I know what that means historically, and I tried to live up to that. I think with the vaccinations, I think with the touring, I think with the things we’ve tried to do during this, I’ve done more in that regard than I ever would’ve, because I understand the people that came before me, and I understand the people that will come after me. So, that nomination means more to me now than it probably ever has, because we’ve won. I think representing the format that I adore is something that I’m trying to live up to.”

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  • ERIC CHURCH IN THE ROUND: THE GATHER AGAIN TOUR.

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    Eric Church

    Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year and current ACM Entertainer of the Year nominee Eric Church has his sights set on a return to the road with this morning’s announcement of a full arena tour. As first shared with the Church Choir and by Billboard magazine earlier today, The Gather Again Tour will kick off this fall at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, and will visit 55 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada, culminating at Madison Square Garden in the spring of 2022.

     

    Making the most of the long-awaited opportunity to “gather again,” for the first time in his career Church will adopt an in-the-round set up, with the stage at the center of each arena floor in order to accommodate as many fans as possible. Tickets to all U.S. dates go on sale to the general public Friday, May 7 at 10 a.m. local time at www.EricChurch.com. Church Choir members may access tickets early via pre-sale on Tuesday, May 4 at 10 a.m. local time. On sale information for the Canadian dates will be announced soon.

    Church, praised by Rolling Stone in the lead review of the April 2021 print issue for how he “has maneuvered the Nashville system, remaining dedicated to the power of down-the-center hitmaking even as he’s helped expand the parameters of the genre,” has passionately taken a leadership role in the industry’s return to touring.

    “It became very clear to me that the only way to really get back to normal is through vaccinations. You’ve got to get needles in arms,” he shared with Billboard in the April 3 cover story depicting the superstar getting his own second dose of the vaccine after consulting with epidemiologists and industry experts.

    “I just want to play shows,” he continued. “Politics’ job is to divide – that’s how you win elections. Those things that unite us are music and sports. The times when, whether you’re a Democrat or Republican or whatever, you throw your arm around the person next to you. We need that. I need that.”

    Additionally, Church will appear in an upcoming PSA promoting vaccine education, produced by ACM Lifting Lives, The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative and set to premiere during the ACM Awards broadcast on Sunday, April 18, where Church will also perform a song off his forthcoming Heart & Soul triple album project.

    The trio is set for release in the coming weeks, with Heart available everywhere Friday, April 16, Soul available everywhere Friday, April 23, and the middle album, &, available exclusively to the Church Choir on Tuesday, April 20.

    For the latest information and to learn how to join the Church Choir, visit www.EricChurch.com and follow on Facebook and Twitter @ericchurch and Instagram @ericchurchmusic.

    The Gather Again Tour
    Sept. 17, 2021                   Rupp Arena                                          Lexington, Ky.
    Sept. 18, 2021                   Nationwide Arena                                Columbus, Ohio
    Sept. 24, 2021                   Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse               Cleveland, Ohio
    Sept. 25, 2021                   KeyBank Center                                   Buffalo, N.Y.
    Oct. 1, 2021                      Alerus Center                                        Grand Forks, N.D.
    Oct. 2, 2021                      Bell MTS Place                                    Winnipeg, Manitoba
    Oct. 8, 2021                      PPG Paints Arena                                 Pittsburgh, Pa.
    Oct. 9, 2021                      Wells Fargo Center                               Philadelphia, Pa.
    Oct. 15, 2021                    Ball Arena                                            Denver, Colo.
    Oct. 22, 2021                    Scotiabank Saddledome                       Calgary, Alberta
    Oct. 23, 2021                    SaskTel Centre                                     Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
    Oct. 29, 2021                    Rogers Arena                                       Vancouver, British Columbia
    Oct. 30, 2021                    Climate Pledge Arena                          Seattle, Wash.
    Nov. 12, 2021                   Thompson-Boling Arena                     Knoxville, Tenn.
    Nov. 13, 2021                   Ford Center                                          Evansville, Ind.
    Dec. 3, 2021                     SNHU Arena                                        Manchester, N.H.
    Dec. 4, 2021                     UBS Arena                                           Belmont Park, N.Y.
    Dec. 10, 2021                   The Anthem                                         Washington, D.C.
    Dec. 11, 2021                   The Anthem                                         Washington, D.C.
    Dec. 17, 2021                   Bon Secours Wellness Arena               Greenville, S.C.
    Dec. 18, 2021                   Greensboro Coliseum                          Greensboro, N.C.
    Jan. 7, 2022                      Pinnacle Bank Arena                            Lincoln, Neb.
    Jan. 8, 2022                      Denny Sanford PREMIER Center       Sioux Falls, S.D.
    Jan. 14, 2022                    Scotiabank Arena                                 Toronto, Ontario
    Jan. 15, 2022                    Canadian Tire Centre                           Ottawa, Ontario
    Jan. 21, 2022                    Van Andel Arena                                  Grand Rapids, Mich.
    Jan. 22, 2022                    Little Caesars Arena                             Detroit, Mich.
    Feb. 4, 2022                     KFC Yum! Center                                 Louisville, Ky.
    Feb. 5, 2022                     Bankers Life Fieldhouse                       Indianapolis, Ind.
    Feb. 11, 2022                   CHI Health Center Omaha                    Omaha, Neb.
    Feb. 12, 2022                   Wells Fargo Arena                                 Des Moines, Iowa
    Feb. 18, 2022                    T-Mobile Center                                   Kansas City, Mo.
    Feb 19, 2022                    BOK Center                                          Tulsa, Okla.
    Feb. 25, 2022                   Hampton Coliseum                               Hampton, Va.
    Feb. 26, 2022                   Spectrum Center                                   Charlotte, N.C.
    March 4, 2022                  Amway Center                                     Orlando, Fla.
    March 5, 2022                  Amalie Arena                                       Tampa, Fla.
    March 11, 2022                United Center                                       Chicago, Ill.
    March 12, 2022                Enterprise Center                                 St. Louis, Mo.
    March 18, 2022                Resch Center                                        Green Bay, Wis.
    March 19, 2022                Resch Center                                        Green Bay, Wis.
    March 25, 2022                Legacy Arena at the BJCC                   Birmingham, Ala.
    March 26, 2022                Simmons Bank Arena                           Little Rock, Ark.
    April 1, 2022                    Dickies Arena                                       Fort Worth, Texas
    April 2, 2022                    AT&T Center                                        San Antonio, Texas
    April 8, 2022                    Toyota Center                                       Houston, Texas
    April 9, 2022                    Smoothie King Center                          New Orleans, La.
    April 15, 2022                  Moda Center                                         Portland, Ore.
    April 16, 2022                  Spokane Arena                                      Spokane, Wash.
    April 29, 2022                  ExtraMile Arena                                   Boise, Idaho
    April 30, 2022                  Vivint Arena                                         Salt Lake City, Utah
    May 6, 2022                     Pechanga Arena                                    San Diego, Calif.
    May 7, 2022                     STAPLES Center                                  Los Angeles, Calif.
    May 11, 2022                   Golden 1 Center                                    Sacramento, Calif.
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  • ERIC CHURCH, HIS BAND AND HIS CO-WRITERS MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE UNUSUAL RECORDING PROCESS OF HEART & SOUL.

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    Eric Church is prepping to release his new three-album project, Heart & Soul, this month. Eric took his band, producer and songwriters out of the normal environments to write and record at a restaurant in the mountains of North Carolina, not knowing what the project would look or sound like, but knowing he wanted to shake things up a bit. What he found was a huge commitment to making it all work.

    “What I found is there’s something about doing something different that there’s a belief there,” he says. “Every night we would eat together. Every morning we would be together. And they respected the players, the songwriters. They all respected what I was trying to do. I was honest with them. I said, ‘Hey, I may bring in a song. This song may suck but I wrote it today so give me – I have not slept. Give me a break.’ So, I think at some point in time they committed themselves to what we were trying to do and they gave 110% of that. They knew this dude has been up all night. This dude is trying and we’re going to try, too. And I think that there’s something to that overall, pulling on the rope the same way that made it – made it what it is. Made the project what it is.”

    The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year will release the first of his three records, Heart,April16th. He created the middle album of the trilogy, &, specifically for the Church Choir (his fan club), which will be available exclusively to them only as a vinyl record on April 20th. The third installment, Soul, is set for release April 23rd.

    Eric is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Hell of a View.”

    Heart Track List
    Lyrics linked HERE, songwriters in parentheses

    1. Heart On Fire (Eric Church)
    2. Heart Of The Night (Eric Church, Jeremy Spillman, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell, Travis Hill)
    3. Russian Roulette (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell)
    4. People Break (Eric Church, Luke Laird)
    5. Stick That In Your Country Song (Davis Naish, Jeffrey Steele)
    6. Never Break Heart (Eric Church, Luke Dick)
    7. Crazyland (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Michael Heeney)
    8. Bunch Of Nothing (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde)
    9. Love Shine Down (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele)

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    Lyrics linked HERE, songwriters in parentheses

    1. Through My Ray-Bans (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Barry Dean)
    2. Doing Life With Me (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele)
    3. Do Side (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
    4. Kiss Her Goodbye (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
    5. Mad Man (Eric Church, Casey Beathard)
    6. Lone Wolf (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell)

    Soul Track List
    Lyrics linked HERE, songwriters in parentheses

    1. Rock & Roll Found Me (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Driver Williams)
    2. Look Good And You Know It (Eric Church, Jonathan Singleton, Travis Meadows)
    3. Bright Side Girl (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Scotty Emerick, Clint Daniels)
    4. Break It Kind Of Guy (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Luke Dick)
    5. Hell Of A View (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell)
    6. Where I Wanna Be (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeremy Spillman, Ryan Tyndell)
    7. Jenny (Eric Church)
    8. Bad Mother Trucker (Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Luke Dick, Jeremy Spillman)
    9. Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones (Casey Beathard)

     

    Audio / Eric Church discusses the recording process and commitment from all involved in making Heart & Soul.

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    Eric Church (recording process for Heart & Soul) OC: …what it is. :47
    “You know what I found is there’s something about doing something different that there’s a belief there. Every night we would eat together. Every morning we would be together. And they respected the players, the songwriters. They all respected what I was trying to do. I was honest with them. I said ‘hey, I may bring in a song. This song may suck but I wrote it today so give me – I have not slept. Give me a break.’ So I think at some point in time they committed themselves to what we were trying to do and they gave 110% of that. They knew this dude has been up all night. This dude is trying and we’re going to try, too. And I think that there’s something to that overall, pulling on the rope the same way that made it – made it what it is. Made the project what it is.”

     

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  • DIERKS BENTLEY, BROTHERS OSBORNE, LUKE BRYAN, ERIC CHURCH, MICKEY GUYTON, ALAN JACKSON, LITTLE BIG TOWN, CHRIS STAPLETON, KEITH URBAN AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARE AMONG THE ANNOUNCED PERFORMERS AT THIS YEAR’S ACM AWARDS.

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    Alan Jackson / Brothers Osborne / Carrie Underwood / Chris Stapleton / Dierks Bentley / Eric Church / Keith Urban / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Mickey Guyton

    Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Mickey Guyton, Alan Jackson, Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood are among the performers at this year’s ACM Awards. They’re joined by Kelsea Ballerini, Lee Brice, Kane Brown, Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Ryan Hurd, Jack Ingram,  Elle King, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Carly Pearce, Jon Randall, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, The War and Treaty, CeCe Winans and Chris Young.

    Over 25 artists will perform more than 30 songs from three iconic Country Music venues: the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and The Bluebird Cafe. Additional details on the exciting performances including unprecedented collaborations and surprising moments will be announced in the coming weeks. First-time ACM Awards performances from many of the legendary artists in the lineup can be found HERE.

    The health and safety of the artists, fans, industry, staff and partners involved in the ACM Awards is the number one priority. All guidelines set forth by national, state and local health officials will be closely followed and implemented during the production along with additional safety measures to be instated by dick clark productions and the Academy of Country Music.

     

    For more information, visit ACMcountry.com. You can also like Academy of Country Music on Facebook, follow on Twitter at @ACMawards, follow on Instagram at @ACMawards and sign up for the FREE ACM A-List for more immediate updates.

    The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton, will air Sunday, April 18th beginning at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.