Jon Pardi celebrated not one, but two No. 1 songs at a party in Nashville on Wednesday (February 21st). Because he’s been so busy on the road and in the studio, Jon had to double up on the celebrations for his two chart-toppers, “Dirt on My Boots” and “Heartache on the Dance Floor,” along with writers Rhett Akins, Jesse Frasure and Ashley Gorley (“Dirt on My Boots”), in addition to Brice Long and Bart Butler.

The songs are two of three No. 1 hits from his current album, California Sunrise, which he says has changed his life and his live show.

“California Sunrise has definitely brought me to another level that I was never, ever at, and I’m glad to be here,” says Jon. “Definitely the singalongs are off of California Sunrise, and it’s amazing and we go into ‘Heartache on the Dance Floor’ and they’re singing it back. ‘Dirt on My Boots’ erupts the whole…it’s crazy to see like, and I know it takes time, but you hit ‘Head Over Boots’ or ‘Heartache,’ you feel it. The energy’s like, ‘Ahhhhhh!’ It’s a shot and it’s adrenaline. It’s a rush, and California Sunrise has led to that.”

The reigning ACM and CMA New Artist of the Year is currently making his way up the country charts with “She Ain’t In It,” the fourth release from California Sunrise.

Jon is on the road with Miranda Lambert on her Livin’ Like Hippies World Tour. The next stop on the tour will be in Knoxville March 1st.

Chris Stapleton is Justin Timberlake’s special guest on today’s Brit Awards. The pair will perform their duet, “Say Something,” from the pop superstar’s new album, Man of the Woods.

Kacey Musgraves will perform during Monday night’s (February 26th) Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC.

Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley is teaming up with Jake Owen next Thursday (March 1st) to perform a show at Topgolf Nashville’s live music venue, The Cowan, to benefit pediatric cancer research at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Click here for ticket information.

Jon Pardi and Kip Moore will perform during the Academy of Country Music’s “Party for a Cause” events in Las Vegas prior to the ACM Awards. For ticket info, go to partyforacause.com. The ACM Awards will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas April 15th at 8pm ET on CBS.

Pepsi MidAmerica and Capitol Records Nashville’s platinum-selling country star Jon Pardi have joined forces to send two lucky fans to Las Vegas, N.V. for a VIP experience with Pardi at the 53^rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Pardi is currently reigning ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year and CMA New Artist of the Year, and his latest single “She Ain’t In It” is playing on country radio now. “She Ain’t In It” follows Pardi’s three consecutive chart-topping hits – the Platinum-selling “Head Over Boots,” the three-week No. 1 “Dirt On My Boots,” and the up-tempo, feel-good No. 1 “Heartache On The Dance Floor,” all from his GOLD-certified album California Sunrise.

Fans can enter the text-to-win and online contest now. One winner will be chosen to receive a VIP prize package for two (2) tickets to the 2018 ACM Awards in Las Vegas, N.V. including a private meet & greet with Pardi plus, airfare and a two (2) nights of hotel in Las Vegas. Entries are being accepted now at http://www.pepsimidamerica.com/jonpardi.

The contest is being promoted with Dr. Pepper products on over 3 million cans featuring Jon Pardi’s image across portions of Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. The contest also features in-store activation at thousands of retail stores throughout the Pepsi MidAmerica service area.

About Jon Pardi
Jon Pardi’s GOLD-certified album California Sunrise (Capitol Records Nashville) debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart earning him CMA’s New Artist Of The Year and ACM New Male Vocalist Of The Year. Pardi dominated the top of the country music charts with consecutive #1 hits including “Dirt On My Boots,” Platinum-selling “Head Over Boots” and “Heartache On The Dance Floor” (#1 on Mediabase). Fourth single “She Ain’t In It” is currently Top 30-and-climbing. California Sunrise (Capitol Records Nashville) is the follow up to Write You A Song (Capitol Records Nashville), which debuted at #3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and yielded Top 10 GOLD-selling song “Up All Night,” “What I Can’t Put Down,” “Missin’ You Crazy” and “When I’ve Been Drinkin” (all co-written by Pardi). Pardi made major National TV appearances on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and ABC’s “Good Morning America” and landed on several ‘Best’ lists including the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone Country, Rhapsody and more. Since then, he’s toured with country music forerunners; Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Zac Brown Band, Miranda Lambert and Dwight Yoakam. Pardi’s third headlining tour “CMT On Tour Presents Jon Pardi’s Lucky Tonight Tour” marked the fastest-selling CMT Tour series to date with record-breaking numbers featured in Pollstar Magazine. This past year, the West Coast native and fast-rising newcomer received multiple first-ever nominations at the CMA Awards, CMT Awards, ACM Awards and AMA Awards. He is currently nominated for iHeartRadio Music Awards Country Song Of The Year (“Dirt On My Boots”) and Best New Country Artist. For more information, visit www.jonpardi.com.

About Pepsi MidAmerica
Pepsi MidAmerica (PMA), headquartered in Marion, Illinois, is proud to distribute quality beverages in portions of Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. With continued innovation and dedicated staff, PMA has grown to be one of the largest individually owned Pepsi Bottler’s in the U.S. For more information about PMA, visit www.pepsimidamerica.com.

Jon Pardi  has released the music video for his latest song, “She Ain’t In It.” The song is the follow-up to three No. 1 songs — “Head Over Boots,” “Dirt on My Boots” and “Heartache on the Dance Floor” — from his sophomore album, California Sunrise.

Jon is currently on the road with Miranda Lambert on her Livin’ Like Hippies Tour. The next stop on the trek is Sacramento, California on Thursday (February 8th).

– Reigning CMA New Artist Of The Year and ACM New Male Vocalist Jon Pardi’s re-recorded version of “I Like Beer” is the new anthem for Michelob ULTRA’s second ad spot that will broadcast during the Super Bowl. USA Today and “Extra” exclusively debuted the commercial, which includes celebrity Chris Pratt, US Open Golf Champion Brooks Koepka, 11-time World Surf League Champion Kelly Slater and 2017 NYC Marathon winner Shalane Flanagan singing the song together. View USA Today (HERE) and on “Extra.”

“This past year has been filled with so many milestones and bucket list items, and when Michelob Ultra reached out with an opportunity to be part of this Super Bowl commercial, I was all in. It was such a fun experience to record this version of the song and it’s awesome to be a part of it,” says Pardi.

“I Like Beer” is one of two ads kicking off Michelob ULTRA’s “You Can Do Both” campaign, which demonstrate how it’s possible to be fit and still enjoy beer. Originally recorded by Tom T. Hall, “I Like Beer” was rearranged and re-recorded by Pardi. This marks the second large event TV commercial for the award-winning singer/songwriter. Earlier this week, Pardi also made an appearance during the truth campaign’s prime-time Grammy commercial, which can be viewed HERE.

Pardi’s single “She Ain’t In It” is currently Top 30-and-climbing on the Billboard Country Airplay charts. “She Ain’t In It” follows three consecutive #1 hits including “Dirt On My Boots,” Platinum-selling “Head Over Boots” and “Heartache On The Dance Floor.” He is currently performing nationwide with Miranda Lambert’s Livin’ Like Hippies Tour and it was just announced that Pardi will join Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country Tour this summer. Pardi is also nominated for iHeartRadio Music Awards Country Song Of The Year (“Dirt On My Boots”) and Best New Country Artist.

About Jon Pardi
Jon Pardi’s GOLD-certified album California Sunrise (Capitol Records Nashville) debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart earning him CMA New Artist Of The Year and ACM New Male Vocalist Of The Year. Pardi dominated the top of the country music charts with consecutive #1 hits including “Dirt On My Boots,” Platinum-selling “Head Over Boots” and “Heartache On The Dance Floor.” Fourth single, “She Ain’t In It” is currently Top 30-and-climbing. California Sunrise is the follow up to Write You A Song (Capitol Records Nashville), which debuted at #3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and yielded Top 10 GOLD-selling song “Up All Night,” “What I Can’t Put Down,” “Missin’ You Crazy” and “When I’ve Been Drinkin” (all co-written by Pardi). Pardi made National TV appearances on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” NBC’s “TODAY” and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” and landed on several Best Of lists including the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone Country, Rhapsody and more. Since then, Pardi has toured with country music forerunners; Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Zac Brown Band and Dwight Yoakam. Pardi’s third headlining tour “CMT On Tour Presents Jon Pardi’s Lucky Tonight Tour” marked the fastest-selling CMT On Tour series to date with record-breaking numbers featured in Pollstar Magazine. The West Coast native and fast-rising newcomer received multiple first-ever nominations at the 2017 CMA Awards, CMT Awards, ACM Awards and AMA Awards. For more information, visit www.jonpardi.com.

Even though he’ll be a judge on the new reboot of ABC’s American Idol, Luke Bryan is finding time to put on an extra-large tour, or XL for short. Luke Bryan announced during a press conference in Nashville today (January 30th) the addition of 13 stadium concerts to his “What Makes You Country Tour” launching next month. Those dates will be coined “WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR XL STADIUM SIZED.” By the end of October, Luke will headline some of the North America’s biggest and best sports stadiums in Toronto, New York City, Cincinnati, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Boston, Minneapolis, Los Angeles (the first country concert to ever be held in Dodgers Stadium), Denver, St. Louis, Chicago, Vancouver and wrapping the tour in Detroit at Ford Field on October 26th. Information on when tickets will be available will be announced locally in the coming weeks.

Sam Hunt joins the tour as the special guest on all stadium shows along with Jon Pardi. Additional openers include Morgan Wallen (May-August), Carly Pearce (September & October) and DJ Rock. A full tour schedule is available on www.lukebryan.com. All were present during the press conference, and the press, along with fans watching on Facebook Live, received a musical treat as Jon performed his No. 1 hit “Heartache on a Dance Floor,” Sam went to his Montevallo catalog to sing “Take Your Time” and Luke performed the title track of both his album and his tour “What Makes You Country.”

“My excitement to play these iconic sports stadiums is truly uncontainable”, said Luke.  “Playing my music live is the reason I do what I do and the energy of the FANS is what pushes me year after year to deliver a bigger and better experience.  I’m so thankful to be in these venues and cities with some of the brightest names in country music. This lineup fires me up and I can’t wait to get this tour started!”

“What Makes You Country Tour” is named after Luke’s recently released album that debuted at #1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts. It became his third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Top 200 and his fifth #1 debut on the Top Country Albums Chart.

Luke is currently making his way up the country charts with “Most People Are Good” from his What Makes You Country album.

“WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR XL STADIUM SIZED”

DATE             CITY                                      VENUE
5/31/2018        Toronto, ON                          Rogers Centre

6/2/2018          New York City, NY              Met Life Stadium

6/16/2018        Cincinnati, OH                      Great American Ball Park
6/23/2018        Tampa, FL                             Raymond James Stadium

6/30/2018        Pittsburgh, PA                       Heinz Field

7/5/2018          Boston, MA                            Fenway Park

7/21/2018        Minneapolis, MN                   Target Field

7/28/2018        Los Angeles, CA                    Dodger Stadium
8/4/2018          Denver, CO                            Sports Authority Field at Mile High
8/25/2018        St. Louis, MO                       Busch Stadium
9/1/2018          Chicago, IL                            Wrigley Field

10/13/2018      Vancouver, BC                      BC Place Stadium

10/26/2018      Detroit, MI                             Ford Field

Jon Pardi, along with Imagine Dragons’ lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, has teamed up with Truth, an organization promoting tobacco prevention campaigns. The two artists are featured in a series of anti-smoking ads exposing the tobacco industry’s targeting of and marketing to lower-income communities.

Check out the video for “Worth More,” below.

In the meantime, you can catch Jon Pardi on the air with his latest song, “She Ain’t In It, as well as on the road with Miranda Lambert on her Livin’ Like Hippies Tour, which makes stops in Tacoma, Washington (February 1st), Spokane, Washington (February 2nd) and Eugene, Oregon (February 3rd).

Starting out strong in 2018, Luke Bryan has just announced more dates on his “What Makes You Country Tour” now running through the fall. Fans can purchase tickets beginning Jan. 26 for select cities as part of Live Nation’s Country Megaticket at www.Megaticket.com.  Additional on-sales will continue to rollout over the coming weeks. And look for more tour information to be released soon!

The additional run of shows on the “What Makes You Country Tour” will launch on the heels of Luke’s judging duties on American Idol, premiering March 11 for its first season on ABC. Jon Pardi is the special guest on all shows June through the end of the year, Morgan Wallen will open June – August and Carly Pearce will appear on select September shows.

The first leg of the “What Makes You Country Tour,” named after Luke’s recently released #1 album, was announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show last fall. The tour will kick off on February 16 with special guests Kip Moore and The Cadillac Three.

First leg “WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR” Schedule:

DATE        CITY                          VENUE
2/16/2018 Springfield, MO           JQH Arena
2/17/2018 Evansville, IN              Ford Center
2/18/2018 Louisville, KY             KFC Yum! Center
2/22/2018 State College, PA        Bryce Jordan Center
2/23/2018 Atlantic City, NJ         Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
2/24/2018 Charlottesville, VA     John Paul Jones Arena
3/9/2018  Lafayette, LA               Cajundome**
3/10/2018 New Orleans, LA        Smoothie King Center**

Special guests Kip Moore and The Cadillac Three

**Special guests Brothers Osborne and Granger Smith

Next leg “WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR” Schedule

DATE        CITY                                 VENUE

4/6/2018 Albuquerque, NM            Isleta Amphitheater*
6/14/2018 Charleston, WV             Charleston Civic Center
6/21/2018 West Palm Beach, FL   Coral Sky Amphitheatre
6/22/2018 Jacksonville, FL            Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
6/28/2018 Raleigh, NC                  Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
6/29/2018 Charlotte, NC                PNC Music Pavilion
8/2/2018 Omaha, NE                     CenturyLink Center
8/17/2018 Syracuse, NY                Lakeview Amphitheater
8/18/2018 Bristow, VA                  Jiffy Lube Live
8/19/2018 Saratoga Springs, NY   Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8/24/2018 Indianapolis, IN            Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
8/26/2018 Kansas City, MO          Sprint Center
9/8/2018 Dallas, TX                      Starplex Pavilion
9/13/2018 Rapid City, SD             Rushmore Plaza Barnett Arena**
9/14/2018 Billings, MT                 Rimrock Auto Arena**
9/20/2018 Boise, ID                      Ford Idaho Center**
9/21/2018 Salt Lake City, UT       USANA Amphitheatre**

Jon Pardi is special guest on all second leg tour dates- except *

Morgan Wallen opens June- August shows

Carly Pearce opens **

Dallas opener tbd

What are some of your favorite stars doing to welcome in the New Year? Some of them are working to help fans celebrate. Several artists have taken the time off around the holidays and will hit it hard when they return to the road in January. Some artists have resolutions and some are very helpful with their own hangover cures for those who imbibe too much on New Year’s Eve.

Keith Urban is set to headline Music City on New Year’s Eve for the second year in a row. He’ll perform against the backdrop of the State Capitol Building as part of the Jack Daniels Music City Midnight Bash. Maren Morris, Cheap Trick, Carly Pearce, Johnny P, Larkin Poe and the Fisk Jubilee Singers are also on the bill.

Canaan Smith will perform on New Year’s Eve in Nashville as part of Team USA’s WinterFest at the Walk of Fame Park at 3:30p.