Luke Bryan took to social media to reveal ABC’s American Idol has been renewed and he’ll be back at the judges’ table with Lional Richie and Katy Perry.
It’s happening. Season 2. @americanidol pic.twitter.com/SsNJTLFF6p
— Luke Bryan (@LukeBryanOnline) May 4, 2018
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Achieving the triple crown of concert stages (amphitheaters to arenas to stadiums), four-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan kicked off summer with back-to-back stadium shows over the weekend hitting 100,000 fans in two countries. Named Billboard Music Awards Top Country Tour, Luke brought his WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR XL STADIUM SIZED to Rogers Centre in Toronto and MetLife Stadium outside New York City. The tour will continue through the end of October with 40+ concerts including 11 additional stadium shows. WATCH HERE
And just in time for the summer season, Luke has released “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” from his What Makes You Country album recently debuting it on American Idol’s season finale. The song, written by Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd and Chase McGill, is the follow up to Luke’s 20th career #1 single “Most People Are Good.” Find it here–http://strm.to/SunriseSunburnSunset
“What Makes You Country Tour”
DATE CITY VENUE
6/9 Myrtle Beach, SC Carolina Country Music Fest
6/10 Nashville, TN CMA Music Festival
6/14 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
6/15 N Lawrence, OH Country Fest Ohio
6/16 Cincinnati, OH Great American Ball Park XL STADIUM SIZED
6/21 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre
6/22 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
6/23 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium XL STADIUM SIZED
6/28 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park
6/29 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
6/30 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Field XL STADIUM SIZED
7/6 Boston, MA Fenway Park XL STADIUM SIZED
7/8 Cavendish, PE Cavendish Beach Music Festival
7/14 Calgary, AB The Calgary Stampede
7/15 Craven, SK Country Thunder
7/20 Monticello, IA Great Jones County Fair
7/21 Minneapolis, MN Target Field XL STADIUM SIZED
7/22 Twin Lakes, WI Country Thunder
7/25 Lake Tahoe, NV Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s
7/26 Paso Robles, CA California Mid-State Fair
7/28 Los Angeles, CA Dodger Stadium XL STADIUM SIZED
8/1 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP
8/2 Omaha, NE Century Link Center
8/4 Denver, CO Sports Authority Field at Mile High XL STADIUM SIZED
8/17 Syracuse, NY Lakeview Amphitheater
8/18 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
8/19 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga PAC
8/24 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
8/25 St Louis, MO Busch Stadium XL STADIUM SIZED
8/26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
9/1 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field XL STADIUM SIZED
9/7 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
9/8 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
9/13 Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
9/14 Billings, MT Rimrock Auto Arena
9/19 Missoula, MT Big Sky Brewing
9/20 Boise, ID Ford Idaho Center
10/11 Portland, OR Moda Center
10/12 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
10/13 Vancouver, BC BC Place Stadium XL STADIUM SIZED
10/25 Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
10/26 Detroit, MI Ford Field XL STADIUM SIZED
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. Please check www.lukebryan.com for up to date information on the “What Make You Country Tour.”
Luke Bryan launches an extra-large tour, or XL for short, this week. The Georgia native is set to headline 13 stadium shows for his What Makes You Country Tour Xl Stadium Sized Tour, kicking off Thursday (May 31st) in Toronto, Ontario. By the end of October, Luke will headline some of the North America’s biggest and best sports stadiums in 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 trek in Detroit at Ford Field on October 26th.
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.
“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 just released “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset,” the follow-up to his recent No. 1 hit, “Most People Are Good.”
Luke Bryan (WMYC Stadium Tour) OC: …line up like this. :46
“I want fans to be able to come to a show and ‘A’ I want them to hear an artist with big ole crazy hits. I just love to see the fans out there singing these big hits that they’re hearing on the radio, and I think when they can come out and see artists in that setting, I just enjoy trying to make the best fan experience. The fact that we can all come together and create a package for fans and at the end of the day I get so excited to put these guys in the best scenario possible to showcase what they are and where they’re going and what they’re going to be. And when I found out we could put this together, we got on the phone and started booking stadiums, and we were like, ‘Let’s go after this thing.’ So, it’s just exciting to go in with a line up like this.”
Sam Hunt (on the road with Luke’s stadium tour) OC: …the good time. :22
Audio / Sam Hunt talks about playing shows on Luke Bryan's What Makes You Country XL Stadium Sized Tour.
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“The venues are really cool, being a baseball fan. Not playing as many shows, you can really…there’s an anticipation that starts to build during the week when you’re sitting at home and you know you got a show that weekend. By the third or fourth or fifth day of not playing a show and just coming off the high of the last one, you’re excited and ready to go in full speed ahead. So, I’ll be fresh-faced for all these shows and I feel like that’ll help the good time.”
Father’s Day is Sunday (June 17th), and we have liners with many of your favorite country stars! Download below.
“Hey everybody! I’m Billy Currington, wishing you a very Happy Father’s Day!”
“Hey everybody! I’m Brandon Lay, wishing all you fathers out there a very Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey! This is TJ, and I’m John, and we are Brothers Osborne, wishing all you fathers out there a very Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey! What’s up? This is Clare Dunn, wishing you a Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey! What’s up? This is Darius Rucker wishing you a Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey! This is Eric Church, wishing you a Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey! This is Eric Paslay. To all you father’s out there, Happy Father’s Day!”
“Hey! This is Gary Allan, and I want to wish all the dads out there a Happy Father’s Day.”
“Jon Pardi here. Happy Father’s Day to all you father’s out there.”
“Hey! I’m Jordan Davis, wishing you all a Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey y’all! This is Josh Turner, and I just want to wish all you father’s out there a Happy Father’s Day!”
“Hey! It’s Kacey Musgraves. Happy Father’s Day!”
“Hey everyone! It’s Keith Urban, wishing all you Dads out there a Happy Father’s Day.”
“What’s up all you Dads out there? It’s Lady Antebellum, and we just wanted to wish you all a good, Happy Father’s Day. Thanks for being great dads. Hope you get pampered and you don’t have to barbecue. And we hope you get some good ties this year.” [Hillary laughs]
“Hey! It’s Lauren Alaina. Happy Father’s Day!”
“Hi! This is Little Big Town, wishing all you father’s a Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey everybody! I’m Maddie and I’m Tae, wishing all you fathers out there a Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey! This is Sam Hunt. To all you fathers out there, Happy Father’s Day!”
“Hi! This is Shania Twain. Happy Father’s Day.”
“Hey y’all! It’s Travis Denning, wishing all you fathers out there a very Happy Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day, Diamond Dave.”
“Hey everybody! It’s Vince, and I just wanted to wish you a Happy Father’s Day. Wish mine was still around.”
Luke Bryan celebrated the Season 1 finale of ABC’s American Idol Monday night (May 21st) by premiering his new single “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” from his No. 1 debuting What Makes You Country album. The song, written by Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd and Chase McGill, is the follow up to Luke’s 20th career No. 1 single “Most People Are Good.” Find it here–http://strm.to/SunriseSunburnSunset
On May 31st, Luke will resume his “What Makes You Country Tour,” which won Top Country Tour Sunday night (May 19th) on the Billboard Music Awards. The summer dates kick-off with two back-to-back stadium concerts the first weekend- Toronto’s Rogers Centre and MetLife Stadium outside New York City. The stadium dates are coined “WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR XL STADIUM SIZED” and by the end of October, Luke will headline some of the North America’s biggest and best sports venues in 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.
“I’m excited to kick this summer tour off and get back in front of the fans,” said Luke. “To think about the opportunity to also include 13 stadiums is unreal! This line up is going to have so much energy. Can’t wait!”
What Makes You Country Tour:
10/26 Detroit, MI Ford Field
The Billboard Music Awards took place Sunday night (May 20th), and a of your favorite country artists went home with trophies
Chris Stapleton won the Top Country Album Award for From A Room: Volume 1, and he also won the award for Top Country Male Artist.
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Luke Bryan took home the award for Top Country Tour.
.@LukeBryanOnline knows how to throw a party! Congratulations on winning the award for Top Country Tour at the @BBMAs. Get your tickets to see him on tour this year: https://t.co/60cRBeO6KE #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/RATrJTx0Q1
— UMG Nashville (@UMGNashville) May 20, 2018
Sam Hunt picked up the award for Top Country Song for the multi-platinum, “Body Like a Back Road.”
Nothing like connecting to a song when it's coming from the person that created it. @SamHuntMusic said it best! #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/gZjPaYnhL7
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) May 21, 2018
I know that song like the back of my hand. @SamHuntMusic is taking home the #BBMAs for Top Country Song! pic.twitter.com/BfNZAFr5v2
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) May 21, 2018
Alan Jackson won for Top Christian Album for his Precious Memories Collection.
.@OfficialJackson was just awarded this year’s Top Christian Album at the@BBMAs for the “Precious Memories Collection”. Listen to it here: https://t.co/caOYkjDssn #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/mAoNWnimaI
— UMG Nashville (@UMGNashville) May 20, 2018
Luke Bryan has released his brand-new song, “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset,” from his No. 1 debuting What Makes You Country album. The song, written by Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd and Chase McGill, is the follow up to Luke’s 20th career No. 1 single “Most People Are Good,” which held the top spot for three weeks.
He debuted the song on the season finale of American Idol earlier this week, and it’s perfect timing with summer looming on the horizon.
Luke will hit the road again on his What Makes You Country XL Stadium Sized Tour May 31st in Toronto. He’s taking Sam Hunt and Jon Pardi along for the ride.
For tour date information, go to lukebryan.com.
Luke Bryan (Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset) 1 OC: …back to me. :28
“‘Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset’ is, it’s a perfect song in my opinion. It’s reflective. It talks about love in a summer and summer love. It doesn’t get any better than summer love way back when. And then when you say ‘Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset, Repeat,’ that’s what you do in the summer. You wake up. You go get your tan on, and the sun goes down and you do it over and over.”
After four consecutive sold-out years, Platinum selling Superstar and American Idol judge Luke Bryan, along with CID Presents, announces Crash My Playa – 5th Year Fiesta destination event taking place January 23-26, 2019 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The Caribbean beach vacation will be the biggest event yet and will feature Luke headlining two of the four nightly concerts with one of those deemed as “Luke & Friends Set.” Additional performers to be announced soon.
“Nothing better than a beach vacation mixed with some country music to launch a new year,” shared Luke. “It’s an amazing get-away trip for the fans and all the artists performing.”
Packages on sale Wednesday, May 23 at 1pm ET at www.crashmyplaya.com. Members of Luke’s fan club, Luke’s fan app and previous Crash My Playa guests will have access to pre-sale packages on Monday, May 21 at 1PM ET.
Citi® is the official presale credit card of the Crash My Playa – 5th Year Fiesta. As such, Citi® cardmembers will have access to purchase all-inclusive packages during the Citi presale Monday, May 21 at 1PM ET – Wednesday, May 23 at 1PM ET. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
“When we first approached Luke and his team about Crash My Playa it was just a concept,” said Dan Berkowitz of CID Presents. “Now, as we head into our fifth year, it has grown into something beyond our wildest dreams. Each year is better than the last, and with this being our 5th anniversary, we’re excited to celebrate with the incredible community of fans, artists, and the people behind the scenes who make this event so special.”
Fans can stay at the event’s host resort, the Barceló Maya, or opt for one of several carefully selected tropical resorts and enjoy royal treatment all weekend long – all-inclusive food and drink, 24-hour concierge service, daily onsite activities, offsite adventures like visiting Chichen Itza, zip-lining, and ATV tours, excursions including day trips to Tulum, official Crash My Playa – 5th Year Fiesta merchandise packages, and more. To see highlights from last year’s event go HERE.
For more information about Crash My Playa – 5th Year Fiesta 2019, how to book four or five night all-inclusive packages and payment plan details, please visit: www.crashmyplaya.com.
The ACM Awards are taking place a few days from now, and the show is promising to be inspiring, entertaining and poignant.
Going into Sunday night’s show, Chris Stapleton leads the list of nominees with eight nods in five categories, including Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Single of the Year for “Broken Halos,” Song of the Year for “Whiskey and You” and Album of the Year for From a Room, Vol. 1. He’s won numerous awards over the past few years, and while he’s grateful for every single trophy he takes home, he has a special affinity for the Album categories.
“They are all significant and if you get one award for anything it’s a treat. But any of the awards that awarded the album, the album awards, because I really wanted to make an album that was good,” says Chris. “I wanted that to be a thing, again, more than I wanted it to be, ‘Well here’s the single and eight other songs.’ So, the album awards for me were important in that we did our job in a good way, you know. Just I have such an affinity for albums that I don’t know if I want those more or if they mean more, but they are all meaningful.”
Luke Bryan has won a handful of ACM Awards over his career, including the New Artist of the Year Award in 2010 following it up with two Entertainer Awards just a few years later. He tells us he is honored to be included in that category. “[I’m] so honored to have another Entertainer of the Year nomination and I always think about winning my first Entertainer of the Year [Award] at the ACMs,” he says. “To go to the ACMs knowing that you’re one of those lucky people that have that nomination, it just tells me that I’m doing all I can and doing the right things out on the road and hopefully, the fans are still loving what I’m trying to give to them every night.”
Keith Urban has quite the plethora of nods going into this year’s ACM Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year for “Female” and twice, as both artist and producer in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “The Fighter” (featuring Carrie Underwood). Urban won Top New Male Vocalist of the Year in 2000, and Top Male Vocalist of the Year in 2004 and 2005.
Keith’s “Female” was nominated for Song of the Year. The Top 10 hit was written by Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman, and he said he just had a feel that he needed to record the song and let everyone hear it. “The song spoke to me. It just spoke to me,” said Keith. “As I was singing it, I thought I feel like I’ve known this song my whole life. Something else was going on with it how it felt to me. So, I love it. I believe in it. I didn’t record it for any other reason than it was a heart reaction that I had to it.”
In addition to Vocal Event of the Year for “The Fighter” with Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, is also nominated in the Female Vocalist of the Year category.
Lauren Alaina was announced as the Top New Female Vocalist of the Year a couple of weeks ago, and she still gets emotional talking about the “love” and recognition she has received from her peers and industry insiders.
Previously announced ACM Awards performers include Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Kelly Clarkson, Florida Georgia Line, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Midland,Maren Morris, Jon Pardi, Bebe Rexha, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Brett Young.
The 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas April 15th at 8pm ET on CBS.
The nominees for this year’s ACM Awards:
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Chris Young
Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood
Reba McEntire
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
LoCash
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Lanco
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
Song of the Year
Sam Hunt, “Body Like a Back Road”
Keith Urban, “Female”
Miranda Lambert, “Tin Man”
Chris Stapleton, “Whiskey and You”
Single of the Year
“Better Man,” Little Big Town
“Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt
“Broken Halos,” Chris Stapleton
“Drinkin’ Problem,” Midland
“I’ll Name the Dogs,” Blake Shelton
Album of the Year
Breaker, Little Big Town
California Sunrise, Jon Pardi
From A Room: Vol. 1, Chris Stapleton
Happy Endings, Old Dominion
Life Changes, Thomas Rhett
Video of the Year
“Black,” Dierks Bentley
“It Ain’t My Fault,” Brothers Osborne
“Legends,” Kelsea Ballerini
“Marry Me,” Thomas Rhett
“We Should Be Friends,” Miranda Lambert
Vocal Event of the Year
“Craving You,” Thomas Rhett f/Maren Morris
“Dear Hate,” Maren Morris f/Vince Gill
“(Funny) How Time Slips Away,” Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson
“The Fighter,” Keith Urban f/Carrie Underwood
“What Ifs,” Kane Brown f/Lauren Alaina
The 53rd Annual ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas April 15th at 8pm ET on CBS.
Chris Stapleton (affinity for albums) OC: …any one of them. :45
“They are all significant and if you get one award for anything it’s a treat. But any of the awards that awarded the album, the album awards, because I really wanted to make an album that was good. I wanted it, I wanted that to be a thing, again, more than I wanted it to be, ‘Well here’s the single and eight other songs.’ So, the album awards for me were important in that we did our job in a good way, you know. Just I have such an affinity for albums that I don’t know if I want those more or if they mean more, but they are all meaningful. They are all are things that one of them would feel like a career. One of them. Any one of them.”
Luke Bryan (ACM 2018 Entertainer nod) OC: …work harder. [laughs] :39
“[I’m] so honored to have another Entertainer of the Year nomination and I always think about winning my first Entertainer of the Year [Award] at the ACMs. To go to the ACMs knowing that you’re one of those lucky people that have that nomination, it just tells me that I’m doing all I can and doing the right things out on the road and hopefully, the fans are still loving what I’m trying to give to them every night. You don’t want to say the same clichés about it’s an honor to be nominated, it is! The day that I don’t get nominated for stuff like that, then I’ll kinda be sad and I’ll be motivated to work harder.” [laughs]
Lauren Alaina (New Female Vocalist reaction) OC: …and achievement. :39
“You know, this is like a really rewarding moment for everyone on my team, because we have been fighting for so long and I just feel like we all won this award. [tears] Oh Gosh! Like Whew! I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I don’t know, I guess we’ve been at this for 8 years, 7 years? 7 years. And it’s just a big accomplishment to be able to start over and build it brick by brick and for it to be recognized by the people that we trust and respect to know music is the next level of love and achievement.”
Keith Urban (Female feeling) OC: …had to it. :42
“It’s a feeling. It’s more of a feeling. It’s not as cerebral for me, the song spoke to me. It just spoke to me. When I went down into the studio to put a vocal on it; my intention was to put a vocal on the demo. I called Ross Copperman and I said, ‘Can you send me the track that you recorded and leave the vocal off, and I’ll go down to my studio and I’ll sing over the top of it and I’ll see if this fits me because it feels really right.’ And I went down and I sang it, and as I was singing it, I thought I feel like I’ve known this song my whole life. Something else was going on with it how it felt to me. So, I love it. I believe in it. I didn’t record it for any other reason than it was a heart reaction that I had to it.”