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  • LUKE BRYAN ANNOUNCES HIS EIGHTH FARM TOUR AND A FARM TOUR EP.

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    CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan announces his eighth annual “Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2016” set to run October 5th to October 15th.  This year, for the first time, Luke will also release a Farm Tour EP to be released this Fall. During last year’s tour, Luke performed for over 110,000 fans during the eight-city run. A portion of the ticket proceeds are granted for local college scholarships (“Luke Bryan Farm Tour Scholarship”) to students from a farming family within the communities the tour plays.

    The “Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2016” is sponsored by Bayer, Citi®, CID Entertainment, Miller Lite, Cabela’s and Polaris.

    “Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2016”

    October 5        Gaston, South Carolina            Culler Farms

    October 6        Greenback, Tennessee            Maple Lane Farms

    October 7        Elizabethtown, Kentucky          Highland Farms

    October 8        Monroeville, Indiana                 Spangler Farms

    October 12       Batesville, Mississippi              FT Farms

    October 13       Prairie Grove, Arkansas          Ogden Ranch

    October 14       Centralia, Missouri                  Stowers Farm

    October 15       Effingham, Illinois                    Mid America Motorworks

    “Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2016” ticket presale will begin for Luke Bryan’s Fan Club, the Nut House, on June 21 at 10AM local time for all shows.  Citi® cardholders will also be able to purchase presale tickets during this time exclusively.  Additional presale tickets will be available through the tour’s sponsors via their digital platforms on June 22, and the public on sale will begin on June 24.

    Citi® is the official credit card of the “Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2016.” Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets through Citi’s Private Pass Program beginning June 21. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

    Luke Bryan has once again teamed up with CID Entertainment to offer Harvest Time VIP Experiences throughout the 2016 Farm Tour. Experiences include early concert admission, access to a private viewing area, limited edition merchandise, in addition to premium amenities including parking, air conditioned restrooms, and a private cash bar. More details available here: http://www.cidentertainment.com/events/luke-bryan-farm-tour-2016/

    For additional “Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2016” information, including where to get tickets, stay tuned to www.lukebryan.com/farmtour.

    About Luke Bryan

    Since the debut of his first album in 2007, Luke has placed 15 singles at No. 1 and sold nearly eight million albums with 30 million digital tracks from his five studio albums. He has twice been named Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. His fifth studio album, Kill The Lights, debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 (his third to do so) and Top Country Albums charts and closed 2015 with the best-selling country album of the year and the 10th biggest selling album on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Year-End list. In Luke’s stellar 2015 year, he performed for 1.5 million fans in concert, had three albums on the Top 15 Year-End Country Albums list- Kill the Lights (#1), Spring Break…Checkin’ Out (#10) and Crash My Party (#15), was the most streamed artist of 2015, placed six songs in the Year-End Top Country Streaming Tracks list, had his own exhibit at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (“Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary”), performed live during halftime at the Dallas Cowboys game on Thanksgiving and wrapped up the year with a live Times Square performance on ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” Luke recently co-hosted the ACM Awards for a fourth consecutive year and is performing in venues and stadiums across the U.S. on his “Kill The Lights Tour” through this fall.

    Audio / Luke Bryan enjoys putting on his annual Farm Tour and helping out communities.

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    Luke Bryan (Farm Tour) 1 OC: …for the fans. :59
    “Farm Tour is just fun to me, and it’s something that anytime you can start something that starts small and grow it. We never want to make it this really ginormous thing that we can’t control, but we want to make sure it’s on our terms and we love doing it. And then we want to make sure that the communities that we partner up with from the sheriff’s office to the highway patrol guys to the colleges to the college kids, we want to make sure it’s a positive thing  at the end of the day for the communities. Therefore, that’s why we do the scholarships and we hope that we leave these places better than we found ‘em, and we hope people continue to want us back. And we hope we feel like we’re a positive thing for the local economies for these small towns, which wouldn’t necessarily have 15, 20-thousand people converging on ‘em. I hope it’s a positive thing for ‘em and not a negative. I enjoy being out there [performing in] the field and playing for the fans.”

  • CMA MUSIC FEST 2016: AJ, Darius, Dierks, Easton, Eric Church, Eric Paslay, Jon, Josh, Keith, Lady A, Lauren, Luke and more

    Alan Jackson / Charles Kelley / Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Easton Corbin / Eric Church / Eric Paslay / Jon Pardi / Josh Turner / Keith Urban / Kip Moore / Lady Antebellum / Lauren Alaina / Luke Bryan

    It’s that time of the year again! The 2016 CMA Music Festival begins this week in Nashville, and the stars are coming out to perform and check in with their fans!

    Audio / Backstage at last year’s CMA Music Festival, Alan Jackson talked about CMA Music Fest and how it’s become a family affair. Alan is set to perform at ACME in downtown Nashville on Tuesday, as well as at the Grand Ole Opry on Friday.

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    Alan Jackson (CMA Music Fest) OC: …all about. :28 [NOTE: There’s a slight buzz underneath audio.]
    “My daughter – three daughters – and about 10 friends every year, we have to pack into vans and get ‘em out here. They come every night. They come every night, not to see me, they come see everybody else. So, it has become more of a local event, and of course it evolved tremendously since I first started when it was Fan Fair at the old fairgrounds and signing autographs in a hot buildings. But the fans are the same, and that’s what it’s all about.”

    Audio / Darius Rucker will host his 7th annual Darius and Friends concert at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon Monday (June 6th) during this year’s CMA Music Festival. Proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Darius is nominated for a CMT Music Award – CMT Performance of the Year – for “Alright” from the show, Instant Jam.

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    Darius Rucker (CMA Music Fest) OC: …awesome. :48
    “Music Fest is like nothing else. I say all the time that country music is the only genre that could have something like that. It’s truly amazing, when I come that weekend, people are everywhere and they want to be your best friend. It’s always cool and I love coming here. The thing that always gets me is the show. The fact that you can get that many superstars at one show all playing for free, for the same goal, to entertain those people that are in that stadium that come here for the whole week from all over the world. They come here for one week to see country music, and it’s amazing that those artists say on Friday and Saturday night, this is country music come on out. That’s awesome.”

    Audio / Dierks Bentley is making a few appearances during CMA Music Festival week, including performing his latest single, “Different for Girls,” on this year’s CMT Music Awards with Elle King. He’ll also perform during the nightly concerts at Nissan Stadium (home of the Tennessee Titans) on Thursday (June 9th). Dierks Bentley talks about the lengths that fans will go to show their appreciation.

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    Dierks (fans) OC: …commitment. [laughs] :22
    “I know a lot of the early fans by name, because we played a lot of shows at a lot of small venues where we’d be around a lot after the shows. I’m not gonna say her name ‘cause I don’t know if she’d want me to or not, but she has like a dog print of Jake, my dog’s Jake, but she has this dog print on her shoulder with my name in the middle of the tattoo. So, tattoos are always, that’s a big deal when somebody gets your name tattooed on part of their body or something. It’s kind of a scary thing, because it’s kind of a lifelong commitment. [laughs]”

    Audio / Dierks Bentley recalls the weirdest thing he has signed.

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    Dierks Bentley (signing a baby’s head) OC: …child’s brain. :13
    “A baby’s head with a sharpie. Yeah, like a two-week old baby. I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to do it. The woman was like, ‘Please.’ I was like, ‘Alright.’ The head at that point is so vulnerable, transparent, so I’m just hoping they didn’t get any ink in the child’s brain.”

    Audio / Easton Corbin, who has hit the airwaves with his latest single “Are You With Me,” talks about CMA Music Festival.

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    Easton Corbin (CMA Music Fest) OC: …wouldn’t work. :25
    “CMA Music Fest, it’s a great opportunity to hang out with your fans and stuff. The great thing about the country genre is it’s one of the only genres that really has a festival dedicated to their fans, and I think that’s great because without the fans we wouldn’t be here. They’re the ones that make it work. Without the fans to buy records and listen to the radio and come to the shows, it just wouldn’t work.”

    Audio / Easton Corbin talks about his fans.

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    Easton Corbin (fans) OC: …being here. :24
    “My fans mean a great deal to me, especially the fans that come out to the shows and the ones that make it to every show around their home or in that vicinity. I even have people come here every time, in these meet-and-greet lines or maybe at the fence over there by the when you’re getting off the red carpet, I try to always make it a point to recognize those fans and just let them know how much that I care and how much I appreciate them being here.”

    Audio / Eric Church, who’s making his way up the country charts with his latest single “Record Year,” says CMA Music Festival is special and unique to country music. Eric is set to perform at Nissan Stadium on Friday (June 10th).

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    Eric Church (CMA Music Fest) OC: …to see.
    “Well, I think it’s what makes country music unique. Find me another format that happens in, it’s just not something that happens. I think it’s about what we were talking about earlier; country music is the one for mat where the fans…the music is really about them. And we’re them; we’re not different than them. We’re not a lot of the rock stars and a lot of the other guys where they’re their own person, they’re their own agenda…they’re not like the people that are listening to them. It’s different in country, we are. We come from there, we are that. I think it’s just a great thing for them to be able to come to our town and to get just this barrage of music. We’ve always tried to do it a little different when we’ll have different events, a couple years ago we made the fans find us…they had to find clues around town of where we were playing and then when they found out they could post it and tell people and then that night we had a full show. We started that day with no people, we didn’t advertise, we said, ‘We’re playing, find us.’ We called it ‘Midnight Church.’ So at midnight we played the Rutledge. They found us, and they were out the door, and they found us there. It was really cool to have some fun in our town and just do stuff like that every year. I’ve done, last year I did a show where I did 3 nights in a row at a place. The first night was me and my band, the second night was an acoustic show, and the last night was me and the songwriters that helped me write this record all sitting up there playing songs and telling stories. It was three different takes on basically the same songs. Just unique. It’s my favorite thing about doing it, is when people come to town, we able to do some shows that we’re not able to do throughout the year because we’re touring a certain way. This is a chance for us to have a little more freedom, creatively, and give the fans something maybe they don’t get to see.”

    Audio / Eric Paslay will be all over the place during CMA Music Fest. On Tuesday morning (June 7th), he’ll take part in the Tug McGraw Sporting Clay Event at the Nashville Gun Club. He’s also set to perform at Riverfront Stage Friday (June 10th), followed by booth signings and Behind the Music Listening Event at the Music City Center, as well as a performance at the HGTV Lodge. Here he talks about getting his first autograph.

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    Eric Paslay (1st autograph) OC: …first autograph. :42
    “The first autograph that I ever got was in Branson, Missouri, and it was Shoji Tabuchi, and he’s a great fiddle player, and I always remember that, you know if you go to Branson, you know who he is. But I was a 9, 10 year old kid, and I always remember that. Every time I meet a kid, I don’t know if it’s their first concert. It could be their 100-thousandth, but whenever I sign an autograph for a kid, I really make sure it’s special and memorable, and with anybody, but especially with kids. I still have that Shoji Tabuchi autograph, you know? Because it meant that much. I didn’t know he was until we saw him, but he tore the place down playing the “Orange Blossom Special.”

    Audio / Jon Pardi, whose new album California Sunrise comes out June 17th, will be all over town during CMA Music Fest. On Tuesday (June 7th), he’ll be at 5th and Demonbreun at Noon with Wrangler signing and chatting with fans, then later that night, he’ll be at the Cannery Ballroom performing during the Musicians On Call event. On Thursday (June 9th), he’ll be in the UMG booth at the Music City Center signing from 3p – 4p, followed by a performance at the Riverfront Stage beginning at 12:15p.

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    Jon Pardi (performing live) OC: …really loud. :19
    “To get up on stage, it feels like home. It’s like, ‘Yeah, this is where I want to be.’ I’d rather be there than a lot of places. I love just getting up on stage not matter where it is. It’s fun to get up and entertain people and have a good time, make everybody feel a part of the show and get up there and play my guitar really loud.”

    Audio / Josh Turner, who just released his new single “Hometown Girl,” recalls the weirdest item he’s ever been asked to sign.

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    Josh Turner (weirdest things he’s signed) OC: …Sharpie, though. :10
    “A toothpick; an unused toothpick, let me throw that out there, an unused toothpick. It was quite challenging, actually, and it didn’t look anything like my autograph. It took a really small Sharpie, though.”

    Audio / Keith Urban, who’s sitting inside the Top 10 with his current single “Wasted Time,” will be making a couple of appearances at this year’s CMA Music Fest. First, he’ll play the HGTV Lodge Thursday (June 9th) and at Nissan Stadium (home of the Tennessee Titans) on Sunday (June 12th). Keith will also perform during the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday (June 8th), where he’s up for Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16.”

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    Keith Urban(CMA Music Fest) OC: …love it. :25
    “I love it! It’s like summer camp. I mean, it is! It’s a chance to obviously see a lot of people I don’t normally see. I don’t know. It’s just palpable. Since Fan Fair, it’s just been that sort of week-plus of energy; the town just explodes, and what it is we love about this genre and the community aspect of it. I always love it.”

    Audio / Kip Moore fans will get a chance to see him a couple of times this week. He’ll perform during the Pandora Country Music event at Marathon Music Works Tuesday evening, and then you can catch him at the HGTV Lodge downtown on Thursday afternoon. He tells us about his favorite thing about performing live. You’ll definitely get to hear him play his latest hit single, “Running for You,” which is from his Wild Ones album.

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    Kip Moore (favorite thing about performing live) OC: …it gets. :17
    “I’d say that my favorite thing about being on the road is the fact that I get to play music each and every night with my best friends. There’s nothing better than that than playing with your best buddies and seeing the joy that you bring to other people’s faces playing the music that you love to play. I mean that’s the best it gets.”

    Audio / Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley will participate in Fan Fair X, part of the CMA Music Festival bringing fans and artists together. Hillary, along with her family, will be the artist of the day on Thursday (June 9th) showcasing their upcoming faith-based album with performances and a Q&A, while Charles will give fans an up close and personal look into his solo album, The Driver, on Sunday (June 12th).

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    Lady Antebellum (Music Fest) 3 OC: …really cool. :25

    “When you see the same fans, these die-hard fans that camp out outside the radio remotes and the hotels, and all of these places, and you start recognizing them, I think that’s when you start going ‘Wow, this is a special and unique industry.’ You talk to them by name and give them a hug. I can’t think of any other genre that has that kind of connection. The people that come back the same time every year, you know where they are going to be. It’s really kind of a fun thing. It’s really cool.”

    Audio / Lauren Alaina says she owes it all to her fans, and she starts this year’s CMA Music Festival on Tuesday with the City of Hope Softball Game. On Wednesday evening, she’s set to perform a late-night set downtown in HonkyTonk Alley, and on Thursday morning, Lauren will perform an acoustic set on the Disney Stage at the Music City Center, followed by a signing at the UMG booth. On Friday, she’ll perform in the park at the city’s Walk of Fame, and on Sunday, she’ll perform at the Music City Center.

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    Lauren Alaina (fans) OC: …me wrong. :30
    “My fans helped me grow as a person in lots of different ways. I grew up in front of them. I was 15 on American Idol, so they watched me grow up and kind of helped me mold into who I am, because I worked at CiCi’s Pizza, and now I’m traveling all over the place. It’s like I learned responsibility through all of it. I learned who I am as a person, ‘cause my fans have made me stronger, they’ve made me more responsible, they made me believe in myself 10 times more, because I thought I was going home every week on American Idol, and they proved me wrong.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan, who is set to perform at Nissan Stadium on Sunday (June 12th), enjoys CMA Music Fest Week. Luke is nominated for a pair of CMT Music Awards, including Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for “Strip It Down.”

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    Luke Bryan (CMA Music Fest) OC: …for this week. :33
    “It’s a great week. I truly love this week for hundreds of reasons. I always remember my first ones and starting out and doing River Stages and always dreaming of coming over here and performing at LP Field (now Nissan Stadium) and all of the stuff building the fan base early in the week. It’s an amazing week for Nashville, and it’s a great week for me. And then I get to be home and do all this stuff. It’s always been a fun week for me. A lot of my family always comes in for this week.”

  • NEWS AND NOTES: Luke, Mickey, Dierks, Clare

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    Clare Dunn / Dierks Bentley / Luke Bryan / Mickey Guyton

    Luke Bryan will perform during NBC’s Today Show Citi Concert Series on Friday (June 3rd).

    Mickey Guyton’s new single, “Heartbreak Song” will be available for stream and sale on Friday (June 3rd).

    Dierks Bentley has been added to the list of performers for next week’s CMT Music Awards. He’s set to perform his new single, “Different for Girls,” with Elle King. They join previously announced performers such as Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban (with Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris), Blake Shelton with Oak Ridge Boys, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line and many more. The CMT Music Awards will air live from Nashville on Wednesday (June 8th) at 8pm ET/PT.

    Clare Dunn will perform during the CMA Music Festival Kick-Off Concert, featuring SiriusXM Highway Finds on Wednesday (June 8th). Frankie Ballard, Old Dominion, Michael Ray, Aubrie Sellers and William Michael Morgan are also part of the lineup.

  • NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL COUNTRY VOLUME 9 DUE JUNE 10TH.

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    Billy Currington / Brothers Osborne / Clare Dunn / Dierks Bentley / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt

    On June 10th, Universal Music Group Nashville will release Now That’s What I Call Country Vol. 9, the latest installment in the popular NOW series. Country music fans can hear hits by some of their favorite artists including Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney and more. The album is available for pre-orderHERE.

     Now That’s What I Call Country Vol. 9 includes 18 of today’s hottest country hits including 15 #1 singles plus a bonus track from NOW’s What’s Next artist, Clare Dunn.

    1.      Luke Bryan                             Strip It Down

    2.      Sam Hunt                                Take Your Time

    3.      Carrie Underwood                  Smoke Break

    4.      Cam                                         Burning House

    5.      Little Big Town                      Girl Crush

    6.      Chris Young                            I’m Comin’ Over

    7.      Kenny Chesney                       Save It For A Rainy Day

    8.      Brad Paisley                            Country Nation

    9.      Dierks Bentley                        Drunk On A Plane

    10.  Granger Smith                         Backroad Song

    11.  Chris Janson                            Buy Me A Boat

    12.  Maddie & Tae                         Girl In A Country Song

    13.  Kelsea Ballerini                       Dibs

    14.  Jana Kramer                            I Got The Boy

    15.  Brothers Osborne                    Stay A Little Longer

    16.  Billy Currington                      Don’t It

    17.  Old Dominion                         Break Up With Him

    18.  Rascal Flatts                            I Like The Sound Of That

     

    NOW presents What’s Next

    19.  Clare Dunn                              Tuxedo

    The project is a joint venture from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. This release is part of the multi-platinum NOW That’s What I Call Music! compilation series, the world’s best-selling multi-artist albums with sales topping 98 million in the U.S.  Last year, NOW That’s What I Call Country Vol 8 debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country albums chart.  Now That’s What I Call Country Vol. 9 is distributed by Universal Music Group.NOW and NOW That’s What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of Universal Music Group and its affiliates.

  • NEWS AND NOTES: Keith, Dierks, Luke, Kip, Lauren, Mickey

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    Dierks Bentley / Keith Urban / Kip Moore / Luke Bryan

    Keith Urban will perform during Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series August 12th from New York’s Central Park on ABC.

    Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan will perform as part of the Today Show’s Summer Citi Concert Series. Dierks and his band will take to the Today Show plaza May 27th, the same day his new album Black is released, while Luke will perform for the crowd June 3rd.

    Luke Bryan’s latest single, “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day,” is inspiring people to post photos to his Twitter showing themselves either huntin’, fishin’ or lovin’ every day. Check out NASCAR driver Ryan Newman, aka “Rocket Man,” below with his catch of the day.

    Kip Moore will perform during the second annual Pandora Country concert June 7th as part of CMA Music Festival, the biggest week in country music. Fans can RSVP for the free show at Marathon Music Works, which also features Tyler Farr, Cam and Brent Cobb, at pandoracountry.com.

    Lauren Alaina and Mickey Guyton, are among the country stars who’ve been added to the previously announced players — Vince Gill, David Nail, Scotty McCreery, RaeLynn, Charles Esten, Jamie Lynn Spears and many more for the 26th annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game. The event, which will benefit , takes place June 7th, at 3 p.m. from First Tennessee Park in Nashville. Proceeds benefit the City of Hope to help find cures for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. Tickets are available at http://bit.ly/1QQDkff.

    Video / NASCAR driver Ryan Newman fishin'

  • LUKE BRYAN TAKES CARE OF HIMSELF ON THE ROAD.

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    Luke Bryan has certainly upped his game from when he was playing bars and clubs in his early days to now where he’s selling out arenas and stadiums. The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year says when his first album was released, he didn’t know the proper way to take care of himself before and during a tour.

    “I didn’t even know how to get myself necessarily ready for five shows in a row or take care of myself and even exercise properly or eat right to even feel healthy enough to get out there and work my tail off,” says Luke. “When you’re out there opening for years, you know, you’re doing 20 minutes. You’re doing 40 minutes. And NOW, I do four or five shows in a row and I’m doing almost two hours, and it’s a different animal. So, just learning how to do all that and learning what it takes. I mean, I’ve even learned on what time of the day is probably the best to work out, take care of my voice and be ready to sing.”

    The next stop on Luke’s Kill the Lights Tour, featuring Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch, is May 12th in Omaha, Nebraska.

    Catch Luke and R&B star Jason Derulo on CMT Crossroads May 21st at 10pm ET. The two will trade vocals on each other’s songs during the show.

    Luke is up for Top Country Artist and Top Country Album for Kick the Dust Up, which has spawned three No. 1 songs, at this year’s Billboard Music Awards. The show will air live from Las Vegas May 22nd at 8pm ET on ABC.

    Audio / Luke Bryan explains what he’s learned as a performer from his debut album to now.

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    Luke Bryan (evolution as a performer) OC: …good feeling. :60
    “From first album to now is, you know, back then, I didn’t even know how to get myself necessarily ready for five shows in a row or take care of myself and even exercise properly or eat right to even feel healthy enough to get out there and work my tail off. When you’re out there opening for years, you know, you’re doing 20 minutes. You’re doing 40 minutes. And NOW, I do four or five shows in a row and I’m doing almost two hours, and it’s a different animal. So, just learning how to do all that and learning what it takes. I mean I’ve even learned on what time of the day is probably the best to work out, take care of my voice and be ready to sing. The only time when I get depressed in this business or down is when I can’t sing and do my job like I want to. As long as I can get up there and sing like I feel like that people deserve, and I gave them my best, and that’s a good feeling.”

  • LUKE BRYAN AND JASON DERULO HAVE A DATE…FOR THEIR CMT CROSSROADS EPISODE.

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    Luke Bryan, the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, will be joined by R-&-B star Jason Derulo, for the latest installment of CMT Crossroads premiering May 21st.

    While the two actually had a viral smash hit on Jason’s “Want to Want Me” because of the Sing! App, the two never performed together onstage…until now.

    The pair sang and danced their way through a number of Luke hits, such as “That’s My Kinda Night,” “Country Girl (Shake It For Me),” “Strip It Down” and “Move,” as well as Jason’s “Want to Want Me,” “Talk Dirty to Me,” “Trumpets” and his new single “If It Ain’t Love.”

    The CMT Crossroads episode featuring Luke and Jason will air May 21st at 10pm ET on CMT.

  • MOTHER’S DAY LINERS 2016

    Brothers Osborne / Canaan Smith / Clare Dunn / Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Eric Church / Eric Paslay / George Strait / Jon Pardi / Josh Turner / Kacey Musgraves / Keith Urban / Kelleigh Bannen / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt / Shania Twain

    Audio / LINER Brothers Osborne (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! What’s up guys! We’re Brothers Osborne, wishing all you mothers out there a very, very Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Canaan Smith (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! What’s up, guys? I’m Canaan Smith. Happy Mother’s Day!”

    Audio / LINER Clare Dunn (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! What’s up? This is Clare Dunn, hoping you have a Happy Mother’s Day.”

     

    Audio / LINER Darius (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey y’all, what’s up? This is Darius Rucker, hoping you have a Happy Mother’s Day.

    Audio / LINER Dierks (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey, y’all! This is Dierks Bentley, wishing all you mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Eric Church (Mother’s Day) 1

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    “Hey everybody! This is Eric Church, wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day, mom!”

    Audio / LINER Eric Paslay (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! This is Eric Paslay. Happy Mother’s Day to all you awesome Mom’s out there.”

    Audio / LINER George Strait (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi! This is George Strait, wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Jon Pardi (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey y’all, it’s Jon Pardi. I want to wish all the mamas out there a very Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Josh Turner (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi! This is Josh Turner, wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Kacey Musgraves (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! It’s Kacey Musgraves. To all you mothers out there, Happy Mother’s Day!”

     

    Audio / LINER Keith Urban (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi everyone, it’s Keith Urban. Hoping all the mothers out there have a very, very Happy Mother’s Day. Love ya, Mom!”

    Audio / LINER Kelleigh Bannen (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi! I’m Kelleigh Bannen, hoping you have a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER LBT (Mother’s Day)

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    “(ALL) Hi! This is Little Big Town. (KIMBERLY) We want to wish all you mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day. I love ya, Mama!”

    Audio / LINER Luke Bryan (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! It’s Luke Bryan, hoping all you mothers out there have a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Sam Hunt (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! This is Sam Hunt, wishing you a very Happy Mother’s Day.

    Audio / LINER Shania Twain (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi! This is Shania Twain. Happy Mother’s Day.”

  • LUKE BRYAN AND SAM HUNT ARE BIG WINNERS AT THIS YEAR’S ACC AWARDS.

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    Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt took home a pair of trophies each at Sunday night’s American Country Countdown Awards. Luke, who performed his latest single “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day,” was presented Male Vocalist of the Year award, as well as the night’s top honor, Artist of the Year. Sam performed his latest single, “Make You Miss Me,” and was awarded Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Digital Album of the Year for Montevallo.

    Chris Stapleton’s Traveller was named Album of the Year, while Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” won Digital Song of the Year.

    Toby Keith wrapped the night with a tribute to the late Merle Haggard. He performed a medley of some of Merle’s biggest hits — “Mama Tried,” “Today I Started Loving You Again,” “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink,” “Workin Man Blues,” “Silver Wings” and “Okie From Muskogee.”

    Other winners included Carrie Underwood, Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett, Old Dominion and Florida Georgia Line.

    The show is based on country music’s longest-running radio countdown show, American Country Countdown. Winners were determined by radio airplay charts, sales and streaming data from April 1st, 2015 to March 28th, 2016.

    Photo credit: Sounds Like Nashville

  • LUKE BRYAN’S CRASH MY PLAYA WILL RETURN FOR A THIRD TIME!

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    Four-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan, along with CID Presents, announces the third year of Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa, an all-inclusive concert vacation set for January 19-22, 2017 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. After two sold-out years, the hottest country music destination event is back for 2017. The Caribbean beach vacation features Luke headlining two of the four nightly concerts, with additional performers to be announced soon.

    “This experience for my fans has more than exceeded our expectations,” said Luke. “From start to finish, everyone has the best time and it’s something my band, crew and I look forward to all year-long. We love kicking off the New Year this way!”

    Fans can choose from eight tropical resorts including the newly added Dreams Tulum, Grand Velas and Secrets Akumal and enjoy royal treatment all weekend long – all-inclusive food and drink, 24-hour concierge service, daily onsite activities, offsite adventures like deep sea fishing, zip-lining, and ATV tours, excursions including day trips to Tulum, official Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa merchandise package, and more. To see highlights from 2016’s event go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tVifNAb1bY .

    “We can’t wait to return to the beautiful coastline of Riviera Maya Mexico with the most passionate country music fans in the world for the third installment of Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa. Luke has been an incredible partner and co-producer for the past two years and we are looking forward to sharing what we have in store for 2017,” said Dan Berkowitz of CID Presents.

    Citi is the official card of Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa. Citi cardmembers will have access to all-inclusive packages with presale tickets through Citi’s Private Pass Program beginning Monday, April 25 at 1pm EDT and tickets will be made available to the general public on Wednesday, April 27 at 1pm EDT. “We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Luke Bryan and offer Citi cardmembers early ticket access to these much anticipated live dates,” said Jennifer Breithaupt, Managing Director of Media, Advertising & Global Entertainment, Citi. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

    For more information about Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa 2017, how to book four or five night all-inclusive packages, and details on new payment plans, please visit: www.crashmyplaya.com.

    About Luke Bryan:

    Luke Bryan, named twice as Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and Country Music Association (CMA), debuted his first album in 2007 and has since placed 15 singles at No. 1 and sold eight million albums with 30 million digital tracks from his five studio albums. He is currently headlining his “Kill The Lights Tour” in promotion of his Platinum-selling, No. 1-debuting album, “Kill The Lights,” which became the best-selling country album of 2015 and the 10th biggest selling album on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 year-end list.

    About CID Presents:

    CID Presents is the boutique, end-to-end event production branch of CID Entertainment. CID Presents designs, produces and operates once-in-a-lifetime music destination events for super fans. The company maintains expansive entertainment industry ties and holds expertise in luxury guest services, hospitality, concert production and promotion. CID Presents seamlessly integrates concert and travel logistics into unparalleled music experiences. CID’s team of experts are passionate music fans who share in a vision of producing exclusive and intimate experiences where everyone is a VIP and no detail is overlooked. These multi-sensory, creative productions include: Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa, Phish: Riviera Maya, and the recently announced Mad Decent Beach Party. www.cidpresents.com