Luke Bryan, the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year and two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year, will embark on a brand new tour in early 2016, “Kill The Lights Tour.”  The first leg will launch on February, 16 in Evansville, Indiana with guests Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch.

Ticket on sales for the “Kill The Lights Tour” begin in November. Citi is the official credit card of Luke’s “Kill the Lights Tour.”  Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning in November through Citi’s Private Pass Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Live Nation is the national tour promoter.

Last week, Luke wrapped his seventh annual “Farm Tour” after multiple weather delays caused a shift in concert dates along the way. The tour brought 110,000 fans to the seven cities that played so far with the Columbia, South Carolina rescheduled date to be announced soon. 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. To see highlights from “Farm Tour” watch the new LBTV episode at http://youtu.be/WZqotCoRJDs.

Luke’s current headline tour, “Kick the Dust Up Tour,” will come to a close the end of this month as it plays a final Sold-Out stadium date in Detroit, Michigan on October, 30 at Ford Field.

2016 “Kill the Lights Tour” first leg:

2-18        Evansville, IN                       Ford Center

2-19        Peoria, IL                              Peoria Civic Center Arena

2-20        Cedar Falls, IA                     UNI Dome

2-25        Montreal, QC                       Bell Centre

2-26        Uncasville, CT                      Mohegan Sun Arena *

2-27        Uncasville, CT                      Mohegan Sun Arena *

3-8          Las Cruces, NM                   Pan American Center

3-11        Little Rock, AR                    Verizon Arena *

3-12        Bossier City, LA                   CenturyLink Center *

4-7          Charleston, WV                   Charleston Civic Center Coliseum

4-8          Baltimore, MD                     Royal Farms Arena

4-9          Syracuse, NY                        Carrier Dome

4-14        Toledo, OH                           The Huntington Center

4-15        State College, PA                 Bryce Jordan Center

4-16        Charlottesville, VA              John Paul Jones Arena

4-21        Missoula, MT                       Adams Center

4-22        Bozeman, MT                      Brick Breeden Fieldhouse

4-29        Concord, CA                        Concord Pavilion

4-30        Fresno, CA                            Save Mart Center

5-12        Omaha, NE                           CenturyLink Center

5-13        Wichita, KS                           INTRUST Bank Arena

5-14        Oklahoma City, OK            Chesapeake Energy Arena

Dates & Cities subject to change

*no Little Big Town

About Luke Bryan
Since the debut of his first album in 2007, Luke Bryan has placed 14 singles at #1 and sold nearly 8 million albums with 30 million digital tracks from his five studio albums. He has been named Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music (twice) and the Country Music Association. Luke’s new album Kill The Lights recently debuted at #1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts. This is Luke’s third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. Kill The Lights was the third-largest-selling album debut in all genres at the time of release in August, after R&B / hip hop releases from Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Kill The Lights is also the highest country album debut in the last two years, since his own Crash My Party debuted at #1 in August 2013.

About Little Big Town
Grammy Award-winning country group, Little Big Town–consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook– first entered the music scene more than 16 years ago with hits such as “Boondocks,” “Bring It On Home,” “Good As Gone,” and Grammy-nominated single “Little White Church.” With albums Tornado and Painkiller  they have seen massive success with #1 singles “Pontoon,” “Tornado,” “Day Drinking,” and most recently the history-making, best-selling country single of 2015, with “Girl Crush.” The group has earned over 30 award show nominations and in the past 4 years has taken home 10 awards including a Grammy, multiple CMA and ACM awards, and an Emmy award.

About Dustin Lynch
Since releasing his Platinum debut single, “Cowboys And Angels,” Lynch has catapulted onto the country music scene. Racking up over 35 million views on YouTube/VEVO, notching 76 million plus streams on Spotify, soaring to #1 on the MTV MusicMeter and selling 2.7 million digital singles, he brings a fresh combination of traditional influences and edgy intensity to the genre. Producers Mickey Jack Cones, Brett Beavers and Luke Wooten showcase his progressive sound throughout his sophomore album, Where It’s At (Broken Bow Records), which debuted at #1 on the iTunes Country Albums Chart upon release and delivered consecutive #1 smashes – “Hell Of A Night” and Platinum-certified, multi-week chart-topper “Where It’s At” – along with his latest single “Mind Reader.” Previously opening for Keith Urban, he is igniting crowds nationwide on Luke Bryan’s 2015 “Kick the Dust Up Tour” and will embark on his first-ever headlining “Hell Of A Night Tour” this November. For information on Dustin Lynch, visit DustinLynchMusic.com.

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Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt are two of the latest performers to be announced for this year’s CMA Awards. They’re joined by Jason Aldean and Blake Shelton, who will also perform during the show. Previously announced performers include Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini, Maddie & Tae, Eric Church with Hank Williams, Jr., Keith Urban with John Mellencamp and Thomas Rhett with Fall Out Boy.

Luke, who is the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, is nominated in that category again in 2015 (he received his first nomination in the Entertainer category in 2013). He is also nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year (he has been nominated in this category every year since 2012). He received his first CMA Awards nomination in 2010 for New Artist of the Year.

Sam Hunt, who is making his way up the country charts with “Break Up in a Small Town,” is nominated in three categories: New Artist of the Year, plus Single and Song of the Year for “Take your Time,” which he co-wrote with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne.

The 49th Annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 4th at 8pm ET on ABC.

Luke Bryan has climbed to the top of both the Billboard and Country Aircheck country charts this week with his latest smash, “Strip It Down.”

The reigning CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year co-wrote the song with Ross Copperman and Jon Nite. “I heard the piano part and we just started doing lyrics and singing lyrics with that mood and then the title ‘Strip It Down’ came out of that. And then we start in that chorus where you talk about, you know, belt turn loose from these old blue jeans and all that stuff was so visual,” says Luke. “I remember we were like feeling really, really good about this song in the moment. We finished writing it. They close up and head home and a couple of days later Jon and Ross got together and finished the track and sang it and the second I heard it I was like home run.”

Luke is nominated for Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year. The 49th Annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 4th on ABC.

Sam Hunt leads the list of the country nominees for this year’s American Music Awards. The “Break Up in a Small Town” singer picked up three nominations, including overall New Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Country Artist and Country Album of the Year (for Montevallo).

Luke Bryan scores two nominations including overall Artist of the Year and Favorite Male Country Artist. The Artist of the Year nominees also include Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor and The Weeknd. The 10 nominees will be narrowed to five based on the votes received through NOVEMBER 11th at 11:59p (ET) and the winner will be determined by the total votes received throughout the entire voting period.

Voting opened today in all categories except for New Artist of the Year. Fans can vote for each category once per day, per platform in any (or many) of the below ways:

Via AMAvote.com

Posting a status on FACEBOOK that includes the nominee’s name and the category’s hashtag within the post(s).

Posting a tweet on TWITTER that includes the nominee’s name or TWITTER handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post(s).

Voting for New Artist of the Year Presented by KOHL’s and Collaboration of the Year Un-leashed by T-MOBILE will open on NOVEMBER 1st at 12:01a (ET).

Winners will be announced when Jennifer Lopez hosts the AMA ceremony, live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles November 22nd at 8pm ET on ABC. For more information, check out TheAMAs.com.

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Bryan
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Nicki Minaj
One Direction
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
The Weeknd

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KOHL’S
Fetty Wap
Sam Hunt
Tove Lo
Walk The Moon
The Weeknd

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST — COUNTRY
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST — COUNTRY
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE DUO or GROUP — COUNTRY
Zac Brown Band
Florida Georgia Line
Little Big Town

FAVORITE ALBUM — COUNTRY 
Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt
Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes
Sam Hunt, Montevallo

Luke Bryan and Eric Church, along with Carrie Underwood have been announced as headliners for the 2016 Stagecoach Country Music Festival April 29th and 30th and May 1st. The three-day event in Indio, California, will also include performances by Sam Hunt, Eric Paslay, Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton, Chris Young, The Band Perry, Dustin Lynch, A Thousand Horses and Old Dominion.

Lauren Alaina was chosen as this year’s hottest bachelorette by Nash Country Weekly readers. Lauren’s self-titled EP is available now, and it includes her single “Next Boyfriend.”

Keith Urban joined Taylor Swift during her sold-out 1989 Tour stop in Toronto, to perform with the pop superstar. The pair collaborated on his 2002 No. 1 hit “Somebody Like You,” along with his most recent chart-topper, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16.”

Lady Antebellum will perform at the NASH Presents Hearts Unsung – a special evening of music benefiting Childrens Miracle Network Hospitals. The event will take place November 9th at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center and will be part of the full-length feature film, Hearts Unsung in theaters nationwide January 21st.

Luke Bryan postponed his Thursday night Farm Tour stop in Lexington, Kentucky and Saturday night’s show in Columbia, South Carolina due to weather. The Lexington show will now take place Tuesday (October 6th), while Columbia’s stop has been rescheduled for October 11th. Luke posted a statement on Twitter, saying, “Postponing a show is so difficult for me because I know it is an inconvenience to the people that make my life amazing. The fans. Very sorry!” For more details, go to LukeBryan.com.

UPDATE: Luke has now canceled Friday night’s Farm Tour date in Knoxville. It has yet to be scheduled as of 1:50p CT.

Darius Rucker will appear in The Grand Ole Opry’s first feature film, American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry. The movie will hit select U.S. Carmike Cinemas for a limited engagement beginning December 4th. The concert film will also feature performances by Opry members Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton, as well as The Band Perry and Brett Eldredge.

Dierks Bentley celebrated his 10th anniversary of being a member of the Grand Ole Opry this week, and he brought along a special guest: his dog Jake, who was also on hand when he became a member of the famed institution.

Toby Keith is set to perform on the new TBS series Neighborhood Sessions October 16th. The show was recorded in Toby’s hometown of Moore, Oklahoma, and will feature several of his hits, along with some songs from his new album, 35 mph Town, available October 9th.

Canaan Smith‘s ‘American Muscle’ will be used for ESPN’s College GameDay this season. You can also find the song on his debut album, Bronco.

Luke Bryan takes on the Chicago Bulls’ Jimmy Butler in a basketball game. Guess who wins? Check out the latest episode of LBTV below.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., – October 1, 2015 – The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will host a special appearance by Luke Bryan on Sunday, November 1st, at 2 p.m., in the museum’s  CMA Theater. The reigning ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year will discuss his career and perform a short acoustic set in support of the exhibition Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary, presented by Citi. The panel will be hosted by Joseph Hudak, Senior Editor at Rolling Stone Country.

The program is included with museum admission and free to museum members. Seating is limited; museum members may reserve via TicketFly.com beginning at 10 a.m. on October 8. Bryan is offering access to pre-sale tickets for his Nuthouse members only, October 8-14. Fans can sign up here to become a member. The general public will be able to reserve tickets beginning at 10 a.m. on October 10. For assistance with reservations, please call 615-416-2001 or email reservations@countrymusichalloffame.org.
Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary, which ends its run on November 8th, examines the singer-songwriter’s roots and rise to stardom.

Artifacts on display include:

Little League baseball uniform and glove

Second grade school backpack and denim jacket

First guitar, which his parents gave him when he was fourteen

A script from his high school production of Annie Get Your Gun, in which Luke starred

Handwritten lyrics to his 2014 chart-topping single “I See You”

Stage props from his spring break concerts

Tour posters

Stage clothes worn by Bryan at concerts and award shows

Music awards, including trophies for his ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year wins

Bow and arrows used by Bryan on the Outdoor Channel reality series Buck Commander: Protected by Under Armour.
Since the debut of his first album in 2007, Luke Bryan has placed 13 singles at #1 and sold nearly 8 million albums with 30 million digital tracks from his five studio albums. He has been named Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music (twice) and the Country Music Association. Bryan’s recent album Kill The Lights recently debuted at #1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts. This is Bryan’s third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. Kill The Lights is the third-largest-selling album debut in 2015, after R&B / hip hop releases from Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Kill The Lights is also the highest country album debut in the last two years, since Bryan’s Crash My Party debuted at #1 in August 2013.

Bryan is taking his “Kick the Dust Up Tour” across North America in 2015 and to date has sold out eight stadium shows. This fall he will embark on his seventh annual Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2015, performing in eight cities across the South, granting college scholarships to local students from farming families in communities where the tour plays.

For more information about the exhibit, click here. Follow @countrymusichof on Twitter and join the conversation using #ThisIsLukeBryan. Public programming for Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary is made possible, in part, by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation.

Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights remains at the top of the country album chart this week, selling another nearly 28,000 copies to also land him at Top 10 on the overall Billboard Hot 200 chart, as well. The collection features his previous No. 1 single “Kick the Dust Up,” as well as his current hit, “Strip It Down,” which is the Top downloaded country song.

Luke says “Strip It Down” is a magical moment on his album. “This is my fifth album and I’ve never really done like that slow dance, take your girl and have a big ole, big ole night of romance and all that, and ‘Strip It Down’ kind of does that and I’m interested to see how the fans react to that,” says Luke. “I do feel like ‘Strip It Down’ is a really, really special moment on the CD, and I don’t think three years ago I could have delivered a song like ‘Strip It Down’ like I wanted to, but it felt right the way we wrote it…the loft at me and Caroline’s house is kind of my little writing room and kind of got some good vibes going on in there writing some good songs. But Ross and Jon came out there, and we knocked out ‘Strip It Down,’ and it was a pretty magical moment.”

The Georgia native kicks off this year’s Farm Tour Wednesday (September 30th) in Fort Wayne, Indiana.