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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 has shot the video for his latest smash hit, “Break Up in a Small Town,” and it’s getting close to being released to his fans. He says it’s probably the most expensive music video he’s made so far in his career.

“It’s probably, in terms of production, the biggest investment we’ve made in a music video,” says Sam at his recent multi-song No. 1 party. “We got to burn down a house in the video, so that was pretty fun.”

Be on the lookout for the clip to premiere on Vevo next week.

In the meantime, Sam is currently up for three CMA Awards, including New Artist and Single and Song of the Year for “Take Your Time.”

Kacey Musgraves covered “A Spoonful of Sugar” for the forthcoming We Love Disney collection, available October 30^th.  “It’s kind of this really fun western swing, like very Disney,” she tells SPIN magazine. “There’s bird whistling and it’s so fun. It was one of the funnest things. I do love getting outside of my world and stepping into a challenge like that, especially if it is like a whimsical, larger-than-life kind of thing.”

“They’re the type of songs that are just engrained in you since you were a kid and you can’t help but associate them with nothing but fun,” adds Kacey. “There’s something very classic about those songs. They weren’t written to appease today’s generation or the next one. They’re just the songs.”

Gwen Stefani, Ariana Grande and Jason Derulo, among others, are also featured on the soundtrack due out later this month.

Kacey is currently on the airwaves with “Dime Store Cowgirl” and on the road with her country and Western Rhinestone Revue.

In other notes, Kacey is featured in the new issue of Country Living magazine listing some of her favorite things, including her three-legged dog, Pearl, her favorite Thanksgiving side dish (sweet potato casserole) and her favorite ride.