Eric Church is getting ready to head overseas for a tour that will take him throughout Europe. He kicks off the trek February 29th in Stockholm, Sweden, and will make stops in Norway, Germany, Switzerland and Amsterdam before performing three dates during the C2C Festival (Country to Country) – Dublin, Ireland (March 11th), Glasgow, Scotland (March 12th) and London, England (March 13th). Kacey Musgraves and Chris Stapleton are also on the bill for the C2C dates.
Eric, who’s previously toured across the pond, is looking forward to performing for the fans. “There’s two different parts of Europe. There’s the English-speaking, there’s the U.K., and there’s interior Europe. We go into interior Europe and play. We go to Germany. We go to Sweden. We go to Norway. We go to Switzerland, we go to the Netherlands,” says Eric. “It’s so interesting to me when you get in places where English is not the primary, the first language, but music is, and you go there and you see the power of what music can do in these places that they can’t speak any English, but they can sing every word. It’s really something.”
The North Carolina native has hit the airwaves with his latest single, “Record Year,” from his Mr. Misunderstood album.
Eric is nominated for six ACM Awards, including his first-ever ACM Entertainer of the Year nod, as well as Male Vocalist, Album for Mr. Misunderstood, Video for “Mr. Misunderstood” and Vocal Event of the Year for “Raise ‘Em Up” with Keith Urban. He’s also nominated for Song of the Year with Keith for “Raise ‘Em Up” (award also goes to artist). The 51st Academy of Country Music Awards will air live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 3rd on CBS.
Audio / Eric Church talks about performing in Europe.
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“I’m looking forward to Europe. We’ve played there one other time, and there’s two different parts of Europe. There’s the English-speaking, there’s the U.K., and there’s interior Europe. We go into interior Europe and play. We go to Germany. We go to Sweden. We go to Norway. We go to Switzerland, we go to the Netherlands. It’s so interesting to me when you get in places where English is not the primary, the first language, but music is, and you go there and you see the power of what music can do in these places that they can’t speak any English, but they can sing every word. It’s really something.”