NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Wednesday, June 11, 2014) – Capitol recording artist Jon Pardi received a plaque celebrating his first RIAA Gold record for “Up All Night” on Sunday before taking the stage at Riverfront Park for the final day of CMA Music Fest. Pardi’s “Up All Night,” written by Pardi, Bart Butler and Brett Beavers, was the first Top 10 earned by the rising country star.

“This is awesome, man!” said an ecstatic Pardi. “I still can’t believe we sold that many records, but this makes it feel a little more real!”

Pardi follows his eventful weekend with the release of his brand new music video for his latest single, “What I Can’t Put Down.” The video, produced by Tacklebox’s The Edde Brothers, features a unique interactive version* found at www.JonPardi.com where viewers can “choose their own adventure” as the video progresses, from what to drink at the bar to which country gal Pardi dances with.  Find the interactive video HERE; find the regular version available across all video platforms HERE. 

“We shot the video at Whiskey Bent Saloon downtown (Nashville), which is cool because that’s where we started out playing years ago,” shares Pardi. “Then I got to wear my Manuel jackets again for the performance shots – one with my black jacket and an all-black set-up; the other with my white jacket and an all-white set-up.  It was really fun to shoot and I think turned out pretty cool.”

Pardi is currently on the RISER TOUR with Dierks Bentley, Chris Young and Chase Rice. For additional information, music, tour dates and more, visit www.JonPardi.com. 

*The player and the interactive elements will work in all browsers but does require the most up to date version of Adobe Flash 10.2 or higher in order to work properly. You will be automatically prompted to upgrade if not up to date.

The Mobile experience will prompt you to download the Interlude app – this is a free app that is enabled with two simple steps and then immediately plays the video. This is to allow the interactive elements to work on your mobile phone correctly when Flash may not be available.

Photo 1: Jon Pardi receives a plaque celebrating 500,000 singles sold of his RIAA Gold record and Top 10 hit, “Up All Night.”

L-R: Red Light Management’s Melanie Wetherbee, Jon Pardi, UMG Nashville SVP & COO Tom Becci Photo Credit: Alan Poizner

Photo 2: Jon Pardi, joined by his band The All-Nighters, on set of his “What I Can’t Put Down” video shoot.  Photo Credit: Eric Adkins

Jon Pardi (What I Can’t Put Down) 2 OC: …album, I think. :22
“‘Pickin’ Up What I Can’t Put Down’ – that was our new song to bring to the Justin Moore Outlaws Like Me Tour, and right when we started playing that, man, it was just like a different ballgame after that for the crowd on the live show. Then guys and girls would be on Twitter [asking for] ‘Pickin’ Up What I Can’t Put Down,’ or they would remember it. That’s stuff you cannot ignore that for an album, I think.”