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Eric Church is looking forward to kicking off his 2019 Double Down Tour on Friday and Saturday (January 18th and 19th) in Omaha, Nebraska. He’ll play two nights in each city (except for Nashville in which he’ll play Nissan Stadium) and perform six albums worth of material. Unlike his Holdin’ My Own Tour in 2017 where he would sometimes play four different cities in less than a week (a trek that nearly killed him), he has spaced out his shows to a city a week. You might want to catch both nights on tour, since he’s planning on changing his set list between Friday and Saturday.

“Some people may be surprised to learn that there’s only about five songs from our back catalog that are gonna be both nights. I’m going to play most of the Desperate Man over the two nights; probably six a night for those, but they’re not gonna be what they think. So, we’ll play ‘Smoke a Little Smoke’ one night, but you won’t get it the next. You’ll get ‘Drink in My Hand’ the next, but you won’t get it the first one,” says Eric. “So, we’re gonna make this a little bit where they’ll be those songs in there, but they won’t be both nights unless you go to both nights. It’s just the way we’re gonna do it. I think we can do it. I think our catalog will let us do it. If you come, you’re gonna hear ‘Sinners Like Me’ one night, but not both nights. And I think that it’ll make it interesting for the people that are coming, and it’ll make the show fun for us.”

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Eric is hitting the airwaves with his new song, “Some of It,” from his recent album, Desperate Man.

Eric Church’s 2019 Double Down Tour Dates:
January 18, 2019     Omaha, NE                CHI Health Center+
January 19, 2019     Omaha, NE                CHI Health Center+
January 25, 2019     St. Louis, MO            Enterprise Center+
January 26, 2019     St. Louis, MO            Enterprise Center+
February 1, 2019     Boston, MA               TD Garden+
February 2, 2019     Boston, MA               TD Garden+
February 8, 2019     Minneapolis, MN      Target Center+
February 9, 2019     Minneapolis, MN      Target Center+
February 15, 2019   Detroit, MI                 Little Caesars Arena+
February 16, 2019   Detroit, MI                 Little Caesars Arena+
February 22, 2019   Cincinnati, OH           U.S. Bank Arena*
February 23, 2019   Cincinnati, OH           U.S. Bank Arena*
March 1, 2019         Kansas City, MO        Sprint Center+
March 2, 2019         Kansas City, MO        Sprint Center+
March 8, 2019         Toronto, ON               Scotiabank Arena+
March 9, 2019         Toronto, ON               Scotiabank Arena+
March 15, 2019       Greensboro, NC         Greensboro Coliseum+
March 16, 2019       Greensboro, NC         Greensboro Coliseum+
March 22, 2019       Chicago, IL                Allstate Arena*
March 23, 2019       Chicago, IL                Allstate Arena*
March 29, 2019       Milwaukee, WI          Fiserv Forum+
March 30, 2019       Milwaukee, WI          Fiserv Forum+
April 12, 2019         Dallas, TX                 American Airlines Center*
April 13, 2019         Dallas, TX                 American Airlines Center*
April 19, 2019         Cleveland, OH           Quicken Loans Arena*
April 20, 2019         Cleveland, OH           Quicken Loans Arena*
April 26, 2019         Greenville, SC           Bon Secours Wellness Arena*
April 27, 2019         Greenville, SC           Bon Secours Wellness Arena*
May 3, 2019            Pittsburgh, PA            PPG Paints Arena+
May 4, 2019            Pittsburgh, PA            PPG Paints Arena+
May 10, 2019          Denver, CO                Pepsi Center*
May 11, 2019          Denver, CO                Pepsi Center*
May 17, 2019          Los Angeles, CA       STAPLES Center*
May 18, 2019          Los Angeles, CA       STAPLES Center*
May 25, 2019          Nashville, TN            Nissan Stadium#
June 28, 2019          George, WA               The Gorge Amphitheatre#
June 29, 2019          George, WA               The Gorge Amphitheatre#

Dierks Bentley is gearing up for his Burning Man Tour 2019, which kicks off Thursday (January 17th) in Hamilton, Ontario. He’s taking pal Jon Pardi along for the ride for the third time, and Dierks recalls he was “nuts” over hearing Jon perform for the first time nearly 10 years ago.

“The first time I heard Jon I was sitting on my bus, we were playing a show out in California somewhere, kind of a random gig, and I heard this voice and I heard the band. I hear a lot of music over the course of a year on the road, and there’s just that one small thing that makes something stand out to you. I remember hearing it on my bus, through the walls of my bus, we were pretty far from the stage, and going, ‘Okay, there’s something really cool going on,’” says Dierks. “I got off the bus and went down there and watched this guy, and he was brand new. He had a steel guitar player that had a pet squirrel that lived inside his shirt. You can’t make this stuff up. I mean, it was a rogue band. It was early on, and this guy he’s out there just slaying it, slinging these words out there and playing telecaster. I was like, ‘This guy is going to be someone.’ I called my booking agent Jay Williams and said, ‘This guy’s great, man,’ and this is probably 10 years ago.”

Newcomer Tenille Townes will also be on the road with Dierks and Jon.

Dierks is sitting inside the Top 5 on the country charts with his current hit, “Burning Man,” featuring Brothers Osborne.

Travis Denning has released his brand new song, “After A Few,” which he wrote with Kelly Archer and Justin Weaver.

Travis says everyone can relate to the song’s message. “I think this song really is just about that story that a lot of people can relate to – being attracted to someone that probably logically in your head is not real, but something in your heart keeps taking you back,” he says. “I mean I know that’s a subject we talk about all the time, but we do it because it’s real.”

Travis joins Luke Bryan, Lauren Alaina, Jon Langston, Thomas Rhett, Luke Combs, Chris Janson, Jake Owen, Dustin Lynch, Chris Janson and Mitchell Tenpenny, among others at this year’s Crash My Playa event at the end of the month.

On Wednesday, January 16, Vince Gill will take the stage with five exceptionally talented, young guitar players at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley. Ever the steward of musical excellence, the 21-time Grammy award-winning artist is excited to share the spotlight with emerging artists in what will surely be a show to remember.

The players — Claudio Tristano, Justus West, Stephan Hogan, Tony Pierce of Pierce Avenue and Arielle — were all participants in the Guitar Center’s OnStage contest held in Los Angeles in 2016. Tristano, the winner of the competition, was awarded an opening slot on one of Gill’s tour dates. In true Gill form, he extended his generosity to the remaining four competitors and eventually the concept evolved into one joint concert. Each artist will bring their own distinct sound – from rangy, emotive solos to hot country licks and hard-rocking rhythms.

“Vince Gill and 5 Guitar Players He’s Crazy About” will take place at 3rd & Lindsley on January 16 at 8pm CT.

Lauren Alaina’s job is to entertain people with her voice, her music and sometimes her laugh. When she’s making people smile or laugh, she says she’s at her happiest.

“I am such a people person. I just love people. I love being around people,” says Lauren. “I love to make people smile. I love to make people laugh. I love to be the goofball that’s like lifting people’s spirits, because that makes me happy. Making other people happy makes me happy. I know that sounds cheesy, but it is the truth. I signed up for the best job in the world because I get to meet lots and lots of people and it makes me so happy.”

Lauren, who is currently making her way up the country charts with “Ladies in the ‘90s,” will make lots of people happy when she hits the road with Blake Shelton on the Friends and Heroes Tour. The trek, which also features Trace Adkins and the Bellamy Brothers, will kick off February 14th in Oklahoma City.

Keith Urban released a couple of new songs as part of Spotify Singles, which includes a new recording of his latest song, “Never Coming Down,” as well as the current Dance/Electronic No. 1 song, “Happier,” by Marshmello, featuring Bastille. You can find them in the “Latest Release” section on Keith’s Spotify profile.

Lauren Alaina will be the featured performer at the 2019 Symphony Fashion Show May 14th at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Songs from Vince Gill, Keith Urban, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Taylor Swift, Trisha Yearwood, Johnny Cash and many more will be included in the new Time Life collection, CMA Awards Live: Greatest Moments 1968-2015, a 3-DVD collector’s set.

Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Kacey Musgraves, George Strait and many more have teamed up with the legendary Ronnie Milsap to record some of his biggest hits for the new collection, Ronnie Milsap: The Duets. The 13-track album will be released January 18th.

While in New Zealand over the holidays, Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne and his wife Lucie Silvas were a long way from home when they found out their four-legged baby was missing. A nephew was watching Barley when she freaked out over fireworks on New Year’s Eve and ran away. In fact, Barley is actually a walking miracle because she ended up five miles away outside of TJ Osborne‘s house.

FOUND!!!

She freaked because of fireworks then left my (John’s) house and walked 5 miles/6 hrs to TJ’s. Haha. Unbelievable.

Thank y’all for the kind words.

Happy New Year!!! https://t.co/qcEQU8SBd1

— Brothers Osborne (@brothersosborne) January 1, 2019

When they came home, they had to have a serious “conversation” with Barley in which Mom Lucie told her, “You know, it’s not that your father and I don’t trust you, it’s just that you’re at that age where you could be easily influenced by things.”

Sometimes you have to sit down and talk with your children. Person to person. pic.twitter.com/ct9j7NKw38

— Brothers Osborne (@brothersosborne) January 9, 2019

The Brothers, who recently released “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You),” hit the road again on Thursday (January 10th) in Chicago.

Multiple Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves will hit the festival circuit this summer, becoming the first-ever female country artist to play Coachella on Friday, April 12th and 19th before going on to play Governors Ball Saturday, June 1st, Bonnaroo Saturday, June 15th, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival Sunday, June 23rd. These highly-coveted festival slots follow Kacey’s sold-out North American dates on her headlining Oh, What A World: Tour, which kicked off last night (January 9th) in Indianapolis, with stops in major cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Atlanta (see below for full list of dates).

Kacey toured extensively through 2018, touring with both Harry Styles and Little Big Town in addition to her own headlining dates. Kacey’s live shows have received rave reviews, with The Detroit Free Press proclaiming her set a “musical delight,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution pronouncing “Musgraves is one of the keenest songwriters of her generation,” and NPR observing, “Kacey Musgraves is magnetic — there are no two ways about it. It’s not just that she can sing like a bird and write like a bard. It’s the calm charisma that a person who knows exactly who she is and wishes the same for others can’t help but exude.”

The massive critical acclaim that Kacey’s third studio album, Golden Hour, was met with upon release shows no signs of slowing down going into 2019, earning Kacey four GRAMMY nominations for Album of the Year and Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance for “Butterflies,” and Best Country Song for “Space Cowboy.” Kacey will celebrate the week leading up to the 61st GRAMMY Awards with “An Evening with Kacey Musgraves,” a special benefit for the GRAMMY Museum on Tuesday, February 5th and a performance at the 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute concert honoring Dolly Parton on Friday, February 8th. These honors follow Kacey’s historic Album of the Year win at the 2018 CMA Awards, with Kacey becoming the first female to win the category in four years and only the sixth female in the show’s 52-year history to do so.

Go to kaceymusgraves.com for more information on tour dates, her music and more.

Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley will launch the winter leg of his 2019 BURNING MAN TOUR next week in Canada. Ahead of the run, he and tourmates Jon Pardi and Tenille Townes converged at the rink for some ice capades-inspired choreography to prepare. Olympic medalist and Good Morning America correspondent Adam Rippon offered his thoughts via Twitter, commenting “I am obsessed with skating’s newest star: @DierksBentley. You are such a beauty my friend.”

Studied a lot of your routines…and watched a lot of Blades of Glory! Ha. Love to see you out at one of our shows. I’ll pack my my skates, feathers and lace in case you want a have skate-off. Thanks Adam! https://t.co/j84y7RIoJ4

— Dierks Bentley (@DierksBentley) January 10, 2019

Nearly 25 cities across the US and Canada will have a chance to catch the first leg of the tour through March, named after Bentley’s “most affecting song” (Rolling Stone) and current Top 5 hit single “Burning Man.” Tickets are available now at dierks.com.

2019 BURNING MAN TOUR Dates:
1/17/19    Hamilton, ON – FirstOntario Centre
1/18//19   Ottawa, ON – Richcraft Live at the Canadian Tire Centre
1/19/19    Oshawa, ON – Tribute Communities Centre
1/22/19    Winnipeg, MB – Bell MTS Place
1/23/19    Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre
1/24/19    Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
1/26/19    Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
1/28/19    Kelowna, BC – Prospera Place
1/29/19    Vancouver, BC – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
1/31/19    Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena
2/1/19      Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
2/2/19      Eugene, OR – Matthew Knight Arena
2/14/19    Ontario, CA – Citizens Business Bank Arena
2/15/19    Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center
2/16/19    Reno, NV – Reno Events Center
2/21/19    Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
2/22/19    Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
2/23/19    Columbia, MO – Mizzou Arena
2/28/19    Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
3/01/19    Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
3/02/19    Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center Omaha
3/07/19    Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center
3/08/19    Duluth, MN – AMSOIL Arena
3/09/19    Grand Forks, ND – Alerus Center
3/28/19    Toledo, OH – Huntington Center
3/29/19    Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
3/30/19    Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena

Pegged as “one of Country music’s most enviable brands, equal parts affability and authenticity” (Forbes), Bentley continues to be a dominant voice for the genre with over 8.6 billion overall digital streams.  Reaching a new creative high while “making music designed to challenge” (New York Times), Bentley co-wrote 10 of his current album THE MOUNTAIN’s (Capitol Records Nashville) 13 tracks, which earned him the highest debut sales  of his career and became his seventh chart-topping album. Critics continue to applaud “one of the most joyful, brazen, and cohesive collections of his career” (Entertainment Weekly) as it was featured as one of “2018 Best Albums” by Esquire, USA Today, Rolling Stone, The Tennessean, and more as it was also of the only Country albums on Billboard’s all-genre year end list. THE MOUNTAIN garnered multiple nominations including “Album of the Year” nods from the ACM and CMAs has been streamed more than 245 million times. Bentley has amassed 17 career No. Ones, billions of digital streams, countless nominations from the  ACMs, Billboard Music Awards and more while earning 13  GRAMMY  nominations – including at least one stemming from each of his last six albums. Bentley will make notable stops throughout the country on his 2019 BURNING MAN TOUR with special guests Jon Pardi, Tenille Townes and the Hot Country Knights, including his return to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena after making a sold-out headlining debut in 2016. For more information, visit www.dierks.com.

Dierks Bentley is gearing up for his Burning Man Tour 2019, which kicks off next week (January 17th) in Hamilton, Ontario. He’s taking pal Jon Pardi along for the ride for the third time, and Dierks couldn’t be happier to have him out with him on tour.

“Every time I have Jon Pardi on the road, I want him to come back out again. He came out with us, me, Cole Swindell and it was Jon, that was a couple of years ago, and I thought, ‘Man, it’ll be great to get Jon one more time in the direct support position; that middle slot,’” says Dierks. “About April of last year, I started looking, I called Jon up and said, ‘Hey! I’d love to make this happen. Let’s see if we can make it happen.’ I think this’ll be the last time he’ll open up for anybody, because he’s ready to do his thing full-time. But so glad I have him back out for one more ride. We have so much fun together. I love his show. Going on after Jon is so ideal because he’s just so great at getting the crowd fired up. Everyone’s having a good time. He’s so charismatic, great songs, obviously great singer, and he’s just a great hang backstage. [He’s] one of my best friends in the business.

Newcomer Tenille Townes  and the incredible ’90s country cover band, Hot Country Nights, will also be on the road with Dierks and Jon.

Dierks is closing in on the top of the country charts with his current hit, “Burning Man,” featuring Brothers Osborne.