Rascal Flatts Announce Their “Summer Playlist Tour” Featuring Star-Studded Opening Acts

Superstar vocal group and the pinnacle of touring warriors Rascal Flatts, announced their stacked headlining SUMMER PLAYLIST TOUR. Kicking off at two thirds of the group’s home state of Ohio with a stop in Cincinnati on May 16, the trio revealed they will be curating a playlist of special guests to join them on the road this summer.

Known for championing artists in the country genre, Rascal Flatts has invited Lee Brice, Billy Currington, Jordan Davis, Jimmie Allen, Morgan Evans and LoCash to join them on select dates along the way. 

“We’ve been so fortunate on our journey to be able to have the best of the best new and established artists join us out on tour,” said Gary LeVox. “It’s been awesome to see those artists go on to such amazing successes. We’re excited this year to be able to have an awesome lineup of special guests, and we’re just ready to get back out on the road this summer. We can already feel that this tour is going to rock, come see it live!”

Fans can purchase tickets now for select cities as part of Live Nation’s Country Megaticket at www.Megaticket.com or beginning Friday, February 15 in Cincinnati, St Louis, Chicago, West Palm Beach and Tampa. Additional dates will continue to rollout over the coming weeks. 

SUMMER PLAYLIST TOUR Dates:
May 16 | Cincinnati, OH
May 17 | St. Louis, MO
May 18 | Tinley Park, IL
May 23 | West Palm Beach, FL
May 24 | Tampa, FL
May 25 | Alpharetta, GA
June 9 | Holmdel, NJ
June 27 | Charlotte, NC
June 28 | Raleigh, NC
June 29 | Virginia Beach, VA
July 5 | Orange Beach, AL
July 6 | Nashville, TN
July 25 | Mountain View, CA
July 26 | Sacramento, CA
August 1 | Irvine, CA
August 2 | San Diego, CA
August 3 | Phoenix, AZ
August 22 | Boston, MA
August 23 | Philadelphia, PA
August 24 | Bristow, VA
August 29 | Sugar Land, TX
August 30 | Dallas, TX
August 31 | Rogers, AR
September 12 | Toronto, ON
September 13 | Darien Center, NY
September 14 | Indianapolis, IN
September 19 | Clarkston, MI
September 20 | Cleveland, OH
September 21 | Burgettstown, PA

**Please check RascalFlatts.com for more information on special guests for each date

Brad Paisley Announces 2019 World Tour

Country music superstar Brad Paisley has announced his 2019 World Tour, which kicks off May 30 in Albuquerque, NM. Special guests on the U. S. tour dates will be Platinum-selling hitmaker Chris Lane and rising singer-songwriter Riley Green. Lane will also be on the European dates. Additional 2019 tour dates to be added soon.

Fans can purchase tickets for all dates now at www.bradpaisley.com. Live Nation is the official promoter of the tour and select cities are part of Live Nation’s Country Megaticket at www.megaticket.com.

2019 World Tour dates:
*February 15   San Antonio, TX                     San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo – AT&T Center
*March 16       Houston, TX                           Houston Rodeo – NRG Stadium
*March 29       Thackerville, OK                    WinStar World Casino
*April 13         Laughlin, NV                          Laughlin Events Center
*April 26         Rama, ON                               Casino Rama Resort
*April 27         Windsor, ON                           The Colosseum at Caesars
May 30            Albuquerque, NM                   Isleta Amphitheater
May 31            Phoenix, AZ                            Ak-Chin Pavilion
June 1              San Diego, CA                        North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 6              Sacramento, CA                      Toyota Amphitheatre
June 7              Mountain View, CA               Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 8              Irvine, CA                               FivePoint Amphitheatre
June 13            Salt Lake City, UT                  USANA Amphitheatre
June 14            Missoula, MT                         Big Sky Brewery
June 15            Ridgefield, WA                       Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
June 27            Rogers, AR                             Walmart AMP
June 28            St. Louis, MO                         Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
**June 29        Oshkosh, WI                           Country USA
**July 13        Prior Lake, MN                       Lakefront Park Music Fest
July 19            Birmingham, AL                     Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 20            Indianapolis, IN                      Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
July 21            Cincinnati, OH                        Riverbend Music Center
July 25            Saratoga Springs, NY             Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 26            Syracuse, NY                          St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
July 27            Boston, MA                            Xfinity Center
August 2          Cleveland, OH                        Blossom Music Center
August 3          Chicago, IL                             Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
**August 4      Davenport, IA                         Mississippi Valley Fair
***August 9    Atlantic City, NJ                     Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
August 10        Bristow, VA                            Jiffy Lube Live
**August 11    Bethlehem, PA                        Musikfest
August 15        Raleigh, NC                            Coastal Credit Union Music Park
August 16        Jacksonville, FL                      Daily’s Place
August 17        West Palm Beach, FL             Coral Sky Amphitheatre
August 22        Orange Beach, AL                  The Wharf Amphitheater
August 23        Alpharetta, GA                       Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
August 24        Charlotte, NC                          PNC Music Pavilion
August 29        Hartford, CT                           XFINITY Theatre
August 30        Wantagh, NY                          Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 31        Holmdel, NJ                            PNC Bank Arts Center
**Sept 22        Puyallup, WA                         Washington State Fair
***October 4  Oslo, Norway                          Oslo Spektrum
***October 5  Copenhagen, Denmark           Royal Arena
***October 6  Stockholm, Sweden                Hovet
***October 9  Berlin, Germany                     Tempodrom
***October 11 Tilburg, Netherlands               013 Poppodium
***October 12 London, England                    The O2 Arena
***October 13 Dublin, Ireland                        3Arena
*Paisley Only
**Festival – includes Paisley and multiple artists
*** Paisley and Chris Lane

Randy Houser Shares Live Performance Videos of New Album Tracks Exclusively With Vevo

Vevo announces the release of Randy Houser‘s live performances for “Our Hearts” and “No Stone Unturned”. The Mississippi native is one of the biggest names in modern country music, with a inimitable voice that the New York Times describes as “wholly different, thicker and more throbbing, a caldron bubbling over.”

“Our Hearts” and “No Stone Unturned” come off his new album Magnolia, released in January. Magnolia is a clear deviation from his mainstream country past, with Houser choosing to self-funded the album, anticipating that he would be told it was too uncommercial.

Fortunately, his label agreed to release, with press and fans alike praising his new stripped-down that emphasized his powerful vocals. Rolling Stone was particularly impressed, calling Houser‘s voice “a terrific instrument, capable of an affecting tenor tone that is canonically country, but also of absurd grows and double-take-inducing low notes that have gone out of fashion in nearly every corner of popular music.” 

Magnolia is available now on all streaming platforms, and be sure to keep up with exclusive content from artists all over the world on YouTube.com/Vevo.

Carrie Underwood’s Hit Anthem “The Champion” Featuring Ludacris Certified Platinum

One year after garnering worldwide attention opening NBC’s Super Bowl LII, Carrie Underwood’s hit event anthem, “The Champion,” featuring Ludacris, has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.  Underwood co-wrote “The Champion” with fellow songwriters Brett James, Chris DeStefano, and Christopher Bridges PKA Ludacris, who Underwood asked to collaborate on the event song produced by Jim Jonsin. NBC Sports also incorporated “The Champion” into its coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Globally, “The Champion” reached No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 10 countries including the U.S. where it held the top spot throughout its release week then rose back to the top of the chart for four consecutive days after the Super Bowl LII opening. The song also debuted Top 5 on the all-genre Top 200 Digital Songs chart and reached No. 7 on the Spotify US Viral 50 Chart with over 151 million streams to date.  The poignant and powerful montage video, directed by Jimmy Lynch, won CMT’s 2018 Video Music Award for Female Video of the Year.  Fans around the world continue to share their own champion-inspired photos and videos across social media using #TheChampion, a key driver to the song’s organic success.

Additionally, “The Champion” is featured as a bonus track on Underwood’s critically-acclaimed, Gold-certified sixth studio album, Cry Pretty. Released in September 2018, Underwood’s first studio album on Capitol Records Nashville, debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Album Charts and was the biggest all-genre debut by a female in 2018.

Co-produced by Underwood and writer/producer David Garcia, that debut earned Underwood a place in music history as the only woman to land four country albums at the top of the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, as well as the first female country act to top the Billboard Artist 100 Chart. The album was the best-selling Country album debut of 2018, as well as the biggest Country album debut since 2015 and the biggest female Country album debut since 2012. Cry Pretty’s debut week also marked the most first week streams by any female in Country music. It is Underwood’s seventh consecutive album to debut at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, representing all of her first seven albums including her Greatest Hits: Decade #1.

Underwood, who is nominated for Country Artist of the Year at the upcoming iHeartRadio Music Awards, was also Apple Music’s most-streamed Country female artist for 2018.  Cry Pretty debuted as the fifth most-streamed Country album in genre history and had the highest solo female debut for all music in 2018.  It recently hit #1 again on the Country Album Charts in January, 2019.  The second single from the album, “Love Wins,” continues to climb the charts.

The seven-time Grammy winner and Pollstar’s three-time top female country touring artist will kick off a new arena tour, The Cry Pretty Tour 360, this Spring.  Sponsored by CALIA, the tour will kick off on May 1 in Greensboro, NC, and will play 55 arenas across the U.S. and Canada and will be promoted by AEG Presents.  She will be joined on tour by special guests Maddie & Tae and Runaway June.

Justin Moore Unveils Music Video For Latest Single “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home”

Multi-PLATINUM-selling Country artist Justin Moore debuted the video for “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home” yesterday (2.5) with PEOPLE, and it’s available everywhere now. This is the lead single from his fifth studio album, LATE NIGHTS AND LONGNECKS, due April 26 via The Valory Music Co.

Each night on stage prior to singing his chart-topping hit “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away,” Moore thanks those who risk their lives daily for others — military, first responders (police, EMTs, firefighters) and nurses. Now, he says teachers unfortunately fall into the category.

Reflecting on how small tragedies in schools, first-responder situations and military effect the full community, Moore wrote “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home” alongside longtime producer Jeremy Stover, Paul Digiovanni (Boys Like Girls), and Chase McGill (Little Big Town, Kenny Chesney, Cole Swindell).  

Directed by Cody Villalobos, a former EMT, the video features real fire fighters and former policemen as actors, and the classroom is a replica from an elementary school in Nevada. Coincidentally, the piece was filmed on Veterans Day 2018, and former military personnel were on set to help with details on how to wear the gear and the use of the equipment.

Moore kicked off 2019 with a headline tour supported by Cody Johnson, Eric Paslay and Riley Green on select dates, and he’s gearing up for extensive touring this Fall. For tickets and more info, visit justinmooremusic.com.

JUSTIN MOORE ON TOUR:
Fri., Feb. 8 /Canton Civic Center / Canton, OH^
Sat., Feb. 9 / Wings Stadium / Kalamazoo, MI^
Thurs., Feb. 14 / Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza / Wiles Barre, PA+
Fri., Feb. 15 / Huntington Center / Toledo, OH**
Sat., Feb. 16 / 1st Summit Arena @ CCWMA / Johnstown, PA**
Thurs., Feb. 21 / Rosemont Theatre / Rosemont, IL^^
Fri., Feb. 22 / Island Resort & Casino / Harris, MI
Sat., Feb. 23 / Island Resort & Casino / Harris, MI
Fri., Mar. 1 / The Criterion / Oklahoma City, OK
Sat., Mar. 2 / Billy Bob’s Texas / Fort Worth, TX
Sun., Mar. 10 / Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Casino / Fort Hall, ID
Mon., Mar. 11 / Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Casino / Fort Hall, ID
Fri., Apr. 12 / Lot42 / Kitchener, Canada
Fri., Apr. 26 / Mississippi Coast Coliseum / Biloxi, MS
Fri., May 31 / Del Mar Fairgrounds / Del Mar, CA
Thurs., June 27 / Country Fest 2019 / Cadet, WI
Sat., Aug. 10 / Back Road Music Festival / Galva, IL
 
^Cody Johnson opening
+Eric Paslay opening
**Cody Johnson and Eric Paslay opening
^^Cody Johnson and Heath Sanders