Brett Eldredge Announces 2018 ‘The Long Way Tour’

Platinum-selling recording artist and critically praised live performer Brett Eldredge will go nationwide for his first ever headlining tour in 2018. The Long Way Tour will kick off on April 5 in Idaho with tickets going on sale beginning December 8 (see below). Eldredge announced 10 cross-country dates, including a stop at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom, with special guest and label mate Devin Dawson as well as up-and-coming country artist Jillian Jaqueline in tow.

Shared Eldredge: “I have been very fortunate to be on some massive tours in my career, but my first major solo headlining tour is something I have wanted to give to my fans for a long time! I cannot wait!”

Fans can currently hear Eldredge on the airwaves, as “The Long Way” climbs into the Top 25 at country radio – while simultaneously boasting nearly 25 million streams. People magazine noted “the bubbling synths on the slow-burning ballad” while Billboard declared that the single “…makes you wish he was singing to you.” The single comes from the singer / songwriter’s recently released self-titled record, which marked his second chart-topping country album and hit No. 1 on the Top Album Sales Chart upon release.

Before hitting the road for his headlining dates, Eldredge will join Blake Shelton for the Country Music Freaks Tour beginning in February alongside Carly Pearce and Trace Adkins.

BRETT ELDREDGE THE LONG WAY TOUR DATES:
Date                City                             Venue
* 4/5                Garden City, ID          Revolution Concert House
* 4/6                Missoula, MT              Adams Center
^ 4/19              Louisville, KY            Palace Theatre
^ 4/20              Indianapolis, IN          Egyptian Room
^ 4/21              Kansas City, MO        Uptown Theater
^ 4/26              Hampton Beach, NH  Hampton Beach Casino
^ 4/27              Boston, MA                Orpheum Theatre
^ 4/28              Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
^ 5/4                Bethlehem, PA            Sands Bethlehem Event Center
*^5/3               Toledo, OH                 Stranahan Theatre
^ 5/5                New York, NY           Hammerstein Ballroom
*On sale December 15
^With Jillian Jaqueline

Live Nation is the official promoter for The Long Way Tour. Fans can purchase tickets beginning December 8 (except where noted) at 10:00 AM local time by visiting bretteldredge.com/tour.

Danielle Bradbery To Celebrate ‘I Don’t Believe We’ve Met’ Album Release on NBC’s Today Show December 1

Danielle Bradbery first reached fans on NBC’s The Voice in 2013, winning at age 16. Now 21, the Texas native will celebrate her re-introductory, sophomore BMLG Records album, I DON’T BELIEVE WE’VE MET, on NBC’s TODAY (9:00AM hour) on the release day: Friday, December, 1.

After realizing she wanted to play a bigger part in the creative process, Bradbery has been waiting for old and new fans everywhere to hear the album, after she took four years to carefully craft her own style and what she wanted to say. The transformation Bradbery was looking for was highlighted by NPR’s Jewly Hight as part of the album’s “First Listen” describing it as “a significant, and successful, reinvention captured in a taut 10 tracks.”

Bradbery entered the writing room for the first time with songwriting veterans like GRAMMY-award winning Emily Weisband, superstar Thomas Rhett, 28-No.1 writer Rhett Akins, and more that helped her bring out her true story as she crafted I DON’T BELIEVE WE’VE MET. Now, Bradbery makes her songwriting debut penning seven out of 10 songs on the album Billboard says, “honesty and vulnerability can be heard throughout.”

Bradbery, who NPR says is “exploring the possibilities of timbre, tone and inflection, and incorporating R&B-steeped pop attitude in a way that feels natural,” on I DON’T BELIEVE WE’VE MET, heads into her TODAY show performance on the heels of her recent performances at CMT’s Next Women of Country in November and CMT’s Artists of the Year Awards in October, where the hurt and losses from the many tragedies of 2017 were remembered.

A four-show run at Nashville’s One at Cannery Row, New York’s Hill Country, Houston’s White Oak Music Hall and Los Angeles’ Hornblower Cruises and Events will kick off I DON’T BELIEVE WE’VE MET’s release. The only way for fans to enter is by buying a pre-order bundle HERE.

Fans will receive “Worth It” along with lead single “Sway,” “Human Diary,” “Hello Summer” and “Potential” instantly when they pre-order I DON’T BELIEVE WE’VE MET HERE.

Learn more about Danielle at DanielleBradbery.com or follow her on Facebook and Instagram @daniellebradbery and Twitter at @DBradbery.

Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Debut At No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart With Their First Album Together

Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, GRAMMY®-winning superstars, celebrate the #1 debut of their first album together The Rest of Our Life. Amassing 104,000 in first-week consumption, the album tops Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and enters at #2 on the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart, both reflecting total traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums compiled by Nielsen Music.

McGraw and Hill’s individual career #1 album debuts increase to 16 and 4 respectively on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, and 18 and 5 on the Billboard 200.

The Rest of Our Life album debut marks Sony Music Nashville’s 8th album to debut at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart in the last year, the most chart-toppers of any country label group. Starting with Miranda Lambert’s The Weight of These Wings (Billboard chart date December 10, 2016), McGraw and Hill’s debut this week (Billboard chart date December 9, 2017) was also preceded by Kane Brown’s self-titled debut album, Brad Paisley’s LOVE AND WAR, Luke Combs’ This One’s For You, Old Dominion’s Happy Endings, Chris Young’s Losing Sleep and Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation.

The stunning debut of The Rest of Our Life album, released by Sony Music Entertainment under the Arista Nashville/McGraw Music imprint, follows the airing of Tim & Faith: Soul2Soul on SHOWTIME, the network’s first ever county music concert film, and the culmination of McGraw and Hill’s highly impactful Soul2Soul 2017 World Tour, recently recognized at the Billboard Touring Conference in Beverly Hills. The new release is available everywhere now.

The 11-song collection, produced by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill along with two of Nashville’s most accomplished producers Byron Gallimore and Dann Huff, features the current single and title track which jumps to #2 on the Billboard Country Digital Songs chart this week. The romantic hit was penned by Ed Sheeran, Amy Wadge, Johnny McDaid, and Steve Mac. Fans may stream the stunning new music video for “The Rest of Our Life,” directed by Grant Singer, HERE.

Also included on the new album is the CMA Award-nominated first single, “Speak to a Girl,” co-written by Shy Carter, Dave Gibson and Joe Spargur. Directed by Sophie Muller, the clip can be viewed HERE

Brett Kissel Makes Solid Impact with New Single “We Were That Song”

Multi award-winning Canadian country music artist and CCMA Awards’ reigning Male Artist of the Year, Brett Kissel is garnering stateside popularity with the release of his current single, “We Were That Song,” which is now airing on SiriusXM’s, The Highway (Ch. 56) and placed on Spotify playlists, including “PlayStation Music,” “New Boots,” “The Sound of Canada” and “Ride and Play.” The video for the single is gaining exposure on GAC and The Country Network. View the video here. 

During the short time in which the track has received airplay, the song has experienced strong streaming numbers and sales through digital retailers.

Signed to Warner Music Canada, Kissel is one of the top touring acts on the Canadian Country music scene. Most recently, the young entertainer opened for Garth Brooks on 16 dates and he is getting ready to head out on a 3-month, 50+ dates, Canadian headlining tour beginning in January (tour dates here). As a thank you to the US-based fans that have been supporting him, Kissel will play a CD release concert at the Basement in Nashville on Dec. 14th. The show is open to the public (no cover) and entry will be based on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Brett Kissel is the youngest artist ever to be nominated for a CCMA Award and has won 10 CCMAs to date, including Fans’ Choice Entertainer and Male Artist of the Year. Kissel was the first Country artist in 17 years to win a Juno Award (equivalent to a GRAMMY) for “Breakthrough Artist of the Year” (since Shania Twain).  He has had 10 singles on Billboard’s Canadian Top 10 list (most of which he either wrote or co-wrote). In 2016, he was the recipient of the Allan Slaight Honor from Canada’s Walk of Fame (previously presented to Drake, Shawn Mendes and The Weeknd), and was recognized as the International Artist of the Year at the Worldwide Radio Summit (an honor previously bestowed upon Ed Sheeran and Adele). 

On Dec. 8, Kissel will release his next studio album, We Were That Song. The album includes collaborations with Megadeath’s, Dave Mustaine, on the tack “Damn!,” and a duet with country music icon, Charley Pride, on the track “Burgers and Fries.” The album’s title track, “We Were That Song,” is Kissel’s tenth single to reach the top 10 at Canadian country radio.

Kissel teamed up with Grammy-Award winning producer, Luke Wooten, who has also produced for Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Chris Stapleton and long-time collaborator and CCMA Award Winner, Bart McKay as well as his bandmates – Justin Kudding, Spencer Cheyne, and Matty McKay. Kissel is co-managed by Invictus Entertainment and Major Bob.

For more information on Brett Kissel visit brettkissel.com and follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 

We Were That Song track list:
1 – “We Were That Song” (Melissa Peirce, Jonathan Singleton, Barry Dean)
2 – “Anthem” (Phil Barton, Emma-Lee, Karen Kosowski)
3 – “Guitars And Gasoline” (Matthew Joseph Rogers, Ash Bowers, Dustin Lynch)
4 – “Nights In The Sun” (feat. Grandpa Bear) (Brett Kissel, Phil O’Donnel, Ted Hewitt)
5 – “Between You And Me” (Dave Pittenger, Justin Wilson, Andy Albert, Mitchell Tenpenny)
6 – “That’s How The World Ends” (Justin Wilson, Jimmy Robbins)
7 – “Slow Me Down” (Josh Thompson, Matt Dragstrem, Jessi Alexander)
8 – “Cecilia” (Brett Kissel, Brad Rempel, Seth Mosley)
9 – “Shootin’ It” (Brett Kissel, Devin Dawson, Austin Smith, Jacod Durrett)
10 – “Damn!” (feat. Dave Mustaine) (Brett Kissel, Brian Maher, Justin Wilson)
11 – “Drink Cuss or Fish”  (Cory Crowder, John Pierce, Justin Lantz)
12 – “God Made Daughters” (Brett Kissel, Brice Long)
13 – “Burgers and Fries” (feat. Charley Pride) (Ben Peters)

American Young Highlights Holiday Hit “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” on Winter Wonderland Compilation Album

Curb Records’ recording duo, American Young, has released the music video for their own take on the popular holiday hit, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” American Young’s unique harmonies add a distinctive sound to this holiday classic. Watch the video here.

The song is featured on Winter Wonderland, a 12-song compilation, which is now available through digital retailers. This special holiday project features tracks from other artists, including Tim McGraw, Hank Williams Jr., Kenny Rogers, Rodney Atkins and several other notable artists.

“We are so honored that we were asked to be part of this project. Christmas is a special time of year for so many people and we can’t wait to share this song with our fans to spread some Christmas cheer throughout the holiday season,” said the duo.

Most recently, American Young has been touring internationally and performing songs from their debut album, AY. Listen to the album here.

For more information on American Young, please visit www.AmericanYoung.com or follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.