Brad Paisley Announces 2016 Life Amplified World Tour

Country music superstar Brad Paisley has announced his 2016 tour, Life Amplified World Tour, which kicks off May 19 in Sacramento, CA.  The tour will travel across the country during the summer and fall with more dates to be added. Special guests will be power vocalist Tyler Farr and CMA Award winning-duo Maddie & Tae.

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2016 Life Amplified World Tour dates are as follows:
May 19 Toyota Amphitheatre Sacramento, CA
May 20 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Irvine, CA
May 21 Sleep Train Amphitheatre San Diego, CA
June 2 Ak-Chin Pavilion Phoenix, AZ
June 3 Isleta Amphitheater Albuquerque, NM
June 11 Winstock Country Music Festival Winsted, MN**
June 17 Country Jam Grand Junction, CO**
June 18 Laughlin Events Center Laughlin, NV
June 25 The XFINITY Theatre Hartford, CT
July 12 Quebec City Int’l Summer Festival Quebec City, QC**
July 13 Ottawa BluesFest Ottawa, ON**
July 14 Harris Park – Rock the Park London, ON**
July 16 Jamboree in the Hills Morristown, OH**
July 30 Klipsch Music Center Indianapolis, IN*
July 31 DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI*
August 4 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY
August 5 First Niagara Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA
August 6 Buckle Up Music Festival Blue Ash, OH**
August 7 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre St. Louis, MO
August 11 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park Alpharetta, GA
August 12 MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Tampa, FL
August 13 Perfect Vodka Amphitheater W. Palm Beach, FL
August 18 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre Toronto, ON
August 19 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Darien Center, NY
August 26 H-E-B Center at Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX
August 27 Gexa Energy Pavilion Dallas, TX
September 2 Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam Panama City Beach, FL**
September 10 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago, IL
September 16 Blossom Music Center Cleveland, OH
September 17 PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte, NC
September 18 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC
September 22 Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater Virginia Beach, VA
September 23 Jiffy Lube Live Bristow, VA
September 24 Xfinity Center Mansfield, MA
October 1 Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival Las Vegas, NV**

*Chris Young will be on these dates – instead of Tyler Farr and Maddie & Tae
** Festival date

Dierks Bentley Offers Fans First Listen of New Album on BLACK Listening Bus

This summer’s “top must-see” (The Plain Dealer) 2016 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH TOUR launches Thursday (5/12) in Holmdel, NJ, and multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley is revealing details behind the BLACK Listening Bus, presented by BEATS, that will be parked at seven upcoming dates in advance of the May 27 release of BLACK (Capitol Records Nashville).

All BLACK Card Members will have immediate access to the interactive bus and be entered to win other contests and merchandise. Fans can become BLACK Card Members now by pre-ordering the collection on Dierks.com or onsite for exclusive access to extra tracks, bonus videos and special items for purchase.

“The anticipation around the new music and tour is killing me,” shared Bentley. “We’re bringing out a BLACK bus for the hard-core fans who have supported me for so long…I wanted to make sure they had the first chance to hear the record. I can’t wait to jump up on there with them at some of these first shows and hear what they think!”

BLACK BUS Pop-Up Store Dates:
5/12 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
5/13 Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
5/14 Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
5/20 Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
5/21 Chicago, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
5/22 Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
5/27- 5/29 Baton Rouge, LA @ Bayou Country Fest

Airwaves have been dominated by Bentley the past few weeks as the GOLD lead single from BLACK, “Somewhere On A Beach,” cruises to the No. One spot on both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase radio charts and shows no signs of slowing down. The fastest rising single of Bentley’s career, “Somewhere On A Beach” continues to resonate with fans for the fourth week on the all-encompassing Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

For more information on new music and upcoming tour dates, visit www.dierks.com.

Clare Dunn Debuts “Tuxedo” Music Video

Clare Dunn debuted her “Tuxedo” music video with VEVO today. The video, directed by Kristin Barlowe, was shot on an actual working Tennessee farm.

Clare explains, “’Tuxedo’ is a song about my dream guy and the example my dad set for me as to what to look for in strength of character in a man. So that’s where ‘Tuxedo’ came from, and I wanted to represent that real story in the video.”

The Colorado native came up with the concept for the video. “I’m so proud that I got a chance to show the fans out there more of who I am just as a person, as a farm girl,” she says. “I grew up riding horses and working out in a horse barn and working cattle and fixing fence, and I grew up watching the men and women out there in my part of the world working side-by-side. And so, I was just very excited to get to bring more of who I am as a farm girl to this video and get to show people that side of me.”

Currently playing at radio, “Tuxedo” is off Clare’s self-titled EP and was written by Clare, Ben West and Brett James.

Declared “One To Watch” by Billboard, The Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, USA Today and more, Clare has made a strong impression on critics and audiences alike with her stellar guitar work, her honest lyrics and her no-holds-barred stage show.

For additional information, images, tour dates and more, visit www.ClareDunn.com.

Kristy Lee Cook Releases New EP, “All Kinds Of Crazy”

Broken Bow Records’ songstress Kristy Lee Cook makes a splash in Country music as her four-song EP, All Kinds Of Crazy, is now available at all digital retailers and streaming services. The dynamic performer had a hand in co-writing two of the project’s four songs including the EP’s infectious title track, “All Kinds of Crazy.”

Stream All Kinds Of Crazy HERE.

All Kinds Of Crazy Track Listing:
1) Everything (Kristy Lee Cook, Ashlee Hewitt, Dean Sams)
2) Ruined (Lindsay Rimes, Preston Brust, Phil Barton, Victoria Banks)
3) What We Got (Chris Lucas, Lindsay Rimes, Preston Brust, Jaron Boyer)
4) All Kinds Of Crazy (Kristy Lee Cook, Phil Barton, Lindsay Rimes, Brian White)

Blake Shelton Reveals Additional Details For New Album IF I’M HONEST

Blake Shelton is known for his quick wit and fun-loving personality, but one thing Shelton takes very seriously is his music. This is especially true with his new album, If I’m Honest, a 15-song collection due May 20 that Shelton said needed every song to fully represent his journey over the past year.

“I’ve never made a record with that many songs on it. We really sat down and went, ‘OK, what are we not going to put on this record?, and it led to some of the biggest fights that we’ve had as a team,” Shelton said of the passionate battles with his management and record label. “And I’m not kidding – full-on, have-to-leave-the-room arguments – till we finally went, ‘You know what? We all have our favorites and if they mean that much to all of us, let’s put ‘em all on it.’ And it’s true, screw it, who cares?”

Four songs from the album have been released so far including the Top 5 (and climbing) single “Came Here to Forget” which he will perform on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Friday.

Shelton has also dropped “Savior’s Shadow,” the gospel/hymn song he wrote that has already hit #1 on the iTunes Christian chart. Also available is “Friends,” the feature song from the Angry Birds Movie which is out nationwide next week.

And he performed “Go Ahead and Break My Heart,” the stunning duet co-written and recorded with Gwen Stefani, Monday night on The Voice. The track is available as an instant download when fans preorder If I’m Honest on iTunes. The album will be an Apple Music and iTunes exclusive for digital sales and streaming the first week of release before moving to all digital retailers on May 27.

“Go Ahead and Break My Heart” isn’t the only celebrity duet for Shelton on If I’m Honest. Shelton is excited to reveal that lifelong favorites The Oak Ridge Boys will be special guests on the comic “Doing It to Country Songs.” The song, written by Shelton favorite Paul Overstreet, amounted to a ton of fun in the studio – thanks to the indefatigable Country Music Hall of Fame quartet of Duane Allen, Joe Bonsall, Willian Lee Golden and Richard Sterban.

“They are so sweet and so professional and they work so hard,” Shelton said. “We finally had to go like, ‘Guys, it’s good, it’s good enough! I mean, you can’t get it better!’ until finally it’s like, ‘Man, I’m tired! You guys nailed it on the second take anyway.’ But they were having so much fun and they just wanted it to be as good as it can be, and this is one of the most special moments of my career to be able to have a duet with The Oak Ridge Boys.”

And while it’s not a duet, “Every Time I Hear That Song” does feature the heavy influence of an ironic source.

”It’s not like anything else I’ve ever recorded before and I’ll be totally honest – as hard as it is for me to say this – it’s got a little Adam Levine influence in it,” Shelton said. “It’s hard to admit. I hope he doesn’t read this because he’d be like, ‘Hahahahahahaha! I’m your hero!’ But melodically it kind of reminds me of something he would do. It’s obviously country, but when people hear the song, they’ll understand what I’m talking about if they’re familiar with his music.”

Shelton will share more personal insights about his new music over the next week days as he prepares to release If I’m Honest. Fans can also learn more about Shelton when the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, opens Blake Shelton: Based on a True Story on May 27. The exhibition will examine the star’s road to success, from his childhood to his move to Nashville as a teen, and from his multi-platinum recording breakthrough to becoming a national celebrity. A range of artifacts, including stage wear, instruments, song manuscripts, photos and personal items will help tell Shelton’s story.

And he’ll hit the road on the fall leg of the 2016 Blake Shelton Tour Presented by Gildan in September, kicking off the run in his home state of Oklahoma. For tour dates, tickets and the latest news and information, be sure to follow @blakeshelton on Twitter and stay tuned to BlakeShelton.com.

If I’m Honest track list:
1. Straight Outta Cold Beer
2. She’s Got A Way With Words
3. Bet You Still Think About Me
4. Every Time I Hear That Song
5. Came Here To Forget
6. Every Goodbye
7. It Ain’t Easy
8. A Guy With A Girl
9. Go Ahead And Break My Heart (Featuring Gwen Stefani)
10. Friends (from The Angry Birds Movie)
11. One Night Girl
12. Doing It To Country Songs (Featuring The Oak Ridge Boys)
13. Green
14. You Can’t Make This Up
15. Savior’s Shadow