Nashville – (January 13, 2016) – Two-time CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan made a special live announcement direct to his fans this morning that his “Kill the Lights Tour” will add five stadium shows to the 2016 touring schedule. The news was exclusively shared live through his Luke Bryan mobile fan app followed by a live announcement on Facebook. Luke also revealed active users of Luke’s mobile app can enter to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience to sit side of stage at the stadium concert in Detroit. To view the announcement from today go to :
https://www.facebook.com/lukebryan/videos/vb.7290301030/10153803194286031/?type=2&theater .
Luke will return to Boston, Minneapolis and Detroit stadiums performing concerts for a second time in those stadiums while adding first time headlining shows at Wrigley Field in Chicago and Dallas’ AT&T Stadium, where he co-hosted the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards in 2015.
July 16 Boston, MA Gillette Stadium
August 19 Minneapolis, MN U.S. Bank Stadium
August 27 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
October 22 Dallas, TX AT&T Stadium
October 29 Detroit, MI Ford Field
Fans can purchase tickets beginning Jan. 29 for select cities as part of Live Nation’s Country Megaticket at
www.Megaticket.com.. Live Nation is the national tour promoter for the “Kill The Lights Tour” and Cabela’s, the World’s Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, is a sponsor. Cabela's CLUB Visa Members will have access to presale tickets and preferred seats in select markets. Complete details are available at
www.cabelas.com/lukebryan. Citi is the official credit card of Luke’s “Kill the Lights Tour.” Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets through Citi’s Private Pass Program. For complete presale details visit
www.citiprivatepass.com
2016 “Kill the Lights Tour”
2-18 Evansville, IN Ford Center
2-19 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center Arena
2-20 Cedar Falls, IA UNI Dome
2-25 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
2-26 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena **
2-27 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena **
3-8 Las Cruces, NM Pan American Center**
3-11 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena **
3-12 Bossier City, LA CenturyLink Center **
4-7 Charleston, WV Charleston Civic Center Coliseum
4-8 Baltimore, MD Royal Farms Arena
4-9 Syracuse, NY Carrier Dome
4-14 Toledo, OH The Huntington Center
4-15 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center
4-16 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
4-21 Missoula, MT Adams Center
4-22 Bozeman, MT Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
4-29 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion
4-30 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
5-1 Indio, CA Stagecoach
5-12 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center
5-13 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena
5-14 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
5-20 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
5-21 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
5-27 Baton Rouge, LA Bayou Country Superfest*
5-29 Daytona Beach, FL Florida Country Superfest*
6-2 Holmdel, NJ P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
6-3 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
6-4 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Stadium
6-9 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
6-10 Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live
6-11 Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live
6-17 Oshkosh, WI Country USA*
6-19 Columbus, OH Buckeye Country Superfest*
6-24 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
6-25 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
7-7 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest*
7-8 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
7-9 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
7-16 Boston, MA Gillette Stadium
7-17 Bangor, ME Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
7-21 Scranton, PA The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
7-22 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
7-23 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
7-29 Philadelphia, PA BB&T Pavilion
7-30 Philadelphia, PA BB&T Pavilion
7-31 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8-11 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
8-12 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
8-13 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
8-14 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
8-19 Minneapolis, MN U.S. Bank Stadium
8-21 Calgary, AB Country Thunder Calgary*
8-25 Bonner Springs, KS Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
8-26 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
8-27 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
9-1 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
9-2 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
9-9 Denver, CO Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
9-10 Denver, CO Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
9-15 Sacramento, CA Toyota Amphitheatre
9-16 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
9-22 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
9-30 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
10-1 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
10-22 Dallas, TX AT&T Stadium
10-29 Detroit, MI Ford Field
Dates and Cities subject to change
*festival date
**no Little Big Town
Since the debut of his first album in 2007, Luke has placed 14 singles at No. 1 and sold nearly eight million albums with 30 million digital tracks from his five studio albums. He has twice been named Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. His fifth studio album, Kill The Lights, debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 (his third to do so) and Top Country Albums charts and closed 2015 with the best-selling country album of the year and the 10th biggest selling album on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Year-End list. In Luke’s stellar 2015 year, he had three albums on the Top 15 Year-End Country Albums list- Kill the Lights (#1), Spring Break…Checkin’ Out (#10) and Crash My Party (#15), was the most streamed artist of 2015 and placed six songs in the Year-End Top Country Streaming Tracks list. Luke also performed for 1.5 million fans in concert, played for 400,000 fans at Spring Break in Florida, co-hosted the ACM Awards for a third-consecutive year, had his own exhibit at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (“Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary”), became the reigning ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, performed live during halftime at the Dallas Cowboys game on Thanksgiving and wrapped up the year with a Times Square performance on ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”