Brad Paisley pushes 'Play' into fall
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Brad Paisley , who is currently on the final stretch of his massive "Paisley Party" trek, has already mapped out plans for an extensive summer/fall outing to support his latest release, "Play."
The "American Saturday Night" tour with special guests Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne currently spans nearly 40 US and Canadian cities from coast to coast, and more dates are expected. The road trip is scheduled to launch June 5 in Charlotte, NC, and visit a host of amphitheaters, festivals and fairs through mid-October.
Paisley returned to the road earlier this month to continue "The Paisley Party," which began last summer and has sold more than 750,000 tickets, according to a press release. The tour, which also features Bentley along with opening acts Darius Rucker and Crystal Shawanda, continues Thursday (1/29) in Dayton, OH, and crosses the US and Canada through mid-March. Paisley's full itinerary is listed below.
The country star just garnered his 13th No. 1 single, "Start a Band," a duet with Keith Urban featured on "Play." The new album, released in November, is a mostly instrumental affair comprising 15 tracks, four of which feature Paisley singing and picking with B.B. King, Keith Urban, Steve Wariner and the late Buck Owens.
"If there's any part of my image or my artistry that goes unnoticed at this point, it may be the guitar-playing side," Paisley said in a review posted at his website. "I've had people [recently] say, 'I had no idea that you could play guitar like that.' And I'm thinking that the quickest way to say that is to do a largely instrumental project."
The record's all-star guitar jam--"Cluster Pluck," featuring Wariner, Vince Gill, James Burton, John Jorgensen, Albert Lee, Brent Mason and Redd Volkaert--has been nominated for a Grammy Award at next month's ceremony. Paisley is also in the running for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his chart-topping hit "Letter to Me," from 2007's platinum-selling disc, "5th Gear."
The reigning ACM and CMA Male Vocalist of the Year picked up his first Grammy trophy last year: Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Throttleneck," also from "5th Gear."
January 2009
29 - Dayton, OH - Nutter Center
30 - Moline, IL - iWireless Center
31 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center
February 2009
12 - London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
13 - Hamilton, Ontario - Copps Coliseum
14 - Ottawa, Ontario - Scotiabank Place
17 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
18 - Regina, Saskatchewan - Brandt Centre
19 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre
20 - Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
21 - Calgary, Alberta - Penngrowth Saddledome
24 - Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place
26 - Spokane, WA - Spokane Arena
27 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
28 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
March 2009
1 - Yakima, WA - Yakima Valley Sundome
14 - Nashville, TN - Sommet Center
June 2009
5 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
6 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Pavilion at Walnut Creek
12 - Boston, MA - Comcast Center
13 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
18 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
19 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
26 - Oshkosh, WI - Country USA
27 - Cadott, WI - Chippewa Valley Country Festival
July 2009
10 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
11 - Fort Loramie, OH - Country Concert at Hickory Hills Lake
17 - Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
18 - Sarnia, Ontario - Bayfest
24 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
25 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
26 - Harrington, DE - Delaware State Fair
August 2009
7 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
8 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
14 - Darien Lakes, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
15 - Camden, NJ - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
27 - Meadville, PA - Crawford County Fairgrounds
28 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
29 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Pavilion
30 - Essex Junction, VT - Champlain Valley Exposition
September 2009
1 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Metro Centre
2 - St. John, New Brunswick - Harbour Station
3 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
5 - Allentown, PA - Allentown Fair Grandstand
12 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
17 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
18 - Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
19 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
25 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
26 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
October 2009
1 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
2 - San Diego, CA - Cricket Amphitheatre
3 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
15 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Arena
16 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
17 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
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