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Chris Young Announces 2019 Tour ‘Raised On Country’

Chris Young has announced his 2019 “Raised On Country Tour,” which shares the name with his new single. The song name-checks his predecessors and country music icons Merle Haggard, Willie…

Chris Young Announces 2019 Tour ‘Raised On Country’

FLORENCE, AZ – APRIL 06: Singer/Songwriter Chris Young performs during Day 1 – Country Thunder Music Festival Arizona on April 6, 2017 in Florence, Arizona. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Country Thunder USA)

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Chris Young has announced his 2019 “Raised On Country Tour,” which shares the name with his new single. The song name-checks his predecessors and country music icons Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Joe Diffie, George Strait, Alan Jackson and Hank Williams Jr..

The tour will kick-off May 16 in Alpharetta, Georgia and the first leg of the tour will include over 25 shows from coast-to-coast through September. Cities on the new journey include Charlotte, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Phoenix, San Diego and more.

Young be joined on the tour by special guest Chris Janson as direct support along with Dylan Scott, LOCASH and Jimmie Allen.

Chris said, “Last year on the road was incredible and I’m crazy excited to get back out there with new music on the ‘Raised On Country Tour’ and to have Chris Janson, Dylan Scott, Jimmie Allen and Preston and Chris from LOCASH join me on tour.”

Chris Young’s “Raised On Country Tour 2019” dates:

May 16       Alpharetta, GA    Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

May 17       Charlotte, NC      PNC Music Pavilion

May 18       Bristow, VA         Jiffy Lube Live

May 24       Darien Center, NY        Darien Lake Amphitheater

May 25       Saratoga Springs, NY  Saratoga Performing Arts Center

May 26       Holmdel, NJ        PNC Bank Arts Center

June 13      Syracuse, NY      St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview

June 14      Boston, MA         Xfinity Center

June 15      Hartford, CT        XFINITY Theatre

June 21      Scranton, PA      The Pavilion at Montage Mountain

June 22      Philadelphia, PABB&T Pavilion

July 11       St. Louis, MO      Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

July 13       Indianapolis, IN   Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center

July 18       Southaven, MS   BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove

July 19       Rogers, AR         Walmart AMP

July 20       Dallas, TX  Dos Equis Pavilion

August 8    Mountain View, CA      Shoreline Amphitheatre

August 9    San Diego, CA    North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

August 10   Irvine, CA FivePoint Amphitheatre

August 15   Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater

August 16   Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion

August 17    Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena

August 22   Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

August 23    Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park

August 24    Burgettstown, PA KeyBank Pavilion

September 12     Jacksonville, FL  Daily’s Place

September 13     Tampa, FLMIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

September 14     West Palm Beach, FL  Coral Sky Amphitheatre

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.