Dan + Shay The Tour (Dates Inside)

After a record-breaking and career-defining year, chart-topping duo Dan + Shay have made a massive splash today by announcing a surprise headlining tour “Dan + Shay The Tour” and immediate access to the presale. Joined by labelmate Morgan Evans during the first leg and Big Loud Records’ Chris Lane for the second, Dan + Shay will kick the tour off on February 28 in New Orleans, LA. Tickets for the general public will go on sale Friday, October 26 at 10:00am local time.

One week after their hit single “Tequila” reached 100 million streams on Spotify, the platinum-selling country stars released a new version of the viral smash along with their cover of Lady Gaga’s “Million Reasons” as Spotify Singles (listen HERE). “Tequila” continues to take the world by storm as the most-streamed country song released in 2018, recently certified Double Platinum in Canada and surpassing two million US track equivalent sales. Currently nearing the Top 10 on the Hot AC charts, the “nostalgic ballad” (Rolling Stone) has earned more than 277 million total on-demand streams. In addition to Spotify Singles, Dan + Shay have released vocal-only (listen HERE) and remixed (listen HERE) versions of the massive track.

The skyrocketing duo has even more to celebrate after receiving a 2018 CMA Awards nomination for Duo of the Year along with three additional nods for Song (Dan Smyers), Single, and Video of the Year (“Tequila”). Keeping the momentum going, Dan + Shay have also received two American Music Awards nominations for Favorite Song – Country (“Tequila”) and Favorite Duo or Group. Their latest smash “Speechless” is officially their fastest growing single to date. The romantic tune has already achieved 92 million on-demand streams and sold almost 700,000 track equivalents. Described as the “wedding song of 2018” (Taste of Country), “Speechless” is currently Top 15 at country radioand ranks No. 1 in consumption, track sales and streams among this week’s Mediabase Top 50.

Dan + Shay have made their presence known throughout the last few months on national television stages including Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Ellen, the CMA Fest concert special, the 53rd Annual ACM Awards, the 2018 CMT Music Awards and the Citi Summer Concert Series on TODAY. They will join Chris Young for the fall leg on his “Losing Sleep” Tour this month and will continue to share new music alongside their collection of No. 1 hits across the globe with a headlining UK tour kicking off January 17, 2019.

“DAN + SHAY THE TOUR” DATES

Date               City

Feb 28           New Orleans, LA⁺

March 1          Atlanta, GA⁺

March 8          Hartford, CT⁺

March 9          Philadelphia, PA⁺

March 14        Birmingham, AL⁺

March 15        St. Augustine, FL⁺

March 16        Charleston, SC⁺

March 21        Omaha, NE⁺

March 22        Minneapolis, MN⁺

March 29        Madison, WI^

March 30        Chicago, IL^

March 31        Mt. Pleasant, MI^

April 11          Seattle, WA^

April 13          Boise, ID^

April 15          Portland, OR^

April 16          Spokane, WA^

April 17          Abbotsford, BC^

April 19          Edmonton, AB^

April 20          Calgary, AB^

w/Morgan Evans⁺

w/Chris Lane^

*General tickets for the Mt. Pleasant, MI show (March 31) will go on sale Saturday, November 3, with pre-sales starting Monday, October 29.

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Dan + Shay’s self-titled third studio album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart at the same time its lead single “Tequila” reached No.1 at country radio, the first time since 2009 that a duo or group has topped both charts simultaneously. The project’s achievements include the highest debut-week stream-total of any new country release in 2018 and the only country album released this year to have all 11 tracks hit Nielsen’s Country On-Demand Streaming chart, including the current single “Speechless.” The romantic tune was most-added at country radio upon impact and has already earned more than 80 million streams. “Speechless” follows the Platinum-certified global smash “Tequila,” written by Smyers, Jordan Reynolds and Nicolle Galyon, which became their first multi-week country radio No. 1. The track has accumulated a staggering 260+ million on-demand streams, making it the second most-streamed country song of the year. They’ve performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Ellen, the CMA Fest concert special, the 53rd ACM Awards, TODAY Summer Concert Series and the 2018 CMT Music Awards. Together the duo is currently nominated for four CMA Awards including Song, Single and Video of the Year for “Tequila” as well as Duo of the Year.

Dan + Shay made SoundScan recorded history as the first new country duo to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart with their Gold-certified first album, Where It All Began, featuring the No. 1 single “Nothin’ Like You” and the Platinum-certified “19 You + Me.” The breakout duo followed up with 2016’s Obsessed, which produced two more No. 1 hits with the Gold-certified “How Not To” and the Platinum-certified “From The Ground Up.” In addition to national TV appearances, they have shared the stage with some of country music’s biggest superstars, spanning Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt and Keith Urban. They recently wrapped Rascal Flatts’ “Back To Us” Tour and will join Chris Young for the fall leg of his “Losing Sleep” Tour this month.

ABOUT MORGAN EVANS

Praised by Rolling Stone as “a savvy performer with strong songwriting chops,” Australian-born rising Country artist Morgan Evans is celebrating the release of his highly anticipated debut album, THINGS THAT WE DRINK TO (Warner Music Nashville), out now. The project features his #1 debut US single “Kiss Somebody,” as well as chart-rising follow-up “Day Drunk.” Forging a path as one of the genre’s up-and-coming stars, he has been named to PEOPLE’s elite “Ones To Watch” 2018 list and spotlighted as an emerging artist by CMT, SiriusXM, Pandora, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Bobby Bones, The Tennessean and more. A bona fide Country force in Australia, he has garnered countless awards and honors, most recently claiming Country Work of the Year for “Kiss Somebody” at the 2018 APRA Music Awards. After sharing the bill with global superstar Taylor Swift, Country hit-maker Cole Swindell and more A-list acts, Evans recently wrapped his 10 IN 10 TOUR, performing 10-straight shows in 10 days including SOLD-OUT headline dates in Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA, and New York, NY. He is currently featured as a special guest on Chris Young’s LOSING SLEEP WORLD TOUR and will hit the road with Old Dominion on the MAKE IT SWEET TOUR beginning January 2019.

ABOUT CHRIS LANE

Since bursting onto the scene with his breakout #1 smash “Fix,” Chris Lane’s star continues to rise with three consecutive GOLD-certified singles in the U.S. & Canada, two Top 10 albums and 500 million+ combined streams. Out of the gate, his irresistible new single “I Don’t Know About You” is climbing the Country radio charts and follows the success of his hit collaboration “Take Back Home Girl” with Tori Kelly. Both songs are featured on Lane’s Big Loud Records sophomore album – LAPS AROUND THE SUN – that made a chart-topping debut, landing at #1 on the iTunes Top Country Albums chart and inside the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart for the second time in his career. Gaining recognition, Lane was named one of MusicRow Magazine’s 2017 Next Big Thing Artists, has scored nominations at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, ACM Awards and Radio Disney Music Awards and appeared on TODAY, The Bachelor, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night With Seth Meyers and CONAN. Previously landing coveted opening slots on tours with Florida Georgia Line, Dustin Lynch, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw + Faith Hill, and Rascal Flatts, the Kernersville, NC, native is currently on his second headline run – the LAPS AROUND THE SUN TOUR – with Mason Ramsey and Gabby Barrett this fall.

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