Rascal Flatts announce "The American Band Tour" (press release)

Apparently Rascal Flatts are a little tired of all these darn Australians - we're looking at you Keith Urban - and Canadians coming over here and touring their little foreign hearts out because the boys have decided to launch the very non-foreign-sounding The American Band Tour brought to you by equally home-grown-sounding Farmers Insurance. 

 

The tour will begin this summer and will feature opening acts Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, and Edens Edge.  

Check out the press release below for more info and tour dates....

    As one of the hottest touring acts in any genre, Country music supergroup Rascal Flatts announced today they will launch a brand new tour beginning this summer, Farmers Insurance presents “The American Band Tour.” The tour will feature an all band set-up with Little Big Town, Eli Young Band and Edens Edge opening. The shows will begin in Hartford, Conn., on June 15 at the Comcast Theatre. Please check www.rascalflatts.com for up to date tour information.

    “We are always looking for new ways to re-energize our live shows,” says Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts. “We thought bringing out these bands, whom are among some of our favorite vocal groups, would make a great night of entertainment!”

    Show reviewers across the nation have long expressed the band’s flare for delivering a high-energy, thrilling fan experience in concert. The Buffalo News claimed, “This band is incredibly tight and capable of conjuring up grandiose, emotion-filled moments.” “Long considered one of the top touring acts in country music, Rascal Flatts proved the reputation was rightly deserved,” said the Leader-Post. Cmt.com shared the band “delivered an electric show full of special effects, big hits and a renewed sense of purpose…it’s a testament to their talent that the band can keep the momentum going.”

    Rascal Flatts will wrap their current tour “Thaw Out Tour” on February 18, shortly before their highly-anticipated eighth studio album, CHANGED, is due out on April 3 on Big Machine Records. They debuted their last project, NOTHING LIKE THIS, at #1 on the Country album sales chart and became one of only four country acts to debut six consecutive studio albums at #1. Since their musical debut in 2000, the band has sold over 21 million albums and 25 million digital downloads and delivered 13 #1 singles to the top of the charts. They were the most played country group at radio in 2011 as well as being the most awarded country group of the past decade with over 40 trophies from the American Country Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, American Music Awards, Country Music Association Awards, People's Choice Awards and more. For additional information on Rascal Flatts go to www.rascalflatts.com. 

“The American Band Tour” dates:

6-15 Hartford, CT

6-16 Boston, MA

6-23 Washington DC

6-24 Virginia Beach, VA

6-29 Cleveland, OH

6-30 Darien Center, NY

7-6 Bangor, ME

7-13 Dallas, TX **

7-14 Houston, TX **

7-20 Detroit, MI

7-22 Cincinnati, OH

7-27 St Louis, MO

7-28 Chicago, IL .

8-9 Charlotte, NC

8-10 Raleigh, NC

8-11 Philadelphia, PA

8-31 Indianapolis, IN

9-1 Pittsburgh, PA

tba Mountain View, CA

tba San Diego, CA

tba Atlanta, GA

tba Tampa, FL

tba W Palm Beach, FL

**Thompson Square will replace Eli Young Band