NASHVILLE – (September 8, 2015) – Reigning CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan played to a sold-out stadium at Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Center over the holiday weekend. Luke drew 55,000 fans for the concert and his “Kick The Dust Up Tour” will continue this weekend with two shows in Camden, New Jersey at the Susquehanna Bank Center. The tour will wrap on October 30 with a final stadium concert planned at Detroit, Michigan’s Ford Field, which sold-out the day tickets went on sale making this his tenth sold-out stadium concert to date.
Earlier last week before heading out on tour for the weekend, which also included a double-play in Darien Center, New York, Luke was recognized with the Gene Weed award at the 9th ANNUAL ACM HONORS™ held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on September 1.

About Luke Bryan
Since the debut of his first album in 2007, Luke Bryan has placed 13 singles at No. 1 and sold nearly 8 million albums with 30 million digital tracks from his five studio albums. He has been named Entertainer of the Year by both the Academy of Country Music (twice) and the Country Music Association. Luke recently debuted his KILL THE LIGHTS album at #1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts, where it remained for two consecutive weeks. This is Luke’s third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. KILL THE LIGHTS also becomes the third-largest album debut in 2015, next to the R&B/hip hop releases from Drake and Kendrick Lamar. KILL THE LIGHTS is the highest country album debut in the last two years as well, since Luke’s own CRASH MY PARTY release debuted at #1 in August 2013.
Luke is taking his “Kick The Dust Up Tour” across North America in 2015 and to date has sold-out nine stadium shows. On May 22 the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum launched a new exhibit, “Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary.” The exhibit runs through November 8, 2015.

9-11 Camden, New Jersey Susquehanna Bank Center
9-12 Camden, New Jersey Susquehanna Bank Center
9-17 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
9-18 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
9-19 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre
9-20 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre
9-24 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
9-25 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
9-26 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
9-30 Fort Wayne, IN M& J Farms Farm Tour
10-1 Lexington, KY Talon Farm & Winery Farm Tour
10-2 Knoxville, TN Maple Lane Farms Farm Tour
10-3 Columbia, MO Culler Farms Farm Tour
10-7 Starkville, MS Holtcamp Farms Farm Tour
10-8 Tuscaloosa, AL Twin Creeks Farms Farm Tour
10-9 Macon, GA Midway at Central City Park Farm Tour
10-10 Valdosta, GA MJ Taylor Farms Farm Tour
10-15 Sacramento, CA Toyota Amphitheatre
10-16 San Diego, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
10-17 Irvine, CA Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
10-18 Irvine, CA Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
10-22 San Antonio, TX Alamodome
10-23 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
10-24 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
10-28 Chicago, IL United Center
10-29 Chicago, IL United Center
10-30 Detroit, MI Ford Field
*Festival / event dates (not “Kick The Dust Up Tour” date / line up)

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Photo credit:
*image on top: Ethan Helms
*Image on bottom: Scott Sandberg