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Toby Keith and Trace Adkins will be touring together this summer on ‘Toby Keith America’s Toughest Tour’. The concerts kick off on June 18 in Holmdel, NJ. In what will likely be one heck of a party, they’ll be stopping in the following cities - dates have no been announced yet.

We wonder what crazy shenanigans Toby will be getting himself into this summer?

Will you be going to the ‘Toughest Tour’?

Boston

Buffalo, N.Y.

Charlotte, N.C.

Chicago

Cincinnati

Cleveland

Dallas

Hartford, Conn.

Indianapolis

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Raleigh, N.C.

St. Louis

Salt Lake City

Tampa, Fla.

Virginia Beach, Va.

Washington, D.C.

West Palm Beach, Fla.

FINALLY! Keith Urban has announce some of the dates for his Escape Together World Tour.

May 7 & 8    Uncasville, CT                          June 28    Moline, IL
May 9    State College, PA                            July 9    Omaha, NE
May 15    Chicago, IL                                   July 10    Wichita, KS
May 28    Charleston, WV                            July 11    Dallas, TX
May 29    Roanoke, VA                                July 15    Denver, CO
May 30    Huntsville, AL                               July 19    Los Angeles, CA
June 5    Cincinnati, OH                               July 25    Glendale, AZ
June 6    Detroit, MI                                     July 31    Boston, MA
June 7    Ft. Wayne, IN                                 August 1    Philadelphia, PA
June 11    St. Louis, MO                              August 8    Kansas City, MO
June 13    Atlanta, GA                                 August 13    Pittsburgh, PA
June 17    Greenville, SC                              August 14    Columbus, OH
June 18    Charlotte, NC                              August 18    Hershey, PA
June 19    Raleigh, NC                                August 21    Cleveland, OH
June 27    Des Moines, IA                           August 27    Charlottsville, VA

We saw this over on Nashville Gab, and Z100’s website confirms it. Taylor Swift told Z100 that she and Kellie Pickler will be touring together. Tour dates will be announced on Friday! AMAZING!

We wonder if Kellie will be bringing her new pet monkey on the tour?

Nashville Narc has just posted more Keith Urban tour dates. New Yorkers should be very happy with these additions.

Brad Paisley has posted tour dates for his 2009 American Saturday Night tour. Don’t worry if your city isn’t on this list. He says on his myspace page that they will be announcing more dates. Jimmy Wayne and Dierks Bentley will be opening for Brad throughout the tour.

Check out the dates below:

June 5                          Charlotte, NC              Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 6                          Raleigh, NC                 Time Warner Cable Pavilion at Walnut Creet
June 12                        Boston, MA                 Comcast Center
June 13                        Hartford, CT                New England Dodge Music Center
June 18                        St. Louis, MO              Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 19                        Cincinnati, OH              Riverbend Music Center
June 26                        Oshkosh, WI                Country USA
June 27                        Cadott, WI                   Chippewa Valley Country Festival
July 10                         Detroit, MI                   DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 11                         Fort Loramie, OH        Country Concert at Hickory Hills Lake *
July 17                         Toronto, ON                Molson Amphitheatre *
July 18                         Sarnia, ON                   Bayfest *
July 24                         Virginia Beach, VA       Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 25                         Bristow, VA                 Nissan Pavilion
July 26                         Harrington, DE             Delaware State Fair
August 7                       Chicago, IL                  First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 8                       Indianapolis, IN            Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 14                     Darien Lakes, NY        Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 15                     Camden, NJ                 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 27                     Meadville, PA              Crawford County Fairgrounds
August 28                     Cleveland, OH             Blossom Music Center
August 29                     Bethel, NY                   Bethel Woods Pavilion
August 30                     Essex Junction, VT       Champlain Valley Exposition
September 1                 Halifax, NS                  Metro Centre
September 2                 St. John, NB                Harbour Station
September 3                 Montreal, QC               Bell Centre
September 5                 Allentown, PA              Allentown Fair Grandstand
September 12               Dallas, TX                    Superpages.com Center
September 17               Albuquerque, NM        Journal Pavilion
September 18               Denver, CO                 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
September 19               Salt Lake City, UT       USANA Amphitheatre
September 25               San Francisco, CA       Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 26               Sacramento, CA           Sleep Train Pavilion
October 1                    Phoenix, AZ                 Cricket Pavilion
October 2                    San Diego, CA             Cricket Amphitheatre
October 3                    Irvine, CA                    Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 15                  Jacksonville, FL            Jacksonville Arena
October 16                  Tampa, FL                   Ford Amphitheatre
October 17                  West Palm Beach, FL   Cruzan Amphitheatre

*Jimmy Wayne will not be appearing on these shows

New details surrounding Keith Urban’s upcoming Escape Together World Tour were posted today. Check out all the people who will be opening for him and where they’ll be performing. And for you lucky Canadians, apparently the tour dates for you have leaked! Lady Antebellum posted their opening dates on their myspace page. KUCountry spotted this one.

Sept 16 -Vancouver

Sept 18-19 Calgary

Sept 20-22 Edmonton

Sept 23-24 Saskatoon

Sept 26-27 Winnipeg

Sept 30- Oct 1 London, Ontario

SUGARLAND WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:

Uncasville, CT   State College, PA
St Louis, MO    Memphis, TN
Greenville, SC  Charlotte, NC
Raleigh, NC      Denver, CO
Fresno, CA       Los Angeles, CA
Glendale, AZ    Little Rock, AR
Tulsa, OK        Washington, DC
Cleveland,OH   Charlottesville, VA
Knoxville, TN    Nashville, TN
Albany, NY       New York, NY
Buffalo, NY

TAYLOR SWIFT WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:

Cincinnati, OH      Ft. Wayne, IN
Atlanta, GA          Des Moines, IA
Moline, IL            Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA    Rochester, NY
Kansas City, MO   Detroit, MI

JASON ALDEAN WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:

Omaha, NE
Wichita, KS
Dallas, TX
Pittsburgh, PA
Columbus, OH
Hershey, PA

LADY ANTEBELLUM WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:

Vancouver, Canada
Calgary, Canada
Edmonton, Canada
Saskatoon, Canada
Winnepeg, Canada
London, Canada

ZAC BROWN BAND WILL JOIN KIETH IN THESE CITIES:

St. Paul, MN
Chicago, IL
Green Bay, WI
Charleston, WV

DIERKS BENTLEY WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:

Roanoke, VA
Huntsville, AL

GLEN CAMPBELL WILL JOIN KEITH IN:

Las Vegas, NV

Have you always dreamed of opening for Little Big Town? Well, now you have your chance on their first-ever headlining tour. Got to THIS website and register your band for the chance to win. Get all your friends and family to go and vote for you.

The top 4 bands will get to open for Little Big Town during one of their shows in March. You’ll also get to hangout the Zac Brown Band, Ashton Shepard and Kate & Kacey Coppola who are also opening for LBT.

What are you waiting for? Go register! Voting ends February 27.

We didn’t get a chance to post this video yesterday, but here is Little Big Town’s countdown video.

We love the build up to their tour!

Little Big Town has 5 days to go until their tour starts. Check out their latest video below.

With 6 days to go, Little Big Town is still going strong on their tour countdown. Check out their latest video below.