Touring News: Luke Bryan, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Jambo Country

Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa Adds To Lineup

Luke Bryan and CID Presents are adding more artists to the lineup for Bryan’s Crash My Playa all-inclusive concert vacation, set for Jan. 19-22, 2017 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Old Dominion, Kelleigh Bannen, Brooke Eden, Adam Craig and Lucie Silvas, along with DJ Rock, will join the list of special guests in addition to headliners Bryan, Blake Shelton and Little Big Town and previously announced artists Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch and Brothers Osborne.

Little Big Town will headline the Thursday (Jan. 19) show, followed by Luke Bryan (Jan. 20 and 22 shows) and Blake Shelton (Jan. 21).

View the full performance lineup at crashmyplaya.com.

Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett Reunite For Tour Dates In 2017

Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett

Vince Gill and Lyle Lovett will reunite for a nine-city tour beginning in March 2017. The duo previously teamed for a series of shows in 2015 and 2016. Each show will include solo performances and collaborations, and the artists will serve as their own accompanists.

“For a night like this, there is no plan,” Gill said. “I know Lyle won’t have a plan, and I won’t either. What he plays will inspire me, and probably vice-versa. It’ll be like playing ping-pong. Whatever song he chooses to sing will inspire the next song that comes out of me.”

“I enjoy shows that are not planned out,” Lovett observes. “This will be two songwriters in the round. It’s informal, so there will be lots of ad-libbing. It will be like little snapshots of our experiences.”

“Just two guys sitting on stools, telling stories and singing songs,” Gill says. “No big bands.  I saw James Taylor once with just him and his guitar, and after that show I felt like I knew him a whole lot better than I ever did before. That’s what’ll happen between Lyle and me, too, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Tour Dates:
March 22: Thousand Oaks, Calif.; Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
March 23: Mesa, Ariz.; Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theatre
March 24: Las Vegas; The Smith Center for the Performing Arts – Reynolds Hall
March 25: Reno, Nev. Reno Ballroom
March 26: San Francisco; Nourse Theatre
March 27: San Rafael, Calif.; Marin Center
March 28: San Jose, Calif.. City National Civic
March 29: Visalia, Calif.; Visalia Fox Theatre
March 30: Santa Ynez, Calif.; Chumash Casino

Jamboree In The Hills Rebrands As Jambo Country

Back to celebrate its 41st year with an all-new name and logo, 2017’s Jambo Country music festival will take place over three days from July 13 – 15, once again drawing more than 100,000 fans to Belmont County, Ohio. Formerly known as Jamboree in the Hills, the fans that have attended this landmark festival for decades have always called it “Jambo.”

2017’s headliners will include Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean, and Lady Antebellum.

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