Nashville up-and-comer Jake Owen and Australian expatriate Catherine Britt will open on the trek, which launches May 10 in Virginia Beach, Va.

The first leg of the trek will run for a month, with most dates taking place in the Southeast and Midwest. They’ll start up again in August, heading out to California and back to Florida to wrap in Orlando October 21. The itinerary includes stops in stops in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix and Washington, D.C.

Jackson is riding high on two hit albums from 2006, Precious Memories and Like Red On A Rose. Brooks & Dunn’s most recent effort is the platinum-certified Hillbilly Deluxe.