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Luke Combs Plots Fall Arena Tour
Tanner Morris – Luke Combs
Luke Combs brings the country cool to the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tenn., May 6.
This one is for Luke Combs’ fans – the country star just announced a new run of North American tour dates to follow up the sold-out spring and summer routing of his “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour.”
Combs is continuing to support his debut album, 2017’s This One’s For You. Fans can’t get enough of the LP or the 2x platinum single “Beautiful Crazy.” His press reps point out that he just made history as the first artist simultaneously top all five Billboard country charts for multiple weeks: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales (dated March 9 and March 30).
Earlier this week the Academy of Country Music announced a few awards ahead of the ACM Awards, with Combs winning new male artist, Ashley McBryde named new female artist and LANCO awarded new group of the year. Combs is up for another award – male artist of the year. Tune in to CBS April 7 to see the show, which will feature performances from Combs, McBryde, LANCO and other country stars.
Combs was featured on the cover of Pollstar as a rising Hotstar in March 2018.
“I think I was a small-goals guy,” he told the magazine. “When I first picked up the guitar, I didn’t go, ‘I want to be Garth Brooks.’ To me that’s an insanely unrealistic goal that would let you down mentally pretty fast. My goal was to learn one chord. Then it was to be able to learn two. Then it was to be able to play a song. Then play enough to play three hours. Then put together a band. Then it was book some shows. Write some more songs. Move to Nashville.
“So, my goals were things I could reasonably accomplish in a month or two, or three months, or half a year. I was consistently hitting those small goals, which kept me going.”
And now he’s playing arenas.
Combs takes the stage at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, Ontario, tonight. Previously announced sold-out dates are booked through July 13 at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, N.C.
The “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” returns in the fall starting with a Sept. 26 gig in Rogers, Ark., at Walmart AMP.
The Luke Combs Bootleggers Presale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan starts April 2 at 10:00 a.m. local time. The general onsale begins April 5 at 10:00 a.m. local time.
Recent reports submitted to Pollstar’s Boxoffice department for Combs include a March 8 gig at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Miss., that sold 8,599 tickets and grossed $358,973 and a March 9 show at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach, Ala., that sold 9,416 tickets and grossed $382,774.
Here’s his upcoming schedule:
LUKE COMBS’ BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR:
March 29—Oshawa, ON—Tribute Communities Centre* (SOLD OUT)
March 30—Kingston, ON—Leon’s Centre* (SOLD OUT)
April 11—Duluth, MN—AMSOIL Arena* (SOLD OUT)
April 12—Moline, IL—TaxSlayer Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 13—Saginaw, MI—Dow Event Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 25—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 26—La Crosse, WI—La Crosse Center* (SOLD OUT)
May 10—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center* (SOLD OUT)
May 11—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center Omaha* (SOLD OUT)
May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheater* (SOLD OUT)
May 30—Detroit, MI—DTE Energy Music Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 31—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 15—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion# (SOLD OUT)
July 11—Charleston, SC—Volvo Cars Stadium‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 12—Alpharetta, GA—Verizon Amphitheater‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 13—Charlotte, NC—PNC Music Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
September 26—Rogers, AR—Walmart AMP§
September 27—Bloomington, IL—Grossinger Motors Arena§
September 28—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center§
October 3—Cape Girardeau, MO—Show Me Center**
October 4—Kansas City, MO—Sprint Center**
October 5—Des Moines, IA—Wells Fargo Arena**
October 8—Winnipeg, MB—Bell MTS Place**
October 10—Saskatoon, SK—SaskTel Center**
October 11—Edmonton, AB—Rogers Place**
October 12—Calgary, AB—The Scotiabank Saddledome**
October 15—Missoula, MT—Adams Center**
October 16—Bozeman, MT—Brick Breeden Fieldhouse**
October 18—Portland, OR—Moda Center**
October 19—Vancouver, BC—Rogers Arena**
October 25—Fresno, CA—Save Mart Center**
October 26—Sacramento, CA—Golden 1 Center**
October 31—Nampa, ID—Ford Idaho Center**
November 1—Spokane, WA—Spokane Arena**
November 2—Tacoma, WA—Tacoma Dome**
November 6—San Jose, CA—SAP Center at San Jose**
November 8—Phoenix, AZ—Talking Stick Resort Arena**
November 15—Indianapolis, IN—Bankers Life Fieldhouse**
November 16—Cleveland, OH—Quicken Loans Arena**
November 21—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center**
November 22—Uncasville, CT—Mohegan Sun Arena**
November 23—Pittsburgh, PA—PPG Paints Arena**
December 5—Bossier City, LA—CenturyLink Center**
December 6—Lubbock, TX—United Supermarkets Arena**
December 13—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena**
*with LANCO and Jameson Rodgers
‡with Cody Johnson and Ray Fulcher
#with Ray Fulcher
§with The Cadillac Three and Jameson Rodgers
**with Morgan Wallen and Jameson Rodgers