<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a title="CHRIS STAPLETON" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSStapleton/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fchris-stapleton-tickets%2F">CHRIS STAPLETON</a> ANNOUNCES<br />
“A CONCERT FOR KENTUCKY” </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT STAPLETON’S OUTLAW STATE OF KIND HOMETOWN FUND</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">FIRST CONCERT HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY’S KROGER FIELD</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">FEAT. SPECIAL GUESTS <a title="WILLIE NELSON" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSWNelson/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fwillie-nelson-tickets%2F">WILLIE NELSON</a> AND FAMILY,<br />
<a title="SHERYL CROW" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSSCrow/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fsheryls-crow-tickets%2F">SHERYL CROW</a> AND YOLA</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">TICKETS ON-SALE OCTOBER 11</p>
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<p>“<strong>A Concert for Kentucky</strong>”—a special performance hosted by <strong><a title="Chris Stapleton" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSStapleton/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fchris-stapleton-tickets%2F">Chris Stapleton</a></strong> and benefitting his newly created <strong>Outlaw State of Kind Hometown Fund</strong>—will be held at the <strong>University of Kentucky</strong>’s <strong>Kroger Field</strong> in <strong>Lexington, KY</strong> on <strong>April 25, 2020</strong>.</p>
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<p>The performance is the first concert ever held at UK’s Kroger Field and will feature very special guests <strong><a title="Willie Nelson" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSWNelson/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fwillie-nelson-tickets%2F">Willie Nelson</a> and Family</strong>, <strong><a title="Sheryl Crow" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSSCrow/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fsheryls-crow-tickets%2F">Sheryl Crow</a></strong> and <strong>Yola</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>100% of the concert’s net proceeds will go toward Chris and Morgane Stapleton’s Outlaw State of Kind Hometown Fund</strong>. Established in partnership with the <strong>Blue Grass Community Foundation</strong>, the fund will specifically support local and national organizations directly impacting Kentucky, with initial grant distributions focusing on music and arts education.</p>
<p>The concert will go on-sale next <strong>Friday, October 11 at 10:00am</strong> local time. Stapleton Fan Club pre-sales will begin Tuesday, October 8 at 10:00am local time. For ticket information, visit our partners at <strong><a title="Country Music On Tour" href="https://www.countrymusicontour.com">Country Music On Tour</a></strong>.</p>
<p>Kentucky-born <a title="Chris Stapleton" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSStapleton/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fchris-stapleton-tickets%2F">Chris Stapleton</a> is a multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winner and one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. Following his quadruple platinum breakthrough solo debut album <em>Traveller</em>, Stapleton released two No. 1 albums in 2017. Both <em>From A Room: Volume 1</em> (certified platinum) and <em>From A Room: Volume 2</em> (certified gold) take their name from legendary RCA Studio A, where they were recorded with Grammy Award winning producer, Dave Cobb. Released to overwhelming critical acclaim, <em>The Tennessean</em> praises, “Both are rich with the textures of Stapleton’s vocals that make him one of country music’s most beloved artists, classic country sounds and thoughtful articulate lyrics about love, life and pain.”</p>
<p>He is nominated in three categories at the 2019 <strong><a title="CMA Awards" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cma-awards-tickets-pre-sale-starts-now/">CMA Awards</a></strong>: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Single of the Year (“Millionaire”) and was recently announced as the first-ever <strong>ACM “Artist-Songwriter of the Decade”</strong> recipient by the Academy of Country Music. Earlier this year, Stapleton recorded the Randy Newman-penned song, &#8220;Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy,&#8221; for the <em>Toy Story 4</em> soundtrack and has collaborated on songs with P!nk, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and <a title="Sheryl Crow" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSSCrow/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fsheryls-crow-tickets%2F">Sheryl Crow</a>. He will continue his extensive, sold-out “All-American Road Show” through 2019.</p>