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Darius Rucker Announces 2016 Tour

<h2>The Good for a Good Time Tour Featuring Special Guests Dan &plus; Shay and Michael Ray Begins June 3<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>NASHVILLE&comma; Tenn&period; &&num;8212&semi; &lpar;January 20&comma; 2016&rpar; &&num;8211&semi; Three-time GRAMMY Award winner <strong><a title&equals;"Darius Rucker" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSDarius&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Fdarius-rucker-tickets&percnt;2F">Darius Rucker<&sol;a><&sol;strong> will kick off his 2016 Good for a Good Time Tour in Tampa&comma; Fla&period; on June 3&period; The <strong>Good for a Good Time Tour<&sol;strong> will feature opening acts <strong><a title&equals;"Dan &plus; Shay" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;dan-shay-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Dan &plus; Shay<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; who are celebrating their first No&period; 1 single with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>Nothin’ Like You<&sol;em>” and rising country singer <strong>Michael Ray<&sol;strong>&comma; who was the only new male country artist of 2015 to have a No&period; 1 single in 2015&comma; with &&num;8220&semi;Kiss You in the Morning&period;&&num;8221&semi; Over 30 stops across the country have been announced so far with more to come&excl; Fans can purchase tickets beginning Jan&period; 29 for select cities as part of <a title&equals;"Live Nation" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ticketmaster&period;evyy&period;net&sol;c&sol;1224809&sol;264167&sol;4272&quest;subId1&equals;WPScmnbTM&u&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;ticketmaster&period;com&percnt;2F&partnerpropertyid&equals;5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId&equals;5213910">Live Nation<&sol;a>’s Country Megaticket at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;Megaticket&period;com">www&period;Megaticket&period;com<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than 400&comma;000 fans turned out to experience Rucker’s incomparable vocals and raucous good time during last year’s Southern Style Tour&comma; so expectations are high for 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rucker plans to once again provide his concerts as a platform to honor and present homes to our nation’s combat wounded heroes and Gold Star spouses&comma; in conjunction with Project Rebuild&period; Rucker&comma; along with Lieutenant General Sisco&comma; CEO and founder of Military Warriors Support Foundation&comma; presented the first house in an appearance on NBC’s Today and went on to present 13 more homes in 2015&period; The Project Rebuild campaign arose from a partnership between Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Military Warriors Support Foundation to assist in rebuilding the lives of our wounded veterans&period; Project Rebuild helps place wounded veterans in mortgage-free homes and help ease the transition back to civilian life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Good for a Good Time Tour will also partner with the rideshare app Uber for select dates&comma; giving fans the chance to win free rides as well as VIP packages&period; A few lucky riders in cities across the United States will win VIP packages for a Good for a Good Time Tour stop which include 2 tickets to the show&comma; an exclusive <a title&equals;"Darius Rucker" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSDarius&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Fdarius-rucker-tickets&percnt;2F">Darius Rucker<&sol;a> pre-show acoustic performance&comma; and invitation to a pre-show party in the VIP Party Lounge&period; Fans can enter the promo code GOODTIME to enter to win&comma; and first time users will also receive &dollar;20 off their first ride&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>The Good For a Good Time Tour Dates&colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Friday&comma; June 3 &vert; Tampa&comma; Fla&period; &vert; MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; June 4 &vert; West Palm Beach&comma; Fla&period; &vert; Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Thursday&comma; June 16 &vert; Tuscaloosa&comma; Ala&period; &vert; Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; June 17 &vert; Dallas&comma; Texas &vert; Gexa Energy Pavilion<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; June 18 &vert; Austin&comma; Texas &vert; Austin 360 Amphitheater<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; June 24 &vert; St&period; Louis&comma; Mo&period; &vert; Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; June 25 &vert; Noblesville&comma; Ind&period; &vert; Klipsch Music Center<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sunday&comma; June 26 &vert; Pittsburgh&comma; Pa&period; &vert; First Niagara Pavilion<br &sol;>&NewLine;Thursday&comma; July 7 &vert; Englewood&comma; Colo&period; &vert; Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;&gt&semi;Friday&comma; July 8 &vert; Albuquerque&comma; N&period;M&period; &vert; Isleta Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; July 9 &vert; Phoenix&comma; Ariz&period; &vert; Ak-Chin Pavilion<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; July 15 &vert; Mountain View&comma; Calif&period; &vert; Shoreline Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; July 16 &vert; Irvine&comma; Calif&period; &vert; Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; July 22 &vert; Holmdel&comma; N&period;J&period; &vert; PNC Bank Arts Center<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; July 23 &vert; Hartford&comma; Conn&period; &vert; XFINITY Theatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sunday&comma; July 24 &vert; Wantaugh&comma; N&period;Y&period; &vert; Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; July 29 &vert; Bangor&comma; Maine &vert; Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; July 30 &vert; Mansfield&comma; Mass&period; &vert; Xfinity Center<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sunday&comma; July 31 &vert; Darien Center&comma; N&period;Y&period; &vert; Darien Lake Performing Arts Center<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; Aug&period; 12 &vert; Bristow&comma; Va&period; &vert; Jiffy Lube Live<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; Aug&period; 13 &vert; Camden&comma; N&period;J&period; &vert; BB&amp&semi;T Pavilion<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sunday&comma; Aug&period; 14 &vert; Bethel Woods&comma; N&period;Y&period; &vert; Bethel Woods Center for the Arts<br &sol;>&NewLine;Thursday&comma; Aug&period; 18 &vert; Cincinnati&comma; Ohio &vert; Riverbend Music Center<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; Aug&period; 19 &vert; Mt&period; Pleasant&comma; Mich&period; &vert; Soaring Eagle<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; Aug&period; 20 &vert; Chicago&comma; Ill&period; &vert; Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Thursday&comma; Aug&period; 25 &vert; Detroit&comma; Mich&period; &vert; DTE Energy Music Theatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; Aug&period; 26 &vert; Cleveland&comma; Ohio &vert; Blossom Music Center<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; Aug&period; 27 &vert; Charlotte&comma; N&period;C&period; &vert; PNC Music Pavilion<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; Sept&period; 3 &vert; Gilford&comma; N&period;H&period; &vert; Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sunday&comma; Sept&period; 4 &vert; Gilford&comma; N&period;H&period; &vert; Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion<br &sol;>&NewLine;Friday&comma; Sept&period; 9 &vert; Virginia Beach&comma; Va&period; &vert; Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheatre at Virginia Beach<br &sol;>&NewLine;Saturday&comma; Sept&period; 10 &vert; Raleigh&comma; N&period;C&period; &vert; Walnut Creek Amphitheatre<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sunday&comma; Sept&period; 11 &vert; Alpharetta&comma; Ga&period; &vert; Verizon Wireless<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information about Rucker and to buy tickets&comma; visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;DariusRucker&period;com">www&period;DariusRucker&period;com<&sol;a> and follow &commat;DariusRucker  on Twitter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About <a title&equals;"Darius Rucker" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSDarius&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Fdarius-rucker-tickets&percnt;2F">Darius Rucker<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Capitol Records Nashville recording artist <a title&equals;"Darius Rucker" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSDarius&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Fdarius-rucker-tickets&percnt;2F">Darius Rucker<&sol;a> released his fourth No&period; 1 country album Southern Style on March 31&comma; 2015&comma; the same week lead single &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Homegrown Honey” became his seventh No&period; 1 hit&period; Rucker’s first three albums &&num;8211&semi; Learn To Live&comma; Charleston&comma; SC 1966 and True Believers &&num;8211&semi; produced six No&period; 1 singles&comma; including &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Come Back Song&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Alright&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It Won’t Be Like This For Long” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It&period;” His 2013 No&period; 1 &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Wagon Wheel” won a GRAMMY Award&comma; stayed atop the charts for two weeks and was nominated for Song of the Year at the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards&period; In 2009&comma; Rucker was named New Artist of the Year at the <a title&equals;"CMA Awards" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;cma-awards-tickets-pre-sale-starts-now&sol;">CMA Awards<&sol;a>&period; He achieved a personal goal and childhood dream when he was inducted into <a title&equals;"the Grand Ole Opry" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;category&sol;the-grand-ole-opry&sol;">the Grand Ole Opry<&sol;a> on Oct&period; 16&comma; 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About <a title&equals;"Dan &plus; Shay" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;dan-shay-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Dan &plus; Shay<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Critically acclaimed duo <a title&equals;"Dan &plus; Shay" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;dan-shay-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Dan &plus; Shay<&sol;a> &lpar;Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney&rpar; hit No&period; 1 on Billboard&&num;8217&semi;s Country Albums Chart with their first album Where It All Began&comma; which was released in 2014&period; Racking up more than 25 million YouTube views&comma; they are the only new country duo in SoundScan recorded history to debut at No&period; 1&period; Additionally&comma; the pair has impressively sold over 1&period;5 million digital tracks and over 372&comma;000 album equivalents to date&comma; which includes 117 million streams&period; Their latest single &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nothin’ Like You” hit No&period; 1 at Country radio&comma; while their debut single &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;19 You &plus; Me” is certified Gold by the RIAA selling over 774&comma;000 downloads&period; <a title&equals;"Dan &plus; Shay" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;dan-shay-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Dan &plus; Shay<&sol;a> have been nominated for both CMA and ACM’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Vocal Duo of the Year” for two years in a row&comma; and were previously nominated for a CMT Music Video Award&period; <a title&equals;"Dan &plus; Shay" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;dan-shay-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Dan &plus; Shay<&sol;a> finished up 2015 with their headlining &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just the Right Kind of Crazy” Tour&period; For more information please visit DanAndShay&period;com &lpar;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;danandshay&period;com&sol;">http&colon;&sol;&sol;danandshay&period;com&sol;<&sol;a>&rpar; and follow &commat;DanandShay<br &sol;>&NewLine;&lpar;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;twitter&period;com&sol;DanAndShay">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;twitter&period;com&sol;DanAndShay<&sol;a>&rpar; on Twitter and Instagram&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About Michael Ray<br &sol;>&NewLine;When rising country singer Michael Ray made his first exploratory trip to Nashville&comma; he got a life-changing piece of advice from an industry insider—Go home&period; Turns out it was the best thing Ray ever did&period; He built a rowdy fan base back home and returned to Nashville three years later&period; Ray continued the journey from tiny Eustis&comma; Florida&comma; to the big time with the release of his first single &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Kiss You In The Morning&comma;” which went &num;1 in just 24 weeks&period; Ray’s follow- up single&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Real Men Love Jesus&comma;” is currently climbing the charts and touching hearts at the same time&period; Raised in rural central Florida an hour from Orlando&comma; Ray grew up hunting alligators and fishing for tarpon at the end of white sand dirt roads&period; The child of a family full of musicians&comma; he began his professional career before he was a teenager&comma; graduated to the bar scene as soon as he could drive and hasn’t let up on the pedal since&period; When he decided it was time to move to Nashville&comma; the work Ray had put in began to<br &sol;>&NewLine;pay off quickly&period; He met manager Tony Conway&comma; a 40 year industry veteran and owner&sol;CEO at Ontourage Management&period; Conway helped guide Ray to a publishing contract with Warner&sol;Chappell Music and a record deal with Atlantic Records &sol; Warner Music Nashville&period; Since the release of his first two singles&comma; Ray continues to grow his following&comma; touring with <a title&equals;"Chase Rice" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;tour-dates-chase-rice&sol;">Chase Rice<&sol;a>&comma; <a title&equals;"Sam Hunt" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;stubhub&period;prf&period;hn&sol;click&sol;camref&colon;1100ljXyr&sol;pubref&colon;WPSSamHunt&sol;ar&colon;CMNBAutoLink&sol;destination&colon;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;stubhub&period;com&percnt;2Fsam-hunt-tickets&percnt;2F">Sam Hunt<&sol;a>&comma; and <a title&equals;"Kip Moore" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;kip-moore-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Kip Moore<&sol;a>&comma; and kicking off 2016 touring with <a title&equals;"Brantley Gilbert" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;brantley-gilbert-concert-tour-tickets&sol;">Brantley Gilbert<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>

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