ABC Radio Announces Memorial Day Weekend Programming

ByABC News
April 11, 2016, 3:41 PM

— -- Kicking off summer 2016, ABC Radio announces  Somewhere on the Road: ABC Radios Country Summer Tour Roundup, a three-hour Memorial Day weekend special hosted by chart-topping, CMA award-winning artist & ACM co-host Dierks Bentley. Somewhere on the Road: ABC Radios Country Summer Tour Roundup takes an in-depth look at country musics biggest summer tours, from Dierks own trek with Randy Houser and Cam to Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker and Zac Brown Band. Dierks will also spotlight material from his new album Black, in stores May 27.

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About Dierks Bentley:

Multi-PLATINUM selling singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley has never had to follow trends; he challenges them and creates his own. Bentley continues one of the most interesting journeys in country music with the newest mile-marker, his eighth studio album BLACK set for release on May 27. The forthcoming albums lead single Somewhere On A Beach continues to breeze up the radio charts in the Top 10 as the fastest moving single of the singer's career. On the heels his career album RISER which earned critical acclaim, commercial success and an armful of Grammy, CMA and ACM nominations, Bentley's seven previous studio albums have sold more than five million copies, notched 13 chart-topping singles, earned 13 GRAMMY nominations and membership at the Grand Ole Opry for more than a decade. The format superstar (Entertainment Weekly) will set sail on his 2016 SOMEWHERE ON A BEACH TOUR with Randy Houser, Cam and Tucker Beathard beginning May 12 in Holmdel, NJ, following a string of dates overseas this month. For more information on new music and upcoming tour dates, visit www.dierks.com. 

 

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