Monday, January 3, 2011

Tim McGraw announces 2011 "Emotional Traffic" tour

Here's the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tim McGraw, named country music's No. 1 touring act of 2010 by Billboard, announced today that he and his band, the Dancehall Doctors, will return to the road this spring. The "Emotional Traffic Tour" will feature special guests Luke Bryan and The Band Perry. Dates for the extensive North American run will be announced shortly.

Ticket sales will begin on January 15th

McGraw will deliver "The Journey to Super Bowl 45," the opening tease to the FOX NFL Sunday pre-game show, which airs today at Noon ET on FOX. "Felt Good On My Lips," McGraw's latest single, is No. 1* on Billboard's Country Songs chart and has topped Mediabase's Canadian chart for three consecutive weeks. The song is one of two bonus tracks included on his new double-CD collection, Number One Hits (Curb Records), which includes 22 other chart-topping singles. You can check out the video for "Felt Good On My Lips" on Tim's YouTube channel.

McGraw co-stars alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester in Screen Gems' Country Strong, which will be released in theatres nationwide this Friday, January 7th. He'll discuss the film in a series of television appearances that includes "Late Show with David Letterman" (1/4), "Good Morning America" (1/5), "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1/5), "Chelsea Lately" (1/6) and "The Martha Stewart Show" (1/7). Variety called Country Strong a "rare ensemble piece in which all four principals are not only compellingly drawn but handled with an astute sense of dramatic balance" while CMT Insider noted: "Tim McGraw proves once again just what a fine actor he is."

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