Biggest Touring Year of Her Career
As Part of Some of the Biggest Tours in Country Music
Joins Reason To Drink…Another Tour
With Cole Swindell and Dustin Lynch
Launches October 4
Multi-award winning singer-songwriter and one of the hottest rising female artists in country music today, Lauren Alaina, has created and is riding her own wave of recent successes, multi-award wins, national tv performances to continuing her rise in country music with being part of some of the biggest tours in country music in 2018 … and there’s more to come! Lauren is currently on tour with Jason Aldean’s High Noon Neon Tour 2018 after just coming off rising superstar Cole Swindell’s “Reason To Drink Tour.” Before that, in early 2018, she opened for country music’s living legend and Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson. Additionally, she toured with Luke Bryan for the second time on his Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day Tourin 2017. Now, Lauren was just invited back to tour with Cole Swindell and Dustin Lynch for the Reason To Drink…Another Tour which kicks off on Oct 4 in Tuscaloosa, AL. The tour is slated to run through the end of 2018.
Continuing the 2018 momentum build, in just the past two months, Lauren has been announced to co-host the prestigious 12th Annual ACM Honors with Jon Pardi on August 22 from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Additionally, at CMA Fest in June, the rising female star and her friend Kane Brown performed their now TRIPLE Platinum® selling No. 1 hit duet “What Ifs,” which went to No. 1 simultaneously topping five Billboard charts, at NISSAN stadium in front of a sold-out crowd. Lauren and Kane’s performance will be part of the ABC tv special CMA Fest on August 8.
Photo Credit: Jake Matthews
In between the already three major tours she has been part of in 2018 alone, Lauren has had time to win back-to-back major awards for ACM New Female Artist of the Year and CMT Collaborative Video of the Year, was invited to perform on the 38thannual broadcast of the top-rated PBS special “A Capitol Fourth” alongside music legends like CeCe Winans, the Temptations, The Beach Boys, Pentatonix and more.TheMercury Records Nashville rising star also officially launched her Fan Club during CMA Fest – the Number Onesie Alainers’ Club– to overwhelming reaction and memberships.
In early July, Lauren released the very personal, emotional and vocal soaked lyric video for “Three,” a song she wrote about the weaving of her life and career. The video has amassed over 130,000 views sparking emotional responses from fans.
About Lauren Alaina:
Country star Lauren Alaina’s critically-acclaimed sophomore album, Road Less Traveled, landed on multiple “Best Of” lists including Billboard, Rolling Stone and Amazon, and it became the top-streamed female country album release of 2017. Praised as “full of life lessons and uplift” (PEOPLE), the collection of 12 songs all written by the young star includes Lauren’s first No. 1 smash, “Road Less Traveled,” the Top 25 hit “Doin’ Fine,” and the deeply personal and inspiring, “Three.” The “sassy Southerner with killer pipes” (PARADE) has shared the stage with superstars including Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and Martina McBride, and the Georgia native is currently on tour with Jason Aldean. In addition to earning nominations for ACM Vocal Event of the Year and Billboard Music’s Top Country Song awards, Lauren took home this year’s ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year Award and CMT Collaborative Video of the Year Award for “What Ifs,” the triple-platinum selling No. 1 hit with childhood friend, Kane Brown. Lauren is one of CMT’s Next Women of Country and she received her first CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year with her No. 1 hit “Road Less Traveled.” Following the release of Road Less Traveled, Lauren has received nominations for the ACM Awards, CMA Awards, CMT Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Radio Disney Awards and Billboard Music Awards.
For more information and tour dates, please visit http://laurenalainaofficial.com/ and follow Lauren at @Lauren_Alaina on Twitter, @laurenalaina on Instagram and on Facebook. For videos go to her YouTube (@LaurenAlainaAIVEVO)