BRANTLEY GILBERT’S GLOBAL BLACK OUT
World Tour Hits Australia, England & Europe as Part of His 4 Month North American Headlining Arena Concert Run
Photo Credit: James Minchin
Nashville, TN (November 2, 2015) – Brantley Gilbert has
always pushed the edge when it comes to music. So when it comes to
striking out on the road with his BLACK OUT TOUR, it figures the man
with back-to-back Platinum albums would never settle for North America
alone. Instead, the renegade Country star is hitting the UK, Germany,
the Netherlands and Australia, in addition to playing arenas across
Canada and the U.S.
“If you’re gonna take it on the road, do it,” the man who won last year’s American Music Award for Favorite Country Album
explains. “If you’re gonna push the music, don’t be afraid to put it
out there. People around the world get the idea about what we do: these
songs are about living life in hard places, but standing up when you do.
That’s a universal thing, so let’s do it.”
Kicking off November 11
at Melkweg in Amsterdam, the rough’n’raw songwriter who just hit #1
with “One Hell Of An Amen,” the Gold-certified celebration of living and
dying with valor, will swing through Hamburg’s Fabrik, Munich’s
Technikum and Stuttgart’s Im Wizemann before heading to Glasgow’s Oran
Mor and a sweep through England’s Manchester Academy, the Birmingham
Institute Library and London’s storied Shepard’s Bush Empire. An
international run more favored by harder rock acts, Brantley handily
straddles the line.
“Music is music,” says the man who also wrote Jason Aldean’s
chart-toppers “Dirt Road Anthem” and “My Kinda Party.“ “I don’t care
what you call it, as long as you let me play it my way. I know where these songs came from, what they mean, how they played out – and that is how me and the boys try to bring’em.”
The Georgia-born-and-raised songwriter hits the U.S. January 28
in Saginaw, Michigan for 27 North American dates. The run pauses as
Brantley ventures to Queensland, Australia for the CMC Rocks QLD at
Willowbank Raceway on March 12.
“This is why I do this,” Brantley says. “To take it to the people. I want to rock hard and tell the truth and see it in their eyes. My fans know
what I’m talking about, and they come for that reason. It’s not for
everybody, but it’s its own kind of Country… and being out in some of
the secondary markets, the kind of places I came up, that feels just
like home.”
Brantley’s unrelenting brand of Country has notched six #1s “Country
Must Be Country Wide,” “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” “Bottoms Up” and
“One Hell of An Amen,” as well as his two Aldean smashes. More
full-tilt, more aggressive, yet supremely grounded in the red clay he
was raised in, The New York Times wrote of JUST AS I AM,
“What elegance Mr. Gilbert manages in this demolition derby. Mr.
Gilbert comes on like a revving monster-truck engine, backed by heavy
rock guitar, but there’s a slyness to his singing. Beneath his boxy
exterior, there’s an active intelligence about melody and texture…In a
Country era where hardness isn’t valorized in the least, he’s
unapologetically rough, singing with the tenderness of a chain saw. And
on this strong album — his third in a row — he betrays no shame about
his creatine-fueled version of country music, which has more in common
with 1980s arena rock than with the rest of Nashville.”
Tickets for the arena dates will be on sale to the general public beginning Friday, November 6 with a special presale for members of the BG Nation. For more information, visit www.brantleygilbert.com.
Brantley Gilbert: BLACK OUT TOUR Dates
Nov. 11 Melkweg Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov. 12 Fabrik Hamburg, Germany
Nov. 13 Technikum Munich, Germany
Nov. 14 Im Wizemann Stuttgart, Germany
Nov. 17 Oran Mor Glasgow, Scotland
Nov. 18 Manchester Academy Manchester, England
Nov. 19 Birmingham Institute Library Birmingham, England
Nov. 20 O2 Shephard’s Bush Empire London, England
Jan. 28 Dow Event Center Saginaw, MI
Jan 29 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
Jan. 30 ISU Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
Feb. 4 James Brown Arena Augusta, GA
Feb. 5 CFE Arena – University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
Feb. 6 Donald L Tucker County Civic Ctr Tallahassee, FL
Feb. 11 Rogers K Rock Arena Kingston, Ontario
Feb. 12 GM Center Oshawa, Ontario
Feb. 13 Budweiser Gardens London, Ontario
Feb. 18 Huntington Center Toledo, OH
Feb. 19 Nutter Center Dayton, OH
Feb. 20 Turning Stone Resort & Casino Verona, NY
Feb. 24 AT&T Center Rodeo San Antonio, TX
Feb. 25 Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
Feb. 26 ASU Convention Center Jonesboro, AR
Feb. 27 BanCorp South Center Tupelo, MS
March 3 Rushmore Plaza Ice Arena Rapid City, SD
March 4 Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, MT
March 12 CMC Rocks QLD: Willowbank Raceway Queensland, Australia
April 14 Giant Center Hershey, PA
April 15 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
April 16 Salem Civic Center Salem, VA
April 21 Swiftel Center Brookings, SD
April 22 Bismark Civic Center Arena Bismark, ND
April 23 Target Center Minneapolis, MN
April 28 Resch Center Green Bay, WI
April 29 US Cellular Center Cedar Rapids, IA
April 30 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE.