NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 30, 2014) – Tickets for the second leg of GRAMMY Award-winning artist Darius Rucker’s 2014 True Believers Tour go on sale this week. Eli Young Band, Corey Smith and Joel Crouse will be joining Rucker, who just earned his third career GRAMMY award and first as a country artist for Best Country Solo Performance on the No. 1 smash hit “Wagon Wheel.”  The Plain Dealer elected Rucker’s win as one of the most compelling overlooked storylines of the night, stating, “It’s been 20 years since Hootie released Cracked Rear View and Rucker is still going strong.”

 

Rucker recently received three Academy of Country Music Awards nominations including Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for "Wagon Wheel" featuring Lady Antebellum. The 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 6 at 8:00PM ET/PT on CBS.

 

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette calls Rucker’s live show “a killer set,” andThe Morning Call hails him as “the best male performer in country music right now." The first leg of the tour, featuring Eli Young Band and David Nail, kicked off Jan. 29 and runs through March 9, 2014. The second leg will begin March 27 and run through August.

 

A complete list of dates and venues for the 2014 True Believers Tourare as follows:

Jan. 29 | Champaign, Ill. | State Farm Center †

Jan. 30 | Ft. Wayne, Ind. | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum †

Jan. 31 | Ypsilanti, Mich. | The Convocation Center †

Feb. 13 | Hershey, Pa. | Giant Center †

Feb. 14 | Albany, N.Y. | Times Union Center †

Feb. 15 | Verona, N.Y. | Turning Stone Resort & Casino †

Feb. 20 | Charleston, S.C. | North Charleston Coliseum †

Feb. 21 | Columbia, S.C. | Colonial Life Arena †

Feb. 22 | Asheville, N.C. | US Cellular Center* ‡

Feb. 27 | Erie, Pa. | Erie Insurance Arena †

Feb. 28 | Youngstown, Ohio | Covelli Centre †

March 1 | Roanoke, Va. | Roanoke Civic Center †

March 7 | Enid, Okla. | Enid Event Center and Convention Hall †

March 8 | Salina, Kan.  | Salina Bicentennial Center †

March 9 | Loveland, Colo. | Budweiser Events Center †

March 27 | Binghamton, N.Y. | Broome County Arena **

March 28 | Uncasville, Conn. | Mohegan Sun Arena **

March 29 | Portland, Maine | Cumberland Civic Center **

April 10 | Morgantown, W.Va. | West Virginia University ***

April 11 | Lewisburg, Pa.| Bucknell University ***

April 18 | Fayetteville, N. C. | Crown Center ***

April 19 | St. Augustine, Fla. | St. Augustine Amphitheatre ***

April 24 | Orlando, Fla. | UCF Arena ***

April 25 | Tallahassee, Fla. | Leon County Fair ***

April 26 | Orange Beach, Ala. | The Wharf ***

*Eli Young Band will not be performing on this date

**Featuring Joel Crouse

***Featuring Corey Smith

† With special guest David Nail

‡ With special guests David Nail and A Thousand Horses

 

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit:

DariusRucker.com

 

About Eli Young Band: Eli Young Band has charted two consecutive No. 1 hits at Country Radio with “Crazy Girl and “Even If It Breaks Your Heart.” Their new single “Drunk Last Night” off their forthcoming album is approaching the Top 10.  Their smash hit “Crazy Girl,” has been certified double platinum, was named Billboard’s No. 1 Country Song of The Year and won the 2012 ACM for Song Of The Year. “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” has been certified platinum, and was nominated for GRAMMY Best Country Song, CMA Single Of The Year, Song Of The Year as well as ACM Single Of The Year and Song Of The Year. Their last album made its debut at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart and No. 6 on the Billboard 200, earning praise in The New York Times, People,Associated Press, American Songwriter, The New Yorker, USA Today, New York Post, Billboard and Country Weekly.  The band has opened for Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan, Jason Aldean and Dave Matthews Band and sells out venues as a headliner from coast to coast.

 

About Corey Smith: With an ever-expanding fan-base and hundreds of sold-out performances to date, Corey Smith is making his mark on the country music scene. The rising singer-songwriter has logged more than 1000 plus shows, sold over 1 million tickets and brought Zac Brown Band, Brantley Gilbert and Florida Georgia Line along for the ride as openers. Amassing acclaim as an independent artist, Smith has sold over 1.8 million digital singles and 250,000 albums. He has been recognized as one of country music's hottest new artists by Country Weekly andMusic Row Magazine and featured on the cover of Pollstar as a Hotstar Top Artist.  Premiering on SiriusXM’s The Highway, Smith’s latest hit “Ain’t Going Out Tonight” is the lead single from his forthcoming album produced by Keith Stegall (Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band, George Strait). For more information and tour dates, please visit coreysmith.com

 

About Joel Crouse: At the ripe age of 21, Show Dog-Universal Music’s Joel Crouse has already opened shows for Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Darius Rucker, Rodney Atkins, Sara Evans, and Goo Goo Dolls.  He recently released his single, “Why God Made Love Songs,” to country radio—which he co-penned with acclaimed songwriter Jimmy Yeary and his producer Jamie Houston—from his forthcoming debut album. For more information, visit www.joelcrouse.com