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Eric Church Announces 'The Gather Again Tour' For Fall 2021

By Hayden Brooks

April 7, 2021

Eric Church has announced a brand-new tour, making the country titan one of the first artists to return to the touring circuit amid the pandemic.

On Wednesday (April 7), the chart-topper announced "The Gather Again Tour," which kicks off September 17 and hits 55 cities throughout North America. The arena trek, which will be packed to capacity, will end at New York’s Madison Square Garden on May 20, 2022. Tickets to the appropriately-titled tour goes on sale to members of Church's fan club, the Church Choir , on May 4. Tickets to the general public will go on sale on May 7, with the Canadian dates set for a time in the near future, per Billboard .

Church's announcement arrived ahead of his upcoming three-part album, Heart & Soul . While Heart is set for release on April 16, & will drop as a fan club-only release on April 20 and Soul on April 23.

"The Gather Again Tour" Dates:

Sept. 17, 2021 - Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky.

Sept. 18, 2021 - Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio

Sept. 24, 2021 - Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Cleveland, Ohio

Sept. 25, 2021 - KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.

Oct. 1, 2021 - Alerus Center Grand Forks, N.D.

Oct. 2, 2021 - Bell MTS Place Winnipeg, Manitoba

Oct. 8, 2021 - PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, Pa.

Oct. 9, 2021 - Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pa.

Oct. 15, 2021 - Ball Arena Denver, Colo.

Oct. 22, 2021 - Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, Alberta

Oct. 23, 2021 - SaskTel Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Oct. 29, 2021 - Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia

Oct. 30, 2021 - Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, Wash.

Nov. 12, 2021 - Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn.

Nov. 13, 2021 - Ford Center Evansville, Ind.

Dec. 3, 2021 - SNHU Arena Manchester, N.H.

Dec. 4, 2021 - UBS Arena Belmont Park, N.Y.

Dec. 10, 2021 - The Anthem Washington, D.C.

Dec. 11, 2021 - The Anthem Washington, D.C.

Dec. 17, 2021 - Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C.

Dec. 18, 2021 - Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.

Jan. 7, 2022 - Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Neb.

Jan. 8, 2022 - Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Sioux Falls, S.D.

Jan. 14, 2022 - Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario

Jan. 15, 2022 - Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa, Ontario

Jan. 21, 2022 - Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Mich.

Jan. 22, 2022 - Little Caesars Arena Detroit, Mich.

Feb. 4, 2022 - KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky.

Feb. 5, 2022 - Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Ind.

Feb. 11, 2022 - CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, Neb.

Feb. 12, 2022 - Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa

Feb. 18, 2022 - T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Mo.

Feb 19, 2022 - BOK Center Tulsa, Okla.

Feb. 25, 2022 - Hampton Coliseum Hampton, Va.

Feb. 26, 2022 - Spectrum Center Charlotte, N.C.

March 4, 2022 - Amway Center Orlando, Fla.

March 5, 2022 - Amalie Arena Tampa, Fla.

March 11, 2022 - United Center Chicago, Ill.

March 12, 2022 - Enterprise Center St. Louis, Mo.

March 18, 2022 - Resch Center Green Bay, Wis.

March 19, 2022 - Resch Center Green Bay, Wis.

March 25, 2022 - Legacy Arena at the BJCC Birmingham, Ala.

March 26, 2022 - Simmons Bank Arena Little Rock, Ark.

April 1, 2022 - Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas

April 2, 2022 - AT&T Center San Antonio, Texas

April 8, 2022 - Toyota Center Houston, Texas

April 9, 2022 - Smoothie King Center New Orleans, La.

April 15, 2022 - Moda Center Portland, Ore.

April 16, 2022 - Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash.

April 29, 2022 - ExtraMile Arena Boise, Idaho

April 30, 2022 - Vivint Arena Salt Lake City, Utah

May 6, 2022 - Pechanga Arena San Diego, Calif.

May 7, 2022 - STAPLES Center Los Angeles, Calif.

May 11, 2022 - Golden 1 Center Sacramento, Calif.

May 13, 2022 - T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nev.

May 14, 2022 - Gila River Arena Glendale, Ariz.

May 20, 2022 - Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y.

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Eric Church Announces Return to the Road With 2021 Arena Tour

By Jon Freeman

Jon Freeman

Eric Church has announced dates for an extensive arena tour that will carry him into 2022. The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year plans to kick off the Gather Again Tour on September 17th in Lexington, Kentucky. Each show will be played in the round with his stage at the center of the room. For some past tours, Church sold seats all the way around the stage, but this is his first trek with a true in-the-round setup.

With opening dates starting in mid-September, the 55-date Gather Again Tour will ostensibly keep Church on the road for nine months when it wraps up in late May 2022. Notable stops include back-to-back shows at the Anthem in Washington, D.C., and the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Church will also stop in several Southern cities, including Louisville, New Orleans, Birmingham, Knoxville, and Little Rock, but so far, no Nashville date is on his itinerary. Tickets go on sale May 7th at 10 a.m. local time.

Church will have plenty of new music to play at these upcoming shows. His triple album Heart & Soul arrives in three installments beginning with Heart on April 16th, followed by Soul on April 23rd, and the middle section & (Ampersand) going to Church Choir club members on Tuesday, April 20th.

Here are Church’s Gather Again Tour Dates:

September 17, 2021 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena September 18, 2021 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena September 24, 2021 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse September 25, 2021 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center October 1, 2021 – Grand Forks, ND @ Alerus Center October 2, 2021 – Winnepeg, Manitoba @ Bell MTS Place October 8, 2021 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena October 9, 2021 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center October 15, 2021 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena October 22, 2021 – Calgary, Alberta @ Scotiabank Saddledome October 23, 2021 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ SaskTel Centre October 29, 2021 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rogers Arena October 30, 2021 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena November 12, 2021 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena November 13, 2021 – Evansville, IN @ Ford Center December 3, 2021 – Manchester, NH @ SNHU Arena December 4, 2021 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena December 10, 2021 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem December 11, 2021 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem December 17, 2021 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena December 18, 2021 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum January 7, 2022 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena January 8, 2022 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford PREMIER Center January 14, 2022 – Toronto, Ontario @ Scotiabank Arena January 15, 2022 – Ottawa, Ontario @ Canadian Tire Centre January 21, 2022 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena January 22, 2022 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena February 4, 2022 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center February 5, 2022 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse February 11, 2022 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Omaha February 12, 2022 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena February 18, 2022 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center Feb 19, 2022 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center February 25, 2022 – Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum February 26, 2022 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center March 4, 2022 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center March 5, 2022 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena March 11, 2022 – Chicago, IL @ United Center March 12, 2022 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center March 18, 2022 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center March 19, 2022 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center March 25, 2022 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at the BJCC March 26, 2022 – Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena April 1, 2022 – Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena April 2, 2022 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center April 8, 2022 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center April 9, 2022 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center April 15, 2022 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center April 16, 2022 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena April 29, 2022 – Boise, ID @ ExtraMile Arena April 30, 2022 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Arena May 6, 2022 – San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena May 7, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center May 11, 2022 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center May 13, 2022 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena May 14, 2022 – Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena May 20, 2022 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

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Eric Church Sets Dates for Fall Arena Tour: Is He Coming to Your City?

Eric Church will embark on a full fall arena outing starting in September, making him one of the first artists to return to a full tour schedule following the pandemic.

By Melinda Newman

Melinda Newman

Eric Church will embark on an arena tour in the fall, making him one of the first artists to return to a full concert circuit since the COVID-19 pandemic brought touring to a halt in March 2020.

Church’s appropriately named The Gather Again Tour kicks off Sept. 17 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., and will stop in 55 cities through North America before ending at New York’s Madison Square Garden on May 20, 2022.

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Tickets for the U.S. dates, booked by WME and promoted by Messina Touring Group, go on sale May 4 to members of Church’s fan club, the Church Choir, and to the general public on May 7. The Canadian dates will go on sale soon. The arenas will be sold at 100% capacity with seating in the round.

Church has been working toward getting back on the road since shortly after the pandemic started and hinted that he would announce the tour soon in his Billboard April 3 cover story , out now. “All I’ve ever done is play live shows. That’s my whole gig,” he said.

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An elated Church dropped the news first, per his habit, to his Church Choir members via video, then to Billboard .

The reigning CMA entertainer of the year has been off the road since his 2019 Double Down arena tour, Billboard’s highest-grossing country outing of 2019. The outing’s final night drew 56,521 people to Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, breaking Taylor Swift’s attendance record there.

After the pandemic caused him to push back both his Heart & Soul triple-album project and a tour from 2020, Church met with epidemiologists, venue managers and industry vets within his own circle, determined to figure out how to get back onstage safely. “It became very clear to me that the only way to really get back to normal is through vaccinations,” he says. “You’ve got to get needles in arms.”

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Church can’t wait to get onstage and share the connection with his audience. “Honestly, there’s a spirit moving around. I would even say the best shows is me 20 [percent]; them, 80. It’s them giving. All I’m doing is starting the process and then they just carry it,” he told Billboard.

Though a number of outdoor festivals are taking place this summer and fall, very few artists are attempting to return to full indoor arena capacity in 2021. In addition to Church, Latin superstar Maluma has also put a fall arena tour on sale.

Church, who is nominated for entertainer of the year at the April 18 ACM Awards, will also participate in a PSA promoting vaccines that will debut during the awards ceremony. Produced by ACM Lifting Lives, The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative, the spot will also feature Darius Rucker and Ashley McBryde.

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Church’s Heart & Soul will now launch April 16, starting with the rock-leaning Heart ; then & (pronounced “ampersand”), available on vinyl or streaming only to members of the official Church Choir fan club starting April 20; and the groove-driven Soul , out April 23, with songs reflecting the Muscle Shoals and Motown influences on his sound.

The Gather Again Tour dates:

Sept. 17, 2021 – Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky. Sept. 18, 2021 – Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Sept. 24, 2021 – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Cleveland, Ohio Sept. 25, 2021 – KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 1, 2021 – Alerus Center Grand Forks, N.D. Oct. 2, 2021 – Bell MTS Place Winnipeg, Manitoba Oct. 8, 2021 – PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, Pa. Oct. 9, 2021 – Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 15, 2021 – Ball Arena Denver, Colo. Oct. 22, 2021 – Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, Alberta Oct. 23, 2021 – SaskTel Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Oct. 29, 2021 – Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia Oct. 30, 2021 – Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, Wash. Nov. 12, 2021 – Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 13, 2021 – Ford Center Evansville, Ind. Dec. 3, 2021 – SNHU Arena Manchester, N.H. Dec. 4, 2021 – UBS Arena Belmont Park, N.Y. Dec. 10, 2021 – The Anthem Washington, D.C. Dec. 11, 2021 – The Anthem Washington, D.C. Dec. 17, 2021 – Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C. Dec. 18, 2021 – Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Jan. 7, 2022 – Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 8, 2022 – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Sioux Falls, S.D. Jan. 14, 2022 – Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario Jan. 15, 2022 – Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa, Ontario Jan. 21, 2022 – Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 22, 2022 – Little Caesars Arena Detroit, Mich. Feb. 4, 2022 – KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Feb. 5, 2022 – Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 11, 2022 – CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, Neb. Feb. 12, 2022 – Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Feb. 18, 2022 – T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Mo. Feb 19, 2022 – BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 25, 2022 – Hampton Coliseum Hampton, Va. Feb. 26, 2022 – Spectrum Center Charlotte, N.C. March 4, 2022 – Amway Center Orlando, Fla. March 5, 2022 – Amalie Arena Tampa, Fla. March 11, 2022 – United Center Chicago, Ill. March 12, 2022 – Enterprise Center St. Louis, Mo. March 18, 2022 – Resch Center Green Bay, Wis. March 19, 2022 – Resch Center Green Bay, Wis. March 25, 2022 – Legacy Arena at the BJCC Birmingham, Ala. March 26, 2022 – Simmons Bank Arena Little Rock, Ark. April 1, 2022 – Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas April 2, 2022 – AT&T Center San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2022 – Toyota Center Houston, Texas April 9, 2022 – Smoothie King Center New Orleans, La. April 15, 2022 – Moda Center Portland, Ore. April 16, 2022 – Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. April 29, 2022 – ExtraMile Arena Boise, Idaho April 30, 2022 – Vivint Arena Salt Lake City, Utah May 6, 2022 – Pechanga Arena San Diego, Calif. May 7, 2022 – STAPLES Center Los Angeles, Calif. May 11, 2022 – Golden 1 Center Sacramento, Calif. May 13, 2022 – T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nev. May 14, 2022 – Gila River Arena Glendale, Ariz. May 20, 2022 – Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y.

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Eric Church Sets Gather Again Tour Dates for Fall of 2021

Eric Church has announced ambitious plans to return to the road in the Fall of 2021. The country superstar has revealed the venues and dates for his Gather Again Tour, which is slated to launch on Sept. 17 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.

Billboard reports that Church and his band are scheduled to hit 55 cities in North America before wrapping the road trek at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 20, 2022.

Church addressed his fans directly in a video he posted on YouTube on Wednesday (April 7).

Seats for the upcoming shows will be sold at full capacity, featuring seating in the round.

Tickets for the U.S. dates are slated to go on sale to members of Church’s fan club, the Church Choir, on May 4. General public ticket sales will follow on May 7 at 10AM local time via Church's website , with Canadian dates to go on sale "soon," per Billboard .

Church has become a leading voice in country music's push to get back onstage. He recently posed for the cover of Billboard getting his vaccination , and in an accompanying article, he emphasized that getting vaccinated was the only path forward for things to return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Church is set to release an ambitious triple album project titled Heart & Soul in three parts in April. Heart is due out on April 16, followed by the Church Choir fan club-only release & on April 20 and Soul on April 23.

Eric Church's 2021 Gather Again Tour Dates:

Sept. 17, 2021 - Lexington, Ky. @ Rupp Arena Sept. 18, 2021 - Columbus, Ohio @ Nationwide Arena Sept. 24, 2021 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Sept. 25, 2021 - Buffalo, N.Y. @ KeyBank Center Oct. 1, 2021 - Grand Forks, N.D. @ Alerus Center Oct. 2, 2021 - Winnipeg, Manitoba @ Bell MTS Place Oct. 8, 2021 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ PPG Paints Arena Oct. 9, 2021 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Wells Fargo Center Oct. 15, 2021 - Denver, Colo. @ Ball Arena Oct. 22, 2021 - Calgary, Alberta @ Scotiabank Saddledome Oct. 23, 2021 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ SaskTel Centre Oct. 29, 2021 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rogers Arena Oct. 30, 2021 - Seattle, Wash. @ Climate Pledge Arena Nov. 12, 2021 - Knoxville, Tenn. @ Thompson-Boling Arena Nov. 13, 2021 - Evansville, Ind. @ Ford Center Dec. 3, 2021 - Manchester, N.H. @ SNHU Arena Dec. 4, 2021 - Belmont Park, N.Y. @ UBS Arena Dec. 10, 2021 - Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem Dec. 11, 2021 - Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem Dec. 17, 2021 - Greenville, S.C. @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena Dec. 18, 2021 - Greensboro, N.C. @ Greensboro Coliseum Jan. 7, 2022 - Lincoln, Neb. @ Pinnacle Bank Arena Jan. 8, 2022 - Sioux Falls, S.D. @ Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Jan. 14, 2022 - Toronto, Ontario @ Scotiabank Arena Jan. 15, 2022 - Ottawa, Ontario @ Canadian Tire Centre Jan. 21, 2022 - Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena Jan. 22, 2022 - Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena Feb. 4, 2022 - Louisville, Ky. @ KFC Yum! Center Feb. 5, 2022 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse Feb. 11, 2022 - Omaha, Neb. @ CHI Health Center Omaha Feb. 12, 2022 - Des Moines, Iowa @ Wells Fargo Arena Feb. 18, 2022 - Kansas City, Mo. @ T-Mobile Center Feb 19, 2022 - Tulsa, Okla. @ BOK Center Feb. 25, 2022 - Hampton, Va. @ Hampton Coliseum Feb. 26, 2022 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Spectrum Center March 4, 2022 - Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center March 5, 2022 - Tampa, Fla. @ Amalie Arena March 11, 2022 - Chicago, Ill. @ United Center March 12, 2022 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Enterprise Center March 18, 2022 - Green Bay, Wis. @ Resch Center March 19, 2022 - Green Bay, Wis. @ Resch Center March 25, 2022 - Birmingham, Ala. @ Legacy Arena at the BJCC March 26, 2022 - Little Rock, Ark. @ Simmons Bank Arena April 1, 2022 - Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena April 2, 2022 - San Antonio, Texas @ AT&T Center April 8, 2022 - Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center April 9, 2022 - New Orleans, La. @ Smoothie King Center April 15, 2022 - Portland, Ore. @ Moda Center April 16, 2022 - Spokane, Wash. @ Spokane Arena April 29, 2022 - Boise, Idaho @ ExtraMile Arena April 30, 2022 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Vivint Arena May 6, 2022 - San Diego, Calif. @ Pechanga Arena May 7, 2022 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Staples Center May 11, 2022 - Sacramento, Calif. @ Golden 1 Center May 13, 2022 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ T-Mobile Arena May 14, 2022 - Glendale, Ariz. @ Gila River Arena May 20, 2022 - New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden

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The 55-city tour will kick off in mid-September, with dates stretching all the way to May 2022.

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Eric Church has announced details of his return to the road for a full and extensive arena tour of North America this fall. The 55-city Gather Again Tour will kick off in mid-September in Kentucky, with dates stretching all the way to May 2022, when it concludes at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The current CMA Entertainer of the Year plans to conduct the dates in an in-the-round format, with the stage in the middle of the arena, in order to accommodate as many people as possible. In a video message to fans, Church said: “When I talked to you back in February I told you that a North American tour was coming. We were still waiting on the right time to release the details. I’m excited to share that the time is now.”

Tickets for all of the US dates in the itinerary will go on general sale on Friday, May 7 at 10am local time, at EricChurch.com . Members of his Church Choir fan club will have early pre-sale access three days earlier, on May 4 at 10am local time. Details will follow soon about the on-sale timing for the Canadian dates.

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The full Gather Again Tour itinerary is:

Sept. 17, 2021 – Rupp Arena – Lexington, Ky. Sept. 18, 2021 – Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio Sept. 24, 2021 – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse – Cleveland, Ohio Sept. 25, 2021 – KeyBank Center – Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 1, 2021 – Alerus Center – Grand Forks, N.D. Oct. 2, 2021 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, Manitoba Oct. 8, 2021 – PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, Pa. Oct. 9, 2021 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 15, 2021 – Ball Arena – Denver, Colo. Oct. 22, 2021 – Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary, Alberta Oct. 23, 2021 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Oct. 29, 2021 – Rogers Arena – Vancouver, British Columbia Oct. 30, 2021 – Climate Pledge Arena – Seattle, Wash. Nov. 12, 2021 – Thompson-Boling Arena – Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 13, 2021 – Ford Center – Evansville, Ind. Dec. 3, 2021 – SNHU Arena – Manchester, N.H. Dec. 4, 2021 – UBS Arena – Belmont Park, N.Y. Dec. 10, 2021 – The Anthem – Washington, D.C. Dec. 11, 2021 – The Anthem – Washington, D.C. Dec. 17, 2021 – Bon Secours Wellness Arena – Greenville, S.C. Dec. 18, 2021 – Greensboro Coliseum – Greensboro, N.C. Jan. 7, 2022 – Pinnacle Bank Arena – Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 8, 2022 – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center – Sioux Falls, S.D. Jan. 14, 2022 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, Ontario Jan. 15, 2022 – Canadian Tire Centre – Ottawa, Ontario Jan. 21, 2022 – Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 22, 2022 – Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, Mich. Feb. 4, 2022 – KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, Ky. Feb. 5, 2022 – Bankers Life Fieldhouse – Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 11, 2022 – CHI Health Center Omaha – Omaha, Neb. Feb. 12, 2022 – Wells Fargo Arena – Des Moines, Iowa Feb. 18, 2022 – T-Mobile Center – Kansas City, Mo. Feb 19, 2022 – BOK Center – Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 25, 2022 – Hampton Coliseum – Hampton, Va. Feb. 26, 2022 – Spectrum Center – Charlotte, N.C. March 4, 2022 – Amway Center – Orlando, Fla. March 5, 2022 – Amalie Arena – Tampa, Fla. March 11, 2022 – United Center – Chicago, Ill. March 12, 2022 – Enterprise Center – St. Louis, Mo. March 18, 2022 – Resch Center – Green Bay, Wis. March 19, 2022 – Resch Center – Green Bay, Wis. March 25, 2022 – Legacy Arena at the BJCC – Birmingham, Ala. March 26, 2022 – Simmons Bank Arena – Little Rock, Ark. April 1, 2022 – Dickies Arena – Fort Worth, Texas April 2, 2022 – AT&T Center – San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2022 – Toyota Center – Houston, Texas April 9, 2022 – Smoothie King Center – New Orleans, La. April 15, 2022 – Moda Center – Portland, Ore. April 16, 2022 – Spokane Arena – Spokane, Wash. April 29, 2022 – ExtraMile Arena – Boise, Idaho April 30, 2022 – Vivint Arena – Salt Lake City, Utah May 6, 2022 – Pechanga Arena – San Diego, Calif. May 7, 2022 – STAPLES Center – Los Angeles, Calif. May 11, 2022 – Golden 1 Center – Sacramento, Calif. May 13, 2022 – T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas, Nev. May 14, 2022 – Gila River Arena – Glendale, Ariz. May 20, 2022 – Madison Square Garden – New York, N.Y.

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Eric Church Announces 2021 The Gather Again Tour

He's playing in the round so as many fans can be there as possible.

Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Eric Church has announced plans to head back out on tour this fall. Dubbed The Gather Again Tour, Church will hit 55 cities across the United States and Canada beginning in September and wrap up the run with a grand finale show in New York City’s Madison Square Garden next year. His tour will be an “in the round” set-up, with the stage in the middle of the venue to accommodate as many fans as possible.

The North Carolina native opened up about his desire to tour again in a recent interview with Billboard, where he encouraged fans to get the COVID-19 vaccine so that they might reunite at a show one day.

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“It became very clear to me that the only way to really get back to normal is through vaccinations. You’ve got to get needles in arms,” he shared with Billboard . On the cover image, Church is seen receiving his second dose of the vaccine after acknowledging that he met with epidemiologists and industry experts about the possibility of returning to touring.

“I just want to play shows,” he continued. “Politics’ job is to divide – that’s how you win elections. Those things that unite us are music and sports. The times when, whether you’re a Democrat or Republican or whatever, you throw your arm around the person next to you. We need that. I need that.”

Church has big plans for the year on top of his massive tour. He’ll soon release a three-album record called Heart & Soul , with Heart releasing April 16, Soul releasing April 23 and & being shared with Church Club members exclusively on April 20. He is also slated to perform on the 2021 ACM Awards April 18, where he is currently nominated for Entertainer of the Year.

Tickets for the U.S. tour dates go on sale to the general public Friday, May 7 at 10 a.m. local time at EricChurch.com . Church Choir members may access tickets early via pre-sale on Tuesday, May 4 at 10 a.m. local time. Ticket information for the Canadian dates will be available soon.

The Gather Again Tour Sept. 17, 2021 Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky. Sept. 18, 2021 Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Sept. 24, 2021 Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Cleveland, Ohio Sept. 25, 2021 KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 1, 2021 Alerus Center Grand Forks, N.D. Oct. 2, 2021 Bell MTS Place Winnipeg, Manitoba Oct. 8, 2021 PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, Pa. Oct. 9, 2021 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 15, 2021 Ball Arena Denver, Colo. Oct. 22, 2021 Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, Alberta Oct. 23, 2021 SaskTel Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Oct. 29, 2021 Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia Oct. 30, 2021 Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, Wash. Nov. 12, 2021 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 13, 2021 Ford Center Evansville, Ind. Dec. 3, 2021 SNHU Arena Manchester, N.H. Dec. 4, 2021 UBS Arena Belmont Park, N.Y. Dec. 10, 2021 The Anthem Washington, D.C. Dec. 11, 2021 The Anthem Washington, D.C. Dec. 17, 2021 Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C. Dec. 18, 2021 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Jan. 7, 2022 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 8, 2022 Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Sioux Falls, S.D. Jan. 14, 2022 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario Jan. 15, 2022 Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa, Ontario Jan. 21, 2022 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 22, 2022 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, Mich. Feb. 4, 2022 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Feb. 5, 2022 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 11, 2022 CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, Neb. Feb. 12, 2022 Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Feb. 18, 2022 T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Mo. Feb 19, 2022 BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 25, 2022 Hampton Coliseum Hampton, Va. Feb. 26, 2022 Spectrum Center Charlotte, N.C. March 4, 2022 Amway Center Orlando, Fla. March 5, 2022 Amalie Arena Tampa, Fla. March 11, 2022 United Center Chicago, Ill. March 12, 2022 Enterprise Center St. Louis, Mo. March 18, 2022 Resch Center Green Bay, Wis. March 19, 2022 Resch Center Green Bay, Wis. March 25, 2022 Legacy Arena at the BJCC Birmingham, Ala. March 26, 2022 Simmons Bank Arena Little Rock, Ark. April 1, 2022 Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas April 2, 2022 AT&T Center San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2022 Toyota Center Houston, Texas April 9, 2022 Smoothie King Center New Orleans, La. April 15, 2022 Moda Center Portland, Ore. April 16, 2022 Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. April 29, 2022 ExtraMile Arena Boise, Idaho April 30, 2022 Vivint Arena Salt Lake City, Utah May 6, 2022 Pechanga Arena San Diego, Calif. May 7, 2022 STAPLES Center Los Angeles, Calif. May 11, 2022 Golden 1 Center Sacramento, Calif. May 13, 2022 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nev. May 14, 2022 Gila River Arena Glendale, Ariz. May 20, 2022 Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y.

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Eric Church and 30,000+ “Gather Again” as Tour Kicks Off

Prowling around his brand-new 2,400 square foot multi-level stage, positioned in the center of the arena floor for his first-ever in-the-round set up, Church launched into three and a half hours of music spanning his impressive decade-plus catalogue of both hits and deep cuts beloved by his loyal Church Choir.

From multi-Platinum-certified singles including “Talladega” and “Drink In My Hand” to fan favorites like “Chattanooga Lucy” and “Pledge Allegiance to the Hag” as well as a sampling of the 24 songs making up his latest chart topping project, Heart & Soul , the current CMA Male Vocalist of the Year nominee’s vocals shone through stronger than ever after the unexpected time away from the road.

Indeed, Church continued well past the end of the intended set list each night in response to the crowds palpable energy, with Friday’s performance eventually transitioning from a “Born to Run” rendition into his 6x Platinum-certified “Springsteen,” thrilling the crowd with a personalized chorus of “ a soundtrack to a Lexington Friday night ” before pausing mid-song to describe the opening night celebration as “the tip of the spear for what this tour is” and proclaiming: “We are made to gather – and gather we did and gather we shall!”

The congregation continued Saturday evening in Columbus, Ohio with a brand-new set list as Church remains committed to giving fans in each city a completely unique experience.

The Lexington Herald-Leader raved of the “energetic 40-song bonanza” that was opening night: “the entire show possessed an intriguing stylistic variance” and “was massively audience-friendly” while the Columbus Dispatch celebrated the way Church “treated the arena like his own personal honky-tonk, keeping the evening loose and likeable rather than bombastic or tightly controlled” as he “combined the storytelling power of country music with the energy and anarchy of rock.”

The Gather Again Tour continues with 55 additional dates to come as Church visits cities throughout the U.S. and Canada into 2022. Tickets to all dates, including the grand finale at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden, are on sale now at EricChurch.com .

All tour dates will enforce local venue and/or city guidelines regarding COVID-19 precautions. Church will be touring with a fully vaccinated crew .

For more information, visit www.ericchurch.com and follow on Facebook and Twitter @ericchurch and Instagram @ericchurchmusic. Fans can also download the Eric Church Official App for exclusive offers only available on tour – including seat upgrades, contests and special merchandise – all while connecting with fellow fans from around the world.

Remaining Dates on The Gather Again Tour * denotes special appearances not part of The Gather Again Tour Nov. 5, 2021* ATLive: The King & The Chief Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 12, 2021 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 13, 2021 Ford Center Evansville, Ind. Dec. 3, 2021 SNHU Arena Manchester, N.H. Dec. 4, 2021 UBS Arena Belmont Park, N.Y. Dec. 10, 2021 The Anthem Washington, D.C. Dec. 11, 2021 The Anthem Washington, D.C. Dec. 17, 2021 Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C. Dec. 18, 2021 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Jan. 7, 2022 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 8, 2022 Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Sioux Falls, S.D. Jan. 14, 2022 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario Jan. 15, 2022 Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa, Ontario Jan. 21, 2022 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 22, 2022 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, Mich. Feb. 4, 2022 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Feb. 5, 2022 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 11, 2022 CHI Health Center Omaha, Neb. Feb. 12, 2022 Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Feb. 18, 2022 T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Mo. Feb 19, 2022 BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 25, 2022 Hampton Coliseum Hampton, Va. Feb. 26, 2022 Spectrum Center Charlotte, N.C. March 4, 2022 Amway Center Orlando, Fla. March 5, 2022 Amalie Arena Tampa, Fla. March 11, 2022 United Center Chicago, Ill. March 12, 2022 Enterprise Center St. Louis, Mo. March 18, 2022 Resch Center Green Bay, Wis. March 19, 2022 Resch Center Green Bay, Wis. March 25, 2022 Legacy Arena at the BJCC Birmingham, Ala. March 26, 2022 Simmons Bank Arena Little Rock, Ark. April 1, 2022 Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas April 2, 2022 AT&T Center San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2022 Toyota Center Houston, Texas April 9, 2022 Smoothie King Center New Orleans, La. April 15, 2022 Moda Center Portland, Ore. April 16, 2022 Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. April 29, 2022 ExtraMile Arena Boise, Idaho April 30, 2022 Vivint Arena Salt Lake City, Utah May 6, 2022 Pechanga Arena San Diego, Calif. May 7, 2022 STAPLES Center Los Angeles, Calif. May 11, 2022 Golden 1 Center Sacramento, Calif. May 13, 2022 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nev. May 14, 2022 Gila River Arena Glendale, Ariz. May 20, 2022 Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y. July 8, 2022* Pendleton Whisky Music Festival Pendleton, Ore. Aug. 27, 2022* Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s Stateline, NV Aug. 28, 2022* Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s Stateline, NV

Just as unique as Church’s approach to recording and releasing music is his tenacity on the road. During his last outing, 2019’s Double Down Tour , Church played back-to-back nights of two unique shows in each market sans opening act, giving every city’s fans six-plus hours of his iconic music. The tour also featured a massive stop at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, where he broke the venue’s concert attendance record with more than 56,000 fans in attendance and became the first artist to sell out the venue with a solo lineup. Church also took to the field at Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium in February of this year to perform the National Anthem with R&B star Jazmine Sullivan ahead of Super Bowl LV and has now returned to the road for his 55-city The Gather Again Tour , visiting full-capacity arenas for an in-the-round show in addition to a headlining spot alongside George Strait and Metallica during the ATLive festival at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this November.

A seven-time ACM Award winner, four-time CMA Award winner and 10-time GRAMMY nominee, Church has amassed a passionate fanbase around the globe known as the Church Choir as well as a critically acclaimed catalog of music. His previous album, the Gold-certified Desperate Man , earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album (his third nod in the category). Previous releases include the Platinum-certified Sinners Like Me (“How ’Bout You,” “Guys Like Me”) , Carolina (“Smoke a Little Smoke,” “Love Your Love the Most”) and Mr. Misunderstood (“Record Year,” “Round Here Buzz”), the Double-Platinum certified The Outsiders (“Like a Wrecking Ball,” “Talladega”) and the 3x Platinum-certified Chief (“Springsteen,” “Drink In My Hand”) , as well as 29 Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum certified singles.

Eric Church Launches “The Gather Again Tour”

Nearly 700 days since wrapping his critically acclaimed Double Down Tour , reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year (and current repeat nominee) Eric Church stepped to the microphone in Lexington, Ky. on Friday evening to officially launch The Gather Again Tour with a show two years in the making.

The congregation continued Saturday evening in Columbus, Ohio with a brand-new set list as Church remains committed to giving fans in each city a completely unique experience .

All tour dates will enforce local venue and/or city guidelines regarding COVID-19 precautions. Church will be touring with a fully vaccinated crew .

For more information, visit www.ericchurch.com and follow on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram . Fans can also download the Eric Church Official App for exclusive offers only available on tour – including seat upgrades, contests and special merchandise – all while connecting with fellow fans from around the world.

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Country Music Star Eric Church Announces The Gather Again Tour

by Sarah Netemeyer ‐ April 7, 2021

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Country music superstar Eric Church has announced a full arena tour! The Gather Again Tour will kick off this fall at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, and will visit 55 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada, culminating at Madison Square Garden in the spring of 2022.

For the first time in his career Church will adopt an in-the-round set up, with the stage at the center of each arena floor in order to accommodate as many fans as possible. Tickets to all U.S. dates go on sale to the general public Friday, May 7th at 10 a.m. local time at http://www.EricChurch.com . Church Choir members may access tickets early via pre-sale on Tuesday, May 4th at 10 a.m. local time. On sale information for the Canadian dates will be announced soon.

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“It became very clear to me that the only way to really get back to normal is through vaccinations. You’ve got to get needles in arms,” he shared with Billboard in the April 3 cover story depicting the superstar getting his own second dose of the vaccine after consulting with epidemiologists and industry experts.

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Additionally, Church will appear in an upcoming PSA promoting vaccine education, produced by ACM Lifting Lives, The Ad Council, and COVID Collaborative and set to premiere during the ACM Awards broadcast on Sunday, April 18th, where Church will also perform a song off his forthcoming Heart & Soul triple album project.

The trio is set for release in the coming weeks, with Heart available everywhere Friday, April 16th, Soul available everywhere Friday, April 23rd, and the middle album, & , available exclusively to the Church Choir on Tuesday, April 20th.

The Gather Again Tour Schedule

Sept. 17, 2021 Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky. Sept. 18, 2021 Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Sept. 24, 2021 Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Cleveland, Ohio Sept. 25, 2021 KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 1, 2021 Alerus Center Grand Forks, N.D. Oct. 2, 2021 Bell MTS Place Winnipeg, Manitoba Oct. 8, 2021 PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, Pa. Oct. 9, 2021 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 15, 2021 Ball Arena Denver, Colo. Oct. 22, 2021 Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, Alberta Oct. 23, 2021 SaskTel Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Oct. 29, 2021 Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia Oct. 30, 2021 Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, Wash. Nov. 12, 2021 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 13, 2021 Ford Center Evansville, Ind. Dec. 3, 2021 SNHU Arena Manchester, N.H. Dec. 4, 2021 UBS Arena Belmont Park, N.Y. Dec. 10, 2021 The Anthem Washington, D.C. Dec. 11, 2021 The Anthem Washington, D.C. Dec. 17, 2021 Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, S.C. Dec. 18, 2021 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Jan. 7, 2022 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 8, 2022 Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Sioux Falls, S.D. Jan. 14, 2022 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario Jan. 15, 2022 Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa, Ontario Jan. 21, 2022 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 22, 2022 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, Mich. Feb. 4, 2022 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Feb. 5, 2022 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 11, 2022 CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, Neb. Feb. 12, 2022 Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa Feb. 18, 2022 T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Mo. Feb 19, 2022 BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 25, 2022 Hampton Coliseum Hampton, Va. Feb. 26, 2022 Spectrum Center Charlotte, N.C. March 4, 2022 Amway Center Orlando, Fla. March 5, 2022 Amalie Arena Tampa, Fla. March 11, 2022 United Center Chicago, Ill. March 12, 2022 Enterprise Center St. Louis, Mo. March 18, 2022 Resch Center Green Bay, Wis. March 19, 2022 Resch Center Green Bay, Wis. March 25, 2022 Legacy Arena at the BJCC Birmingham, Ala. March 26, 2022 Simmons Bank Arena Little Rock, Ark. April 1, 2022 Dickies Arena Fort Worth, Texas April 2, 2022 AT&T Center San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2022 Toyota Center Houston, Texas April 9, 2022 Smoothie King Center New Orleans, La. April 15, 2022 Moda Center Portland, Ore. April 16, 2022 Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. April 29, 2022 ExtraMile Arena Boise, Idaho April 30, 2022 Vivint Arena Salt Lake City, Utah May 6, 2022 Pechanga Arena San Diego, Calif. May 7, 2022 STAPLES Center Los Angeles, Calif. May 11, 2022 Golden 1 Center Sacramento, Calif. May 13, 2022 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nev. May 14, 2022 Gila River Arena Glendale, Ariz. May 20, 2022 Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y.

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Eric Church on Releasing Three Albums at Once, and Charging Ahead on Tour: ‘We’re Going to Pull People Out of This Nosedive’

By A.D. Amorosi

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Outlaw more in spirit than in druggy deed or liquored-up lyric, country’s Eric Church has always done things his own way. He’s been a flexible, emotional singer whose songwriting and curatorial skills go beyond country’s current crop of boys-own crooners, with an experimental edge, but without forgetting its traditions. The games of the country music game and the rules of county radio? Church has forever eschewed the game playing and broken the rules, releasing singles and albums in direct opposition to the hits that made him famous, always challenging audiences to come along.

For 2021, Church is truly poking the bear, dropping three new albums in one month, staring with April 16’s “Heart,” followed by April 20’s “&” and now, on April 23, “Soul.” This triple-album, all-in-one-glut release features 24 songs, including one single that all but dares country radio to play it (“Stick That in Your Country Song”), and another equally contagious track (“Hell of a View”) daring radio not to play it.

Church sweetened the pot with an arena trek hitting a full steam in autumn after a handful of festival dates throughout the summer to warm up. For a guy whose concerts time out at three hours a night, the pandemic’s break was but a way to rest up and blast off, ferociously.

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VARIETY: The absolute ballsiness of releasing three new albums in one month — you didn’t plan the recording sessions as such. Was there any doubt in your mind as to dropping them in this manner?

CHURCH: The way I would have to answer this is that I didn’t start this project conceptualizing it as such, a three-album approach. Because we committed each day to writing a song and recording a song, each day, that day, was about that moment, that song. I really didn’t know, until near the end, if we even had one album. I wasn’t sure what we had.

Listening back to it all had to be a blast, hearing it all blossom at once.

The most fun I’ve ever had in my career was listening back to this project, because I got to hear it as a fan would. See, I didn’t have time to learn these songs, or get married to these songs. We just went in, wrote the song, cut the song, committed to the song, then the next day was a new day and a new song. Listening back to it is when I realized that, hey, this was pretty damned good.

Is that when the songs began to group themselves, during playback?

Yes. The songs began, at first, to group like two albums with two different feels. I could hear what was going to be on “Heart.” I could feel that those songs were different than what would be on “Soul.”

Could you have made just one album?

Yeah, but there is probably only a song or two from either “&” or “Soul” that would make it on “Heart.” Same with “Soul.” The triple part happens when I saw what was on “Heart,” thought I saw what “Soul” was — and, at this time, they’re just “Record One” and “Record Two” — and realized I had this other batch of songs that I just couldn’t figure out where they went. They broke my vibe. Now, I’m an old-school dude. I know that at this point in my career that I will never not make albums. That’s all I know how to do. I don’t understand how people just put out tracks and let them go out… without relevance or time frame. I can’t do it. Can not. So these five or six extra songs seemed like great songs. You have “Through My Ray-Bans.” “Doing Life with Me.” It was my manager (John Peets of Q Prime South) who helped me with this one. I told him I had all these “Heart” songs — “Heart on Fire,” “Heart of the Night,” “Never Break Heart” — then he mentioned calling the other one “Soul.” OK. He then went on to say that we should just call this third one “&.”

“Ampersand.”

Exactly. But you can’t name an album “Ampersand.” So he figured out the next step, coloring each album differently. “Heart” is red. “Soul” is blue. “&” is purple. That was his thing. That’s when I saw it all in my head. So, looking back, the ballsiness that you mentioned… The real mechanism of it becomes “how do we get this project to the world?” The fun and ballsy part would be this: we currently have the No. 5 single, “Hell of a View,” on the “Soul” album. “Heart” has no single as yet, and we just dropped it. That’s the ballsy part. Putting out an album with no single.

It will be fun when they’re all out.

Yes. Because I want them to compete with each other. I want to have fans who say they’re a “Heart” guy, or they’re a “Soul” guy. Or an “&” guy. I want to see who identifies with what album the most.

The “&” guy sounds pretty cool.

I better start calling it “And.” My manager said “Ampersand” and I was like, “What the hell?”

Since we started with ballsiness, talk about being one of the first artists to commit to a new tour in 2021 that wasn’t already on the books or rescheduled, not quite being out of COVID’s woods. Any second thoughts?

Since this thing began, I’ve said that the vaccine would be the only way for us to tour again. I’ve looked at every possible scenario. Because nothing else has been going on, I have been involved in calls with municipalities, state authorities, epidemiologists and scientists, all this stuff. I never could see a way for us to test our way into touring. Not for the many people we play to. Maybe five or 10 states, but you’d never be able to play in 50 states without the vaccine.

This can’t be what you signed up for, talking to epidemiologists.

Once the vaccine becomes widely available, sometime this month or May, it became a little bit aggressive, but coming into summer, I felt as if we were going to be in a good spot going forward for fall. We could do what a lot of people did, and punt to ’22. But I’ve been as concerned about the country, and our psyche with the lack of music and sports and connection, the isolation… There was an opportunity for us to lead. We took the attitude that we’re going to do this.

Challenges?

This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done by 50 billion miles. Because the target moves every day. Things may adapt. But we’re doing this. We’re going to strap on guitars, gather people together, and we’re going to start to pull people out of this nosedive. Call it stubbornness. Whatever you want. That is the way I approach this. I am very direct with it. I’m holding my ground here — drawing my line in the sand.

Is this who you are, overall — think it, do it, stick to it?

One thousand percent. Like with this collection, I knew “Stick That in Your Country Song” was not going to be No. 1. But I had to release that. It’s just like how I knew that “Outsiders” [the first single off the album of the same name] had to come when it did. We’ve always been that way, and what’s interesting is that it’s always turned out well for us.

Rebel vs. sensitive singer-songwriter. Loud bombast vs humble quietude. Looking at the arc of your albums, what connects the dots up through these three albums?

The humanity. People aren’t just one way or another way. You can be bombastic and quiet. The complexity is there for me. I am a conflicted, complex guy. I couldn’t do bombast all the time without getting bored. Same with the singer-songwriter thing. That reflects my life. I’m a little restless. My wife would second that. Artists mess up bad when they start in with “This is who I am. This is what I do.” That’s dangerous. Artists should do what they’ve never done before.

You never wanted to be pigeonholed. This runs through your whole career, going back to the success of “Chief” [in 2011].

Right. A massive success. We went from playing bars to arenas almost overnight. “Springsteen” came out, and it was completely nuts. My first arena tour, the “Blood Sweat & Beers” shows, I hated it. I was miserable because I had been in these intimate spaces: fun, close to the fans, we were surgeons, slicing them up and really good at what we did. Then we get into these arenas and, because “Chief” had taken us to this place, I thought the shows were about “Drink in My Hand” and “Creepin’.’’ I spent the whole show racing to get there, to get to those songs.

As you grew that changed. Because the hits take care of themselves.

I learned that “the show” is about all the other songs, and nothing to do with the hits. My albums, too, are a reflection of who I am and where I want to go, and I don’t want you to know where I’m headed. “The Outsiders” was a direct reflection of “Chief’ being a massive success, a rebellion record. I never thought I’d be the guy winning all the awards and selling all the records, so I went the opposite way. I got freaked out, so then I freaked everybody else out. I want you to be unsure where we’re going next.

In 2018 you release “Desperate Man.” You have the worst year. Your brother passes. You wind up with a life-threatening blood clot. Do you think that coming off that album and that year, going for broke, was essential for whatever you did next being this new three-album thing?

I think that year made me more convicted. And more self-reflective. We all have an end date. And it was a bad period — that, and then COVID happened, so my 40s have sucked . That period has made me believe that if want to do it, I will. Because I don’t know if I’ll get another chance. I’m not going to compromise. I haven’t in a long time anyway. Maybe a little with the “Carolina” album [in 2009]. It’s fine, but there’s a few songs that the label and radio wanted that I don’t love. After that, I stayed stubborn and dogged. I’m not going to make music because I think it’s going to be No. 1. I’m going to make what I want to make, because I don’t know how long I’ll be around to do that. That’s what made listening back to — hell, making — the new albums so great. There were no rules. No filters. No thought process. Let’s have fun creating something today. And creativity loves a playground.

Your producer Jay Joyce and most of your band have been with you forever. Were they totally on-board with the new-song-a-day approach?

Not at first. Coming off “Desperate Man,” the hardest record I’ve ever made — maybe we were stagnant or tired — we usually come into a new album hungry. We’ve always been an underdog band. We have a lot of edge, and carry that into the studio. Not “Desperate Man.” I’m proud of the album, and fans get mad when I act otherwise, but it was just like pulling teeth. So I knew coming into this new album that if I was going to keep working with Jay, we’d have to shake things up. Most artists who get into this situation start making changes; you change your producer, your band.

Artists often react the wrong way.

Yes. They just want to clear the deck, and subsequently lose themselves. For me, I had another idea: to make every one of these people, including myself, uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable. I took Jay out of the studio he always cuts in and moved to a restaurant in North Carolina. I brought in my band, but also additional players at the same time. We’re all holed up together, and you’ve got my regular guitar players looking at new guitar players, all eyeballing each other. It was a little bit competitive. And I brought the writers in, and said we’re going to write a song, today, that we’re cutting tonight, and it needs to be the shit. We’d beat our heads against the wall only to do it again the next day. Everybody was off-tilt. And that got our energy back, that tension. Two songs in, you could see the heads nods. That’s when it became fun.

The one constant through all three albums is their warm ambience, something that flows throughout the entire project. Did you choose that artisanal eatery in the Blue Ridge Mountains like Neil Young and Crazy Horse did Colorado, or Bowie did Philly’s Sigma Sound, or the Band did Bearsville at Woodstock?

You’re dead on. The main thing I hear, and I did this often during COVID — ‘cause what else could I do — is wood. The restaurant is all reclaimed barn wood. High ceilings. The whole thing. I’ve eaten dinner with my wife there like 30 times, and always told her, “Damn, this would be a great recording studio.” Now, the first sound-check was a fucking train-wreck. There’s two rooms, an upstairs dining room and a gravel/stone wine cellar — a cave. We tried everything to stop the bleed and dampen the sound. The only thing that worked was putting the drums in the cave; gave it a thump. Also there was just more gusto, more reckless abandon. We wanted everyone to treat it as live, because we cut it live.

You can hear the mistakes.

Count it off, 1-2-3, we’re in. Play it straight through till the end of the song. All live tracks, so you better get it. “Heart on Fire” has a few guitar notes, some half steps — that’s a moment, a feeling, an emotion. So it’s the room and it’s the approach of the players.

This is all you, without a doubt. But with so many of your voices, literal and figurative, at work on these three albums, do you feel as if you were ever writing in character?

Great question. More so on this album than ever. Here’s why: I was able to have more fun. Me singing a line like “Kaaan-saas Cit-ay,” and my falsetto stuff — I’d use the word “playful.” I was enjoying playing with my voice, trying things. Going for it. It was not very self-conscious. I was enjoying getting into characters: Sly & the Family Stone one minute, a Meat Loaf-Elton John-like song the next. Some Queen. About halfway through the whole recording process, I remember asking Jay, “Is this shit any good?” He grinned with a small nod. “Pretty good.”

So there’s a concept without there being a concept album .

Yeah. It’s not like (Willie Nelson’s classic) “Red-Headed Stranger” where you follow this one character through each song. The concept is what we did and how we tried to do it.

It’s funny you mention Sly & the Family Stone. Using your date with Jazmine Sullivan at the Super Bowl as a heady wine to complement a full meal, where does true diversity – racial diversity, having more women at country radio – fit for you?

Diversity is always the best thing for the music. It always takes a whole new genre in all other direction. Elvis was the first white blues singer to turn it into rock ‘n’ roll. Chuck Berry? You can say he was the first Black country artist… What we have to better do at country is not just provide a garden for that to grow in; we have to harvest that. The music that’s getting made — Black artists, female artists, Black female artists — is great. The “harvest” part is where radio comes in. As we go forward, it has to grow as a format.

If we’re tending to the garden, I have to bring up Morgan Wallen who recorded your “Quittin’ Time.” He says he’s taking time away to ruminate and reorganize.

That was a heart-breaking thing, but Morgan — I know Morgan knows — that was unacceptable, and that he messed up. He’s working on himself. And I’m glad he’s doing that. Morgan is a good kid, a good artist, and in my opinion, could help lead this conversation if he does the right things. And I believe he will. He can help here. He could bring about real progress and change.

When you won the CMAs’ 2020 Entertainer of the Year, you said that “music is the one thing that’s gonna save the world.” Do you still believe that?

More now than ever. The real thing about COVID, when this autopsy happens, is that they talk about the Capitol riots, the hassles with vaccines. What we don’t hear about are the moments of unity — how many have we had in the last 18 months. When I play a concert for however many people, that crowd Is not all Democrats and not all Republicans. They don’t care in that moment. They have their beers in the air, and their arms around each other. We’ve been isolated for so many months, and that isolation is dangerous. Too much of everything is about division. We have got to start having moments of unity again.

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Country Thunder Arizona: Eric Church's rowdy set closes with epic 'Springsteen' singalong

The party people came in from the Canyon Moon Ranch campgrounds for Friday’s main event — a headlining set by Eric Church, a Country Thunder Arizona regular who last played the festival back in 2021.

And Church’s entrance did not disappoint — a haunting verse of “The Outsiders” that featured Church starting off with an electric guitar as the members of his band strolled out to join him, kicking in at full intensity for maximum effect.

The man who gave us “Springsteen ” has assembled his version of the E Street Band at last, a stage full of musicians fleshing out his songs with the dynamic range to take you from a whisper to an epic wall of sound.

With 13 people on stage, Eric Church stirred up a glorious racket

There were three to four guitarists (depending on whether the multi-instrumentalist was playing banjo, mandolin, the dobro or acoustic guitar), a three-man horn squad, three women adding gospel-flavored vocals, a keyboardist, a bassist and a drummer.

It could’ve felt like too much of a good thing, but someone on that stage clearly put a lot of thought into the ebb and flow of those arrangements, allowing each song all the space it needed to find its own crescendo.

That's not to say there weren't occasions where they used that extra firepower just because they could, attacking the accents on ”Cold One,” for example, with the force of a battering ram (before the trombone player stole the spotlight with the most outrageous trombone solo most of us will ever see.)

On “Smoke a Little Smoke,” Church brought the backup singers and horn players to the front of the stage to show what they could do before ending the song on a high note with the horn section rocking the iconic stoner-rock riff of the Black Sabbath masterstroke "Sweet Leaf."

The setlist offered fans a fairly decent overview of Church's catalog, including such crowd-pleasing staples as "Country Music Jesus," "Pledge Allegiance to the Hag" and "Springsteen."

After setting the tone with "The Outsiders," Church introduced his breakthrough single, "How 'Bout You," with "Take you back to the beginning here. The year was 2005."

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Country Thunder is 'one of my favorite places to come to,' according to Church

Church was clearly enjoying his return to Country Thunder Arizona, calling it "one of my favorite places to come to" as the set was winding down.

"Welcome to a gorgeous Friday night in the desert," he said in the first of several lengthy interactions with the fans after following "Country Music Jesus" with "Drink in My Hand."

"We have done this many times with you guys. We're gonna do it the same way, except only longer, harder, louder, maybe drunker. But you're gonna (expletive) love it."

And they did, singing along to classics touching on all stages of the man's career, from such first-album standouts as "These Boots" and "Pledge Allegiance to the Hag" to his latest hits "Hell of a View" and "Heart on Fire."

Midway through the set, he told the crowd he'd been out jogging through the campsites.

"I was watching all you guys play really drunken cornhole," he said to much applause. "I watched one guy throw a horseshoe through his camper window."

Church's setlist: From 'Smoke a Little Smoke' to 'Springsteen'

A surprise 'Talladega' and a 'Springsteen' singalong

The scene reminded him of childhood memories, having grown up in NASCAR country, leading him to dust off "Talladega," a song he said they hadn't done in a while.

The concert ended, as it had to, with a song from "Chief" that topped the country charts and remains his biggest hit.

"We're gonna leave you with this one because you want us to leave you with this one," he said. "This is what this whole environment here is made for. It's about connecting what's happening up here with your lives. And if the music connects with a memory, it'll last forever."

And with that, the stage was set for Church to make another memory while paying tribute to the power of nostalgia with a massive singalong of "Springsteen."

Everything to know about Country Thunder Arizona 2024

Our complete Country Thunder Arizona 2024 coverage includes the festival's origin story dating back to the early 1990s, concert lineups and set times , traffic tips to get you there with less hassle , an interview with renegade headliner Koe Wetzel and a live blog updated through the weekend . Check out the highs and lows of Country Thunder , too.

And here's our review of Lainey Wilson's fiery Night 1 headlining set .

Eric Church setlist: Every song he played at Country Thunder Arizona 2024

Here's every song Eric Church played at Country Thunder Arizona:

"The Outsiders"
"How 'Bout You"
"Heart on Fire"
"Country Music Jesus"
"Drink in My Hand"
"Pledge Allegiance to the Hag"
"Hell of a View"
"Mr. Misunderstood"
"Talladega"
"Desperate Man"
"Record Year"
"Bad Mother Trucker"
"Round Here Buzz"
"Sailin' Shoes" (Little Feat cover)
"Give Me Back My Hometown"
"These Boots"
"Smoke a Little Smoke"
"Springsteen"

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Eric Church's Country Thunder setlist, from 'Smoke a Little Smoke' to 'Springsteen'

Eric Church is something of a Country Thunder Arizona regular.

His first appearance at Canyon Moon Ranch in Florence was in 2006, a full three months before the release of his first album, "Sinners Like Me."

His headlining performance at Country Thunder Arizona 2024 on Friday, April 12, was Church's first appearance at the festival since 2021 , the only year it was held in October, having been rescheduled more than once due to COVID-19.

Church hasn't released a new album since the last time he played Country Thunder and his recent setlists have been packed with songs that span the length of his career, including such obvious crowd-pleasing highlights as "Smoke a Little Smoke," "Record Year" and his latest song to top the Billboard Country Airplay chart, "Hell of a View."

Everything to know about Country Thunder Arizona 2024

And here's our review of Lainey Wilson's fiery Night 1 headlining set .

Eric Church setlist: Every song he played at Country Thunder Arizona 2024

Here's every song Eric Church played at Country Thunder Arizona:

"The Outsiders"
"How 'Bout You"
"Heart on Fire"
"Country Music Jesus"
"Drink in My Hand"
"Pledge Allegiance to the Hag"
"Hell of a View"
"Mr. Misunderstood"
"Talladega"
"Desperate Man"
"Record Year"
"Bad Mother Trucker"
"Round Here Buzz"
"Sailin' Shoes" (Little Feat cover)
"Give Me Back My Hometown"
"These Boots"
"Smoke a Little Smoke"
"Springsteen"

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The singer was taken into custody after allegedly throwing a chair off of the roof of a six-story bar.

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Morgan Wallen addressed his arrest earlier this month for reckless endangerment in Nashville after he allegedly threw a chair off of the roof of Chief’s, a six-story bar owned by fellow country artist Eric Church.

The musician took to X (formerly Twitter) on Friday night to make his first public statement after being taken into custody on April 7.

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Morgan Wallen Breaks Silence After Nashville Arrest: ‘I'm Not Proud of My Behavior'

Morgan Wallen has released a statement following his arrest in Nashville after allegedly throwing a chair off the roof of Eric Church's new bar and honky-tonk.

“I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks. I've touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief's. I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility,” wrote the country artist on social media Friday. He added, “I have the utmost respect for the officers working every day to keep us all safe. Regarding my tour, there will be no change.”

In a statement shared on social media on April 8, the Nashville Metro Police Department said the 30-year-old country star was booked on three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one disorderly conduct misdemeanor. He was later released on a $15,250 bond, according to local CBS affiliate News Channel 5 .

Wallen's attorney, Worrick Robinson, previously told Rolling Stone , "At 10:53 p.m. Sunday evening Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with authorities."

According to an arrest report, the chair Wallen chucked off the sixth-story roof of Chief’s, Church’s new bar, landed on the street right next to a group of Nashville cops. When staff at the bar were asked about the incident, they pointed the finger at Wallen. Authorities were reportedly also able to view video of Wallen "lunging and throwing an object over the roof.”

This is Wallen’s second incident at a Nashville honky-tonk: in May 2020 he was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct at Kid Rock’s bar.

The chair-throwing incident notably occurred on opening weekend for Chief's , the latest artist-owned honky-tonk to open on Nashville's popular Lower Broadway stretch. Church is celebrating the opening by playing a 19-show residency at the venue's 350-seat theater; the first show took place last Friday, April 5.

Church and Wallen have grown close over the years: Just last November they performed together at the CMA Awards, and in January they partnered to purchase outdoors magazine and brand Field & Stream . Church has stuck by Wallen through previous scandals as well, remaining a mentor and offering both support and constructive criticism. In a 2021 interview with Rolling Stone , Church addressed the infamous video in which Wallen was caught using a racial slur .

"It was a heartbreaking deal," he said. "Heartbreaking is the best thing I can say. Morgan's got to work on Morgan now and where that goes. I think that's something I hope he does, and anticipate he'll do. I think that as a format, though, we just have to continue to strive to be better, and I think it can end up being a really healthy thing. As we have these conversations, it's a good thing for all of us."

In Russia, armed men seized an oil field with shooting: what is happening (video)

2023-09-17T14:45:23.375Z

Highlights: In the Irkutsk region of the Russian Federation, armed men seized the town of oil workers, frightened people with shots up and were expelled from the barracks. The incident is explained by an "active change of control" over an asset belonging to the arrested ex-owner of the bank Yugra, Alexei Khotin. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs said that they are aware of what is happening in the oil town, but their employees do not participate in the events. Earlier, in the Russian city of Elektrostal (Moscow region), during demonstration performances, soldiers began to shoot at spectators with children from machine guns with blank cartridges.

In the Irkutsk region of the Russian Federation, armed men seized the town of oil workers, frightened people with shots up and were expelled from the barracks. See and read the details ᐅ 1+1 news

In the Irkutsk region of the Russian Federation, two dozen armed men in camouflage uniforms landed from helicopters on the territory of the Dulisma oil workers' camp.

The corresponding video is published in Telegram channels.

As can be seen in the published footage, people in civilian clothes were taken out of the barracks, lined up against the wall with their hands raised behind their heads, and some were forced to lie down with their faces to the ground. During the raid, shots were fired upwards and obscene language.

The incident is explained by an "active change of control" over an asset belonging to the arrested ex-owner of the Russian bank Yugra, Alexei Khotin. He is accused of embezzlement of funds, since 98% (about 240 billion rubles) of all loans issued by the bank were used to finance the business of its owner in the field of real estate and oil production. Since April 2019, Khotin has been under house arrest.

People with weapons are called both representatives of private security firms and fighters of the SOBR unit, which is part of the Russian Guard.

However, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, in a comment to the Podyem Telegram channel, said that they are aware of what is happening in the oil town, but their employees do not participate in the events. "It was not our department that was involved in the raid," they said.

Earlier, in the Russian city of Elektrostal (Moscow region), during demonstration performances, soldiers of the Russian Guard began to shoot at spectators with children from machine guns with blank cartridges.

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