Two of country music’s top acts are joining forces this summer. Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker are hitting the road later this year on their joint Summer Plays On tour, it was announced today.
The massive trek kicks off in mid-July and extends through early October, bringing the co-headliners to major outdoor venues in 30 cities along the way. Markets on the itinerary include Chicago, Seattle, Cleveland, Phoenix, and Tampa. The tour’s opening gig in Toronto is the lone Canadian concert. Special guest Russell Dickerson is joining the tour in support.
Rucker and Lady A are no strangers to working with each other. The former Hootie and the Blowfish frontman opened for the Lady Antebellum on their 2011 Own the Night tour. Two years later, the Grammy-winning trio provided backing vocals on Rucker’s chart-topping cover of Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel.”
Prior to the Summer Plays On Tour, Rucker will head to Kissimmee, Florida as a headliner for the three-day Runaway Country Music Festival, joining Brantley Gilbert, Florida Georgia Line and Kane Brown. Lady Antebellum are not pegged for any festival appearances this spring due to Hillary Scott expecting twins in February. However, they are slated to participate in Oregon’s Willamette Country Music Festival in August on one of their rare off-days from the upcoming tour.
Can't. Wait. 🙌#SummerPlaysOnTour pic.twitter.com/y44bUIdOky
— Lady Antebellum (@ladyantebellum) January 17, 2018
See full list of Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker’s Summer Plays On tour dates below and find tickets here.
July 19 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
July 20 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 21 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
July 26 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
July 27 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
July 28 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
Aug. 2 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Aug. 3 – Holmdel, NJ – P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
Aug. 4 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Aug. 16 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
Aug. 17 – Sacramento, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
Aug. 19 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre
Aug. 23 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
Aug. 24 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheater
Aug. 25 – San Diego, CA – Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
Sept. 6 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
Sept. 7 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sept. 8 – Pittsburgh, PA – KeyBank Pavilion
Sept. 13 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sept. 14 – Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
Sept. 15 – Chicago, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sept. 20 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
Sept. 21 – Philadelphia, PA – BB&T Pavilion
Sept. 22 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Sept. 27 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Amphitheatre
Sept. 28 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sept. 29 – West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Oct. 4 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Oct. 5 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Oct. 6 – Bristol, VA – Jiffy Lube Live