2012 GEORGE STRAIT TOUR DATES

Nashville, TN (October 12, 2011) – January 2012 begins a new year and a new tour for Superstar George Strait. The King of Country kicks off his 2012 tour January 27^th in Lafayette, Louisiana and to date, the tour itinerary includes stops in Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, Oklahoma, Nevada, Utah and Kansas. 

 

The February 4^th Las Vegas appearance will go on sale Saturday, October 29^th with other ticket on-sale dates announced soon.

 

Year after year, night after night, when it comes to showing fans a good time whether it’s on the road or on the radio, Strait always delivers the kind of country music fans nationwide hunger for.  This year he’s invited another award-winning country music superstar to join him on stage – Martina McBride.

 

“I love Martina. She’s been on our tours before and she’s great,“ commented Strait.  “I’m really looking forward to the tour. Martina will definitely make it a special night.”

 

Strait’s 39^th studio album HERE FOR A GOOD TIME received rave reviews and recently debuted at Number One on the Billboard Country Album Charts (his 3rd number one album debut in a row) and #3 on Billboard Top 200 Chart.  The title track “Here For A Good Time,” written by Strait, his son Bubba Strait and songwriter Dean Dillon, is Strait’s 73rd Top 5 hit out of 89 career singles and sits at Number 2 this week on the Billboard and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts.  

 

“Obviously with each new album, Strait proves he’s not living off the heat from those first initial hits,” says Houston Chronicle while USA Today reports “Strait hasn’t lost his touch for finding astonishing material…”

 

George Strait has the most number one singles of any artist in history including Elvis (57 to date inclusive of all charts).  He has sold nearly 69 million records and with 33 different platinum or multi-platinum albums has the most RIAA platinum certifications in country music and the third in all genres, behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley.  He is the only artist who has had 84 out of 89 radio singles make it to Top 10 (57 to Number One) and 24 albums at the number one position on Billboard’s Country Music Album Chart.

 

 

Lafayette, LA	Cajundome	Friday, Januray 27
Bossier City, LA	CenturyLink Center	Saturday, January 28
Phoenix, AZ	US Airways Center	Friday, February 3
Las Vegas, NV	MGM	Saturday, February 4
Atlanta, GA	The Arena at Gwinnett Center	Friday, February 10
Orlando, FL	Amway Center	Saturday, February 11
Tulsa, OK	BOK Center	Thurday, February 16
St. Louis, MO	Scottrade Center	Friday, February 17
Wichita, KS	INTRUST Bank Arena	Saturday, February 18
Des Moines, IA	Wells Fargo Arena	Friday, February 24
Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center	Saturday, February 25

 

 

Martina McBride celebrated the release of her eleventh studio album, ELEVEN, on Republic Nashville this week with “ELEVEN Across America Powered by Amtrak,” a four-day train ride with 11 stops, which culminatesin New York City where she will light the Empire State Building pink.  The current single, “I’m Gonna Love You Through It,” is climbing the charts at radio and has seen steady online digital sales since it was released on August 19. The music video for I’m Gonna Love Your Through It” garnered over 150,000 downloads as the iTunes “Video of The Week” and features dozens of cancer survivors and supporters, including four well-known celebrities – Robin Roberts (anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America); Hoda Kotb (anchor for NBC’s TODAY Show); Grammy award-winning singer Sheryl Crow and ABC journalist Katie Couric – who each have very personal connections to the disease.

 

As one of the most spectacular voices in any genre of music, Martina McBride is a four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, three-time ACM Female Vocalist of the Year and GRAMMY® winning recording artist with more than18 million in album sales.  Recently she was nominated for both CMA and CMT Music Awards.

 

Both Mediabase and Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) have also declared her as the “most played female artist on country radio for the past 11 years.”  The superstar has appeared on such high-profile programs as VH1 Divas, Dancing with the Stars, the Today show’s “Today Throws a Wedding,” American Idol, Oprah, The Bachelorette, Private Sessions, a 20/20 special and will be a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman (10/13) and Good Morning America (10/14) later this week. Martina has also graced the covers of publications like Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, People Magazine, Country Weekly and Shape. For more on Martina, please visit martinamcbride.com.