DIERKS BENTLEY HITS NEW YORK CITY THIS WEEK WITH NATIONAL TELEVISION PERFORMANCES
And The First-Ever Headlining Set At The City’s New Country Festival
NASHVILLE, TN –
June 24, 2015 – Multi-PLATINUM singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley will
kickstart the crowd in New York City on Friday (6/26), as he takes over
Central Park for an early four song set during Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series (ABC
at 7:00A ET), before lighting up the first-ever FarmBorough Festival as
the city’s inaugural headliner. Additionally, Bentley will be part of
an all-star line up for NBC’s annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular two-hour special, airing July 4th at 8:00P ET on NBC.
June 24, 2015 – Multi-PLATINUM singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley will
kickstart the crowd in New York City on Friday (6/26), as he takes over
Central Park for an early four song set during Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series (ABC
at 7:00A ET), before lighting up the first-ever FarmBorough Festival as
the city’s inaugural headliner. Additionally, Bentley will be part of
an all-star line up for NBC’s annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular two-hour special, airing July 4th at 8:00P ET on NBC.
“It’s a big
weekend for country fans in NYC…they got their own festival! And it’s
just as big of a deal for me to get to kick the whole thing off,” said
Bentley. “The ‘Sounds of Summer’ tour has been a total blast so far, and
we’re pumped about getting to party with the fans in Boston and Philly
this weekend too.”
weekend for country fans in NYC…they got their own festival! And it’s
just as big of a deal for me to get to kick the whole thing off,” said
Bentley. “The ‘Sounds of Summer’ tour has been a total blast so far, and
we’re pumped about getting to party with the fans in Boston and Philly
this weekend too.”
Of the new single “Riser,” Billboard
notes that Bentley “has spent the past two years trickling out singles
from the Grammy-nominated album…but all along, he had the secret
weapon of ‘Riser’ in his back pocket.” It has also has been dubbed by CMT as
its “favorite song on the album” and the career-defining track is “on
the cusp of a movement, a defining brand with which he and his audience
can identify” (Rolling Stone).
notes that Bentley “has spent the past two years trickling out singles
from the Grammy-nominated album…but all along, he had the secret
weapon of ‘Riser’ in his back pocket.” It has also has been dubbed by CMT as
its “favorite song on the album” and the career-defining track is “on
the cusp of a movement, a defining brand with which he and his audience
can identify” (Rolling Stone).
Bentley’s three
weekends into his 2015 SOUNDS OF SUMMER TOUR, which will continue this
week following FarmBorough (6/26) with stops in Boston, MA (6/27) and
Camden, NJ (6/28).