The University of West Georgia announced today that Academy of Country Music New Artist of the Year Cole Swindell is set to headline the fall concert. The concert will be held on Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the UWG Coliseum and includes special guests Adam Sanders and Jon Langston.
Tickets go on sale Friday, September 18. Costs include:
Pit: $50 plus tax and fees
Reserved: $40 plus tax and fees
General Admission: $30 plus tax and fees
For more information about the fall concert and ticket purchase, visit www.westga.edu/coliseum/.
More About the Tour
Presented by Monster Energy’s Outbreak Tour,* a tastemaker platform that showcases artists as they ascend to stardom, Swindell was selected as the inaugural artist to launch the country edition of the series beginning November 11 at New York City’s Best Buy Theater. Continuing through December, the Warner Bros. / Warner Music Nashville recording artist will celebrate the five-week run with the release of his latest Down Home Sessions EP this fall. The tour will feature opener Adam Sanders, who is currently working on his latest album and scored his first No. 1 as a songwriter with Swindell’s single “Ain’t Worth The Whiskey.”
Swindell announced the tour via a personal video direct to his fans earlier today, after announcing his new five-song Down Home Sessions EP that’s coming along with it: “I’ve been in the studio recording some brand new music for you that I am fired up for you to hear.” He added, “Last year we did an EP and did a club tour and we just had such a blast, I said we had to do it again.”
Swindell continued, “We just recorded ‘em, I’m excited about it and if we’re going to put out music, we gotta have a tour to go around that. This year, the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour will be having me and the Down Home Tour along on the road and it’s going to be a blast. This is the first time Monster’s ever done a country tour, and I’m so proud to be partnered up with them.”
“We’re not only extremely excited to be launching into the Country genre this year, but having Cole Swindell as the inaugural country artist really feels like we hit a home run,” said tour producer Steve Glazer. “Cole perfectly embodies the Outbreak Tour brand, evolving from performing local opening slot gigs to then opening for Country music heavy hitter Luke Bryan and winning ‘New Artist of the Year’ at this year’s ACM Awards. He’s had unbelievable success with the debut of his album and we can’t wait to see him thrive on tour.”
One of country music’s hottest young stars, Swindell’s latest single “Let Me See Ya Girl" is currently climbing the charts and he’s once again approaching Top 15, following three previous consecutive No. 1 singles off his self-titled debut album. Released just over a year ago, the Georgia native won CMA’s Triple Play Award this year for having (at least) three No. 1 hits in a 12-month period as the only performing artist to accomplish the feat. Swindell, who has racked-up a total of six No. 1 singles since his debut, has sold over 3.3 million singles and 430,000 albums, with over 130 million streams to date.
For more information and tour dates, please visit www.coleswindell.com and follow @coleswindell on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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