| NASHVILLE, TN, January 11, 2019 –Breakthrough entertainer Kane Brownkicked off his sold-out headlining arena tour Kane Brown Live Forever Tour Fueled by Marathon last night in Duluth, Georgia, with 7,000 fans. Featured by USA Today , the Kane Brown Live Forever Tour Fueled by Marathon will make its way to arenas across the country with additional opening weekend stops tonight in Pensacola, Florida (1/11) and Columbus, GA (1/12) featuring openers Granger Smith with RaeLynn. As part of the tour, Brown has partnered with the Boys & Girls Club to offer an exclusive VIP Q&A experience and meet-and-greet pairing Brown with members of the Boys & Girls Club in every tour market. Following the tour’s opening weekend, the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominee heads to New York to perform on “Good Morning America,” “GMA Day” and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Monday. Noted by the New York Times as “one of Nashville’s most promising young stars and also one of its most flexible,” the 3-time AMA winner continued to break records and accrue accolades during a milestone 2018, including his selection by Associated Press as one of 2018’s Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year and the No. 1 Billboard 200 release of his sophomore album, Experiment. With Experiment’s chart-topping debut, Brown became the only male country artist in more than 24 years to debut at the top of the Billboard200 Chart, and only one of three country artists to top the Billboard 200 chart in all of 2018. Brown first topped the Billboard Top Country Albums chart with the release of his self-titled debut album (2016) and again with the release of Kane BrownDeluxe Edition (2017), which debuted a No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Top 5 on Billboard 200 Charts. With his debut album, the 25-year-old singer/songwriter made history by becoming the first-ever artist to top all five Billboard Country Charts with his breakthrough No. 1 Top Country Album; No. 1 debuting Country Digital Song, the Triple-Platinum “Heaven”; and No. 1 Country Airplay, Hot Country Song and Country Streaming Song, the Quadruple-Platinum “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina. Brown recently topped the airplay charts with his third consecutive No. 1 single at country radio, “Lose It.” “Lose It” follows chart-topping hits “What Ifs” and “Heaven,” which is nominated for Country Song of the Year for the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Brown’s current single, “Good As You” impacted country radio this week as the No. 1 most-added song. To bring the Kane Brown Live Forever Tour Fueled by Marathon to cities nationwide, Marathon is “fueling” the tour via four co-branded semi-trucks, encouraging fans to road trip to see Kane Brown through their Miles Have Meaning campaign. For content, giveaways, road trip playlists, tour info and more, visit mileshavemeaning.com/kanebrown . For more information on Kane Brown, including information on his Kane Brown Live Forever Tour Fueled by Marathon, visit kanebrownmusic.com. Download hi-res cover and publicity images of Kane Brown here. |
January 11, 2019