Carrie Underwood extends the ride
Thursday, April 3, 2008 – Carrie Underwood extended her Carnival Ride tour into June. She has been headlining shows since Feb. 18 along with touring with Keith Urban.
The opening act will be Jason Michael Carroll.
Underwood wraps her co-headline dates with Keith Urban April 26 in Lexington, Ky. on the "Love, Pain, & The whole crazy Carnival Ride Tour" while Josh Turner, special guest on the "Carnival Ride Tour," closes out his run of shows May 28.
Tour dates are:
April 4 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
April 9 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
April 10 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
April 11 Charleston, WV Civic Center
April 12 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center
April 17 N. Charleston, SC N. Charleston Coliseum
April 18 Charlotte, NC Bobcats Arena
April /19 Raleigh, NC RBC Center
April 21 Dekalb, IL Convocation Center @NIU
April 22 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center
April 24 Gwinnett, GA Gwinnett Arena
April 25 Gwinnett, GA Gwinnett Arena
April 26 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
April 29 Wichita Falls, TX Kay Yaeger Coliseum
April 30 Amarillo, TX Amarillo Civic Center
May 2 Tucson, AZ Tucson Arena
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May 4 Indio, CA Stagecoach Festival)
May 6 El Paso, TX UTEP Don Hasins Center
May 7 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena
May 11 N. Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena
May 13 Colorado Springs, CO World Spring Arena
May 14 Casper, WY Casper Events Center
May 15 Bozeman, MT Brick Breedan Fieldhouse
May 19 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
May 23 Yakima, WA Yakima SunValley Dome
May 24 Spokane, WA Star Theater @ Spokane Arena
May 25 Nampa, ID Idaho Center
May 28 Fresno, CA SaveMart Center
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June 1 Waxahachie, TX Country Thunder Festival)
June 8 Cape Girardeau, MO Show Me Center
June 10 Toledo, OH Seagate Convention Center
June 11 Youngstown, OH Chevrolet Center
June 12 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
June 14 Huntington, WV Big Sandy Superstore Arena
June 15 Greenville, SC Bi Lo Center
June 17 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena
June 18 Lafayette, LA Cajundome
June 20 Mobile, AL Mobile Civic
June 21 Beaumont, TX Ford Park Event Center
June 22 San Antonio, TX AT &T Center
June 24 Corpus Christi, TX American Bank Center
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