Carrie Underwood expands tour this fall
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 – The Carnival Ride continues for Carrie Underwood with a slew of new fall dates. Underwood has been on the Carnival ride Tour since the winter headlining and also a double headlining show with Keith Urban. Shows beginning Sept. 23 will feature special guest Little Big Town.
Nearly 600,000 fans have seen the Carnival Ride Tour to date. Underwood will hit 51 cities in the U.S. and Canada this fall, in addition to her wrapping the current leg with opening act Jason Michael Carroll ending June 24. She will also play fairs and festivals this summer. Select dates for the fall tour go on sale June 20.
Sept.23 Cleveland Wolstein Center @ Cleveland State University
Sept.24 Highland Heights, KY Bank of Kentucky Center
Sept.25 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
Sept.27 Grand Forks, ND Ralph Engelstad Arena
Sept.28 Sioux City, IA Tyson Events Center
Sept.30 Topeka, KS Landon Arena
Oct. 2 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall @ University of Illinois
Oct. 3 Hoffman Estates, IL Sears Centre
Oct. 4 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
Oct. 6 London, Ontario Canada John Labatt Centre
Oct. 7 Toronto, Ontario Canada Air Canada Centre
Oct. 10 St. John, NB Canada Harbour Station
Oct. 11 Moncton, NB Canada Moncton Coliseum
Oct. 12 Halifax, NS Canada Halifax MetroCentre
Oct. 14 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Centre
Oct. 15 Boston Agganis Arena
Oct. 16 Kingston, RI Ryan Center
Oct. 18 Syracuse, NY OnCenter at War Memorial
Oct. 19 Philadelphia Liacouras Center
Oct. 21 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Oct. 23 Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum
Oct. 24 Winston-Salem, NC LJVM Coliseum
Oct. 26 Southaven, MS DeSoto Civic Center
Oct. 27 Jonesboro, AR ASU Convocation Center
Oct. 29 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
Oct. 30 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre
Nov. 1 Houston, TX Reliant Arena
Nov. 2 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Nov. 6 Las Cruces, NM Pan American Center
Nov. 7 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
Nov. 8 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
Nov. 9 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre
Nov. 14 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Arena
Nov. 15 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
Nov. 17 Portland, OR Rose Garden
Nov. 19 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
Nov. 21 Missoula, MT Adams Center
Nov. 22 Billings, MT Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
Nov. 24 Lethbridge, AB Canada Enmax Centre
Nov. 25 Edmonton, AB Canada Rexall Place
Nov. 29 Saskatoon, SK Canada Credit Union Centre
Dec. 1 Regina, SK Canada Brandt Centre
Dec. 2 Winnipeg, Canada MTS Centre
Dec. 4 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum
Dec. 5 St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena
Dec. 7 Nashville, TN Sommet Cener
Dec. 8 Chattanooga, TN UTC McKenzie Arena
Dec. 9 Tupelo, MS BankcorpSouth Arena
Dec. 12 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
Dec. 13 Orlando, FL UCF Arena
Dec. 14 Gainesville, FL Stephen Connell Center
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