Pardi headlines CMT fall tour
Thursday, June 1, 2017 – Jon Pardi will headline the 16th annual CMT On Tour this fall, it was announced Thursday.
Pardi will be supported by Midland and Runaway June on the CMT On Tour Presents Jon Pardi's Lucky Tonight Tour.
"To have Midland and Runaway June on the road with me this fall for the Lucky Tonight Tour, along with CMT, is awesome," Pardi said. "When artists that are your friends join you on the road, a tour becomes really special. Everyone is in for a good time."
Midland's Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson and Cameron Duddy are currently on the charts with the single "Drinkin' Problem." Runaway June's Naomi Cooke, Hannah Mulholland and Jennifer Wayne are out with the single "Lipstick."
No specific tour dates or cities were announced.
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As if creating a couple of neo-traditional country albums wasn't enough, Midland temporarily reopened North Hollywood's famed Palomino club to record its 10-song live album. This act intentionally links Midland to Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Linda Ronstadt and all the other luminaries that graced the original Palomino stage. Unlike Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and many other contemporary country acts, though, Midland's music wouldn't have sounded all that out of place during the ...
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