SARA EVANS PARTNERS WITH CMT FOR ITS 4th ANNUAL NEXT WOMEN OF COUNTRY TOUR

"CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr" launches February 12 in New York City

Tickets on-sale Friday, December 22

at SaraEvans.com and NextWomenTour.CMT.com

ACM and CMA Award winning country music star Sara Evans has partnered with CMT for its 4th annual Next Women of Country Tour in 2018. “CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr” launches February 12 in New York City with fifteen shows from coast to coast. Special guests RaeLynn (“Lonely Call,” “Love Triangle”) and Kalie Shorr (“Fight Like A Girl,” “Two Hands”) are among the impressive roster of CMT’s “Next Women of Country” artists.

“We are thrilled to announce our 4th Annual ‘Next Women of Country’ Tour and partner with the amazing Sara Evans,” said Leslie Fram, SVP of Music Strategy & Talent, CMT. “This tour was created to give emerging female artists a stage to play on and this year we are proud to welcome RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr.”

“I absolutely love that CMT champions female artists with the Next Women of Country Tour and am so honored to be headlining it in 2018,” said Sara.  “I can’t wait to hit the road with RaeLynn and Kalie. They are both incredible singers, songwriters, and overall artists and we’re going to have a blast!”

Tickets and VIP packages for the “CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr” go on sale beginning Friday, December 22 at 10am (local time). Tickets can be purchased at SaraEvans.com and NextWomenTour.CMT.com.

*"CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr"

February 12, 2018 New York, NY - B.B. King’s Blues Club
February 14, 2018 Concord, NH - Capitol Center for the Arts – Chubb Theatre
February 15, 2018 Albany, NY - The Palace Theatre
February 16, 2018 Verona, NY - Turning Stone Resort Casino – The Showroom
February 17, 2018 Medford, MA - Chevalier Theatre
February 23, 2018 Athens, OH - Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium +
February 24, 2018 Richmond, KY - EKU Center for the Arts
February 25, 2018 Joliet, IL - Rialto Square Theatre
March 9, 2018 - Salina, KS - Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts ++
March 10, 2018 - Pocola, OK - Choctaw Casino Resort - Centerstage
March 15, 2018 - Kansas City, MO - Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – Muriel Kauffman Theatre
March 16, 2018 - Prior Lake, MN - Mystic Lake Casino – Mystic Showroom
March 17, 2018 - + Waukegan, IL -Venue TBA +
April 6, 2018 - Lake Charles, LA - Golden Nugget
April 7, 2018 - Mobile, AL - Saenger Theatre

+Tickets on sale January 5
++ Tickets on sale December 21

* Dates subject to change, please check saraevans.com for the latest information

2017 was a landmark year for Sara Evans – the multi-platinum selling country music star launched Born To Fly Records where she released Words, her “impressive album….which captures an artist in full musical flight” (Associated Press).  The heartfelt album features fourteen separate female songwriters, including Evans, Ashley Monroe, Caitlyn Smith, Hillary Lindsey, Hillary Scott, Liz Henberger, and Sonya Isaacs.

First launched in 2013, CMT’s “Next Women of Country” continues to grow with confident, fun and talented female singer/songwriters who are taking the country music world by storm. The campaign emphasizes undiscovered female artists and several alumnae – Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, Cassadee Pope and Ashley Monroe included – have achieved both commercial and critical acclaim. Since 2015, the franchise has promoted female-fueled tours at more than 40 dates with Kelsea Ballerini, Brandy Clark, Lindsay Ell, Jana Kramer, Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles and Tara Thompson.

ESTROGEN ATTACKS BACK: CMT NEXT WOMEN OF COUNTRY TOUR FEATURING KELSEA BALLERINI AND JANA KRAMER

Y'all wanted women in country, well here ya go! CMT heard the call and answered with the NEXT WOMEN OF COUNTRY TOUR featuring two of today's strongest new country female voices, Kelsea Ballerini and Jana Kramer. These ladies are hitting the road to show country fans that there is a great female presence out there and that they don't need "bros" for a tour to kick ass. 

Both of these women have made big names for themselves with big voices and a strong radio presence - Kelsea Ballerini, one of the most watched females in the industry right now with her top 20 hit, "Love Me Like You Mean It" and former One Tree Hill star, Jana Kramer, whose already charted big with songs like "Why Ya Wanna" and "Whiskey", just released her newest single, "I Got the Boy". 

Check out the tour dates below and get out to show some support and enjoy some great music if they're heading your way!

Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday April 10 at participating venues.

April 30: Grand Rapids, Michigan - The Intersection
May 1: Cincinnati - Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill
May 7: Cleveland - House of Blues
May 8: Chicago - Joe’s Bar
May 10: St. Louis - The Pageant
May 12: Nashville -3rd and Lindsley *
May 14: Orlando, Florida -Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill
May 15: Fort Walton Beach, Florida - The Swamp
May 17: Charlotte, North Carolina - The Fillmore Charlotte
May 28: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - House of Blues

* Kelsea Ballerini only, featuring special guests from Next Women of Country.