{"id":7738,"date":"2017-12-09T11:19:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:15:04","slug":"alan-jacksons-honky-tonk-highway-tour-rolls-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=7738","title":{"rendered":"Alan Jackson’s Honky Tonk Highway Tour Rolls On."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Alan\"Alan Jackson Celebrates a Landmark Year<\/strong>
\nWith Show-Capping CMA Awards<\/em> Performance!<\/strong><\/p>\n

With a year of sold-out shows and packed houses in the rearview mirror, newly-minted Country Music Hall of Famer<\/em> Alan Jackson\u2019s Honky Tonk Highway Tour<\/em> adds more miles and rolls into 2018, leading to more great cities with a year-long lineup of shows!<\/p>\n

The country music icon will hit the Honky Tonk Highway<\/em> again beginning January 19, heading down the road to a city near you as he plays arena concerts, amphitheatre shows, and some of the biggest annual festivals and multi-day events on the country music calendar (detailed listing below). The tour extends the superstar\u2019s 2017 trek that began in front of sold-out crowds in Florida, Oklahoma, California and RodeoHouston and wrapped in front of SRO audiences in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas.<\/p>\n

Tickets and information for all Honky Tonk Highway Tour<\/em> dates are available at alanjackson.com<\/a><\/strong>\/tour, where you can find information about Alan, his tour schedule, music and more. Jackson is again teaming up with CID Entertainment to offer fans VIP experiences at many of his 2018 shows.<\/p>\n

Alan Jackson\u2019s Honky Tonk Highway Tour<\/em> will find the country icon performing hits that have gained him legions of longtime fans, songs that continue to draw new crowds as a younger generation discovers his music. Jackson\u2019s repertoire stands the test of time; it has impacted a field of artists who cite Jackson as an influence. It\u2019s these same songs \u2013 many written by Alan \u2013 that earned him his newfound place alongside country music\u2019s greatest names and cemented his place in its history with membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame<\/em>. Fans will hear the songs they love from the man who wrote them and made them famous, including his debut hit \u201cHere in The Real World\u201d\u2026signature songs such as \u201cChattahoochee,\u201d \u201cDrive\u201d and \u201cGone Country\u201d\u2026party anthems \u201cIt\u2019s Five O\u2019Clock Somewhere\u201d and \u201cGood Time\u201d\u2026and many, many more.<\/p>\n

Jackson\u2019s tour announcement follows his show-ending CMA Awards<\/em> performance celebrating his 2017 induction to the Country Music Hall of Fame<\/em>. Alan and his band, The Strayhorns, reminded fans what they\u2019ll enjoy on the Honky Tonk Highway Tour<\/em> in 2018 as he closed out \u201cCountry Music\u2019s Biggest Night\u201d with back-to-back performances of \u201cChasin\u2019 That Neon Rainbow\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Rock the Jukebox\u201d (the latter with hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley), bringing the star-filled audience to its feet as the likes of Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Eric Church and others could be seen singing along to Alan\u2019s memories of \u201clivin\u2019 that honky tonk dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alan Jackson\u2019s touring history has taken him across America and to places far beyond, and his music has gained him fans around the globe. In 2018, he\u2019ll continue his tradition of \u201ckeepin\u2019 it country\u201d for people far and wide as he travels the HONKY TONK HIGHWAY, <\/em>bringing nearly 30 years of hits to a city near you!<\/p>\n

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\nALAN JACKSON\u2019S 2018 \u201cHONKY TONK HIGHWAY TOUR\u201d
\n<\/strong>(partial listing \u2013 more dates to be announced\/added)<\/p>\n

Friday, January 19 \u2013 Lexington, KY (Rupp Arena) **++
\nSaturday, January 20 \u2013 Little Rock, AR (Verizon Arena) ^^++
\nThursday, February 8 \u2013 Independence, MO (Silverstein Eye Centers Arena) ^^
\nFriday, February 9 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) ^^
\nThursday, February 15 \u2013 San Antonio, TX (San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo) **
\nFriday, February 16 \u2013 Grand Prairie, TX (Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie) ^^
\nFriday, March 23 \u2013 Toledo, OH (Huntington Center)
\nSaturday, May 24 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA (Venue TBD)
\nFriday, April 27 \u2013 Baltimore, MD (Royal Farms Arena)
\nSaturday, April 28 \u2013 Albany, NY (Times Union Center) ^^
\nFriday, May 4 \u2013 Tuscaloosa, AL (Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre)
\nSaturday, June 23 \u2013 Orange Beach, FL (The Wharf) ^^
\nFriday, July 27 \u2013 Central Point, OR (Country Crossing Music Festival) **
\nSaturday, July 28 \u2013 Mountain Home, ID (Mountain Home Country Music Festival) **
\nThursday, August 16 \u2013 Vienna, VA (Wolf Trap)
\nFriday, August 17 \u2013 Gilford, NH (Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion) ^^
\nSaturday, September 15 \u2013 Charlotte, NC (Spectrum Center) ^^<\/p>\n

**Date is already onsale
\n<\/em>^^Tickets onsale Friday, November 17
\n<\/em>++with special guest Lauren Alaina<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n