STAPLETON EXPANDS SUMMER U.S. TREK

Chris Stapleton's Live Nation-promoted All-American Road Show tour has grown to include doubles in nine U.S. cities, including New York's Madison Square Garden (7/25-26) and Denver's Ball Arena (8/22-23).

Tickets for the newly added shows go onsale 1/21. The U.S. portion of the trek begins 6/4 in Greenville, South Carolina, and will run through 10/10-11 in Hollywood, Florida. Beforehand, Stapleton will play eight shows in Australia and New Zealand in February and March.

Opening acts on All-American Road Show will include Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Marcus King, Nikki Lane, Grace Potter, Maggie Rose, Brittney Spencer, Allen Stone, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives and The War & Treaty.

Stapleton, who is booked by WME and managed by Red Light, is up for Best Country Album for Higher (Mercury Nashville) and Best Country Solo Performance for "It Takes a Woman" at the Grammy Awards on 2/2.