Dierks Bentley’s First-Ever headlining Nashville Bridgestone Arena
Show
keeps sold-out crowd on their feet until the very last note
on opening weekend of 2017 What
The Hell World Tour
The Monumental Night Included Surprise Guest Elle King
NASHVILLE, TN - Jan. 21, 2017
As Multi-PLATINUM
singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley
stepped on Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena stage tonight for the first time as a
headliner, he immediately earned a deafening welcome from a sold-out crowd in
Music City, that stayed on their feet for more than two hours until the very
last note.
“You have no idea how much this night meant to me and the guys. This is
a Stanley Cup…game seven of the World Series kind of night,” said Bentley.
“I have my home team, my home crowd and I
hope to leave the stage with no voice as a sign I did the job right. Thank you
for making this one of the best nights of my life."
Between chart-topping hits that
kicked off his career like “What Was I
Thinking’” to his current critically acclaimed “Black," Bentley surprised fans when collaborator and friend Elle King joined him onstage to perform
the CMA award-winning and GRAMMY nominated No. One hit “Different For Girls.” After challenging himself to covering George
Strait each night of the tour, Bentley invited opener Jon Pardi back for “Carrying
Your Love With Me,” before Cole
Swindell returned for his latest single “Flatliner” with Bentley. To cap off the night, the encore’s “Drunk On A Plane” included Kelsea Ballerini, King, Swindell and
Pardi.
Bentley is known for getting
"stronger and stronger with every release and is one of the few artists
that can go from bluegrass to country” (Billboard) as he recently released his eighth studio album BLACK.
The title-track from Bentley's
"most fully-formed LP of his career" (TIME) serves as his latest single, while its music video serves as a
"passionate storyline" with the "perfect accompaniment to the
personal message of both the song and the album" (Rolling
Stone). After debuting at the #1
position on Billboard’s Top Albums Chart and Top Country Albums chart, the
critically-acclaimed album has already spawned two No. One hits, the PLATINUM
certified chart-topping hit “Somewhere On
A Beach” and GOLD and GRAMMY nominated “Different
For Girls” featuring Elle King. Bentley has now amassed 15 No. one songs,
13 GRAMMY nominations and is a recent CMA Award winner for Vocal Event of the
Year.
"The bluegrass picker, the love song singer
and the stadium rocker all packaged together” (Associated
Press) has been a Grand Ole Opry member
for over a decade and "has developed a rapport with his fans as a live
performer that artists possessing 10 times as much headlining experience can’t
boast" (Charlotte Observer).
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