Eric Church announces tour with Nissan Stadium stop
Eric Church will bring his massive "Double Down Tour" to Nashville's Nissan Stadium on May 25, 2019.
The country singer, whose new album Desperate Man comes out Oct. 5, will visit 19 cities, with two-night stops at each, except for Nashville — the only stadium stop in the tour.
According to a news release, Church will give members of his fan club, the Church Choir, priority access to purchase tickets.
Church has a history of fighting back against scalpers often tries to ensure tickets end up in the hands of real fans.
After the fan presale, tickets will be sold during Ticketmaster's Verified Fan Presale. "All fans interested should get verified," the statement says. Registration begins Friday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m.
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Church is known for making bold statements in songs.
In his ACM-nominated “Kill a Word” he sang about killing hate. He addressed the death penalty in “Lightning” and then teen pregnancy in “Two Pink Lines.” Church sings of nostalgia in “Springsteen” and troubled youth in “Homeboy.”
His songs alternate between vivid social commentaries and straight lines to blue-collar life, rallying his audience with anthems about beer, boots and pot.
Church put his songs front and center on his Holdin’ My Own Tour. He played 62 shows of 3½-hour sets with no opening act. He built an intermission into the middle and stationed an extra set of lights toward the back of the venues so fewer fans watched his show in the dark.
He made it through 37 songs a night for 930,000 people over the course of the tour. When he closed the Holdin’ My Own Tour in Nashville in May 2017, he set a Bridgestone Arena record with more than 19,000 fans in attendance.
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Eric Church 2019 tour dates
January 18, 2019 Omaha, NE CHI Health Center+
January 19, 2019 Omaha, NE CHI Health Center+
January 25, 2019 St. Louis, MO Enterprise Center+
January 26, 2019 St. Louis, MO Enterprise Center+
February 1, 2019 Boston, MA TD Garden+
February 2, 2019 Boston, MA TD Garden+
February 8, 2019 Minneapolis, MN Target Center+
February 9, 2019 Minneapolis, MN Target Center+
February 15, 2019 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena+
February 16, 2019 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena+
February 22, 2019 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena*
February 23, 2019 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena*
March 1, 2019 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center+
March 2, 2019 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center+
March 8, 2019 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena+
March 9, 2019 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena+
March 15, 2019 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum+
March 16, 2019 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum+
March 22, 2019 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena*
March 23, 2019 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena*
March 29, 2019 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum+
March 30, 2019 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum+
April 12, 2019 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center*
April 13, 2019 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center*
April 19, 2019 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena*
April 20, 2019 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena*
April 26, 2019 Greenville, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena*
April 27, 2019 Greenville, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena*
May 3, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena+
May 4, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena+
May 10, 2019 Denver, CO Pepsi Center*
May 11, 2019 Denver, CO Pepsi Center*
May 17, 2019 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center*
May 18, 2019 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center*
May 25, 2019 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium#
June 28, 2019 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre#
June 29, 2019 George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre#