It's good to be Luke Bryan these days!  The Georgia native just announced his very first headlining tour, the Dirt Road Diaries Tour, which will kick off in Evansville, Indiana on January 17.  The 20-city first leg will go through March and features Thompson Square and Florida Georgia Line as openers.  

“I have dreamed about this day for a very long time,” says Luke on his website.  “We are having the best time putting together all the bells & whistles for the tour.  I have spent a lot of time out on tours with some really great artists and each night we have tried to learn from them.  I couldn’t be more excited about this!”  Right now, Luke is finishing up his fourth annual Farm Tour. When the tour wraps on October 13 a portion of the proceeds from the concerts will have created 20 scholarships in its four-year run to students of farming families within the communities the tour has played. Luke is up for two CMA Awards and two American Music Award nominations in the Male Vocalist and Album of the Year categories as well as  leading the nominations with seven at the upcoming American Country Awards.    See all the tour dates here. Looks like the closest he'll get to the Miami Valley on the DRD Tour will be Toledo and Fort Wayne in February.

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