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Brantley Gilbert Kicks It In High Gear With New Music And Tour

Country star brings his “Let It Ride Tour” to Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, May 30th with special guests Brian Davis & Jack Ingram

Brantley Gilbert is kicking off 2014 in high gear with new music and a headline tour, which heads to Uncasville, CT for a 7:30pm show on Friday, May 30th. Impacting Country radio since its release, “Bottoms Up” is the most recent music the Georgia native has produced for his loyal BG Nation fans in over four years. The lead single from Brantley’s forthcoming album on The Valory Music Co. was made available in late December and quickly shot up the iTunes charts peaking at #1 on the Country Singles Chart and #8 All Genres. Coinciding with the single release, fans were also able to purchase the accompanying video, which was shot in Nashville and flashes from 1930’s vintage to modern day party scenes. Directed by CMA Award-winning Shane Drake, the video has garnered millions of views on VEVO. Watch here.

Tickets are $35.00 and go on sale Friday, March 7th through Ticketmaster at 10:00am.  Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.  Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, March 8th subject to availability. More details are available at mohegansun.com/entertainment as well.

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The Country rocker will preview additional new material during his 22-city Let It Ride Tour, beginning 3/27. During Brantley’s second headlining tour, which makes stops at arenas across the country, fans can also expect to hear the Gold-certified #1 hits, “Country Must Be Country Wide” and “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do.”

“I’m really excited to get this new music out to the fans! The response from the BG Nation has blown me away. They always come out in full force,” said Brantley. “Can’t wait to see the reaction we get on the road.”

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To help make the announcement, Brantley called on the BG Nation to use the hashtag #LETITRIDETOUR on Instagram to post photos and videos expressing excitement about the tour, and finding creative ways to announce their hometown’s tour date or the stop closest to them.  More information on the promotion and a gallery of fan-submitted content is available at www.brantleygilbert.com.

Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #3 in the Nation and #3 in the World for top stops in 2013 and also ranked the Arena in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.

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