Eric Church Forgoes Opening Acts for 2017 Tour
Eric Church’s sold-out audience at Red Rock Amphitheater tonight grew by more than four thousand people just before he took the stage. That’s roughly how many were tuned in at the very beginning of a Facebook Live stream that kicked off with a major announcement by the country superstar: his 2017 Holdin’ My Own tour.
The trek will kick off January 13th in Lincoln, Nebraska, hitting about 60 cities before wrapping in May with two shows in the singer’s adopted hometown of Nashville. And for the first time in his headlining history, Church will not have any opening acts. Instead, he and his band will play two sets with an intermission in between.
Fan club member registration for pre-sales begins today via the Church Choir fan club site and runs through August 23rd. Notoriously outspoken about his disgust with scalpers, Church and his team have come up with an intricate digital system that aims to ensure all tickets are sold at face value — and thus kept out of scalpers’ hands. In fact, any orders found to be made by scalpers will be canceled.
The tour is named after a song on Church’s Mr. Misunderstood album, which he released last fall without an ounce of press beforehand. He and his closest team members kept the secret project under wraps until its very day of release.
“The way this album came together mandated we release it as a surprise, straight to our fans, as it was important for me to deliver the music the same way the creativity hit me — directly and swiftly,” says Church. “What I didn’t anticipate is that it left me scratching my head a little as this year was supposed to be spent writing. . . What this year’s open schedule did afford us was time to think through the way the fans experience our music live, and it was important to us that we find a way to stick to these same principles when it came to approaching our shows, down to the way they go on sale.”
Ironically, the track “Holdin’ My Own” is about finding true happiness off the road, at home with his wife and two sons. Lyrics tell of dodging temptations of touring, yet wearing road scars with nostalgic pride, as he blissfully has “one arm around my baby and one arm around my boys.”
A full list of Eric Church’s 2017 Holdin’ My Own tour dates are below. Visit www.ericchurch.com for ticket information.
Church’s Facebook Live stream continued after the announcement, with its audience growing to more than 10,000 as the singer started his show with an acoustic set, appropriately including a cover of George Strait’s “Troubadour.”
Eric Church Holdin’ My Own 2017 Tour Dates:
January 13 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
January 14 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center
January 15 – Grand Forks, ND @ Ralph Engelstad Arena
January 19 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Center
January 20 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
January 21 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
January 25 – Philadelphia @ Wells Fargo Arena
January 27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
January 28 – Boston @ TD Garden
January 31 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
February 2 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
February 3 – Dallas @ American Airlines Center
February 16 – Duluth, GA @ Infinite Energy Center
February 17 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at BJCC
February 23 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
February 24 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
February 25 – Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace at Auburn Hills
February 28 – London, ONT @ Budweiser Gardens
March 2 – Toronto, ONT @ Air Canada Centre
March 3 – Ottawa, ONT @ Canadian Tire Centre
March 4 – Montreal, QUE @ Bell Centre
March 7 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
March 9 – Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre
March 10 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
March 11 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
March 14 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
March 16 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
March 17 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena
March 18 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
March 22 – Bozeman, MT @ Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
March 24 – Boise, ID @ Taco Bell Arena
March 25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
March 28 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Sticks Resort Arena
March 30 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
March 31 – Los Angeles @ STAPLES Center
April 4 – Casper, WY @ Casper Events Center
April 5 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
April 7 – Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
April 8 – Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center Omaha
April 12 – Moline, IL @ iWireless Center
April 13 – Chicago @ Allstate Arena
April 14 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center
April 20 – Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center
April 21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ CONSOL Energy Center
April 22 – Cincinnati,OH @ US Bank Arena
April 27 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
April 28 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
April 29 – Manchester, NH @ Verizon Wireless Arena
May 4 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
May 5 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
May 11 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
May 12 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
May 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
May 18 – Reading, PA @ Santander Arena
May 19 – Washington, D.C. @ Verizon Center
May 20 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex
May 26 – Nashville @ Bridgestone Arena
May 27 – Nashville @ Bridgestone Arena