Bowmanville, ON (Top40 Charts / Republic Live 2013) Republic Live, organizers of the Boots and Hearts
Music Festival, announced earlier today that country superstar
Luke Bryan is confirmed to headline at Boots and Hearts next summer. One of the hottest acts in any genre of music, Bryan was the most requested artist by Boots and Hearts fans, and his recent album,
Crash My Party , debuted at #1, selling more than half a million copies in its first week, making it the largest sales for a Country male artist since 2004.
Luke Bryan joins previously announced Boots and Hearts headliner,
Blake Shelton , at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario , for the 2014 country music event of the summer, taking place July 31 - August 3, 2014. Organizers are promising more exciting artists announcements for another epic Boots and Hearts next summer and are encouraging fans to purchase now as a limited supply of early bird tickets are currently on-sale for $199.99 exclusively at www.bootsandhearts.com
"
Luke Bryan is on an absolute tear right now with the second highest album sales of 2013 in any genre behind
Justin Timberlake , and being our fans most desired artist to see in our exit polls. It's a huge honour to have him want to be a part of Boots and Hearts this summer," said Shannon McNevan , Executive Director, Republic Live. "As reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year, we know his live performance is going to be one country fans are not going to want to miss. It's going to be another amazing party this summer with
Blake Shelton and
Luke Bryan locked in for 2014, and a boatload of great artists still to come."
About Luke Bryan
Bryan recently debuted his
Crash My Party album at #1 on both the Billboard 200 and Country sales chart, selling 528,000 copies in its first week, making it the largest sales debut for a Country male artist since 2004. It is also the third highest album to debut across all genres this year. Additionally, Luke is one of only two country artists - the other being
Taylor Swift - that have sold more than a half-million copies of an album in a single week since 2008. This is Bryan's second consecutive Top 200 #1 album.
Luke's career now boasts over four million in album sales with seven #1 singles. He is the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year. Luke was named the #1 Artist of 2012 and #1 Male Artist of 2012 by Country Aircheck. Billboard named tailgates & tanlines the #2 Country Album and the #3 Country Artist Album of 2012 and claimed Luke as the #3 Top Country Artist of the Year. Also in 2012, Luke took home 11 music awards, including a record nine wins at the American Country Awards as well as his first American
Music Award. This spring, Luke co-hosted the Academy of Country
Music Awards with
Blake Shelton and received the coveted Entertainer of the Year award as well as the Vocal Event award with
Jason Aldean and
Eric Church for "The Only Way I Know." At the CMT
Music Awards in June, Luke won for Collaborative Video of the Year for "The Only Way I Know."
Last month Luke received three nominations for the 47th Annual CMA Awards, Entertainer of the Year , Male Vocalist and Musical Event for "
The Only Way I Know" with
Jason Aldean and
Eric Church .
Boots and Hearts is an annual country music festival event run by Republic Live taking place at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario from July 31 st - August 3 rd , 2014 with headliners
Blake Shelton and
Luke Bryan . Boots and Hearts features 3 stages, a Family Zone, BOOMTOWN Entertainment area, Sports and Outdoor Zone, midway, market stalls, food vendors and much more. Children under 12 years of age receive free admission. Early Bird tickets are currently on-sale for $199.99 with limited quantities and are available exclusively at www.bootsandhearts.com
