Chris Stapleton’s “15 Years Of Traveller” video premiered today. The piece chronicles the stories and experiences behind his highly acclaimed break-through album, Traveller, which recently debuted at #2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. “It’s 15 years of effort,” Stapleton comments, “And this is what I came up with.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrUziNvVqFY
In addition to entering the Billboard Country Albums Chart at #2, Traveller also debuted in the Top 15 on theBillboard Top 200 Chart with over 27,000 albums sold making it the best-selling first week by a debut country artist in 2015 one of the ten best first week country debuts in the last five years (Mercury Records Nashville). With appearances on ABC’s “The View” and CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman,” rave reviews from media and fellow artists and sold-out shows in New York City and Nashville—Traveller has been one of the most talked about albums of the year.
Traveller was recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A (with additional production at The Castle and Blackbird Studio) and was produced by Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell) and Stapleton and recorded by Vance Powell (Jack White).Already a world-renowned songwriter, Stapleton has enjoyed five #1 hits including the five-week No. 1 “Never Wanted Nothing More” recorded by Kenny Chesney, George Strait’s “Love’s Gonna Make it Alright” and Luke Bryan’s “Drink A Beer,” which Stapleton performed with Lady Antebellum at last year’s CMT “Artists of the Year” show (watch the performance here). The collaboration was recently nominated for “Performance of the Year” at the 2015 CMT Music Awards.
In support of Traveller, Stapleton will embark on an extensive headlining tour this summer including festival performances at Farmborough Festival, Big Barrel Country Music Festival, Billy Bob’s Texas 4th of July Picnic, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic, Windy City Smokeout BBQ & Country Music Fest and Forecastle Festival among others. See below for complete tour schedule.
CHRIS STAPLETON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 5—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
June 6—Macon, GA—Cox Capitol Theatre
June 7—Birmingham, AL—Iron City
June 11—Winston-Salem, NC—Ziggy’s
June 12—Charleston, SC—Charleston Music Hall
June 13—Raleigh, NC—Lincoln Theatre
June 17—Knoxville, TN—Bijou Theatre
June 18—Asheville, NC—The Orange Peel
June 19—Charlotte, NC—Amos’ Southend
June 20—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater
June 26—New York, NY—Farmborough Festival
June 27—Dover, DE—Big Barrel Country Music Festival
June 28—Charleston, WV—Mountain Stage
July 2—Houston, TX—Warehouse Live
July 3—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s Texas 4th of July Picnic
July 4—Austin, TX—Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic
July 10 & 11—Prestonsburg, KY—Mountain Arts Center
July 12—Chicago, IL—Windy City Smokeout BBQ & Country Music Fest
July 18—Louisville, KY—Forecastle Festival
July 24—Huber Heights, OH—Rose Music Center*
July 25—Ashland, KY—Paramount Arts Center
July 30—Kansas City, MO—Kansas City Live!†
July 31—Tulsa, OK—Cain’s Ballroom
September 5—Seattle, WA—Bumbershoot Festival
September 12—Avon, CO—Rendezvous Music Festival
September 26—Panama City Beach, FL—Chasin’ The Sun Festival
October 26—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium‡
January 31-February 7—Cayamo Cruise
*with Gary Allan
†with Dwight Yoakam
‡with Jason Isbell
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