MIRANDA LAMBERT AND DIERKS BENTLEY ANNOUNCE 2013 LOCKED & RELOADED TOUR TOUR

ANNOUNCE 2013 LOCKED & RELOADED TOUR

TOUR TO HIT THE VERIZON WIRELESS ARENA

IN MANCHESTER , NH ON MARCH 3

TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 @ NOON

Manchester, New Hampshire – After selling out a two-night stand at Boston’s Fenway Park with Jason Aldean in record time just a few short weeks ago, Miranda Lambert has announced additional dates to her 2013 co-headline tour with Dierks Bentley. The 2013 Locked & Reloaded Tour will stop at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester , NH on March 3.

Known for their distinctive styles of music, Miranda and Dierks Bentley bring to the stage scores of # 1 singles, chart topping albums and trophies from The Grammy’s, CMA’s ACM’s and CMT’s. CMA "New Artist of the Year" nominee Lee Brice will open. Tickets for the March 3 performance at the Verizon Wireless Arena will go on sale beginning Friday, November 30 at Noon and are available at the Verizon Wireless Arena Box Office, Ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745 – 3000, where additional service charges may apply.


“Making music for our fans is the best job in the world,” says Miranda. “It’s especially great being able to take to that music on the road with someone I respect as an artist and human being. This will be a tour of ‘epic badassery,’” she laughed. Dierks Bentley added, “Some of my favorite times on tour over the years were with Miranda and her crew. We have a lot in common musically and our fans do too. It's going to be a killer year.” The Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter is the reigning three-time CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year. Her current album, Four The Record, made history when it debuted atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, making Miranda the first country artist in the 47-year history of the chart to have each of her first four albums debut at # 1. Four The Record won the ACM Album of the Year Award and garnered rave reviews. Her headlining ‘On Fire’ Tour played to more than one million fans this year. Miranda dedicates much of her time to her MuttNation Foundation which has raised more than $700,000 to fund no-kill animal shelters, pet adoption, spay and neutering of pets and much more. Multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter, Dierks Bentley has forged his own brand of country music combining classic country songwriting, influences of bluegrass instrumentation and the energy of rock‘n’roll. Bentley’s sixth studio album HOME, released earlier this year, debuted at No. one and has spawned three chart-toppings hits, marking 10 career No. one songs as a singer and songwriter. HOME was also nominated for three 2012 CMA award nominations for “Album of the Year” and “Single” and “Song of the Year” for its title track. His five previous studio albums have sold more than five million copies and earned him an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry.

Tickets are priced at $52.00 and $27.25 and will go on sale at the Verizon Wireless Arena Box Office on Friday, November 30th at 12:00pm.  Tickets can also be purchased at any Ticketmaster outlet, including Walmart, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.  If you are a Verizon Wireless subscriber, press #TIX on your cell phone to be automatically connected to Ticketmaster.

For more information about upcoming events at Verizon Wireless Arena, visit www.verizonwirelessarena.com or call (603) 644-5000. The Verizon Wireless Arena is an SMG managed facility. Founded in 1977, SMG provides management services to more than 220 public assembly facilities including convention and exhibition centers, arenas, stadiums, theatres, performing arts centers, equestrian facilities, science centers and a variety of other venues. With facilities across the globe, SMG manages more than 14.4 million square feet of exhibition space and over 1.75 million sports and entertainment seats. As the recognized global industry leader, SMG provides venue management, sales, marketing, event booking and programming, construction and design consulting, and pre-opening services for such landmark facilities as McCormick Place & Soldier Field in Chicago , Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco , Houston ’s Reliant Park and the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. For more information visit www.smgworld.com.