Luke Bryan to play Vanderbilt Stadium

Luke Bryan announced plans for his first headlining stadium show in Nashville on Wednesday morning.

Bryan will play Vanderbilt Stadium July 11. Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Randy Houser and Dustin Lynch will open the show.

The announcement was part of a press conference in which Bryan laid out many of his career plans for 2015. The Vanderbilt Stadium show is one of seven stadium concerts on Bryan's new Kick the Dust Up Tour, which launches in North Dakota on May 8. The other stadium shows are Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on June 6; TFC Bank Stadium in St. Paul on June 20; Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium on July 18; Levi's Stadium in San Francisco on Aug. 29; the FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland on Sept. 5; and the tour's final date is at Ford Field in Detroit on Oct. 30.

"We are excited to … get out there and give the fans hopefully an amazing, amazing tour and show and something that they will want to come back to for years and years," Bryan said of his tour. "We want to make it just a big event for your family. Any time you can announce shows in Nashville is fun and any time you can announce stadiums and double nights, it's amazing."

Randy Houser and Dustin Lynch will serve as Bryan's openers on the tour. Florida Georgia Line will be added for the stadium dates.

Bryan's other plans for the year include a trip overseas to play his first international concerts in February and March, the release of his last Spring Break album, "Spring Break … Checkin' Out," on March 10 and two free shows at Spinnaker Beach Club in Panama City Beach, Fla., on March 11 and 12 to support the album's launch.

In addition Bryan's first exhibit at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will open in May. The exhibit will run through November.

"I really don't take (my success in country music) for granted," Bryan said. "By a series of many things -- being blessed, hard work, health, happiness and building a fan base and having those fans continue to love you and stay loyal -- it's been amazing."

Tickets for certain cities on Bryan's Kick the Dust Up Tour will go on sale Jan. 30 as part of Live Nation's Country Megaticket at www.Megaticket.com. Fans can check www.lukebryanlive.com for opportunities to win fly away promotions to the stadium shows and more information about on-sale dates.

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