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Multi-PLATINUM and ACM Award-winning Country star Brett Young announces his third European concert tour for May 2024.  Promoted by Live Nation, the Spring tour will kick off May 8 in Norway and continues until May 24 with stops in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and seven dates in the UK, including headlining the second night of Highways 2024 at Royal Albert Hall in London on May 18, marking the second outing for the new Country and Americana festival that debuted in 2023.            

Presales for Young’s international headline tour (excluding Highways 2024) begin Tuesday, December 5 at 10:00am local, General on-sale is Friday, December 8 at 10:00am local.  Dates for Young’s May 2024 international tour are as follows:

May 8, 2024                     Rockefeller Music Hall                  Oslo, Norway

May 9, 2024                     Debaser                                          Stockholm, Sweden

May 11, 2024                   Carlswerk Victoria                         Cologne, Germany

May 12, 2024                   Docks                                               Hamburg, Germany

May 13, 2024                   TivoliVredenburg – Ronda           Utrecht, Netherlands

May 15, 2024                   Albert Hall                                      Manchester, United Kingdom

May 17, 2024                   O2 Academy Birmingham              Birmingham, United Kingdom

May 18, 2024                   Royal Albert Hall                           London, United Kingdom

May 19, 2024                   O2 Academy Bristol                      Bristol, United Kingdom

May 21, 2024                   SEC Armadillo                                Glasgow, United Kingdom

May 22, 2024                   O2 Academy Leeds                       Leeds, United Kingdom

May 24, 2024                   Botanic Gardens                           Belfast, United Kingdom

“We love getting to play for the fans in Europe and these are some of my favourite places to visit,” says Young.  “I’m especially honoured to get to take the stage at the legendary Royal Albert Hall for Highways 2024 – performing at that historic venue is definitely a bucket list moment.”

Young previously toured Europe in November 2022 and March 2020. 

For tickets and more information, go to www.livenation.co.uk/artist-brett-young-960143  or  Brett Young (BrettYoungMusic.com) .

Young released his highly-anticipated fourth studio album,  Across The Sheets , via BMLG Records in August, with over 108M global streams to date.  His newest single, “Dance With You,” is climbing, with over 85.2M total global streams to date and more than 8.98 billion total tracks streamed across his career.  He recently wrapped his headlining  DANCE WITH YOU Tour  across the U.S., following his successful  5, TOUR, 3, 2, 1  tour earlier this year.  He was out with Sam Hunt on Hunt’s  Summer on the Outskirts Tour  and will join Hunt again on the  Outskirts Tour 2024 , which kicks off in February 2024. 

ABOUT BRETT YOUNG

From his self-titled debut in 2017, Brett Young has captured the hearts of fans everywhere through his honest lyrics and West Coast-meets-Southern sound, aptly dubbed “Caliville” style. With an impressive string of seven #1 hits – “In Case You Didn’t Know” (9x Platinum), “Mercy” (4x Platinum), “Sleep Without You” (2x Platinum), “Like I Loved You” (2x Platinum), “Here Tonight” (2x Platinum), “Catch” (Platinum) and “Lady” (Platinum) – and multiple hit albums defined by an undeniable romantic spark, he has cemented his status as a master of matters of the heart.

Following his acclaimed second studio album,  Ticket To L.A., Brett broadened his emotional scope on Weekends Look A Little Different These Days, which features his current single, “You Didn’t” (Gold) – still riding high on Country radio – and “Lady,” whose lyrics inspired Brett’s debut children’s book “Love You, Little Lady,” published by Tommy Nelson (an imprint of HarperCollins).

One of only four modern Country artists to have their first seven singles go #1, Young debuted atop the Billboard Country Albums chart with his Gold-certified Ticket To L.A. while his Platinum self-titled debut dominated the Top 20 on the Country Albums chart for 37 weeks, all contributing to over 8.1 billion global streams to date.

In 2018, Young was named ACM’s New Male Artist of the Year and ASCAP’s Country Songwriter-Artist of the Year for his “melodic craftsmanship” (Billboard) and garnered nominations from Billboard, Teen Choice, CMT and CMA Awards, while continuing to amass non-stop hits as “one of Country’s most consistent radio stars” (Rolling Stone).  He released his first holiday album Brett Young & Friends Sing the Christmas Classics, with special guests including Darius Rucker, Maddie & Tae and Colbie Caillat, in 2021, and co-wrote “Long Way Home (From The Motion Picture ‘Father Stu’)” with Shay Mooney and Bear Rinehart, featured in Sony Pictures’ 2022 film starring Academy Award Nominee® Mark Wahlberg.

His successful Caliville collection of casual wear is available exclusively at Kohl’s and online at  caliville | Kohl’s (kohls.com) . 

His highly-anticipated fourth studio album,  Across The Sheets , and a new music video for his newest single, “Dance With You,” are out now.  Brett recently wrapped his headlining  DANCE WITH YOU Tour , following his successful  5, TOUR, 3, 2, 1  tour.  He was out with Sam Hunt on Hunt’s  Summer on the Outskirts Tour  and will join him again on the  Outskirts Tour 2024 , which kicks off in February. 

For tour dates and more, visit  BrettYoungMusic.com .

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Brett Young announces UK & European tour for May 2024

Country sensation Brett Young is set to embark on his third European concert tour in May 2024, bringing his chart-topping hits to fans across Norway, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, and the UK. The Spring tour, promoted by Live Nation, will commence on May 8 in Oslo, Norway, and culminate with a headline performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London on May 18 during the second night of Highways 2024, a prominent Country and Americana festival.

Presales for the international headline tour (excluding Highways 2024) start on Tuesday, December 5, with the general on-sale opening on Friday, December 8. The tour includes stops in iconic venues such as Rockefeller Music Hall, Albert Hall, and O2 Academy. Young expressed his excitement about returning to Europe, highlighting the honor of performing at the legendary Royal Albert Hall. “We love getting to play for the fans in Europe and these are some of my favourite places to visit,” says Young.  “I’m especially honoured to get to take the stage at the legendary Royal Albert Hall for Highways 2024 – performing at that historic venue is definitely a bucket list moment.”

May 8, 2024                     Rockefeller Music Hall                  Oslo, Norway

May 9, 2024                     Debaser                                        Stockholm, Sweden

May 11, 2024                   Carlswerk Victoria                         Cologne, Germany

May 12, 2024                   Docks                                           Hamburg, Germany

May 13, 2024                   TivoliVredenburg – Ronda           Utrecht, Netherlands

May 15, 2024                   Albert Hall                                    Manchester, United Kingdom

May 17, 2024                   O2 Academy Birmingham              Birmingham, United Kingdom

May 18, 2024                   Royal Albert Hall                           London, United Kingdom

May 19, 2024                   O2 Academy Bristol                      Bristol, United Kingdom

May 21, 2024                   SEC Armadillo                              Glasgow, United Kingdom

May 22, 2024                   O2 Academy Leeds                       Leeds, United Kingdom

May 24, 2024                   Botanic Gardens                           Belfast, United Kingdom

For tickets and additional details, visit www.livenation.co.uk/artist-brett-young-960143 or Brett Young’s official website . Brett Young’s latest album, ‘Across The Sheets,’ released in August, has garnered over 108 million global streams. His newest single, “Dance With You,” continues to climb the charts with over 85.2 million total global streams to date, contributing to his impressive career total of more than 8.98 billion tracks streamed.

Young recently concluded his headlining DANCE WITH YOU Tour in the U.S. and will join Sam Hunt on the Outskirts Tour 2024, commencing in February 2024.

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Brett Young Announces 2022 UK Tour Dates

Ahead of his performance at C2C Festival this weekend, Brett Young has announced that he will play a set of 5 UK tour dates in November 2022, including at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Tickets will go on sale here next week.

Multi-platinum entertainer Brett Young has announced 5 UK shows for November 2022. Currently in the UK and Ireland headlining C2C (Country To Country) Festival, Young will play the following dates:

November 11    CAMBRIDGE Junction

November 12    MANCHESTER Academy 2

November 13    LONDON O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

November 15    GLASGOW O2 Academy

November 16    BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute

Tickets will go on general sale Thursday March 17 at 9am here .

Since his first trip to the UK, Young has remained a firm fan favourite, but this will constitute his first official UK tour. He has captured the hearts of fans everywhere through his honest lyrics and West Coast-meets-Southern sound, aptly dubbed “Caliville” style with seven consecutive No. 1 hit songs. His undeniable string of hits has cemented his status as country’s master over matters of the heart and with two albums defined by a transcendent romantic spark.   The projects follow his GOLD-certified record  Ticket to LA,  which debuted atop the Billboard Country Albums chart, and PLATINUM self-titled debut, which dominated the Top 20 on the Country Albums chart for 37 weeks, all contributing to over 5 billion streams globally.

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Brett Young has captured the hearts of fans everywhere through his honest lyrics and West Coast-meets-Southern sound, aptly dubbed "Caliville" style. With an undeniable string of seven No. 1s - "In Case You Didn't Know" (8X PLATINUM), "Mercy" (4X PLATINUM), "Sleep Without You" (PLATINUM) "Like I Loved You" (2X PLATINUM), "Here Tonight" (PLATINUM), "Catch" (PLATINUM) and "Lady" (PLATINUM) - and two albums defined by a transcendent romantic spark, he has cemented his status as Country's master over matters of the heart. 

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Multi-platinum entertainer Brett Young has announced 5 UK shows for November 2022. Currently in the UK and Ireland performing at the C2C (Country To Country) Festival, Young will play the following dates:

November 11    CAMBRIDGE Junction

November 12    MANCHESTER Academy 2

November 13    LONDON O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

November 15    GLASGOW O2 Academy

November 16    BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute

Tickets on general sale Thursday March 17 at 9am: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-brett-young-960143

Watch the new video for Young’s current single “You Didn’t”, taken from his acclaimed collection  Weekends Look A Little Different These Days , here:  https://BrettYoung.lnk.to/YouDidntMV_UKPR

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Brett Young has announced a series of UK shows for the autumn.

The country star will call in Cambridge, Manchester, London, Glasgow and Birmingham between November 11 and 16, with tickets on general sale at 9am on March 17.

The announcement comes ahead of his appearances at Country To Country this weekend, beginning in Dublin on March 11, followed by London on March 12, and Glasgow on March 13.

Young recently unveiled the video for his latest single You Didn't, lifted from his 2021 album 'Weekends Look a Little Different These Days'.

Brett Young Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Fri November 11 2022 - CAMBRIDGE Junction 1 Sat November 12 2022 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy 2 Sun November 13 2022 - LONDON O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Tue November 15 2022 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow Wed November 16 2022 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute

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Curb records, brett young and tracy lawrence will be featured in a series of 2024 cma fest nighttime concerts at lower broadway's ascend amphitheater.

Four decades of chart-topping country favorites will be celebrated during a trio of nighttime concerts at Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater during 2024's CMA Fest.

From June 6-8, Lower Broadway will feature six decades of Curb Records' iconic legacy, plus stars separated by two decades — Brett Young and Tracy Lawrence.

Tickets for each event are at CMAfest.com/tickets .

Prices start at $15 and are on sale to the public beginning April 5 at 10 a.m. CT.

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The March 2022 trade for defenceman Brett Kulak has become one of the best deals by Ken Holland during his time as Edmonton Oilers general manager.

The club doubled down and signed Kulak to a four-year deal that summer, with an AAV of $2.75 million.

At the time of the signing, there was some grumbling about the size of the cap hit for a third-pairing defender. Since then, critics have moved on to other areas of the roster as target points, because Kulak has been reliable and effective in his time with Edmonton.

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In order to understand his impact, it’s important to put Kulak’s contributions with the team into context.

Kulak plays on the third pair. Here are the left-side defenders who played that role since 2015-16, with their goal share and expected goal share each season.

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The players on this list have some things in common. They’re (mostly) young players pushing their way up the depth chart, or older players who were in a feature role but were either injured or fading from age.

The first of two key items: There’s a ton of churn on this list, Edmonton was trading young defenders ( Brandon Davidson , Caleb Jones , William Lagesson ) while retaining just one ( Darnell Nurse ).

The second item: The position offered no consistency in terms of a single individual posting 50 percent or better results over more than one season until Kulak arrived on the scene.

The only player in this group who looked like he might emerge as a quality outscorer as a third-pair defenceman was Davidson. He ran into injuries (courtesy of Matthew Tkachuk and Dustin Byfuglien) that would derail his NHL career, but Davidson had the chops to be a difference-maker in the same vein as we’re seeing with Kulak in Edmonton.

Jones showed promise as an outscoring third-pair defender in 2019-20 but didn’t get back to 50-plus percent again until this season with the Colorado Avalanche .

Kulak plays a significant amount (14 minutes per game this season) at five-on-five, with 27 percent of that time against elites in 2023-24.

According to Puck IQ’s latest data, Kulak is doing well in those difficult minutes. Here are the totals, for each of the left-handed defenders, since Jan. 1.

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All three men are at 50 percent or better at Dangerous Fenwick percentage (DFF), which is similar to expected goals. It’s best described as smart Corsi, giving extra importance to shots taken close to the goal and dangerous shots that have the goaltender moving just before release.

Based on those numbers, we can conclude Nurse is playing in bad luck. His actual goal share should be far better based on his possession number.

Kulak is enjoying a fine season in all areas, including time versus elites. Some of these results can be considered luck (his goal share is higher than the possession metric) but he has been consistently excellent since coming to Edmonton.

At five-on-five, Kulak is a quality No. 3 who can slide up the roster as required. Since March 1, Kulak is averaging 3:56 per game against elites, with Nurse at 4:20 in that time.

Kulak is taking on a larger role in this area over recent weeks.

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Kulak plays just 54 seconds per game on the penalty kill, which ranks well behind Ekholm and Nurse among Edmonton’s lefties.

His totals suggest he might warrant more ice time in this part of the game.

Kulak’s 50.3 SA-60 is second in the group, and well ahead of Nurse’s 55.4 shots-against per 60 minutes. His GA-60 (6.17) is also miles ahead of Nurse (9.76).

The samples are small and parsing these totals and offering them as positive proof would be unfair.

The argument can be made that the organization could slice a little playing time off Nurse’s total, potentially making him more valuable in the minutes he plays.

One of the reasons Kulak is so valuable is foot speed. He can wheel. According to NHL Edge metrics, Kulak’s top speed lands in the 79th percentile among NHL regulars.

He’s a veteran, is able to read plays well and get the back to safety.

Kulak also stands forwards up at the blue line, forcing shoot-ins. His speed comes in handy again, as he can beat or tie a rushing forward to the puck.

He’s not an overly physical player, but it would be unfair to describe him as shy when it comes to physical contact.

Holland was aggressive in signing Kulak long-term after the 2022 deadline deal, and the player has delivered more than the value of his contract.

The Athletic player cards have Kulak delivering $4 million in market value for the $2.75 million annual investment. Among lefty defencemen on the team, he trails only Ekholm this season.

His strong performance since arriving in Edmonton has created a dilemma for management.

The organization has a less expensive option (Philip Broberg) in the AHL with the Bakersfield Condors. He’s beyond NHL-ready and demonstrably frustrated by his current predicament, as detailed by Daniel Nugent-Bowman at The Athletic in early December .

There’s an argument to be made in favour of dealing a veteran (Kulak doesn’t have trade protection) and running the less expensive Broberg on the third pairing next season.

That might be true in many cases, but the Oilers are pushing for the Stanley Cup, this season and next, probably through the end of the decade.

There’s no indication that Kulak’s performance is falling off. In fact, based on small increases in playing time at five-on-five, it can be argued his role with the team is increasing at this time.

It’s safe to say Kulak being dealt has been an option for some time.

The fact he’s still in Edmonton is a clear indication of the organization’s belief in this player.

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