13 March 2019

The Long Road Festival have announced their second edition in emphatic style after revealing that Kip Moore and Josh Turner will be headlining. The three-day event, which runs from September 6-8, will mark the first ever time that Turner has played on UK soil and he will be closing the festival on the Sunday. Moore, who is very much at the forefront of the genre, will be headlining the Saturday. In addition to Moore and Turner in the first wave announcements, Asleep At The Wheel will be making their first full-band appearance in the UK for over a decade, while LANCO, Morgan Evans, Lainey Wilson, The Steel Woods and Rhiannon Giddens will also be appearing. There are a number of upcoming UK country and Americana artists on the bill as well, including the likes of Liv Austen, Katy Hurt, Jake Morrell and CoCo and The Butterfields. Tickets start at £40 for the day, £90 for a no camping weekend pass and £110 for a camping weekend pass. These can be purchased via The Long Road Festival website. The lineup so far is: Rhinestone County  Kip Moore Josh Turner LANCO Morgan Evans Eric Paslay Thompson Square Lainey Wilson Jaime Wyatt Liv Austen Crossroad County  Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi Asleep at the Wheel John Paul White Sam Outlaw The Steel Woods Sunny Ozell CoCo and The Butterfields The Cactus Blossoms Katy Hurt Matt the Electrician Leslie Stevens The Hanging Stars Robert Chaney Peter Bruntnell Fair Country  Charlie Crockett Sam Lewis Ags Connolly Jake Morrell Amy Speace

Fresh from another hugely successful weekend in the UK, Country to Country (C2C) have announced the dates for their eighth festival, which will be held between March 13-15. Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Chris Stapleton headlined the 2019 edition of the festival, which took place at London’s O2 Arena, Glasgow’s SSE Hydro Arena and Dublin’s 3Arena. No names have been revealed as of yet and won’t be for some time, but early bird tickets will be available for purchase at 10am on March 15. 2019’s edition of C2C saw over 70,000 country music fans flock to the three cities, further proving that the UK’s affection for country music is growing at a rapid pace. Tickets will be available from AXS, Ticketmaster and Gigs and Tours.