Cole Swindell Wraps Up Another Career Defining Year

National TV Debuts, No. 1 singles, RIAA Certifications, Songwriting Honors, World Tour,
Looking Ahead to First Career Headlining Tour for 2018

Preparing for First Career Headlining Tour REASON TO DRINK TOUR Launches in February 2018

Fourth Annual DOWN HOME TOUR Kicks off January 2018 – Already SOLD OUT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –– Cole Swindell, the Platinum-selling 10-time No. 1 hit singer/songwriter, is wrapping up another career defining year. However, there will be little downtime as he will be preparing for his already sold-out Down Home Tour which kicks off January 11, 2018 and his just announced first major career headlining tour – Reason To Drink Tour – which launches February 15, 2018 with special guests Chris Janson and Lauren Alaina.

In 2017 Swindell has celebrated career milestones including his debut performances on The Ellen Degeneres Show and The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon; releasing his 7^th career single and seeing it through to becoming his record-breaking 7^th consecutive No. 1 single; performing “Flatliner” with his friend/mentor Dierks Bentley on both 52^nd Academy of Country Music Awards and ABC’s CMA Fest Special; PLATINUM RIAA certification for “Middle of a Memory” and GOLD RIAA certification of his sophomore album You Should Be Here;touring in 2017 with his friend/mentor Dierks Bentley’s What The Hell World Tour to finally getting to announce his very first major career headlining tour for 2018.

“What an amazing and incredible year it’s been,” said Swindell. “I’m rarely at a loss for words, but when I sit down to think about what we have gotten to do and what we have accomplished I honestly can’t put in to words how I feel. I have the best team and band around me and the best fans supporting me.  I am so fired up for 2018 and the launch of my first headlining tour!  Can’t get here fast enough!”

2017 career highlights for Swindell included:

• Released his 7^th Career Single “Flatliner” featuring his friend/mentor Dierks Bentley
• Toured with Dierks Bentley’s WHAT THE HELL WORLD TOUR 2017
• “Middle of a Memory,” his 6^th No. 1 and third single from You Should Be Here certified PLATINUMâby the RIAA making each of his first six singles having not only all gone to No. 1 on the country charts but have all been certified by the RIAA for reaching Gold (500,000+) and five of the six reaching Platinum (1,000,000) status.
• Nominated for CMT VIDEO OF THE YEAR for “Middle of a Memory”
• Sophomore album You Should Be Here certified GOLD by the RIAA
• Performed “Flatliner” with Dierks Bentley on the 52^nd Academy of Country Music Awards telecast live on CBS
• USA Today and Tennessean world premiered his video “Flatliner”
• “Flatliner” hits No. 1 and becomes his record-breaking 7^th consecutive No. 1 single, his 6^th No. 1 video and 10^th No. 1 song as a songwriter
• Performs “Flatliner” with Dierks Bentley on ABC’s “CMA Fest” TV Special
• Earns his Fifth RIAA Platinum-certified single for “Middle of a Memory”
• Released 8^th career single “Stay Downtown,” – the fourth single from sophomore album You Should Be Here
• Performed new single “Stay Downtown” on The Ellen Degeneres Show
• Performed “Stay Downtown” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
• Headlined the Stay Downtown at Tootsie’s 57^th Birthday Bash on Lower Broadway in downtown Nashville, TN for Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, the most famous honky-tonk in the world
• Released his Down Home Sessions IV EP, a collection of new music for his fans. This fourth installment he takes it back to how he got started in this business – as a songwriter. The EP includes his stripped-down acoustic version of the songs he wrote for other artists including Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Florida Georgia Line and Craig Campbell
• Down Home Sessions IV EP released in advance of his upcoming already sold-out fourth annual Down Home Tour kicking off January 2018
• Announced his first career headlining tour – Reason To Drink Tour – with special guests and two of country music’s biggest rising stars Chris Janson and Lauren Alaina. Launching FEBRUARY 2018!!
• Warner Music Nashville Chairman and CEO John Esposito says “Cole Swindell is the quintessential ‘complete artist’” and “a long term supertar in country music!”