“CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour
featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr” launches February 12 in New York City
Tickets on-sale Friday, December 22 at SaraEvans.com and NextWomenTour.CMT.com
Nashville, TN –– ACM and CMA Award winning country music star Sara Evans has partnered with CMT for its 4th annual Next Women of Country Tour in 2018. “CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr” launches February 12 in New York City with fifteen shows from coast to coast. Special guests RaeLynn (“Lonely Call,” “Love Triangle”) and Kalie Shorr (“Fight Like A Girl,” “Two Hands”) are among the impressive roster of CMT’s “Next Women of Country” artists.
“We are thrilled to announce our 4th Annual ‘Next Women of Country’ Tour and partner with the amazing Sara Evans,” said Leslie Fram, SVP of Music Strategy & Talent, CMT. “This tour was created to give emerging female artists a stage to play on and this year we are proud to welcome RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr.”
“I absolutely love that CMT champions female artists with the Next Women of Country Tour and am so honored to be headlining it in 2018,” said Sara. “I can’t wait to hit the road with RaeLynn and Kalie. They are both incredible singers, songwriters, and overall artists and we’re going to have a blast!”
Tickets and VIP packages for the “CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr” go on sale beginning Friday, December 22 at 10am (local time). Tickets can be purchased at SaraEvans.com and NextWomenTour.CMT.com.
*”CMT Next Women of Country presents Sara Evans All The Love Tour featuring RaeLynn and Kalie Shorr”
| Date | Market | Venue |
| February 12, 2018 | New York, NY | B.B. King’s Blues Club |
| February 14, 2018 | Concord, NH | Capitol Center for the Arts – Chubb Theatre |
| February 15, 2018 | Albany, NY | The Palace Theatre |
| February 16, 2018 | Verona, NY | Turning Stone Resort Casino – The Showroom |
| February 17, 2018 | Medford, MA | Chevalier Theatre |
| February 23, 2018+ | Athens, OH | Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium |
| February 24, 2018 | Richmond, KY | EKU Center for the Arts |
| February 25, 2018 | Joliet, IL | Rialto Square Theatre |
| March 9, 2018++ | Salina, KS | Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts |
| March 10, 2018 | Pocola, OK | Choctaw Casino Resort – Centerstage |
| March 15, 2018 | Kansas City, MO | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – Muriel Kauffman Theatre |
| March 16, 2018 | Prior Lake, MN | Mystic Lake Casino – Mystic Showroom |
| March 17, 2018+ | Waukegan, IL | Venue TBA |
| April 6, 2018 | Lake Charles, LA | Golden Nugget |
| April 7, 2018 | Mobile, AL | Saenger Theatre |
*Dates subject to change, please check saraevans.com for the latest information
+Tickets on sale January 5
++Tickets on sale December 21
2017 was a landmark year for Sara Evans – the multi-platinum selling country music star launched Born To Fly Records where she released Words, her “impressive album….which captures an artist in full musical flight” (Associated Press). The heartfelt album features fourteen separate female songwriters, including Evans, Ashley Monroe, Caitlyn Smith, Hillary Lindsey, Hillary Scott, Liz Henberger, and Sonya Isaacs.
First launched in 2013, CMT’s “Next Women of Country” continues to grow with confident, fun and talented female singer/songwriters who are taking the country music world by storm. The campaign emphasizes undiscovered female artists and several alumnae – Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, Cassadee Pope and Ashley Monroe included – have achieved both commercial and critical acclaim. Since 2015, the franchise has promoted female-fueled tours at more than 40 dates with Kelsea Ballerini, Brandy Clark, Lindsay Ell, Jana Kramer, Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles and Tara Thompson.