Gloriana will kick off their fan-named Long Hot Summer Tour 2010 on June 24 in Grand Junction, Colo., during Country Jam USA.
The 40-date tour was named after the Country Music group involved fans in a live chat and contest earlier this year.
Performances include stops at the Iowa Speedway on July 11 and the University of Wisconsin on Sept. 1. The band will also be playing at some major summer fairs and festivals.
“We are really looking forward to this tour,” said guitarist Mike Gossin. “With longer sets and performances in new cities across the country—it’s a great opportunity to get out there some more and meet the Country Music fans who have already shown us so much support.”
The group won two fan-voted 2010 ACM Awards for Top New Vocal Group and Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Their 2009 self-titled debut album landed at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200, leading the group to be the best-selling debut Country group in 2009.
Gloriana is also on the ballot for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Music: Country Group. Fans between the ages of 13-19 can vote once a day until Aug. 6. Vtes are then tallied and the 12th edition of the Teen Choice Awards will be filmed on Sunday, Aug. 8, at Los Angeles’ Gibson Amphitheatre. FOX will air the program the following day, Monday, at 8 p.m. EST.
“This is definitely going to be a summer to remember,” said vocalist Rachel Reinert. “We cannot wait.”
Long Hot Summer Tour 2010 Dates:
June 24 Grand Junction, CO Country Jam USA
June 25 Green River, WY Flaming Gorge Days
June 26 North Platte, NE Nebraskaland Days
June 27 Manhattan, KS Country Stampede
July 2 Aberdeen, SD Fossum Field
July 3 Dickinson, ND Rough Rider Days
July 4 Greeley, CO Greeley Stampede
July 8 Cavendish, PE Cavendish Beach Festival
July 10 Rhinelander, WI Hodag Country Festival
July 11 Newton, IA Iowa Speedway *
July 15 St. Charles, MO Ameristar Casino *
July 16 Atchison, KS Amelia Earhart Festival
July 17 Hampton, IA Franklin County Fair
July 21 Dublin, VA New River Valley Fair
July 22 Bucyrus, OH Crawford County Fair
July 23 Louisville, KY Churchill Downs
July 24 Twin Lakes, WI Country Thunder
July 28 Philadelphia, MS Neshoba County Fair
July 31 Council Bluffs, IA West Fair Amphitheater
August 1 Springfield, MO Ozark Empire Fair
August 4 Bismarck, MD Bismarck Civic Center Arena w/Keith Urban
August 5 Detroit Lakes, MN WE Fest
August 6 Prairie Du Chien, WI Country on the River
August 7 Bay City, MI Veterans Memorial Park
August 10 Pittsfield, PA Warren County Fair
August 11 Point Pleasant, WV Mason County Fair
August 14 Hemingford, NE Box Butte Fair
August 15 Bloomfield, NE Knox County Fair
August 17 Escanaba, MI Upper Peninsula State Fair Grounds
August 18 De Pere, WI Brown County Fairgrounds
August 21 Oklahoma City, OK Frontier City’s Starlight Amphitheatre
August 27 Clarksburg, WV Clarksburg Amphitheatre
August 28 Rhineback, NY Dutchess County Fair
August 29 Woodstock, VA Shendandoah County Fair
September 1 Platteville, WI University of Wisconsin *
September 3 Elkhorn, WI Walworth County Fair
September 4 Mt. Pleasant, IA Midwest Old Threshers
September 5 Marshfield, WI Wisconsin State Fair
September 10 Concord, NC Cabarrus County Fair
September 11 Berea, OH Hebron Harvest Festival
*- headlining show
For more band information and to sign up for a chance to meet the band on the Long Hot Summer Tour 2010, check out www.gloriana.com.
