Eric Church's Sophomore Album Enjoys Success

Posted by Nick Zeitz on 04/02/2009
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Eric Church is enjoying success after the release of his second album, Carolina, as it currently rests at the No. 4 spot on Billboard’s Country Album Chart and No. 17 on the Billboard 200. The album also spent its first week of release in the No. 1 spot on iTunes' Country album chart.
Church continues to promote his new album while on the predominantly sold-out The Young & Wild tour, alongside Jonathan Singleton and The Grove. He has also been named Rhapsody’s Artist of the Month and recently performed on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
“This week is a culmination of a lot of hard work. I have always believed in building fans one show at a time, and the band and I have spent the last three years doing just that,” Church said.
Carolina follows Sinners Like Me, his freshman album that debuted in the in the summer of 2006 on the Top 10 Billboard Country Albums, produced three Top 20 singles and was hailed as a potential candidate for Country album of the year. 
Church’s Young & Wild tour has sold out in seven venues thus far in Evansville, Ind., Grand Rapids, Mich., Boston, Md., Starkville, Miss., Philadelphia, Pa., and Raleigh and Asheville, N.C. 
Tour dates and locations are as follows:
April 1                                         Lyric Theatre                                   Oxford, MS
April 2                                         Minglewood Hall                              Memphis, TN
April 8                                       Jupiter Bar and Grill                         Tuscaloosa, AL
April 9                                    The Bluebird Nightclub                    Bloomington, IN
April 10                                        Joe’s Sports Bar                                  Chicago, IL
April 11                                          The Cabooze                            Minneapolis, MN
April 15                                          The Valarium                                Knoxville, TN
April 16                                          State Theatre                           Falls Church, VA
April 17                                           Coyote Joe’s                                 Charlotte, NC
April 18                                     Blind Horse Saloon                           Greenville, SC
April 22                                George’s Majestic Lounge                  Fayetteville, AR
April 23                                            Stubb’s Jr.                                        Austin, TX
April 24                                            Billy Bob’s                                  Ft. Worth, TX
April 25                                       Firehouse Saloon                               Houston, TX
April 28                                     Capitol Arts Theatre                 Bowling Green,KY                       
April 29                                          Canopy Club                                      Urbana, IL
April 30                                      Barrymore Theatre                              Madison, WI
May 1                                                8 Seconds                                Indianapolis, IN
May 2                                           Neon Armadillo                              Ft. Wayne, IN
May 7                                           Voodoo Lounge                         Kansas City, MO
May 8                                              Grizzly Rose                                    Denver, CO
May 9                                                Cowboy’s                      Colorado Springs, CO
May 13                                             Joyland IV                                 Bradenton, FL
May 14                                          The Round Up                                      Davie, FL
May 15                                             Dallas Bull                                        Tampa, FL
      May 16                                        The County Line                            Melbourne, FL