Jackson's "Freight Train" tour gets ready to leave the station
The tour start April 8 in Estero, Fla. and ends May 23 in Lexington, Ky. , hitting 15 cities. Josh Turner and Chris Young will open the shows.
"Freight Train," out March 30, includes eight Jackson original songs plus four more, including It's Just That Way, the first single, and a duet with Lee Ann Womack on the Vern Gosdin classic, Till the End.
Jackson said the title track "sounded different and just kind of stuck out. I guess when you really think about it, man, we've been rolling along here for a lot of years, just going like a freight train."
Jackson will launch the album with March 30th appearances on Today and the Late Show with David Letterman, an April 4th appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and an April 5th appearance on Ellen, his first on that show.
Tour dates are:
April 8 - Estero, FL/ Germain Arena
April 9 - Orlando, FL/ UCF Arena
April 10 - Alpharetta, GA/ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park
April 11 - Greenville, SC/ Bi-Lo Center
April 29 - Champaign, IL/ Assembly Hall (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
April 30 - Moline, IL/ iWireless Center
May 1 - Rosemont, IL/ AllState Arena
May 2 - Fort Wayne, IN/ War Memorial Coliseum
May 13 - Manchester, NH/ Verizon Wireless Arena
May 14 - Uncasville, CT/ Mohegan Sun Arena
May 15 - Rochester, NY/ Blue Cross Arena
May 16 - Wilkes-Barre, PA/ Wachovia Center
May 21 - University Park, PA/ Bryce Jordan Center
May 22 - Charleston, WV/ Charleston Civic Center
May 23 - Lexington, KY/ Rupp Arena
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