“When you see plans and sketches on paper it’s one thing but to actually see it in real life is something else, and that’s what happened to me when we were in tour rehearsals. When I saw the visuals and how exciting and sometimes mind-blowing they were I just felt the tour name needed to reflect what the fans were going to see,” says Paisley. “For two hours each night of the tour they can be taken away from reality – literally.”

The tour kicks-off next week with special guests CMA New Artist of the Year The Band Perry and 2011 American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery. Live Nation is the national tour promoter. Log on to www.bradpaisley.com and www.livenation.com for on-sale and current information.

2012 First Quarter Tour Dates:
January 12 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
January 13 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
January 14 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
January 19 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
January 20 Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena
January 21 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
January 26 Boise, ID Idaho Center
January 27 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
January 28 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
February 9 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena
February 10 Eugene, OR Matthew Knight Arena
February 11 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
February 16 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena
February 17 Las Cruces, NM Pan American Center
February 23 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center
February 24 Moline, IL iWireless Center
February 25 Springfield, MO JQH Arena
March 1 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
March 2 Knoxville, TN Thompson-Boling Arena
March 3 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena

Making a Top 5 entry on both Billboard and Country Aircheck’s airplay charts this week, “Remind Me” has been certified as a Gold digital single by the R. I. A. A. for sales exceeding 500,000 downloads. This is the third hit from Brad Paisley’s Gold certified album, This Is Country Music.

“When two of the format’s superstars partner on a song, it’s obviously going to be a hit,” remarks music journalist Deborah Evans Price in the August 6th issue of Billboard. “But even George & Tammy and Conway & Loretta,” Price continues, “would be proud of these youngsters.”

The “Remind Me” music video, directed by Robert Deaton and George Flanigen and produced by Mark Kalbfeld, can be viewed on bradpaisley.com and carrieunderwoodofficial.com as well as other video and entertainment outlets, including CMT and GAC.

Superstar Brad Paisley released his new album, “American Saturday Night,” on June 30, and fans were clearly ready for the weekend – or Saturday, at least – with first-week sales of more than 129,000 copies propelling the release to a #1 debut on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Already home to “Then” – his record-setting 10th consecutive #1 single – American Saturday Night continues Paisley’s #1 streak in another way, becoming his fifth consecutive non-seasonal album to debut as the nation’s country best-seller.

“Then,” which spent three weeks at #1 on the country airplay charts, helped fuel the excitement surrounding American Saturday Night, as has Paisley’s current tour and the array of media and critical praise that have accompanied the album’s release.

Among the accolades, the Los Angeles Times heralded Paisley’s American Saturday Night as “a collection that constitutes an important step forward for him, and for country music itself,” with the Washington Post calling American Saturday Night “superb,” declaring Paisley “as versatile an artist as Nashville has produced in years.”

Entertainment Weekly cheered, “Paisley discs usually include instrumentals, comedy sketches, and gospel. Here, he drops that lovable detritus, going for constant home runs,” while The Boston Globe lauded, “It’s hard to remember the last time a Top 40 country album was so relaxed and shuffling yet still powerfully resonant and intimate.”

The New York Times took special note of Paisley’s deft way with a lyric, praising, “The great pleasure in his songs is hearing them the first time: the titles tell you what the assignments are, and you’re not quite sure how he’s going to pull them off,” while the Chicago Sun-Times proclaimed the three-time GRAMMY winner “the most important act in mainstream country music.”

On Friday, Paisley performed on ABC’s Good Morning America summer concert series and the syndicated Live with Regis and Kelly, and fans can be on the lookout for Brad all over, including cover stories in Reader’s Digest, Southwest Spirit, and Cowboys & Indians magazines.

American Saturday Night marks the eighth album from the reigning three-time ACM and two-time CMA Male Vocalist winner. In all, Paisley’s albums have launched 14 #1 singles – and the last 10 in a row – with album sales in excess of 10 million units, including his 2x-Platinum 2005 ACM and CMA Album of the Year, Time Well Wasted.