Keith Urban Announces RipCORD World Tour 2016

Keith Urban will be hitting the road this year! The country superstar has announced his plans for his RipCORD World Tour 2016.

The RipCORD World Tour 2016 will be Urban's first arena and amphitheater tour in two years. The trek will begin on June 2 in Kansas City, Mo., and currently includes nearly 50 dates throughout the United States and Canada, with more to be announced. Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris will be joining Urban as special guests.

“I’m seriously champing at the bit to kick off this tour,” Urban says in a press release. “We’ll be playing a lot of new music from RipCORD, all new production, new cities where we’ve never played … and Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris? It’s gonna be potent and unbridled!!!”

Eldredge and Morris, too, are thrilled to have been invited along for the ride.

“I was a Keith Urban fan long before I ever got this music thing going,” says Eldredge. "He is an absolute powerhouse on stage -- unlike anyone I've ever seen, and to top it all off, one of the most down-to-Earth people I know! The RipCORD Tour is gonna be on fire! Get ready!”

Adds Morris, "When I was asked to join Keith on tour, I was floored. I've personally been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. This is my first tour at this level, and I can't think of a more respected writer, artist and musician to join for it. It's going to be an absolute blast!"

Tickets for select RipCORD World Tour 2016 shows are scheduled to go on sale on Jan. 29. More information is available on Urban's official website.

Urban has been teasing the release of new music, his eighth studio record RipCORD. An official street date for the disc has not yet been announced, but the project is expected early this year.

Keith Urban, RipCORD World Tour 2016 Dates:

June 2 -- Kansas City, Mo. @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
June 3 -- St. Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
June 4 -- Indianapolis, Ind. @ Klipsch Music Center
June 10 -- Myrtle Beach, S.C. @ Carolina Country Music Fest
June 11 -- Alpharetta, Ga. @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
June 16 -- Orange Beach, Ala. @ Wharf Amphitheater
June 17 -- Tampa, Fla. @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 18 - West Palm Beach, Fla. @ Perfect Vodka Amphitheater
June 23 -- Clarkston, Mich. @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 24 -- Canadaigua, N.Y. @ Constellation Brand-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
June 25 -- Mansfield, Mass. @ Xfinity Center
July 2 -- Gilford, N.H. @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook
July 8-9 -- Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 14 -- Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center
July 15 -- Cleveland, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center
July 16 -- Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 21 -- Salt Lake City, Utah @ USANA Amphitheatre
July 22 -- Greenwood Village, Colo. @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
July 23 -- Albuquerque, N.M. @ Isleta Amphitheater
July 28 -- Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 29 -- Lake Tahoe / Stateline, N.V. @ Lake Tahoe at Harvey's Outdoor Amphitheatre
Aug. 4 -- Bozeman, Mont. @ Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
Aug. 5 -- Pocatello, Idaho @ Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre
Aug. 18 -- Charlotte, N.C. @ PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 19 -- Raleigh, N.C. @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Aug. 20 -- Virginia Beach, Va. @ Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
Aug. 25 -- Syracuse, N.Y. @ Lakeview Amphitheater
Aug. 26 -- Philadelphia, Pa. @ BB&T Pavilion
Aug. 27 -- Washington, D.C. @ Jiffy Lube Live
Oct. 6 -- Bismarck, N.D. @ Bismarck Civic Center
Oct. 7 -- Sioux City, Iowa @ Tyson Events Center
Oct. 8 -- Lincoln, Neb. @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
Oct. 13 -- San Antonio, Texas @ AT&T Center
Oct. 14 -- Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center
Oct. 15 -- New Orleans, La. @ Smoothie King Center
Oct. 20 -- Los Angeles, Calif. @ Staples Center
Oct. 21 -- Las Vegas, Nev. @ T-Mobile Arena
Oct. 22 -- Phoenix, Ariz. @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Oct. 27 -- Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena
Oct. 28 -- Rosemont, Ill. @ Allstate Arena
Oct. 29 -- Toledo, Ohio @ Huntington Center
Nov. 4 -- Milwaukee, Wis. @ BMO Harris Bradley Center
Nov. 5 -- Minneapolis, Minn. @ Target Center
Nov. 11 -- Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena
Nov. 12 -- Bloomington, Ill. @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Nov. 13 -- Youngstown, Ohio @ Covelli Centre
Nov. 17 -- Hershey, Pa. @ Giant Center
Nov. 18 -- Uncasville, Conn. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Nov. 19 -- Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Barclays Center