Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, & Thomas Rhett to Headline 2018 Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam

The wait is over for the 2018 Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam headliners, as Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line and Thomas Rhett are on board to entertain tens of thousands of Country Music fans Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 2, 2018 at Frank Brown Park in beautiful Panama City Beach - A Real. Fun. Beach. Named by Billboard Magazine as one of "The 10 Best Country Music Festivals," another 18 exciting acts are scheduled to be announced in the coming weeks.

"Last year was absolutely amazing, and we're beyond excited about our headliners and can't wait to get our entire lineup out there for this year," said Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam Executive Producer Rendy Lovelady. "We're proud to have built this into the biggest country music festival in the Southeast, and we love showing off our fourth headliner - the beautiful beaches of Panama City Beach."

Over 64,000 fans from all 50 states and 13 foreign countries packed last year's Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam - the largest in the festival's history - to see Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Jason Aldean, Tyler Farr, Brett Eldredge, Lee Brice, Kip Moore, Kane Brown, Dan + Shay and many more.

Tickets for the three-day festival will be available beginning Sunday, April 15 2018 and will include General Admission, VIP, Skybox, Side Stage, Golden Circle and VIP Pit. Special Military tickets and early entry will also be available. Information on purchasing tickets, Preferred Lodging Packages and more can be found here.

Music begins each day at 2 p.m., so festival goers can spend the morning taking a leisurely walk on the beach, hitting one of many challenging golf courses, fishing, enjoying the bright sunshine, grabbing lunch at one of Panama City Beach's wonderful restaurants or checking out other area attractions before heading to the concert grounds for an afternoon and evening of entertainment.

Jammers are encouraged to follow Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for special announcements and offers.

ABOUT ERIC CHURCH: The three-time Country Music Association and six-time Academy of Country Music Award winner cemented his reputation as a maverick by releasing his 2015, RIAA Platinum-certified album Mr. Misunderstood as a surprise, delivering it to fans before announcing its existence at the 2015 CMA Awards and putting it on sale. Since then, the 2016 CMA Album of the Year has produced his most recent No. 1 single, "Round Here Buzz," his anti-hate, RIAA Gold-certified single "Kill A Word" which AXS called, "one of the most important singles" Church has put out, and the Platinum-certified, No.1 hit, "Record Year," which Rolling Stone dubbed "the most moving moment" on the widely lauded album.

The artist that Vulture called "one of the brightest lights in any genre" embarked on his cross-continent, 60+-city Holdin' My Own Tour in 2017 that was named the No. 1 most attended music tour in the world at the time of the tour by Pollstar. The double-set/sans-opener show, that gave fans 3+ hours of pure Eric Church, sold out every stop, consistently staying on Billboard's Country Boxscore chart despite cancelling more than 33,000 tickets listed on the secondary market in an effort to reduce ticket scalper activity. The tour hit major markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia, and ended with a two-night run in Nashville, Tenn. breaking Bridgestone Arena's attendance record the first night and topping himself to set a new record the second.

To commemorate the rare undertaking of the Holdin' My Own Tour, Church is releasing 61 Days In Church, a collection of 100+ live recordings from the stops that have been released in batches exclusively to Apple Music before they have were made available on all streaming services. The full will also be released as a Vinyl box set, including a road case, tour book and poster, shipped in increments every month of 2018.

The man New York Times said produces songs that insist music is "fuel for love, for anguish and, naturally, for other music" most recently earned the 2016 ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award, 2016 CMA Album of the Year Award for Mr. Misunderstood and the 2016 ACM Music Video of the Year Award for the album's first title-track single.

The North Carolina native's previous album, The Outsiders,

debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and Top Country Albums Chart with the highest debut and sales of any release in the format that year, making Church 2014's top-selling country music artist. The album garnered GRAMMY, CMA and ACM Album of the Year nominations and featured his No. 1 hits "Give Me Back My Hometown" and "Talladega," as well as multiple nominee "Like A Wrecking Ball." The Outsiders was the follow-up to Church's 3x Platinum-certified CHIEF, named the 2012 Album of the Year by both CMA and ACM, and GRAMMY-nominated for Best Country Album. The LP featured five Top 20 singles: "Homeboy" (certified Platinum for sales in excess of one million); the Top 10 "Like Jesus Does" and the Top 5 "Creepin'" (both certified Platinum); and two No. 1 hits "Drink in My Hand" (certified Platinum) and "Springsteen" (certified Double Platinum for sales in excess of 2 million singles). Church's sophomore album, Carolina, (2009) is RIAA Platinum certified and his 2006 debut album, Sinners Like Me is RIAA Gold certified.

ABOUT FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE: Redefining what's possible in Country music, global superstars Florida Georgia Line continue to push full-throttle into uncharted territories with history-making collaborations, fresh entrepreneurial ventures and bold new music while currently in the studio. Crushing record-breaking milestones, the MULTI-PLATINUM duo has heavy-hitting spotlights on Bebe Rexha's "Meant to Be," Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso's "Let Me Go" (ft. watt), Morgan Wallen's "Up Down," and The Chainsmokers' "Last Day Alive." Fueling their groundbreaking momentum, FGL's 2016 PLATINUM-certified album, DIG YOUR ROOTS (BMLG Records), delivered three consecutive #1 smashes: 4X PLATINUM-certified "H.O.L.Y." ${"["}#1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for 18 straight weeks] and PLATINUM-certified "May We All" (ft. Tim McGraw) and "God, Your Mama, And Me" (ft. Backstreet Boys) [13th #1 overall as artists]. THE SMOOTH TOUR 2017 marked their first time headlining select sold-out stadium dates - featuring special guests Backstreet Boys, with critics' reviews boasting: "Just in case you've forgotten, Florida Georgia Line is one of the hottest country acts alive" (MusicRow Magazine). With over 30 million tracks and more than 4.2 million albums sold worldwide, the top-shelf entertainers remain the first and only Country act to achieve RIAA's DIAMOND certification (10 million copies sold) for their breakout "Cruise," which is the best-selling digital Country single of all time (SoundScan). Since 2012, FGL has earned prestigious honors from the AMAs, ACM Awards, CMA Awards, Billboard Music Awards and CMT Music Awards. The ACM Vocal Duo of the Year nominees are slated to perform their current smash hit single with Rexha at the upcoming award show airing live April 15 on CBS. As true visionaries, their innovative endeavors also include their newly announced multifaceted compound in Nashville: Tribe Kelley Trading Post, Tree Vibez Music, and meet + greet, plus FGL HOUSE. In addition to their supercharged music festival appearances this year, FGL will kick off the inaugural FGL Fest with a concert inside Turn 4 of the historic oval during the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 25th annual NASCAR weekend on September 8.

ABOUT THOMAS RHETT: Thomas Rhett's third album LIFE CHANGES (The Valory Music Co.) is the biggest, boldest-sounding record of his career, filled with a diverse batch of songs united by the "consistency of their craft" (Variety) as he stretches his sound to new limits. Highlighting his "detailed style of songwriting" (Rolling Stone), LIFE CHANGES was an instant hit, debuting at No. One on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, marking the first Country release to take the top spot in 2017. The release also drew a 2018 GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album and has been streamed more than 400 million times. The album's first three singles quickly climbed to the top of the Country radio charts, bringing Thomas Rhett's No. One tally to 10. He was recently named iHeartRadio's Country Artist of the Year for the second year in a row, following a CMA Triple Play award for penning three No. 1 songs within a 12-month period ("Die A Happy Man," "Star of the Show" and Michael Ray's "Think A Little Less"), adding to his collection of trophies from the Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music, Billboard Music Awards, CMT Music Awards and more. For more information, visit www.ThomasRhett.com

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