Eric Church's Two-Part Documentary and Concert to Premiere Tomorrow on AT&T AUDIENCE Network

Tune in this Friday, October 13 to watch the broadcast premiere of a special tour documentary and concert event featuring Eric Church on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239, AT&T U-verse Ch 1114 and on-demand through DIRECTV NOW. Friday night's roadblock begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with Church's "Holding My Own" one-hourdocumentary affording viewers a never-before-seen glimpse behind this year's CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee from footage filmed across his 61-stop Holdin' My Own Tour. Directly following "Holding My Own," tune in for the second one-hour special, "Eric Church: On The Rocks," at 9:00 p.m. which was recorded live, on location at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO in 2016.Watch the trailer for "Eric Church: On The Rocks" (HERE).

AUDIENCE Network's new music slate continues to deliver groundbreaking concerts, unique stories and exclusive performances across all genres, plus select programming in ultra high-definition/4K1, to audiences nationwide since multiple series began airing this past January. Recent concert specials include: Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, CeeLo Green, Hank Williams Jr., Lukas Graham, Kelsea Ballerini, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, 2 Chainz, Keith Urban, The Lumineers, Cole Swindell, Cypress Hill, Dan + Shay, Andra Day, Melissa Etheridge, Mac Miller, Good Charlotte, Brett Eldredge, Tinashe, JoJo, Bebe Rexha, BRandy Clark, Chris Janson, Sheryl Crow, Daya, Machine Gun Kelly, Trey Songz, Lauren Alaina, Rae Sremmurd, RaeLynn, William Michael Morgan, X Ambassadors, Sam Hunt, The Head and the Heart, Chris Lane and others. New shows premiere via national broadcast Friday at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on DIRECTV Ch 239/AT&T U-verse Ch 1114, as well as streaming on-demand at DIRECTV NOW, directv.com, uverse.com and on smartphones and tablets, via the DIRECTV and U-verse apps.2

AUDIENCE Network's multiple series of original and exclusive performances give music fans an intimate view of music's most influential artists today. The network collaborates directly with musicians to create a unique show from their perspective.

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 album Mr. Misunderstood as a surprise, delivering it to fans before announcing its existence and putting it on sale. His current single, "Round Here Buzz" follows his anti-hate single "Kill A Word" which AXS called, "one of the most important singles" Church has put out and the GRAMMY-nominated "Record Year," which Rolling Stone dubbed "the most moving moment" on the widely lauded album. RIAA Gold-certified "Record Year" hit the top of the charts making seven No. 1s for "one of the brightest lights in any genre" (Vulture).

Church embarked on his cross-continent, 61-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 included New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia 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.

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 2017 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. At this November's awards show Church is nominated for three CMA Awards including his second nod for Entertainer of the Year.

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.

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