Lee Brice Kicks Off Tour Today

Curb Records and Lee Brice light things up with his new summer anthem, "Parking Lot Party" which will be released on May 13th, 2013 and comes on the heels of his third #1 single in a row, "I Drive Your Truck" which was recently certified Gold by the RIAA. Lee Brice's latest album continues to impress as TEA (track equivalent album) sales for the current album, Hard 2 Loveare currently in excess of 730,000 units. *

Also recently announced, Zippo Encore, with the company's first partnership in the country music market, will be releasing two custom Lee Brice designed Zippo lighters available for sale on the road this summer when Lee joins Brad Paisley's Beat This Summer Tour presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

Brice was recently nominated for the Nationwide Insurance On Your Side Award for "Best New Live Act" at this year's CMT Music Awards. This award is determined by fan votes and will be presented via a video presentation during the 2013 CMT Music Awards which will air live from Nashville on June 5, 2013.

Voting is open now through June 2, 2013 at:
http://www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards/nationwide/voting.jhtml

Lee Brice is bringing the "Parking Lot Party" to the following cities:

May 9 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 10 Noblesville, IN* Klipsch Music Center
May 11 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
May 15 Hanover, MD Maryland Live! Casino
May 16 Holmdel, N* PNC Bank Arts Center
May 17 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
May 18 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
May 24 Deadwood, SD Deadwood Mountain Grand
May 25 Denver, CO Downtown Denver
May 30 Penn's Peak Jim Thorpe, PA
May 31 Toronto, Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 1 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
June 2 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 3 Nashville, TN Rocketown
June 6 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
June 7 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 8 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Pavilion
June 9 Martin, MI US 31 Motorsports Park
June 14 Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
June 15 Orange Beach, AL The Amphitheater at The Wharf
June 20 Grand Junction, CO Country Jam USA
June 21 North Platte, NE Wild West Arena
June 22 Walker, MN Moondance Jam Fairgrounds
June 28 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live
June 29 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
July 10 Chesterfield, VA Pocahontas State Park Amphitheater
July 12 Darien Center, N* Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 13 Fort Loramie, OH Country Concert at Hickory Hills Lake
July 14 Rhinelnader, WI Hodag Country Festival
July 18 Eau Claire, WI Country Jam USA
July 19 Atchison, KS Warnock Lake Park
July 20 Twin Lakes, WI Country Thunder Festival
July 27 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 28 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 1 Englewood, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
August 2 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
August 6 Hermiston, OR Umatilla County Fair
August 7 Tillamook, OR Tillamook Country Fair
August 11 Arlington, WA Festival of the River
August 18 Ashland, KY Paramount Arts Center
August 22 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 23 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 24 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
August 30 Stateline, NV Harvey's Lake Tahoe Arena
August 31 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

South Carolina native, Lee Brice's "I Drive Your Truck" is his third consecutive number one single off his sophomore album, HARD 2 LOVEon Curb Records. It follows the platinum certified single "Hard To Love". Its lead single "A Woman Like You" set the pace, earning platinum certification and chart-topping status. Brice's previous studio album LOVE LIKE CRAZY's title track spawned Billboard's most played country song of 2010 and it still holds the record for the longest-charting song in the history of Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. Billboard again recognized Brice as a songwriter for the most played country song of 2011, "Crazy Girl," which also earned him a 2012 ACM Award for "Song Of The Year." Brice's name can be found in the writing credits for additional hits recorded by country stars including Garth Brooks, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton and more. Garth Brooks' "More Than A Memory,"which Brice co- wrote, became the first song onBillboard's Hot Country Songs chart to debut at number one.

For more information on Lee Brice, visit www.leebrice.com.

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