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Eric Church’s Tour Lives Up To Its Name: Double Down

Earlier this year, Eric Church kicked off the “Double Down Tour” where he does  a show two nights in a row in the same city, with different set lists. Eric…

Eric Church's Tour Lives Up To Its Name: Double Down
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Earlier this year, Eric Church kicked off the "Double Down Tour" where he does  a show two nights in a row in the same city, with different set lists.

Eric explains, “I feel like from now on, I hope that we can focus on those people that come one night of the year that they’ve traveled however many miles, they want to hear ‘Round Here Buzz,’ they get to hear ‘Round Here Buzz,’ and I still want it to be unique. I want it to be different, but I don’t know if I did another tour like this. I think that the Double Down Tour was as far as I want to go from a challenge point. I love that we did it. I love that it was a success. I love that there were people that came to both nights and go it."

He continued, "There were people that came to one of the two nights and got it, but at the same time, it’s not something I would do again. I think that’s good. I think that if you’re a fan, you got to see something that – we stretched and you’re not gonna get to see it again. I’ve been to some of those shows before, a fan of artists, and I knew that I was not gonna see this again. For the Double Down Tour, they saw something they’re never gonna see again.”

Church will launch the next leg of the "Double Down Tour" September 13th and 14th in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Double Down Tour dates for Fall 2019:

September 13 & 14 — Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
September 20 & 21 — Calgary, Alberta @ Scotiabank Saddledome
September 28 — San Francisco @ Chase Center
October 4 & 5 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
October 11 & 12 — Philadelphia @ Wells Fargo Center
October 25 — Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
October 26 — Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at the BJCC
November 1 — Manchester, NH @ SNHU Arena
November 2 — Hartford, CT @ XL Center
November 15 & 16 — Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
November 22 & 23 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center

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