Kicks 99 Guitar Pull 2023 Artist: Corey Kent
Kicks 99 is excited to welcome Corey Kent for Guitar Pull 2023!
ABOUT COREY KENT:
Corey Kent finds himself musically at the intersection of rock infused country, heartland values, and red dirt grit. Still in his 20’s, he built the foundation of a fanbase, has been developing his show for 15 years, and is now positioned as one of country music’s next breakout artists nationwide. Drawing inspiration from The Eagles, Keith Richards, Turnpike Troubadours and more, Kent strives to build an undeniable stage presence and his bandana-wearing Rock ‘N’ Roll spirit comes to life on the stage.
Kent kicked off 2023 with the release of his autobiographical track “Man of the House” just after making his debut at the Grand Ole Opry where he performed his explosive RIAA certified platinum single, “Wild As Her.” The free-spirited and high-energy track has garnered over 255 million on-demand streams, landed Kent his first-ever entry onto the Billboard Hot 100, reached #15 on the Hot Country Songs Chart and is currently Top 5 at country radio. The music video landed Kent a nomination for Breakthrough Male Video of the Year at the 2023 CMT Awards. Kent was named as a CMT Listen Up Artist for 2023, a Pandora Artist to Watch The Opry Next Stage Class of 2023, Sirius XM Class of 2022 and was nominated for an AIMP Nashville Country Awards for AIMP Rising Artist-Writer of the Year.
Kent’s new album BLACKTOP released on June 2nd. The 10-track album features writing credits from Kent himself as well as Morgan Wallen, Ryan Hurd, Kelly Archer, Lydia Vaughan and more (full writers listed below) with production from Jay Joyce and Chris Farren. The album features already released tracks, “Man of the House,” “How You Know You Made It,” “Hood of that Car” and “Wild As Her.”
On the touring front, Kent kicked off 2023 joining Parker McCollum, is confirmed to play Stagecoach (4/29 – T-Mobile Mainstage), Tortuga Music Festival (4/15 – Sunset Stage), headline his own show in Nashville (6/2 – Brooklyn Bowl), play CMA Fest (6/8 – Chevy Riverfront Stage) and tour all summer on Jason Aldean’s Highway Desperado Tour. For more information on the tour please visit: https://www.coreykentofficial.com/#tour.
In 2020, Corey released his From the West LP which garnered 3.5+ million aggregate streams and set the stage for his next chapter. His song “Gold” and fan favorite “Ain’t My Day has nearly 15 million streams combined. In December of 2021, Corey released his sophomore album, ’21, to an overwhelmingly positive reception and landed on multiple playlists across the streaming platforms with his single “There’s Always Next Year.”
A road warrior, Kent spent a large portion of 2022 on the road selling out venues across the country on his own headline dates, festivals and dates with Bailey Zimmerman. He will continue playing for fans all through 2023 first joining Parker McCollum on his Spring 2023 tour.
Along with headlining his own shows and playing the top music festivals across the country, Kent has been the supporting act for artists including Cody Johnson, Chase Rice, Eli Young, Josh Abbott, Flatland Cavalry, and Kolby Cooper. Kent also has major success writing songs for others including Kolby Cooper, Brandon Jenkins, Clark Green’s #1 hit “Hit You Where It Hurts” and more under his publishing deal with Combustion Music.
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