Madeline Merlo and Chayce Beckham join for select dates
Kicking off the new year, GRAMMY nominee and reigning CMA New Artist of the Year & ACM New Male Artist of the Year Jimmie Allen has announced additional dates and support acts Madeline Merlo and Chayce Beckham, alongside previously announced Neon Union, for his forthcoming Down Home Tour 2022. The trek begins February 3rd at the famed Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA and marks Allen’s first headline tour.
Artist pre-sales for the new dates will begin Tuesday (Jan 25th) at 10 am local time and run through Thursday, January 27th at 10 pm local time. General tickets will go on sale Friday, January 28 at 10 am local time at jimmieallenmusic.com.
Allen also announces the second Bettie James Fest at Hudson Fields in his hometown of Milton, DE on August 13th. Consistently vocal about his deep reverence for his family, hometown, and home state, Allen established the festival last year in honor of his late grandmother (Bettie Snead) and late father (James Allen). The inaugural sold out event took place August 7, 2021. Details on tickets for this year’s festival will be announced at a later date.
“I’m looking forward to the Down Home Tour, my first ever headlining tour. I wanted to wait awhile before headlining because I wanted the timing to be right, I didn’t want to rush it. I wanted to make sure I was ready, my band was ready, so we could give the audience what they deserve every night – which is greatness,” Allen said of the tour’s initial December 2021 announcement. “And I finally feel like my band and I are at a point where greatness is something we can achieve. To everyone that’s supported us so far on our journey, thank you. We look forward to seeing you and a bunch of our new friends on the Down Home Tour.”
2021 was a monumental year that saw Allen receive the only country nomination in an all-genre category for the GRAMMY Awards, release his latest star-studded collaboration album Bettie James Gold Edition, publish his first children’s book My Voice Is a Trumpet, take home the trophies for New Artist of the Year at the 55th Country Music Association Awards & Male Artist of the Year at the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards, reach the quarterfinals of landmark 30th season of Dancing With The Stars, serve as Executive Music Producer for the Netflix series Titletown High, perform at the Kennedy Center Honors in tribute to Garth Brooks, launch the inaugural Bettie James Fest in his hometown of Milton, DE, and appear on Elton John’s newest album The Lockdown Sessions with the track “Beauty In The Bones,” among other professional highlights. He has been hailed by GRAMMY.com as one of the “5 Black Artists Rewriting Country Music” and has amassed more than one billion on-demand streams.
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Jimmie Allen – Down Home Tour 2022 Dates:
Feb 3 – West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
Feb 4 – San Diego, CA @ Moonshine Flats
Feb 5 – Las Vegas @ Stoney’s
Feb 11 – Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
Feb 12 – Indio, CA @ Spotlight 29 Showroom
Feb 24 – Tyler, TX @ Tyler Junior College
Feb 25 – Katy, TX @ Mo’s Place
Feb 26 – San Antonio, TX @ San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo (Jimmie Allen only)
Mar 4 – Ft. Myers, FL @ The Ranch Concert Hall & Saloon
Mar 11 – Columbus, OH @ The Bluestone
Mar 12 – Milwaukee, WI @ UW Milwaukee Panther Arena (Jimmie Allen only)
Mar 18 – Wantagh, NY @ Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall
Mar 19 – Charles Town, WV @ The Event Center at Hollywood Casino
Apr 21 – Tulsa, OK @ Paradise Cove Margaritaville – River Spirit Casino Resort
Apr 22 – Wichita, KS @ Orpheum Theatre
Apr 23 – Sioux Falls, SD @ The District
Apr 28 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
Apr 29 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
Apr 30 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
May 12 – Richmond, VA @ The National
May 13 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
May 14 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
May 21 – Ft Worth @ Billy Bob’s Texas
Aug 13 – Milton, DE @ Hudson Fields (Bettie James Fest)
