GRAMMY-Award Winning Duo Add Second Shows in Nashville, Newark and Columbus to

Just-Announced Headlining Arena Tour

On the heels of announcing their first-ever headlining arena tour, global superstars Dan + Shay are seeing the biggest single debut of their career with the massive worldwide launch of “10,000 Hours” with Justin Bieber (LISTEN HERE). Written by the duo’s Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney with Bieber alongside Jessie Jo Dillon, Jordan Reynolds and Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, “10,000 Hours” is the most added new song at country radio today and is poised to be their biggest first-week track consumption to date, already totaling 50 million streams globally since Friday’s release. The “sentimental and romantic” (E! News) track was also produced by Smyers and is ranked at No. 5 on Spotify’s Global Chart, reaching No. 2 on their U.S. Chart. The song can be found on 45 Spotify charts globally and 39 New Music Friday playlists worldwide, where it’s highlighted as the cover image in 11 territories. The track is No. 2 on Apple Music’s Global Chart and lands within their Top 100 in 64 territories across the globe. It has been the No. 1 song and video on iTunes since release and is the first country song to ever take the top spot on YouTube’s all-genre Video Hotlist, reaching No. 3 on their all-genre Trending Chart as well (WATCH HERE).

Due to immediate high demand, three dates have already been added to their Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tourwhich was just announced this morning. After kicking off the tour March 6 in Nashville, TN, the duo will return for a second show at Music City’s Bridgestone Arena the following night (March 7), followed by a new date in Columbus, OH, March 8 at Nationwide Arena. On October 8, the tour will return to the New York City area after a September 25 date at Madison Square Garden with a show at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The35+ date tour is presented by AEG Presents and follows their sold-out Dan + Shay The Tour earlier this year, concluding October 31, 2020 at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning today, October 7, through Thursday, October 10 at 10 p.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting this Friday, October 11 at 10 a.m. local time with a limited number of VIP Packages available to purchase. For complete presale details and ticket information, please visit https://www.danandshay.com (full list of tour dates below).

Among the most-nominated artists at this year’s CMA Awards, Dan + Shay are up for Duo of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year for their 3x Platinum, four-week No. 1 hit “Speechless,” with Smyers receiving an additional nomination for Song of the Year as a co-writer alongside Nicolle Galyon and Jordan Reynolds on 4x Platinum, multi-week No. 1 “Tequila” for the second year. CMT also recently announced Dan + Shay as one of the top country superstars of 2019 to be celebrated at this year’s 10th Annual “CMT Artists of the Year” special, airing Wednesday, October 16 at 8pm ET/PT. 

In the seven years since they formed, they have spent 10 weeks atop the country airplay charts and amassed more than three billion streams globally. They’ve accumulated 17 total RIAA Platinum and Gold certifications and six No. 1 singles at country radio. They took home their first-ever GRAMMY earlier this year and followed the honor by becoming the most-awarded artist at the ACM Awards before going on to earn CMT Music, Billboard Music and Teen Choice Awards, effectively sweeping the country categories.

Their latest release, Dan + Shay, has held strong in the Top 5 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart all year, spawning three No. 1 singles including their most recent, “All To Myself.” Smyers is credited as a songwriter on nine of the 11 tracks on their self-titled album, also serving as co-producer with the highly decorated Scott Hendricks. Historically averaging over 30 million global streams per week, the duo will head to Australia this fall as part of superstar Shawn Mendes’ self-titled tour.

Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour 2020

*not an AEG Presents date

ABOUT DAN + SHAY

Dan + Shay continue their rapid rise and are taking the music world by storm.  The last twelve months have seen GRAMMY, Billboard, ACM, CMT, and Teen Choice Award wins – most recently snagging several CMA Awards nominations, the accumulation of over three billion streams globally, several mega-hit, chart-topping songs, and more.  The pair have already sold out headlining US & UK tours in 2019, where they performed from their ever-expanding array of hits, including their most recent chart-topper, the Platinum-certified “All To Myself,” their 3x-Platinum, multi-week No. 1 single “Speechless”, and the most-streamed song released in 2018, 4x-Platinum, multi-week No.1 global smash, “Tequila.”  All three are featured on Dan + Shay, which has sold more than one million album equivalents and debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart the same week “Tequila” reached No.1 on the Country Airplay chart, marking the first time since 2009 that a duo or group has topped both charts simultaneously.  Dan + Shay made SoundScan recorded history as the first new country duo to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart with their Gold-certified first album, Where It All Began.  Their catalogue comprises three albums, including Where It All Began, Obsessed, and Dan + Shay, six Platinum singles, including the duo’s debut “19 You + Me,” and their six No. 1 hits: “Tequila,” “Speechless,” “All To Myself,” “Nothin’ Like You,” “From The Ground Up” and “How Not To.”