Duo Celebrating Two Nominations and a Just-Announced Performance at 2018 CMT Music Awards
“Speechless” Approaches 3 Million On-Demand Streams and Surpasses 2.5 Million YouTube Views in Under Two Weeks
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (June 1, 2018) – CMT Music Award nominees and performers Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) shared the brand new song “Alone Together” today (LISTEN HERE) as their current and fastest-rising country radio single “Tequila” arrives inside the Top 10 with over 100 million on-demand streams. “Alone Together” is the fourth new track released from their upcoming self-titled LP due June 22 via Warner Bros. Records/Warner Music Nashville (PRE-ORDER HERE). This comes as the music video for “Speechless,” another recently released new song and a favorite by fellow artist Demi Lovato, surpasses 2.5 million YouTube views and approaches 3 million on-demand streams in just under two weeks. Currently featured on The Knot (READ HERE), “Speechless” was inspired by both Smyers and Mooney’s recent weddings, using actual footage for the accompanying music video.
Praised by Billboard, as “ambitious” and “multi-layered,” “Tequila” is currently nominated for Video of the Year and Duo Video of the Year at the 2018 CMT Music Awards and has tallied 20 million video views. Performing the song at both the 53rdACM Awards (WATCH) and ELLEN earlier this year (WATCH), the global hit continues to gain momentum, earning coveted slots on multiple playlists including Spotify’s Global Viral 50. All four tracks from their forthcoming album – “Tequila,” “All to Myself,” “Speechless” and “Alone Together” - have earned a spot on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist upon release.
With their self-titled third studio album due out in less than one month, Dan + Shay are treating fans to an exclusive preview party during CMA Music Fest. The duo will host a select number of fans at their Warner Music Nashville label home on Thursday, June 7 to listen to never-before-heard songs, hear behind-the-music stories and hang with the guys before they perform at Nissan Stadium later that evening. Tickets to the event are available on their website (PURCHASE HERE). The Platinum-selling duo, performing on TODAY’s Summer Concert Series June 25, will be out on the road with Rascal Flatts for their “Back To Us” Tour through the summer.
Sure to be a staple in their set are Platinum-certified “19 You + Me” and Gold-certified No. 1 “Nothin’ Like You,” off Where It All Began, the debut album that made them the first new country duo in Soundscan recorded history to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart. Their follow-up Obsessed included additional No. 1songs like Platinum-certified “From the Ground Up” and Gold-certified “How Not To.”
DAN + SHAY TRACK LIST:
1. “Alone Together” (Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Jesse Frasure, Hillary Lindsey)
2. “Tequila” (Dan Smyers, Jordan Reynolds, Nicolle Galyon)
3. “What Keeps You Up At Night” (Jordan Reynolds, Jordan Minton, Chase Foster)
4. “All To Myself” (Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Nicolle Galyon)
5. “Keeping Score” feat. Kelly Clarkson (Dan Smyers, Jordan Reynolds, Laura Veltz)
6. “Make or Break” (Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Emily Weisband, Jordan Reynolds)
7. “Speechless” (Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Laura Veltz)
8. “Stupid Love” (Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Jgon Nite, David Hodges)
9. “No Such Thing” (Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Matt Dragstrem, David Lee Murphy)
10. “My Side of the Fence” (Shay Mooney, Benjy Davis)
11. “Island Time” (Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Andy Albert, Jimmy Robbins)
DAN + SHAY 2018 SUMMER TOUR DATES
June 7 – Nashville, TN – CMA Music Festival
June 8* – Hartford, CT – Xfinity Theatre
June 9* – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
June 10* – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
June 14* – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
June 15* – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
June 16* – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
June 28* – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
June 29* – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
June 30 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
July 2 – Traverse City, MI – National Cherry Festival
July 6 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach
July 7* – Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC
July 9 – Cavendish, PE – Cavendish Beach Music Festival
July 20* – Tampa, FL – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 21* – West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre at the South Florida Fairgrounds
July 26* – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
July 27* – Burgettstown, PA – Keybank Pavilion
August 2 – Detroit Lakes, MN – WE Fest 2018
August 4* – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
August 5* – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
August 9* – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Mortgage Music Center
August 10* – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
August 11 – Arcadia, WI – Memorial Park
August 16* – Toronto, ON, Canada – Budweiser Stage
August 17* – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
August 18* – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 25* – Dallas, TX – Starplex Pavilion
September 2 – Buena Vista, CO – Seven Peaks Festival 2018
* - Rascal Flatts Back To Us Tour
