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Amy Grant, Del McCoury Added To These Days Tour Line Up Apr. 04, 2007 from Bluegrass Music News Net

Nashville, TN - Vince Gill Launches New Tour With Amy Grant, Del McCoury Band. The 18-Date Swing Runs from July 14 to Sept 11. Gill is expanding his tour repertoire this summer by adding fellow Grammy-winners Amy Grant and the award winning bluegrass music group, the Del McCoury Band to his troupe. The 18-date circuit begins July 14 at Atlanta's Chastain Park Amphitheatre and concludes Sept. 11 at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

"I always enjoy working with Vince," says Grant, the gospel and pop star who's also Gill's wife. "It's especially exciting to be on the road with him on the heels of his great project, These Days. Between Del and his band, the Sapphire Blue Horn Section and all the other musicians on stage, this will be a great spectrum of music." McCoury agrees. "Vince is like one of the boys," he says, "great hair, great singer and a pretty good picker. Bluegrass has always been part of his life and it shows on stage."

There are few better judges�or practitioners�of bluegrass than Del McCoury. He first gained attention in the early 1960s as lead singer and guitarist for Bill Monroe's fabled Blue Grass Boys band. In recent years, he has led his own band, aided by sons Ronnie and Rob. The Del McCoury Band, the most awarded artist in the history of Bluegrass, has nine times won the International Bluegrass Music Assn.'s Entertainer of the Year Award. In 2005, the band's CD, The Company We Keep, won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy.

Grant has been a vocal star since her teen years, starting in gospel and then expanding into pop music. Her pop hits include "The Next Time I Fall" (with Peter Cetera), "Baby Baby," "Every Heartbeat" and "That's What Love Is For." Her gospel recordings have netted her six Grammys.

This year, Gill earned his 18th Grammy�this one for Best Male Country Vocal Performance�for "The Reason Why," the debut single from These Days. He followed that song with his current single, "What You Give Away."

Grant and the Del McCoury Band were prominent players in the recording of These Days, making guest appearances on four of the tracks.

These are the tour dates and locations:

July 14 Chastain Park Amphitheater/Atlanta, GA
July 15 Charlottesville Pavilion/Charlottesville, VA
July 18 The Filene Center/Vienna, VA
July 19 Ryan Center/Kingston, RI
July 20 Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center/Gilford, NH
July 21 Chevrolet Theatre/Wallingford, CT
July 22 Telos Pavillion Harbor Center/Portsmouth, VA
Aug 29 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand/St. Paul, MN
Aug 31 Deer Valley Outdoor Theater/Park City, UT
Sept 1 Casper Events Center/Casper, WY
Sept 2 The Villages At Copper Mountain/Copper Mountain, CO
Sept 5 Britt Pavillon/Jacksonville, OR
Sept 6 The Concerts At Wente Vineyard/Livermore, CA
Sept 7 Ironstone Amphitheatre/Murphys, CA
Sept 8 The Greek Theatre/Los Angeles, CA
Sept 9 Fantasy Springs Casino/Indio, CA
Sept 10 Tims Toyota Center/Prescott Valley, AZ
Sept 11 Santa Ana Star Center/Rio Rancho, NM