DBTV - Episode 77: Dierks Goes Back to College

Follow Dierks Bentley during his Country & Cold Cans: Back To College Tour at UGA, USC and Ole Miss in DBTV Episode 77--the biggest party of the summer!  Dierks signs a guitar from the crowd and one couple holds up a sign that they postponed their honeymoon to be there!

From The Green Room PR/dierks.com

DIERKS BENTLEY WRAPS COUNTRY & COLD CANS: BACK TO COLLEGE TOUR

Nashville, TN – Aug. 24, 2012 – Country music star Dierks Bentley wrapped his Country & Cold Cans: Back to College Tour Wed. night when he and a sea of fans stormed Ole Miss’ legendary tailgating grounds, The Grove. The college leg of the tour hit two additional SEC campuses this week, The University of Georgia and The University of South Carolina, to toast the release of Bentley’s new COUNTRY & COLD CANS EP that is now available on iTunes.

“This week was a total blast…the shows were killer, and the crowds were big and loud. I think having a BYOB set up probably helped that," laughed Bentley. "We topped things off at Ole Miss by crashing a late night house party for a few rounds of flip cup and beer pong. It's been a little while since I was in college, but it wasn't hard for any of us to fall right back into it. It was the perfect way for me to end summer, and I can't wait to do it again next year!"

The tone of the jam-packed week was set Mon. afternoon when fans joined Bentley for a high-energy video shoot at the Georgia Theatre for his new single “Tip It On Back.” The party spirit spilled into the night at UGA’s Legion Field and continued with a sold out crowd at USC the following day.

“Country music and cold cans went hand-in-hand Tuesday night as everything ‘got a little sideways’ with country singer Dierks Bentley stopping by Columbia’s Tin Roof to give USC students an end-of-the-summer party to remember.” – The Daily Gamecock

Exclusive Streams of Songs from Dierks Bentley's Upcoming EP

Dierks Bentley's 4-pack Country & Cold Cans EP can't get here soon enough (available 8/21 on iTunes), so our DB Congress president announced each of the new songs as a sneak preview from three separate sites last week!

You can hear Back Porch from Entertainment Weekly; Grab A Beer from Yahoo Music and Summer on Fire from ESPN's Playbook. Dierks had this to say about "Grab A Beer."

 "It's kind of a no-brainer...It's probably my favorite [off the EP]. I love the groove, and I love that it's really simple what it's about. There's plenty of beer-drinking songs in country music, but I like how it has a little bit of soulfulness to it. It ended up being kind of dirty and fun, and I think my fans will really enjoy it."

ESPN Playbook also asked Dierks a few questions.  Here's one:

Why did you pick the three SEC schools as the places to perform this coming week?

The SEC lives and dies football. I've played those schools over and over again and I know what the kids are like. My brother also went to the University of Georgia. So I picked three schools that will party really hard and I know they will dig the record. It's going to make it fun for them and make it fun for us. You might as well park my tour bus at the Cumberland Heights Recovery Center in Nashville, I'm telling you right now. It's going be 72 hours of non-stop craziness and fun."

For tickets to the Back to College tour shows, click HERE.


Post a comment below and let us know what you think!  Which of the three songs do you like best?

Dierks Gives Us a Sneak Peek of Upcoming EP and Tour

You'll see his dog Jake and daughter Evie in this sneak peek of Dierks Bentley's upcoming 4-track EP, and you'll hear a taste of all four songs.

"The EP is called Country & Cold Cans.  It's not rocket science, it's country music.  It's about country music and its about beer. And most of the songs on this EP are about those two subjects," Dierks tells us in the video below.

"What makes music fun for me is trying different things and just going down some new roads and definitely this EP is some new ground sonically for us...I really dig a little bit of the dirt and the grit on these recordings...I love trying different things, I am so appreciative of my fans letting me go different places..."

Country & Cold Cans EP track list:
"Country & Cold Cans"
"Grab a Beer"
"Back Porch"
"Summer on Fire"
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whoa oh oh oh
chillin' on the back porch
little hottie swinging up in the swing
them good ole boys picking 6-strings
whoa oh oh oh
leave your trouble at the door
no cover charge, get in for free
no last call let's party on the back porch

Get the EP on iTunes August 21!

Tickets for the Country & Cold Cans: Back To College Tour are now on sale on Dierks.com. Grab your seats for UGA, USC and the free show at Ole Miss on Aug 20, 21 and 22 now. More details here.