Dierks Bentley's RISER Release Week Schedule Feb 24-28, 2014

It's Dierks Bentley week February 24-28, 2014!  As with any album release, there's a whole lot of television appearances and live performances going on and a lot to keep up with, so we thought we'd share the schedule for Dierks Bentley's RISER Album Release Week below--all in one place!

Be sure to clean off your DVR and make plenty of room for all the Dierksness coming to TV this week!


MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24

The Lost Video: Bourbon In Kentucky premiers

Live Screening of "DIERKS BENTLEY: RISER" film in NYC


Join Dierks for a special Facebook Screening of DIERKS BENTLEY: RISER. Livestream the entire film at 9/8c!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

RISER Release Day - Dierks in New York City! Buy your CD at midnight (unless you already received your pre-ordered bundle)! Or download digitally! Help make it #1 on iTunes and Amazon!

Good Morning America on ABC

Larry King Now


Sirius XM The Highway Superfan Concert - 8 pm
Host Storme Warren discusses Dierks' life and career, and plays songs from his new album, Riser.

iHeartRadio’s Live Series Concert - 8:30 pm - NYC



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC

Bravo's Watch What Happens Live


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

The View 

Joe's Bar Chicago album release show

Sirius XM The Highway Superfan Concert (Rebroadcast) 2 am EST
Host Storme Warren discusses Dierks' life and career, and plays songs from his new album, Riser.


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Album Release Party at Whiskey Row - Enter to win from KMLE radio

Sirius XM The Highway Superfan Concert (Rebroadcast) 12 pm EST
Host Storme Warren discusses Dierks' life and career, and plays songs from his new album, Riser.

In case you missed a screening or the TV version of "DierksBentley: Riser" the documentary film, it will be available in the coming weeks for purchase!

Jake Bentley Joins Dad Dierks Through Southwest Airlines PAWS Program

Dierks Bentley took advantage of Southwest Airlines "PAWS" program (Pets Are Welcome on Southwest) and had his dog Jake flown from Nashville to New York City to join him as co-host on The View last week!

Dierks says Jake is part Spitz and part "one-night stand."

Check out the DBTV video below!  Another great video by Ryan "Flash" Silver!

Dierks Bentley Single Review: "I Hold On"

We've been telling you about Dierks Bentley's new single, "I Hold On," since his first live performance of the song on the Locked and Reloaded Tour in January. We told you how much meaning it holds for our president and for us! And you may have seen him debut it on The View last week.

But we weren't fast enough in asking one of our very own DB Congress reps, Tara Toro, to write a review for us.  Got Country Online got to her first!  Here is the New Yorker's perspective, posted today on GotCountryOnline.com.  


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Do you want to know who Dierks Bentley is? Then look, and listen, no further than his new single “I Hold On.” Even though he has been playing the song at his live shows since January, Dierks officially debuted “I Hold On” this past Friday on “The View.” The song, which will be on his upcoming fall release, ‘Riser,’ was written by Dierks and Brett James.

Dierks has said this is probably the most personal song he has written, yet the song’s theme makes it universally relatable. “I Hold On” is both poignant and exuberant. We not only learn the things in his life that make him who he is, he also tells us “I can’t change who I am….right or wrong”. The things that make him who he is (and those that make us who we are) are unchangeable like the “stripes on the flag, like a boy to his Dad.” It’s a mid-tempo anthem to celebrate not only who we are, but remember and honor the things that make us that way. You can just hear an amphitheatre full of people singing “I Hold On” with him at the 3:25 mark, knowing at that moment every single person is thinking of something/someone that they hold onto.

As he sings in his unmistakable gravely voice, the song’s three verses open the curtain on who he is. The first verse refers to his truck, Big White (currently with about 200,000 miles). She brought Dierks to Tennessee with his father from Arizona back when he was 19 years old. The meaning of Big White and that trip impacts on a whole different level when you hear “she’s still here now he’s gone.” (Dierks lost his father last June)

As most know, the “beat up box” with “dents and scratches that makes it sound real good” is of course his guitar. Dierks has said he has been offered many a new guitar but prefers this one: the one that holds many memories from when he started out to this day (and has George Jones, George Strait and others’ signatures on it).

The third and final verse is something we all want to hear from our significant other: “there ain’t never been no doubt….Without you I’d be nothing….So if you ever worry about…..me walkin’ out….let me tell you something.”

The truck may be beat up, the guitar may have a hole, and his boots may need duct tape, but he is one guy who knows what is important in life: his faith, the love of his family and his country.  These are the things he can “count on to keep me going strong.” These are the things we all can count on. People, things, experiences all make our memories: whether it is a guitar, a car, a mother…this song will make you remember and think about what is at the heart of you as a person. It’s an anthem to keep those things that matter close, cherish memories and be yourself.

Look for the single to be available soon. 

[Just announced today: The song will go for radio adds on August 12!]

Dierks Bentley Performs "I Hold On" on The View on ABC

"You didn't think we were gonna let Dierks Bentley leave here without singing his hit song that will be, I think, the country music anthem of the summer, did you?" teased Whoopi Goldberg on The View this morning.  We sure hope it's a hit, Whoopi!

After 24 hours of hints, Dierks debuted his newest single from the upcoming album, Riser.  "I Hold On" has been a DBC rep favorite since his first Locked and Reloaded performance of the autobiographical song in January.  It is his most personal composition to date, co-written with Brett James.

Dierks was to co-host The View, but he didn't get much talk time.  Alison Bonaguro said what we were thinking:

"I wish I could say the rest of The View was as moving as his performance. But, well, it wasn't...the last four minutes of the show when he performed were the best four minutes of the show."

Jake, DB's part Spitz and part one-night-stand dog, fit right in with the theme of the episode--The 5th Annual Mutt Show.  Dierks thanked Southwest for being so nice to fly Jake to NYC:

While we have to lay "Bourbon In Kentucky" to rest for now (radio didn't get behind the melancholy song so Capitol opted to go with something more up tempo), we will rally behind this new Riser cut and request radio DJs to hold on to this summer song like Dierks holds on to all the things he loves.

Watch Dierks and the guys perform, "I Hold On."




After he sang, The View ladies did give him a chance to talk about raising over $500,000 for the Prescott Firefighters families, but it felt rushed and like an afterthought--would have been great conversation for the couch!  Just sayin!

As soon as we find out when "I Hold On" goes to radio and when it will be available digitally, we'll let you know asap!

~Ronna