Carrie Underwood Ready To Headline

Carrie Underwood photo courtesy of SonyBMG Nashville.

January 8, 2008 — Carrie Underwood announced her second big tour of the year as headliner of her own "Carnival Ride Tour," with 30-plus shows that will launch in February 2008. Joining her as special guest is Josh Turner. Carrie will also play co-headline dates with Keith Urban on the "Love, Pain & the whole crazy Carnival Ride Tour," which kicks off January 31, 2008.

"I'm so excited to be hitting the road and doing the full show of my music that I have always dreamed of doing," says Carrie, the reigning ACM and CMA Female Vocalist of the Year. "I have been so fortunate to learn from so many other great artists while touring with them, and they have inspired me in so many ways. They have helped me to get to this stage of my first real headline shows, and now I finally feel ready. I can't wait to travel throughout the U.S. and Canada and see all my fans."

Carrie's current album Carnival Ride has reached double-platinum selling status and contains the 3-week No. 1 smash hit "So Small." She wrapped up 2007 as Billboard's Top Country Artist and Top Female Country Artist (both based on sales and airplay) and No. 1 among Top Country Album Artists (based on sales). Outside the country categories, Carrie's success has transcended to the all-genre Billboard 200 Artist Recap as the No. 1 best-selling female artist of the 2007 chart year.

Josh Turner, the Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum recording artist, burst onto the scene in 2003 with his debut album Long Black Train, selling more than a million copies. His follow-up disc, Your Man, has sold more than double that amount, establishing Josh as one of the fastest-rising stars in country music today. Josh's latest album, Everything Is Fine, was certified gold in five weeks.

The first round of "Carnival Ride Tour" dates go on sale this Saturday, January 12, with more dates to be announced soon. For more official Carrie Underwood news, tour dates and ticket information, go to carrieunderwood.fm.