After launching his Biggest & Baddest Tour last year, country music star Toby Keith is adding another superlative to his roster: toughest. The summer 2009 America’s Toughest Tour kicks off June 18 at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ, and wraps September 19 at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL.
The amphitheater tour will hit 30 U.S. cities on a coast-to-coast circuit over a period of thirteen weeks. Stops include a June 10 show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, VA, a July 26 concert at Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA, an August 16 performance at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA, and a September 17 event at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA.
More dates are expected to be added as the tour progresses. Pre-sale and public on-sale dates for tickets have not yet been announced, but will be updated on Keith’s official Web site as information becomes available.
Keith is continuing to tour behind his thirteenth studio album “That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy.” The October 2008 release topped the country albums charts and hit No. 5 on the Billboard 200, slightly below 2007’s chart-topping “Big Dog Daddy.”
His previous Biggest & Baddest Tour launched in summer 2008, completing nearly 30 shows before the end of the year. The venture picked up again early in 2009 for another dozen dates.
Toby Keith itinerary:
(Dates are subject to change.)
| June 18 | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| June 19 | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Blossom Music Center |
| June 20 | Noblesville, IN | Verizon Wireless Music Center |
| June 26 | Tampa, FL | Ford Amphitheatre |
| June 27 | West Palm Beach, FL | Cruzan Amphitheatre |
| July 10 | Virginia Beach, VA | Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater |
| July 11 | Raleigh, NC | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion |
| July 12 | Charlotte, NC | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| July 17 | Hartford, CT | Meadows Music Theater |
| July 19 | Clarkston, MI | DTE Energy Music Theatre |
| July 25 | Camden, NJ | Susquehanna Bank Center |
| July 26 | Mansfield, MA | Comcast Center |
| August 3 | Sturgis, SD | Sturgis Rally |
| August 6 | Detroit Lakes, MN | WE Fest |
| August 13 | Chula Vista, CA | Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre |
| August 14 | Phoenix, AZ | Cricket Wireless Pavilion |
| August 15 | Devore, CA | San Manuel Amphitheater |
| August 16 | Mountain View, CA | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| August 20 | Albuquerque, NM | Journal Pavilion |
| August 21 | Englewood, CO | Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre |
| August 22 | Salt Lake City, UT | USANA Amphitheatre |
| September 3 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
| September 4 | Darien Center, NY | Darien Lake Performing Arts Center |
| September 5 | Scranton, PA | Toyota Pavilion |
| September 10 | Cincinnati, OH | PNC Pavilion |
| September 11 | Burgettstown, PA | Post-Gazette Pavilion |
| September 12 | Bristow, VA | Nissan Pavilion |
| September 17 | Atlanta, GA | Lakewood Amphitheatre |
| September 18 | Maryland Heights, MO | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis |
| September 19 | Tinley Park, IL | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre |
