Artist Updates: Dierks Bentley, Annelle Staal, Jillian Cardarelli

Dierks Bentley’s 2017 What The Hell World Tour Brings In More than 750K Fans

Dierks Bentley‘s 2017 What The Hell World Tour wrapped this weekend, after bringing more than 60 shows to arenas and amphitheaters across the country since January and consistently bringing crowds of more than 25,000. The tour has sold more than 750,000 tickets this year to date. The tour featured openers Cole Swindell and Jon Pardi.

“This tour has been one of those experiences you wait for your entire life,” said Bentley. “To the fans and all the people who filled every seat in the house, who stood on their feet for hours and spent their hard-earned money to come see a show, you have made this an unforgettable journey. It’s going to be weird not having Cole and Pardi around, but I can’t thank those guys enough for coming along for this ride. Night after night the crowds were more explosive than the last…it will be a really hard year to top!”

Annelle Staal Makes SESAC Performance

Pictured (L-R): Wes Mayers, manager Redline Entertainment, Annelle Staal, Cristina Wheeler, manager Creative Services SESAC, and Tim Fink, VP Event Production SESAC. Photo: Moments By Moser Photography

New artist/songwriter Annelle Staal recently performed songs from her EP MARS as well as other originals for the staff at SESAC’s Nashville office. Staal was part of SESAC’s Living Room Sessions that feature SESAC writers performing in a casual atmosphere with up close seating for the staff.

Jillian Cardarelli’s New Video To Debut On CMT Today

CMT will debut the new music video for Jillian Cardarelli‘s single “Rerun” Tuesday (Sept. 5) as part of their Artist Discovery Program, which releases new videos along with a short bio about the artists.

“Rerun” was penned by Maren Morris, Tina Parol and Jordan Reynolds. Cardarelli is currently opening shows for Lonestar, Jake Owen and Jana Kramer. She is signed with William Morris Endeavor and with Suretone Entertainment.