Jake Owen to Headline 2012 CMT Tour With Love and Theft, Florida Georgia Line

Jake Owen has been named the headliner of the this year’s CMT on Tour package, which will also feature rising stars Love and Theft and Florida Georgia Line as supporting acts. The 2012 CMT on Tour: The Summer Never Ends trek is set to kick off on Oct. 10 in New York City and wrap on Dec. 15 in Owen’s hometown of Vero Beach, Fla.

It’s been a monster year for Owen already, after two back-to-back multi-week No. 1 singles with ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night’ and ‘Alone With You.’ Owen will go into the CMT Tour still high from a summer of touring coast-to-coast with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw on the Brothers of the Sun Tour.

“Being the headliner of a tour is something I’ve been dreaming about since I was in college, performing songs every Sunday afternoon on a bar stool and playing for tips,” Owen says in a statement. “Headlining the CMT Tour is really cool for me because I was the opening, opening act in 2007, when Sugarland was the headliner and Little Big Town had the middle slot. So now, to be headlining the 11th-annual CMT Tour, with my buddies Love and Theft and Florida Georgia Line, it feels very surreal. I’m honored and I can’t wait to hit the road in October and keep that feeling of summer going on the Summer Never Ends Tour.”

Tickets to the opening night of the CMT on Tour trek go on sale this Friday, Aug. 24. Click here for additional on-sale dates and information about the cities where the tour will be stopping.

2012 CMT on Tour Dates:

10/10 - New York, N.Y. | Best Buy Theatre

10/12 - Jackson, N.J. | Six Flags

10/18 - Detroit, Mich. | Royal Oak

10/19 – Corbin, Ky. | The Arena

10/26 - Charlotte, N.C. | Coyote Joe’s

10/27 - Troy, Ohio | Hobart Arena

11/2 - San Antonio, Texas | Cowboy Dancehall

11/3 – Ft. Worth, Texas | Billy Bob’s

11/8 - Myrtle Beach, S.C. | House of Blues

11/9 - Duluth, Ga. | Wild Bill’s

11/10 - Savannah, Ga. | Johnny Mercer Theatre

11/29 – Chicago, Ill. | House of Blues

11/30 - Chicago, Ill. | House of Blues

12/1 - Des Moines, Iowa | Val Air Ballroom

12/5 - Kansas City, Mo. | Midland

12/6 - Minneapolis, Minn. | Myth

12/7 - Milwaukee, Wisc. | The Rave

12/8 –  St. Louis, Mo. | The Pageant

12/15 – Vero Beach, Fla. | Annual Jake Owen Foundation Charity Show