Luke Bryan to Perform on American Idol Finale this Sunday, May 19
Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie
Country music superstar and American Idol judge Luke Bryan is set to perform on the season 2 finale of ABC’s American Idol this Sunday, May 19. He’ll sing with Idol contestant Laci Kaye Booth and Luke will also perform his new single “Knockin’ Boots.”
On March 29 Luke livestreamed an acoustic performance of the “Knockin’ Boots” from his home on his Facebook page. The video was one of the most-viewed clips by a musician in its first seven days of release, racking up 1.7 million views (currently 2.8 million) landing it at the #1 spot on Billboard’s Top Facebook Live Videos chart. Watch the performance HERE.
“Knockin’ Boots” was written by Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson and Jon Nite and is available at all digital retailers HERE. The song follows Luke’s recent 22nd career #1 single “What Makes You Country,” the fourth consecutive #1 song from his What Makes You Country album.
After the American Idol finale Luke will launch his “Sunset Repeat Tour” on May 31 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the BB&T Pavilion. The tour will run through October and it was recently announced the schedule will include two stadiums dates- Gillette Stadium on June 21 and wrapping up the tour in Detroit at Ford Field on October 25.
About Luke Bryan
Luke is a two-time Academy of Country Music and a two-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, a five-time host of the ACM Awards, a NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year and was named a CMT Artist of the Year six consecutive years. Luke has more certified digital singles than any other country artist with 46 million tracks and 12 million albums with four Billion music streams. Luke has placed 22 singles at #1, 12 of which he co-wrote. Last summer Luke opened Nashville’s only six-floor entertainment facility in the heart of Music City, LUKE’S 32 BRIDGE FOOD + DRINK.
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