COUNTRY Financial®, Trace Adkins Take To The Road

COUNTRY Financial®, Trace Adkins Take To The Road

Road Trips and Guitar Picks concert series starts up in the spring with 4x Grammy nominee

BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- COUNTRY Financial is excited to announce that 13 dates on country star Trace Adkins' "Songs & Stories" tour this spring will be part of its Road Trips and Guitar Picks concert series. Fans who "Like" the Road Trips and Guitar Picks Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tripsandpicks, have the opportunity to enter to win concert tickets and to hang out with Adkins in an exclusive VIP experience.

"The Road Trips and Guitar Picks experience gives me more opportunities to connect with my fans at the concerts and online," says Adkins. "I am happy to partner with COUNTRY Financial because they're down-to-earth people who look out for hard-working Americans like my fans."

The Road Trips and Guitar Picks concerts with Trace Adkins are:

Date City Venue
March 8 Des Moines, Iowa Hoyt Sherman Place
March 9 Kansas City, Mo. The Midland by AMC
March 10 Peoria, Ill. Civic Center Theater
March 15 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
March 16 Rochester, Minn. Mayo Civic Center
March 17 Grand Forks, N.D. Chester Fritz Auditorium
March 22 Birmingham, Ala. Alabama Theatre
April 25 Denver Paramount Theatre
April 28 Tulsa, Okla. Brady Theater
May 10 Davenport, Iowa Adler Theatre
May 17 Atlanta Cobb Energy Center
May 18 TBA TBA
TBA St. Louis The Pageant
For the latest concert information including dates and locations, visit the Road Trips and Guitar Picks Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tripsandpicks. Fans who attend the shows can stop by the COUNTRY Road Trips and Guitar Picks area to play games, win prizes and get access to special photo opportunities.

"We're thrilled to have Trace Adkins and his fans join us on this journey," says Doyle Williams, chief marketing officer at COUNTRY. "We hope Trace's fans will enjoy all the extras the Road Trips and Guitar Picks experience provides to get them up close and personal with the country superstar."

The Trips and Picks Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tripsandpicks, is a one-stop place for fans to gain access to features they can't get anywhere else:

-- Chances to win tickets, VIP experiences, MP3 downloads and other
exclusive prizes
-- Tour exclusives, including behind-the-scenes videos and photos
-- Fan discussion and interaction
-- Latest concert information including additional stops and other top
artists joining the tour
-- Fun ways to get your financial security in tune
COUNTRY Financial

Web Site: http://www.facebook.com/tripsandpicks

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