Alan Jackson's 'Freight Train Tour' Leaves the Station April 8 in Florida

You know this is going to be a big one. Alan Jackson's Freight Train Tour kicks off on April 8, 2010 at the Germain Arena in Ft. Meyers, FL and will conclude on May 23 at Lexington's Rupp Arena. So far 15 dates have been confirmed, but don't be surprised if more dates are added. Jackson is bringing Josh Turner and Chris Young along for the ride.

He will be touring in support of his upcoming album, Freight Train, which hits the shelves on March 30. He's already lined up a number of national television appearances, including Today and the Late Show with David Letterman (both on March 30), the Tonight Show (April 14) and his first-ever appearance on Ellen (April 15).

Jackson wrote eight of the album's 12 songs. Also included is a duet with Lee Ann Womack on the Vern Gosdin classic, "Till the End." Freight Train's first single, "It's Just that Way," was released on January 4 and is climbing the charts.

Click here to watch Jackson's new video "It's Just that Way". His 19-year old daughter, Mattie, wrote the script for the video.

Jackson's last album, Good Time, contained three No. 1 hits and became his fourth album to debut at No. 1 on both Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and the all-genre Billboard 200.

The Freight Train Tour dates and venues:

• April 8 - Ft. Meyers, FL (Germain Arena)
• April 9 - Orlando, FL (UCF Arena)
• April 10 - Alpharetta, GA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park)
• April 11 - Greenville, SC (Bi-Lo Center)
• April 29 - Champaign, IL (Assembly Hall (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign))
• April 30 - Moline, IL (iWireless Center)
• May 1 - Rosemont, IL (AllState Arena)
• May 2 - Fort Wayne, IN (War Memorial Coliseum)
• May 13 - Manchester, NH (Verizon Wireless Arena)
• May 14 - Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Arena)
• May 15 - Rochester, NY (Blue Cross Arena)
• May 16 - Wilkes-Barre, PA (Wachovia Center)
• May 21 - University Park, PA (Bryce Jordan Center)
• May 22 - Charleston, WV (Charleston Civic Center)
• May 23 - Lexington, KY (Rupp Arena)

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