George Strait, with tickets going on sale on Saturday July 23 for his tour this fall, is preparing for another round of dates along with Lee Ann Womack and Reba McEntire backing last year’s album “Twang.”

Strait, who has spent the last few months touring the nation’s western half, will kick off a run of 11 cities in Columbus, OH on September 9.  The trek is currently scheduled to end in Fargo, ND on October 22.

Tickets for opening night of the tour will go on sale via Ticketmaster on Saturday July 23.  In upcoming weeks ticket will also be going on sale for the other dates.

According to Pollstar, the first leg on the Strait/McEntire tour brought in $29.8 million, which made it the fifth best grossing tour for 2010’s first half.

Strait is continuing to support “Twang,” his chart topping 26th album, which was released to stores last summer.  The performer earlier this month released the album’s latest single, “The Breath You Take,” which was his 91st career single.

McEntire is touring ahead of her upcoming new album,.  It will become available on November 9.  The set has yet to be named, but will be a followup to “Keep On Loving You,” released last year.  Her new single is “Turn on the Radio.”

The entertainment industry, due to poor economic conditions, is feeling lots of stress and strain.  Major tours and former billable headliners have experienced declining tickets sales and had to cancel tour dates.

The Eagles (with Keith Urban and Dixie Chicks), Rihanna and Lilith Fair are among the artists and tours that have had to cancel because of poor ticket sales.

There are however, despite a gigantic 17 percent decline this year in ticket sales, a few Country artists that have managed to still make it to the top of Pollstar’s 2010 tours list.

The list was headed by Bon Jovi.  Their concerts have brought in almost $53 million.  The tour of Carole King’s brought in $41 million at No. 2.  Taylor Swift was at No. 3 with $34 million.  Paul McCartney, the former Beatle, held down the No. 4 spot bringing in over $31 million.  The top five was rounded out by the George Strait and Reba McEntire tour which brought in nearly $30 million.

With one tour complete and another one still in progress, Braid Paisley is No. 16  for his completed tour “American Saturday Night” and the currently in progress tour “H20.”

In recent years country music has continued to increase in popularity.  Some of the Country Music artists who have best selling tour acts over the last decade include Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and Kenny Chesney.

Swift is taking a break of several months from the road to work on a new album.  However McEntire and Strait (with Lee Ann Womack as the opener) will stay out on the road through this fall.

This fall, George Strait will be performing a run of concerts, including 11 visits across the U.S along with some of the top stars of country music.

Lee Ann Womack and Reba McEntire will be joining Strait during his first show. The concert will be held in Columbus, Ohio on September 9.

The tour will have shows in Minnesota, New York, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee before wrapping up on October 22 at Fargo, North Dakota.

Strait will also re-release the DVD “George Strait Live,” which includes 1980s concert footage. The DVD also captures Strait performing with Ace in the Hole Band at Dallas Reunion Arena in 1986 on New Year’s eve.

Bonus special music videos are also featured on the DVD, including “Living for the Night,” “She’ll Leave You With a Smile,” “Check Yes or No,” “The Chair” and “Amarillo by Morning.”

The “George Strait Live” DVD is be sold exclusively through Wal-Mart. It will become available on June 15.

George Strait, country superstar entertainer, has proven once again that he can top artists, including himself, from any genre. Fans of Strait’s bought tickets in record numbers for his show on Saturday at San Antonio’s Alamo Dome. The ticket sales numbers for the venue in fact surpassed all others, including his 1997 numbers. The concert this year features special guests Randy Rogers Band, Lee Ann Womack and Reba McEntire. A total of 51,000 tickets have been sold. The George Strait Country Music Festival of 1997 was the previous record holder with 47,000 tickets sold.

Tomorrow morning, a limited amount of additional Alamodome show tickets will be released at 10 am via Ticketmaster phone outlets and www.ticketmaster.com.

George Strait has a career that spans over 30 years. He has more number one singles than any other artist in history with 57 to date. Strait has sold over 68.5 million records, with 33 different multi-platinum or platinum albums. He has the most country music RIAA platinum certifications and for all genres is in third place behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles.

“Twang,” Strait’s latest CD, debuted in the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s 200 chart as well as Top Country Albums chart. It’s the fourth new release of Strait’s career that has debuted in the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s 200 chart and 13th No. 1 debut on Top Country Albums chart.

Last year, George Strait was named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music and this year was nominated as Entertainer of the Year by ACM (his 12th) and Top Male Vocalist (his 20th). He holds the all time record for ACM nominations with 81.

George Strait, who currently is backing his newly released studio album “Twang,” will next year be teaming up with Reba McEntire, fellow country star, for a tour of US arenas.

The outing for the two country award winning stars will be kicking off in Baltimore on January 22 and followed up with visits to 18 cities across the country. The trek will wrap up in Des Moines, IA on April 10.

“Twang,” the 26th studio set from Strait, was released in August where it made it into the No. 1 spots on both the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 chart. The new set follows his album from last year, “Troubadour.” Earlier this year the platinum selling set won the Best Country Album Grammy award.

According to a recent press release, Strait’s fifty seven No. 1 country music singles, is the most of any singer in history. Strait has been nominated as Entertainer of the Year from the CMA Awards.

In April Strait was honored by the Academy of Country Music as their Artist of the Decade in Las Vegas at a concert full of all stars. Strait told the audience at the event who had gathered to see him accept the award, it’s like a farewell deal almost. But I’m not ready to go just yet.

In the meantime, McEntire will be touring to support “Keep On Loving You,” the most recent studio album of hers. It was released in August as well and marked her first album to debut in the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s 200 chart.

Last month McEntire was nominated as Favorite Female Country Artist from the American Music Awards. It was the 23rd nomination in her career. She has won 15 awards, holding the most wins for a Female Country Artist in the 37 year history of the award ceremony.

The American Music Awards for 2009 will be taking place on November 22 at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The awards ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC.

George Strait has been announced by team officials as the headliner for the opening event at the new football stadium of the Dallas Cowboys.

Reba McEntire will be joining Strait for the opening event on June 6 for the 80,000 seating capacity venue located in Arlington, TX. Dancer/singer Julianne Hough and songwriter/singer Blake Shelton will also be on hand. Show tickets will be going on sale on February 28.

In a recent press release Strait said, South Texas is where I grew up. I’ve always been a fan of the Dallas Cowboys. I have many great memories playing many shows in Texas Stadium and watching American’s team winning Super Bowls. Having the chance to do the very first concert at the new magnificent Cowboys stadium and sharing in the momentous occasion along with all the incredible fans of country music in Dallas-Ft. Worth has me very excited.

In addition to appearing at the new stadium in the Dallas area, Strait will be kicking off a trek of mainly arena shows in Hidalgo, TX on May 9. Through late July, Straight has 18 dates scheduled. The outing will conclude in Burgettstown, PA on July 25.

Strait is continuing to support “Troubadour.” The album was released las April and debuted in the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s 200 chart. It recently received Grammy nominations for Best Male Country Performance and Best Country Album. The hits spawned from the set include “I Saw God Today,” the highest debuting single for Strait ever, as well as his 79th track to make it into the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Strait, whose career spans over 25 years, has the most No. 1 hit singles in history on the chart Hot Country Songs, with 56 other chart toppers in his career, according to a recent press release. Strait has solver over 67 million albums and 32 multi-platinum or platinum certifications.

In April the Academy of Country Music will be honoring Strait as their Artist of the Decade to recognize his record setting career.

George Strait, who is fresh from receiving several Grammy nominations for “Troubadour,” his latest album, has started to map out next year’s tour plans.

The country superstar won’t be hitting the road until mid spring. He will kick a run of shows off in Hidalgo, TX on May 9, with dates continuing for June as well as July. In addition Strait has lined up appearance for a few of the big events held in the summer. He will be in Calgary, Alberta on July 11 at the Calgary Stampede. On July 18 Strait will be in Cheyenne, WY for Frontier Days.

Strait continues to support “Troubadour,” his latest album that was released in April to stores. The set debuted on Billboard’s 200 chart at No. 1, with over 160,000 copies sold during the first week following its release.

In addition the album spawned the hit single “I Saw God Today,” the highest debuting single of Strait’s career at No. 19. Since then the song has become the 79th Top Ten hit single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for Strait. He is second to only Eddy Arnold. During Arnold’s career he had 92 Top Ten hit singles.

This week Strait received four Grammy nominations, including Best Country Album and Best Male Country Performance for his album “Troubadour” and for “House of Cash” Best Country Collaborations along with Patty Loveless as well as with Kenny Chesney for “Shiftwork.”

“I Saw God Today” was also nominated for Best Country Song for songwriters Wade Kirby, Monty Criswell and Rodney Clawson.