Last week, country superstar Carrie Underwood announced that she'll be heading out on the road in 2016 in support of her newest album, Storyteller, which she released October 23. The 32-year-old American Idol winner announced 40 U.S. and Canadian dates that will kick off January 30 in Jacksonville, Florida and will extend out until May 30 in London, Ontario, Canada, according to Rolling Stone. The tour will also hit three dates in the U.K. in March, including Glasgow, London and Dublin. The live shows on The Storyteller tour will feature a stage in the middle of the arena, allowing fans a 360-degree view of the show. Country stars Easton Corbin and the Swon Brothers will the featured opening acts for the entirety of the tour.
Although the general on-sale for tickets won't begin until November 6, tickets to see Carrie Underwood are already averaging $200 on the secondary market. So far, Carrie Underwood's most expensive stop is her April 8 performance in Reno, Nevada at the Reno Events Center, where an average ticket is currently $308, with a get-in of $86. Her least expensive show is currently a February 22 stop at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, where an average ticket is $141 with a get-in of $63, according to data provided by TiqIQ.
Fans should expect the demand to continue to rise as the dates grow closer, as Underwood's last tour run was her hugely successful 2012-2013 Blown Away Tour. On that tour, the country singer played a whopping 112 shows in 110 cities over the course of the run. On the secondary ticket market, a ticket for "Blown Away" averaged an impressive $176, with many dates presenting ticket prices well over that amount. Her most expensive stop was in 2013 during a March 2 stop at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, where an average ticket was $421 with a get-in of $169. Her cheapest stop across the year-long trek was her April 17, 2013 stop at Colonial Life Arena in South Carolina, where an average ticket was just $88, with a get-in of $65.
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Opening acts Easton Corbin and the Swon Brothers are undoubtedly contributing to the demand for "Storyteller," as both acts have gathered large fan bases in the last few years. Easton Corbin's third album, About to Get Real, become his first No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart this past July. Last year, The Swon Brother's self-titled debut album hit no. 6 on the Billboard country chart, and number 28 on the Billboard 200.
