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Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker coming to the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa

They're the latest country stars to promise a date at the shed.
 
Lady Antebellum. Photo: Eric Ray Davidson
Lady Antebellum. Photo: Eric Ray Davidson
Published Jan. 19, 2018

We're about a week out from the announcement of Live Nation's 2018 Country Megaticket, a multi-concert package that usually brings about a half-dozen acts to the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre. As such, country acts left and right are slipping out details about concerts this summer in Tampa.

The latest: Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker.

The two pop-country crossover stars are teaming up for a co-headlining tour that'll stop at Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Sept. 29. Russell Dickerson will open. Ticket details have not yet been announced, but tickets reportedly go on sale Jan. 26. Click here for details.

With this announcement, we're starting to get a sense of what Tampa's 2018 Country Megaticket might look like.

Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town have already announced an Aug. 3 show at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre; some of those dates are slated to go on sale with the Megaticket on Jan. 26 (though there's been no official word whether Tampa is among them). Rascal Flatts have announced their tour with Dan + Shay and Carly Pearce will come to Tampa, but have not yet set a date.

Live Nation's Megaticket page also mentions Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley.

Chesney is already playing Raymond James Stadium on April 21, so he's probably out. Paisley is performing at the Florida Strawberry Festival on March 11, but he's played the Amphitheatre every year since 2005; it's likely he'll be back. Tampa was not included on tours announced this week by Aldean and Urban, although they could still add dates.

Guess we'll find out who else is coming to Tampa in the days ahead.

— Jay Cridlin