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Big Machine Records artist Tim McGraw recently announced his TWO LANES OF FREEDOM 2013 TOUR, presented by Pennzoil. This tour comes just after the release of his Big Machine Records debut album, "Two Lanes of Freedom," due out Tuesday, February 5th.

The 30-date tour will kick off this summer in Birmingham, AL on Thursday, May 2nd and continue through Saturday, July 27th. The United States leg of the tour will also feature Big Machine's artist Brantley Gilbert and RCA Nashville duo Love and Theft.

"This album marks a new sense of excitement and artistic freedom for me, and I really wanted to extend that same feeling to the tour and create a cool vibe for the fans," explains McGraw. "Let's leave anything that might be weighing us down out in the parking lot and spend a few hours together feeling alive and free. We've started working up new songs from the album, and there's some really cool stuff we'll be able to pull out this summer. My band is just kick-ass...there's

TWO LANES OF FREEDOM Tour Dates:

• 5/2 - Birmingham, AL - Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
• 5/3 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
• 5/4 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
• 5/10 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
• 5/11 - Tampa, FL - 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
• 5/12 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
• 5/17 - Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
• 5/18 - Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
• 5/19 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
• 5/23 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
• 5/24 - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
• 5/25 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
• 5/26 - Darien Lakes, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
• 5/30 - Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Center
• 5/31 - Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
• 6/1 - Washington, D.C. - Jiffy LubeLive
• 6/7 - San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
• 6/8 - San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheatre
• 6/9 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
• 6/13 - Albuquerque, NM - Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents the Pavilion
• 6/14 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
• 6/15 - Denver, CO - Fiddler's Green
• 6/20 - Beaumont, TX - Ford Park Pavilion
• 6/22 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
• 6/28 - Hartford, CT - Comcast Theatre
• 6/29 - Boston, MA - Comcast Center
• 6/30 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
• 7/25 - Toronto, ONT - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
• 7/26 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
• 7/27 - Virginia Beach, VA - Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach

In anticipation of fans purchasing tickets, McGraw has partnered with Tumblr to create the "Fanticipation" program, which will allow fans to announce through Tumblr when tickets will be available in their own hometown. Beginning in early February, McGraw will call a fan in each market and personally tip them off, so they can share the information with their friends and other fans first. For more information on "Fanticipation," click here: http://timmcgraw.tumblr.com/.

To date, McGraw has sold over 40 million albums and has charted 32 No. one singles. Since 1993, he has won three GRAMMY's, 14 ACM Awards, 12 CMA Awards, and 10 AMA's. Nielsen-BDS recently certified McGraw as the most-played Country artist of the past 20 years (1992-2012), and Mediabase recognized him as the most-played Country artist in the history of their tracking service.

McGraw is partnering with Pennzoil. To them, cars represent freedom, which is why both have teamed up for the second year to celebrate the love of music and cars.

For more updates and the latest information, visit www.timmcgraw.com or follow @thetimmcgraw on twitter.

By: Jaclyn Carter

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