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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                FEBRUARY 27, 2009

SUGARLAND TOHEADLINE  2009 LOVE ON THE INSIDE  TOUR

BILLY CURRINGTON, MATT NATHANSON, ERIC HUTCHINSON &

JAKE OWEN TO SHARE OPENING SPOT

NASHVILLE, TN – As first announced on SugarlandMusic.com, in support of their platinum-selling third album, Love On The Inside, Sugarland will resume with a 2009 leg of theirhighly successful Love On The Inside tour. The nationwide tour will kick off on April 10^th in their hometown ofAtlanta, GA. The tour will feature Mercury Nashville recording artist Billy Currington,singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson and RCArecording artist Jake Owen.

TOUR DATES

April 10 – Atlanta,GA    The Arena at Gwinnet Center

April 16- GrandForks, ND The Ralph Engelstadt Arena *

April 17 –Minneapolis, MN Target Center *

April 18 –Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center *

April 21 –Lethbridge, AB Enmax Center *

April 22 – RedDeer, AB The Centrium *

April 23 – Regina,SASK Brandt Center *

April 30 – Austin,TX  FrankErwin Center * ^

May 1 – NewOrleans, LA Jazz Fest

May 15 – OrangeBeach, AL The Amphitheatre at The Wharf * +

May 16 –Huntsville, AL Redstone Army Base * +

May 21 –Charleston, SC Family Circle Tennis Stadium * ^

May 22- Johnson City,TN FreedomHall *

May 28 – Omaha, NE Qwest Center * +

May 29 – KansasCity, MO Sprint Center * +

June 4 – London,Ontario John Labatts Center ^

June 5 – Toronto,Ontario Molsen Amphitheatre ^

June 25 –Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre * ^

June 26 – Roanoke,VA RoanokeCivic Center * ^

July 8 – Green Bay,WI ReschCenter *

July 9 – Ft.Loramie, OH Hickory Hills Lakes

July 24 – Primm, NV Star of the Desert Arena

August 13 –Charleston, WV Civic Center Stadium * +

August 14 –Gilford, NH Meadowbrook +

September 17 –Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum * +

September 18 –Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center * +

September 24 – Ft.Lauderdale, FL  Bank Atlantic Center + #

September 25 –Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum + #

October 1 –Bloomsburgh, PA  Bloomsburg Fair +

October 2 – WestSpringfield, MA Eastern States Expo +

*opener BillyCurrington; +opener Matt Nathanson; #opener Jake Owen; ^opener Eric Hutchinson

Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush make up country duo Sugarland who exploded onto the music scene in ‘04 with multi-platinum selling albumTwice The Speed Of Life, which gave birth to mega hits “Baby Girl” and“Something More”.  Their secondalbum Enjoy the Ride has sold over two million copies and spawned #1 hits with “Want To,” “Settlin’” and “Stay”. Their third studio album, Love On The Inside was released July‘08 and has sold over a million copies to date. Both singles released thus far off of the album “All I Want To Do” and “Already Gone” reached the #1 spot on the charts. They have received trophiesfrom the American Music Awards for “Breakthrough Favorite New Artist,” the Academy   of Country Music for “New Duo/Group of the Year,” Single Record of the Year” (“Stay”), and “Song of the Year” (“Stay”), Country Music Television for “Collaborative Video of the Year” and “Duo Video of the Year,” and the Country Music Association for “Vocal Duo of the Year” and “DuoVideo of the Year” (“Stay”). Sugarland recently won aGrammy for “Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals” for “Stay” while Jennifer picked up her second Grammy for “Best Country Song” alsofor “Stay”. Nettles won her first Grammy in ‘07 for hercollaboration with Bon Jovi for their #1 hit “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”.    

Billy Currington debuted in ‘03 with the powerful Top 10 hit “Walk A Little Straighter”, followed by the Top 5 smash “I Got A Feelin’”.  He went on to duet with Shania Twain on “Partyfor Two” and quickly earned notoriety, a devoted fan base and platinum salesstatus.  Sophomore album Doin’ Somethin’ Right debuted at #2 on the country charts and further delivered with the hits. “Good Directions” and “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right” snagged him his first and second #1 singles. Currington’sthird album Little Bit Of Everything garnered critical acclaim and debuted at #2 on the country charts. Currington recentlyacquired his third #1 with “Don’t’”, the first single off of his new album; the second single, “People Are Crazy” goes to radio on March 2nd.

Matt Nathanson’s current single “Come On Get Higher” from his latest album, Some Mad Hope, isan RIAA Certified Gold single, having sold 743,000 track downloads and continuing to sell 20,000 more a week. The song was named iTunes #2 Pop Song of 2008 and currently has 14 million plays on MySpace, and 1.5 million views on YouTube.com.  In addition to being a VH1 You Oughta Know artist, Matt recently performed the song on The Late Show with DavidLetterman and will perform it again on The Ellen Degeneres Show on March 2^nd.  “Come On Get Higher” is a favorite of Sugarland’s, so much so they included a cover of the track on their album Love On The Inside (Deluxe Fan Edition). 

Eric Hutchinson originally released his debut album, Sounds Like This, on his own label – Let’s Break Records – and he’s been breaking records ever since. The album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and peaked at #5 on iTunes’ album chart, becoming the highest-charting album by an unsigned act in iTunes history. He then signed to Warner Bros.Records, which promptly reissued the album. First single “Rock & Roll”climbed to #1 on the AAA chart. Hutchinson was selected as a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist and has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,”  “The Bonnie Hunt Show” and “The Late Late Show withCraig Ferguson.”  

Since releasing his debutalbum, Startin' With Me, RCA Nashville recording artistJake Owen has celebrated four consecutive hit singles including Top 15debut single, "Yee Haw," the Top 10 "Startin' With Me," theTop 15 "Something About A Woman," and his most recent Top 10 "Don't Think I Can't Love You." In the past year Jake receivednominations for his first Country Music Association (CMA) Award and GRAMMY Award for the song "Life in a Northern Town" (with Sugarland and Little Big Town). Jake is also currently nominated for "Best Vocal Collaboration" and "Top New Male Vocalist" at the 44th Academyof Country Music Awards (ACM).  His sophomore album, Easy Does It, hitstores on February 24, 2009.   

For more information on Sugarland and Billy Currington, contact

Amber Williams at 615.524.7516 or amber.williams@umusic.com or

Log on towww.sugarlandmusic.com or www.umgnashville.com 

ForSugarland and Billy Currington Tour Press, contact Kelly Russell at615.524.7552 or kelly.russell@umusic.com

For moreinformation on Matt Nathanson, contact Sandee Gardner at

310.313.7200 or sandee@freshcleanmedia.com

Formore information on Jake Owen, contact Cassie McConnell at

615-300-4256 or clmcconnell225@gmail.com

For more information on EricHutchinson, contact Judi Kerr at

(310) 477-8191 or judikerr@aol.com

For all the latest Sugarland news, always check sugarlandmusic.com

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