Country music's Dierks Bentley preps to get 'Sideways' with his Aussie-based fans

Posted by Lisa L. Rollins Apr 26, 2009

Award-winning country-rocker Dierks Bentley is now preparing for his first-ever Australian tour with headliners Brooks & Dunn, which will get under way May 1, 2009, in Perth before continuing on to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane through May 9.

"We got a taste of international touring last summer when we played all over Europe, and I'm hooked," says the multi-platinum singer in an April 24 e-mail correspondence. "I've heard that Australia has some hard-core country music fans, so I am looking forward to getting down there and playing for them.

"You can't go to Australia without exploring the local culture in the pubs," he added, "so I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't equally as excited about that."

Bentley will flank both ends of his Australian tour, according to his PR reps, with stops in Los Angeles to perform his summer-party anthem, Sideways, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 28 and The Bonnie Hunt Show on May 14, followed by a trip to New York for a performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Currently, Bentley's "Sideways" track from his recent No. 1-ranked country album dubbed Feel That Fire, is rising up the country charts already knocking on the door of the Top 10 after just six weeks.

The video for the track, which recently premiered on iTunes and immediately went into heavy rotation on both Country Music Television and Great American Country, was directed by Michael Salomon and choreographed by HiHat, who's known for her work on Apple's iPod commercials, as well as for stars like Kanye West, Missy Elliot and Lil Wayne.

For more info, please visit Bentley's official Web page by clicking here.