CHRIS STAPLETON’S TRAVELLER RELEASED TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

SPECIAL-EDITION VINYL NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - May 5, 2025—Ten years ago today, Chris Stapleton released his landmark debut album Traveller (Mercury Nashville). In celebration of the anniversary, new special-edition vinyl variants will be released later this summer and are available for pre-order beginning today. Additionally, SiriusXM’s Chris Stapleton Radio (ch. 63) will mark the anniversary today with new stories about the making of the ground-breaking album and songs from the record played throughout the day.

Beloved by critics, fans and fellow artists, Traveller was recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A with producer Dave Cobb. It won Best Country Album at the 58th GRAMMY Awards, Album of the Year at both the CMAs and ACMs and went on to become the best-selling country album of the 2010’s. Following a historic turn on the 2015 CMA Awards—where Stapleton became the first artist to ever win Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year in the same year—Traveller became the first album in history to re-enter the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart at #1, where it stayed for two straight weeks. With global sales over 11 million, the album is certified RIAA 7x Platinum in the U.S. and has been streamed over 11 billion times around the world. Additionally, the album has spent over 500 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart—the first country album to do so.

Photo Credit: Becky Fluke

An 11x Grammy, 19x CMA and 20x ACM Award-winner, Stapleton has gone on to release four more studio albums including his most recent, 2023’s Higher (Mercury Records, stream/purchase here). Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton and Chris Stapleton, the record landed on several “Best of” lists including Billboard, Esquire, Vulture and Rolling Stone, who praised, “dazzling…the best evidence yet for the way one man’s voice has become synonymous with the very idea of a musical genre.” Additionally, GQ declared, “In an age rife with division, he’s maybe the only thing Americans all agree on…one of the most reliable hit makers in music” and NPR Music proclaimed, “Higher puts him where he always really was—in that classic kind of rock and soul, Tom Petty, Eagles, going beyond the confines of the genre.”

Additional highlights over the past decade include the National Anthem performance at 2023’s Super Bowl LVII, three appearances on “Saturday Night Live,” countless sold-out shows worldwide and collaborations with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana, Post Malone, Dua Lipa, Slash, George Strait and many more.

In addition to their work as musicians, the Stapletons are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart. Moreover, in 2024, Stapleton unveiled Traveller Whiskey, a first-of-its-kind collaboration created in partnership with Buffalo Trace Distillery’s Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley, which went on to become last year’s Most Awarded Super Premium Whiskey.

Known for his electric live shows, Stapleton will continue his “All-American Road Show” tour through this summer including back-to-back nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Denver’s Ball Arena, Tinley Park’s Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Phoenix’s Desert Diamond Arena and Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena among others as well as a series of select stadium shows with George Strait. See below for complete tour itinerary.

TRAVELLER TRACKLIST:

1. Traveller (Chris Stapleton)

2. Fire Away (Chris Stapleton and Danny Green)

3. Tennessee Whiskey (Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove)

4. Parachute (Chris Stapleton and Jim Beavers)

5. Whiskey And You (Chris Stapleton and Lee Thomas Miller)

6. Nobody To Blame (Chris Stapleton, Barry Bales and Ronnie Bowman)

7. More Of You (Chris Stapleton and Ronnie Bowman)

8. When The Stars Come Out (Chris Stapleton and Dan Wilson)

9. Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore (Chris Stapleton)

10. Might As Well Get Stoned (Chris Stapleton and Jimmy Stewart)

11. Was It 26 (Don Sampson)

12. The Devil Named Music (Chris Stapleton)

13. Outlaw State Of Mind (Chris Stapleton, Ronnie Bowman and Jerry Salley)

14. Sometimes I Cry (Chris Stapleton and Clint Ingersoll)

CHRIS STAPLETON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

May 10—Philadelphia, PA—Lincoln Financial Field*

May 31—Pittsburgh, PA—Acrisure Stadium*

June 4—Greenville, SC—Bon Secours Wellness Arena† (SOLD OUT)

June 6—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena†

June 7—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena‡ (SOLD OUT)

June 12—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena+ (SOLD OUT)

June 13—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena+ (SOLD OUT)

June 14—Buffalo, NY—Highmark Stadium*

June 18—Greensboro, NC—First Horizon Coliseum^ (SOLD OUT)

June 20—Albany, NY—MVP Arena^ (SOLD OUT)

June 21—Foxborough, MA—Gillette Stadium*

June 27—Tinley Park, IL—Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)

June 28—Tinley Park, IL—Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre#

July 11—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)

July 12—Milwaukee, WI—Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival

July 19—Los Angeles, CA—Sofi Stadium*

July 23—Belmont Park, NY—UBS Arena~ (SOLD OUT)

July 25—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden~

July 26—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden~

August 1—Noblesville, IN—Ruoff Music Center** (SOLD OUT)

August 2—Noblesville, IN—Ruoff Music Center** (SOLD OUT)

August 8—Phoenix, AZ—Desert Diamond Arena‡‡ (SOLD OUT)

August 9—Phoenix, AZ—Desert Diamond Arena‡‡ (SOLD OUT)

August 15—Salt Lake City, UT—Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre* (SOLD OUT)

August 16—Salt Lake City, UT—Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre*

August 22—Denver, CO—Ball Arena** (SOLD OUT)

August 23—Denver, CO—Ball Arena**

September 19—Ashland, KY—Healing Appalachia

October 10—Hollywood, FL—Hard Rock Live

October 11—Hollywood, FL—Hard Rock Live

*with George Strait and Parker McCollum

†with special guest Nikki Lane

‡with special guest Brittney Spencer

+with special guest Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs

^with special guest Maggie Rose

#with special guest The War & Treaty~with special guest Grace Potter

*with special guest Allen Stone

‡‡with special guest Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives