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Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley to headline Country Thunder Arizona

Oct 22, 2018, 10:51 AM | Updated: 11:32 am

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PHOENIX — Grab your cowboy hats and pull on your boots: The lineup for next year’s Country Thunder festival in Arizona has been announced.

Tim McGraw, Arizona’s Dierks Bentley, Brett Eldredge and Chris Stapleton will headline the four-day event in Florence. Other performers include Trace Adkins, Brothers Osborne and Clay Walker.

Tickets for the April 11-14 festival went on sale Monday, priced at $130 for full-event general admission until the end of the day.

Tickets are available online or by phone at 1-866-388-0007.

Eldredge will be the main draw Thursday. McGraw stars Friday, Bentley, who was born in Phoenix, on Saturday and Stapleton on Sunday.

A record 30,000 attended the event in Florence, about 60 miles southeast of Phoenix, last year, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said.

Last year’s lineup included Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Toby Keith.

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Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley to headline Country Thunder Arizona