*** For Announce Monday, September 17th, 2007 ***

Bud Light presents... DIERKS BENTLEY Throttle Wide Open with special guest Jack Ingram

To perform at Hearnes Center - Columbia, MO

Hardest working guy in country music Dierks Bentley will team up with special guest Jack Ingram to bring his Throttle Wide Open tour to the Hearnes Center on Friday, November 9th in Columbia, MO. Tickets go on-sale Saturday, September 29th at 10am and can be purchased on the on-sale date at Hearnes Center East Box Office and all Ticketmaster Outlets including Brady Commons, Schnucks, Streetside Records and the Blue Note or online at ticketmaster.com. (AFTER ON-SALE DATE) - Tickets can be purchased at Mizzou Arena Box Office and all Ticketmaster Outlets - including the Blue Note, Brady Commons, Schnucks, Streetside Records, or charge by phone (866) 646-8849. Buy tickets online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Dierks is currently touring in support of this third CD Long Trip Alone which was released on October 17th, 2006. Long Trip Alone follows on the heels of his first two Platinum-selling releases, the self-titled debut and "Modern Day Drifter". Already, the lead single, "Every Mile A Memory," from the Long Trip Alone album had soared up the charts into the Top 10 and proved to be the singers fastest rising single of his career.

Bentley's star has soared over the past year and half. Since the release of "Modern Day Drifter" in May 2005, Bentley has become the youngest member of the world famous Grand Ole Opry, a CMA Horizon Award winner, and most recently an ACM Top Male Vocalist award nominee. To top that, Dierks was most recently nominated for two GRAMMY awards for "Best Male Country Vocal Performance" and "Best Country Song"... both for his hit single "Every Mile A Memory". Music critics across the country are taking notice of Bentley's high-energy set calling him " a consummate showman" and his 18 song set a "breathtaking barnburner of an affair." In addition he has also appeared on numerous major national television outlets and has rocked sold-out crowds all over the country. All three releases off "Modern Day Drifter" produced No. one hits, two of which spent multiple weeks in the top spot ("Lot of Leavin' Left to Do", "Come A Little Closer", "Settle for a Slowdown"). His debut smash "What Was I Thinkin?" put the Phoenix-native on the map and the follow-up "How Am I Doin'" also boasts top five success.

Indeed, after reaching platinum status with his first two albums and opening for George Strait and Kenny Chesney, Bentley has become a headliner in his own right. He is currently working behind "Long Trip Alone," which topped Billboard's country album chart and landed at No. 5 on The Billboard 200.

Jack Ingram has had four consecutive hit singles that have made him the most-played new artist of 2006 (Mediabase). His #1 smash single "Wherever You Are" kicked off a clean sweep of hits that was followed by the Top 10 tongue-in-cheek rocker, "Love You;" Jack's rendition of "Lips of an Angel;" and the current chart-rising, "Measure of a Man."

Who: DIERKS BENTLEY with special guest Jack Ingram When: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th Where: Hearnes Center - Columbia, MO

Ticket On-Sale Date: Saturday, September 29th at 10:00AM

Ticket Information: On the on-sale date at Hearnes Center East Box Office and all Ticketmaster Outlets including Brady Commons, Schnucks, Streetside Records and the Blue Note or online at ticketmaster.com. (AFTER ON-SALE DATE) - Tickets can be purchased at Mizzou Arena Box Office and all Ticketmaster Outlets - including the Blue Note, Brady Commons, Schnucks, Streetside Records, or charge by phone (866) 646-8849. Buy tickets online at www.ticketmaster.com

Websites:www.dierks.com www.mizzouarena.com www.ticketmaster.com www.jackingram.net www.policeproductions.com www.outbackconcerts.com