Country Thunder Ready To Rumble This Weekend

Florence, AZ (Top40 Charts/ Webster & Associates) With only a few short days to go, Country Thunder is ready to roll into Arizona and kick up some serious dust. The premier country music festival to be held in Florence, Arizona this weekend (April 12-15) will feature performances by recent ACM winners Blake Shelton, Thompson Square and Eli Young Band and nominees Dierks Bentley and The Band Perry, as well as country stars Alan Jackson, Big & Rich and more. Also, Country Thunder offers more on-site entertainment this year than ever before! Camping may be sold out, but tickets are still available for online purchase: four-day passes are $160 ($200 at gate); single-day passes are available for Thursday for $45 ($55 at gate); and for Friday, Saturday and Sunday for $80 ($90 at gate). Don't forget to print off your tickets to take with you, but if you forget, your tickets will be available at will call for pickup. For more information, to purchase tickets or for a full line-up schedule, log onto www.countrythunder.com.

This year's Country Thunder is offering wide array of lifestyles activities ranging from mechanical bulls, zip lines and corn hole tournaments, to a waterslide (don't forget your bathing suit!), hot air balloons and dueling pianos. And that's just the beginning! The party continues each night at Electronic Thunder and Moonshine Willy's, which will be open on Wednesday night starting at 6pm for those campers who are on-site and starting the party early. Load-in time for campers begins Wednesday, April 11 at 9 a.m.

And for the very first time, Country Thunder is pleased to debut the Country Thunder smart phone app. This app will be your guide to all things Country Thunder and includes access to site maps, pictures, schedules, artists' information and more. Download the Country app here for all Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/country-thunder-2012/id516135151?mt=8 and download here for all Android devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seedlabs.countrythunder

Be sure to visit www.countrythunder.com or call (866) 802-6418 for further information or to purchase all things Country Thunder!

Country Thunder Line-Up

Thursday - Main Stage
4:00-5:00pm Wade Bowen
5:30-6:30pm Eli Young Band
7:00-8:30pm Craig Morgan
9:00-10:30pm Dierks Bentley

Friday - Main Stage
1:00-2:00pm Sara Jean Kelley
2:30-3:30pm Steve Holy
4:00-5:00pm Sawyer Brown
5:30-6:30pm Kellie Pickler
7:00-8:30pm Jake Owen
9:00-10:30pm Big & Rich

Saturday - Main Stage
1:00-2:00pm The Roys
2:30-3:30pm THE FARM
4:00-5:00pm Neal McCoy
5:30-6:30pm Joe Nichols
7:00-8:30pm Thompson Square
9:00-10:30pm Blake Shelton

Sunday - Main Stage
1:00-2:00pm Casey James
2:30-3:30pm JT Hodges
4:00-5:00pm Brett Eldredge
5:30-6:30pm Phil Vassar
7:00-8:30pm The Band Perry
9:00-10:30pm Alan Jackson