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DIG YOUR ROOTS with Florida Georgia Line at Sask Tel Centre

- SUBMITTED BY SASKTEL CENTRE

Florida Georgia Line brings Dig Your Roots tour to SaskTel Centre, Nov .6. History making duo Florida Georgia Line recently became the first ever country act to achieve RIAA’s DIAMOND (10 million copies sold) certificat­ion for their hit single “Cruise.”

In their relatively short career, FGLh as achieved 11#1 hits as artists and song writers, most recently with their first single off their third studio album ,“H. O. L. Y .” Their Platinum certified sophomore album Anything Goes (Big Machine Label Group) fuelled five scorching consecutiv­e chart-toppers–Platinum certified “Anything Goes ,”“Sip pin’ On Fire,” “Sun Daze,” two-times Platinum-certified “Dirt” and the final release from the album “Confession .”

The 2016 ACM Awards saw the pair take home their third consecutiv­e honour for Vocal Duo of the Year. In addition, they have won three consecutiv­e CM A Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year and three consecutiv­e CMT Artists of the Year honours, among numerous other accolades from the ACMs, AMAs, CMT and Billboard. FGL has skyrockete­d to stardom becoming the only artist in history to join Brooks & Dunn in achieving four back-to-back, multi-week #1 singles; breaking the record for longest #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, and having sold over 23 million downloads and over 3.5 million albums worldwide to date.

In 2015 alone, the group’s Anything Goes tour sold an impressive 1.5 million tickets, and they have just embarked on their headlining tour, Dig Your Roots through theendof 2016.

Their highly anticipate­d third studio album, Dig Your Roots was just released last week and depicts an evolution in both their musical and personal journeys.

Florida Georgia Line brings the party to SaskTel Centre, Nov. 6, joined by Granger Smith and Chris Lane. Tickets are available at www.ticketmast­er.ca.

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