Brantley Gilbert (Photo by Jeff Nelson)
Brantley Gilbert Ready To Hit The Road With Nickleback
Brantley Gilbert recently announced that he will be opening for Nickelback on their Get Rollin’ Tour, kicking off this summer.
The first question a lot of people have when they hear about this pairing is how did they meet and where did the idea to tour come from?
Brantley said there were managers and teams involved in a lot of discussions, but then he and Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger spoke and it was a done deal.
(Chad) “Our first meeting was on a phone call. I was on a boat in the Bahamas, and he was on the side of a mountain in Montana in a snowstorm with a rifle in his hand. I called him up, and I was like, ‘Hey, should we do this?’ He’s like, ‘I don’t totally know what you said, but I think we should totally do this.’ And I’m like, ‘I think we should do this,’ you know.” (Brantley ) “We’re doing it! I mean, let’s be honest, we didn’t see each other on the sidewalk and kinda organically decide that we should go on tour together.” (Chad) “Start telling that one if you want. We were walkin’ dogs. ‘Hey, we should go on tour together. We should absolutely go on tour together.’” (Brantley) “‘I like your shoes man. Should we tour?’ (big laugh)”
