Eric Church coming to Covelli

Staff report

Youngstown

Country music star Eric Church will bring his “Blood, Sweat and Beers” tour to Covelli Centre May 12 for a 7:30 p.m. concert with opening acts Brantley Gilbert and Blackberry Smoke.

Tickets are $42.50 and $34.75 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the Covelli Centre box office, online at ticketmaster.com and by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Fans also have the option to purchase a special “VIP Package” which includes an exclusive VIP pre-concert party and an intimate acoustic performance from Church backstage. For more information and to purchase, go to ericchurch.com.

Church has been nominated for the Best Country Album of the Year for his 2011 release “Chief.”

The album was named one of NPR’s Top 50 Albums of the Year. It was No. 19 on Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Albums of 2011, and No. 9 on Amazon’s Best Country Albums of 2011.