Gary Allan on Jimmy Kimmel March 9, new tour dates too

By April MacIntyre Mar 8, 2010, 21:44 GMT

Gary Allan is ripping it up on television to promote his new tour and album release.

Brooks & Dunn announced that the final show on their upcoming concert trek, The Last Rodeo Tour, will be Brooks & Dunn and Friends, a benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Set to take place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on August 10, alternating selected dates on The Last Rodeo Tour will feature Jason Aldean (on most shows through June 13), with Gary Allan on board for the remaining dates.

Gary’s tour is celebrating the new album release “Get Off On the Pain” - and on March 9th Gary visits with Jimmy Kimmel Live!

“I ain’t really happy,” sings Gary Allan on “Get Off on the Pain,” the lyric that provides the name for his new MCA Nashville collection, “until the sky starts driving rain.”

Allan's rocked-out country confession of a smart guy drawn to what the rest of the world calls wrong roads and long shots, or complains of as aching bones and stubbornness, or — as Allan sings in a spectacular stretch of drawn-out soulful vowels — underestimates as dark horses. And as the California-born superstar releases his eighth studio album, it’s about the most Gary Allan piece anyone could imagine.

“That’s, like, very autobiographical,” Allan reveals in his biography, talking about the song. “I feel like I’m living that right now. It’s got a lot of life in there for me: It represents the relentless quality of life on the road. You’ll never hear me singing about tractors or farms, just because I don’t know anything about that stuff. Wrong roads and dark horses I know about. Still, I think the pain can get to be some kind of a positive for me because it connects to everything I’ve ever dreamed of. While it’s relentless, it’s confirmation of the actual existence of this big musical drama, the result of the dream.”

Jimmy Kimmel Live        - March 9
GAC Live from the House Of Blues  - airs 3/6, 3/7, 3/11, 3/12, 3/21, 3/22
CNN                      - confirmed “in stores” segment
TV Guide channel    - running now, pre-promoting Kimmel and GAC special               
GAC On The Streets  - airs this week
GAC Nights              - airs this week