Kip Moore Announces New Album 'Reason To Believe'

(MPG) Kip Moore announces his new album Reason To Believe will be released on May 29. His second full-length in two years, Reason To Believe makes good on Moore's promise to release more music than ever before after signing his new global partnership with Virgin Music Group.

The album's first song "Levee" is out now, an anthemic, guitar-slinging banger built for the fast lane, co-produced by Moore alongside Andrew DeRoberts (Stephen Wilson Jr., Tate McRae, Zac Brown Band) and featuring guest vocals by Hillary Lindsey, who also co-wrote another song on the new LP.

The track garnered widespread acclaim from press including Music Row, Billboard, Whiskey Riff who called it "a winner all-around" and All Country News who said, "It's loud, restless, and unapologetically raw, the musical equivalent of rolling the windows down and letting the night air take over."

On Reason To Believe, Moore shares: "I felt like I was describing more of who I am as a human. This album is my daily thoughts. In here," he adds, while tapping his chest. "It's an 'in here' kind of thing."

On the record, Moore sings about grief, faith and the weight of time - documenting a man standing still long enough to hear himself think. While recording the album, Moore lost his mentor, champion, first producer and songwriter Brett James. He even named the album after a song James loved that Moore wrote years ago alongside longtime collaborator Dan Couch and Scott Stepakoff.

Moore produced the entirety of the album with DeRoberts, marking the first time he worked with the lauded producer. DeRoberts brought a sonic philosophy Moore hadn't explored as deeply before: space over volume. The process pushed Moore into a place where he let passion and familiarity guide him, as he did in his early career working alongside James. The result is an album that feels career-spanning with upbeat rockers meant for the crowd, vulnerable meditations on hardship meant for quiet and other songs that are meant to be lifelines by giving the listener a sense of comfort.

Moore will take the album on the road this year on the Reason To Believe World Tour, where he'll headline stadiums and arenas across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, US, and the UK, as well as a return to South Africa, where he has opened up the door to country music - playing for crowds of over 40,000 fans. He's also playing a run of shows with Cody Johnson over the next couple months before heading out on another co-headline tour with Billy Currington.

Reason To Believe Tracklist
1. Levee (Kip Moore, Luke Preston, Hank Born)
2. Get What Ya Give (Kip Moore, Luke Preston)
3. The Darkness (Kip Moore, Andrew DeRoberts, Luke Preston)
4. Heartbreaker (Kip Moore, Jaren Johnston, Casey Beathard)
5. Headlights (Kip Moore, Andrew DeRoberts)
6. You & Me (Kip Moore, Andrew DeRoberts, Hillary Lindsey)
7. Faith In The Wind (Kip Moore, Andrew DeRoberts, Luke Preston)
8. Reason To Believe (Kip Moore, Dan Couch, Scott Stepakoff)
9. Lonely Tonight (Kip Moore, Casey Beathard)
10. Long Time Coming (Kip Moore, Andrew DeRoberts, Luke Preston)
11. Wild Things Like You (Kip Moore, Dan Couch)
12. Sober (Kip Moore, Manny Medina, Dave Nassie, Erich Wigdahl, Hank Born, Will Lynde)
13. Josephine (Kip Moore, Manny Medina, Dave Nassie, Erich Wigdahl, Hank Born, Will Lynde)

Tour Dates:
March 28 - North Little Rock, AR - Simmons Bank Arena ^
April 10 - Bossier City, LA - Brookshire Grocery Arena ^
April 18 - Pullman, WA - Beasley Coliseum
April 30 - Louisville, KY - Fourth Street Live!
May 8 - Sioux Falls, D - Denny Sanford Premier Center ^
May 29 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena ^
June 5 - Hinckley, MN - Hinckley Amphitheater *
June 6 - Milwaukee, WI - Landmark Credit Union Live *
June 12 - Maryland Heights, MO - Saint Louis Music Park *
June 13 - Des Moines, IA - Lauridsen Amphitheater *
June 19 - Grolloo, NL - Holland International Blues Festival #
June 21 - Munich, DE - TonHalle **
June 23 - Zurich, CH - X-TRA **
June 25 - Cologne, DE - Carlswerk **
June 27 - Chelmsford, UK - State Fayre #
July 17 - New York, NY - The Rooftop at Pier 17 *
July 18 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony Summer Stage *
July 24 - Bangor, ME - Maine Savings Amphitheater *
July 25 - Bridgeport, CT - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater *
August 7 - Port Wentworth, GA - Port Wentworth Amphitheater *
August 8 - Atlanta, GA - Coca-Cola Roxy *
August 20 - Cincinnati, OH - The Andrew J Brady Music Center *
August 21 - Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed *
August 22 - Sterling Heights, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill *
September 10 - Charleston, SC - Firefly Distillery *
September 11 - Charlotte, NC - Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre *
September 12 - Richmond, VA - Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront *
October 17 - Pretoria, ZA - SuperSport Park Stadium
October 23 - Cape Town, ZA - GrandWest Arena
October 24 - Cape Town, ZA - GrandWest Arena
October 30 - Melbourne, AU - The Forum
October 31 - Melbourne, AU - The Forum
November 6 - Brisbane, AU - The Fortitude Music Hall
November 7 - Brisbane, AU - The Fortitude Music Hall
November 13 - Sydney, AU - The Enmore Theatre
November 14 - Sydney, AU - The Enmore Theatre
November 21 - Christchurch, NZ - Christchurch Town Hall
November 22 - Auckland, NZ - Auckland Town Hall

^ - with Cody Johnson
* - Billy Currington & Kip Moore: Live In Concert
# - Festival
** - with Jackson Dean

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