Highly-awarded breakout artist Chris Stapleton comes to Firstmerit Bank Pavilion on Thursday 2nd June 2016 for a night of true American music! Hot on the heels of touring with Luke Bryan and a co-headlining stint with Hank Williams Jr., the gravel-voiced crooner will enthrall with his rugged songs of whiskey and love, promoting his recent album Traveler!

Chris Stapleton is an American country and bluegrass singer, songwriter and musician who started his music career upon moving to Nashville in 2001. After signing a publishing deal with Sea Gayle Music, Stapleton found work as a songwriter, moving to Warner/Chappell upon becoming a solo artist. From 2008 – 2010, he was the leader of bluegrass band The SteelDrivers, who won an International Bluegrass Music Association Award for "Emerging Artist of the Year" in 2009, and a year later were nominated for three Grammy Awards including Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the songs "Blue Side of the Mountain" and "Where Rainbows Never Die", as well as Best Bluegrass Album for Reckless. After, he wrote for artist such as Adele, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Kenny Chesney, George Strait and Dierks Bentley, as well as co-writing with notable artists like Vince Gill, Peter Frampton and Sheryl Crow, and he has had six number ones. After leaving The SteelDrivers in April 2010, Stapleton signed to Mercury Nashville, a division of Universal Music Group Nashville, as a solo artist in 2013. His debut album, Traveller, was released in May 2015 to great critical and commercial success. Stapleton won three awards at the 2015 CMA Awards: "Album of the Year", "Male Vocalist of the Year", and "New Artist of the Year", and in December 2015, Stapleton received the CMT Artist of the Year Breakout Award.