In the final month before kicking off his 2021 Beers On Me Tour, Country star Dierks Bentley is soaking up his last days of freedom and time for hobbies. As an avid outdoorsman, one of those hobbies is riding his bike, which led Dierks to his latest adventure — a 100-mile bike race with fellow Country singer, Luke Bryan.
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“We did a ride race, a road bike race down in Jackson, Mississippi,” Dierks told Audacy’s Katie Neal. “It was a 100-mile loop and it was really fun. We had some great guys on the ride with us. We strapped on the old guys in tight clothing look, it’s a real sexy look,” he said, laughing.
“I’ve done three of these longer rides now and you start out by just wearing regular shorts, ‘cause nobody wants to wear the tight pants,” Dierks admitted. “But when you’re like, six hours into one of these things, you’re just dead and you’re just giving all you have and your pants are slowing you down and you’re like, ‘at this point I’d ride naked if it helped! I’m so tired, I just want this thing to be over.’”
While a bike may be his preferred mode of transportation right now, the 45-year-old singer will soon switch to a tour bus for his Beers On Me Tour with Riley Green and Parker McCollum. Dierks got a taste of playing live, post-pandemic with his 5-date, High Times & Hangovers dive bar tour in May, which only made him more excited for the big run to come.
“Just being out there — the smiles, the fans, girls up on shoulders, the band’s happy… people singing along to you, it was unbelievable.” He said of his shows in May before joking that the lyrics of his single, “Gone,” resonate a little too well with his time off the road. “I’ve been gone, I’ve been gone,” Dierks recited, referring to the lyrics. “I’ve been sitting on the couch watching TV all day long.”
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Also joining Dierks on his upcoming trek are the Hot Country Knights, a ‘90s band with lead singer, Doug Douglason, that many believe resembles Dierks, who produced their first album, The K Is Silent.
“They’re still kind of struggling and ride the coattails,” a straight-faced Dierks said of the band. “They hitch their wagon to the back of our bus and we drag them around from town to town. They’ll go out there… and leave our fans feeling confused and angry, as they always do. They’re a sorry bunch of guys, they really are.”
Catch Dierks and that “sorry bunch of guys,” along with Green and McCollum at a city near you with dates from August 13 through October 22. Check out our full talk with Dierks above.
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