COUNTRY Financial® and Hunter Hayes Partner for 3 Live Stream Shows

COUNTRY Financial® and Hunter Hayes Partner for 3 Live Stream Shows

Road Trips and Guitar Picks on Facebook is the exclusive site to see Hunter's online streaming shows

BLOOMINGTON, Ill., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hunter Hayes, a three-time GRAMMY and six-time Academy of Country Music Awards nominee, will perform three live stream shows as part of the COUNTRY Financial Road Trips and Guitar Picks concert series. The only place where fans can watch these intimate, private events with Hunter is on the Road Trips and Guitar Picks Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tripsandpicks.

"I'm really excited to partner with COUNTRY Financial for these live stream shows," Hunter says. "The shows broadcast on the Road Trips and Guitar Picks Facebook page are a fun way to hang with more of my fans as we'll play some music, answer questions and talk about the stories behind the songs."

The streaming eventswith Hunter Hayes on the Road Trips and Guitar Picks Facebook page,www.facebook.com/tripsandpicks, will be:



Date Time

March 18 9:00 p.m. EDT

March 19 9:00 p.m. EDT

March 22 8:00 p.m. EDT
COUNTRY partnered with Hunter last fall for 15 arena dates as he toured with Carrie Underwood on her "Blown Away Tour." Join the more than 130,000 fans following the COUNTRY Financial Trips and Picks Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tripsandpicks, for exclusive features:


-- Watch the streaming shows live
-- Submit Hunter a question to answer during the live stream
-- Free download of Hunter's previously unreleased hit "Light Me Up."
-- Join the discussion, play games and win cool prizes
Follow Road Trips and Guitar Picks on:


-- Facebook: www.facebook.com/tripsandpicks
-- Twitter: @tripsandpicks
-- Website: www.tripsandpicks.com
About COUNTRY

COUNTRY Financial, founded in 1925, serves about one million households and businesses throughout the United States. COUNTRY and its financial representatives provide a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto, home, farm, life, long-term care, annuities, mutual funds and college savings plans. For more information, go to www.countryfinancial.com.

About Hunter Hayes

Hunter Hayes is a multi-talented songwriter, musician, producer, and performer. He is currently nominated for six Academy of Country Music Awards, including nods as a Songwriter and Producer on his No. 1 single, "Wanted," which has also been certified double platinum. Hunter is a three-time GRAMMY award nominee and is CMA's reigning "New Artist of the Year," who has been touring and performing live for decades. He has played to sold out venues across the US and Canada on his MOST WANTED headline tour and is currently touring with Carrie Underwood on her "Blown Away Tour." The Louisiana native has also shared the stage with Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley, and Hank Williams, Jr. This multi-instrumentalist continues to garner praise from fans and critics alike as he made his world-premiere national television debut on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman, has performed with The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and also performed on Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Viewand The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Other recent accomplishments include his first single, "Storm Warning," being certified Gold, and his multi-platinum single "Wanted" now Top 20 and Top 15 on Hot AC and Top 40.

For more information on Hunter Hayes, please visit www.HunterHayes.com or contact Hunter's Publicist, Tree Paine at tree.paine@wmg.com or (615) 748-8000.

Contact:

Tyler Pearson

(404) 495-4431

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Web Site: http://www.tripsandpicks.com


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