BRANTLEY GILBERT STRIKES GOLD WITH HIT SINGLE “BOTTOMS UP”   LET IT RIDE TOUR Kicks Off Tonight With Special Guests Thomas Rhett & Eric Paslay Photo Credit: James Minchin   Nashville, TN (March 27, 2014) – Brantley Gilbert strikes GOLD for the fourth time with his current single, “Bottoms Up," which has been certified by the RIAA and has sold over 740,000 downloads to date. The accompanying video for the Top 10-and-rising smash has garnered over 9.6 million views.  It has also scored the top spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, which lists the most popular Country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sales and streaming. The rocking tune serves as the lead single off of the Georgia native’s forthcoming album, JUST AS I AM (The Valory Music Co.), slated for release on May 19. Tonight, Brantley kicks off his headline LET IT RIDE TOUR in La Crosse, WI, with special guests Thomas Rhett and Eric Paslay. The 22-city trek will span the country, wrapping up with a show at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, CO, on May 18. Brantley will give fans a preview of the new music and perform previous #1 hits – PLATINUM-certified “You Don’t Know Her like I Do” and GOLD-certified “Country Must Be Country Wide” – among others. For tour dates and more visit, www.brantleygilbert.com   # # #