Get to know C2C Headliner: Dierks Bentley

The three-day music event hosts a rotating line-up of country’s biggest music stars, traveling across London, Glasgow and Belfast! Having kickstarted in 2013, C2C has become Europe’s biggest and best hotspot to see country music’s best perform - including the talented Dierks Bentley!

The CMA award-winning and multi-platinum artist is set to return to the Country To Country stage for the first time since 2014. The country artist has 27 singles on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, with 18 reaching No.1. The country singer will perform on Sunday 16th March - so get to know everything you need to know about him right here 🤠🎶🎸

With another star-studded lineup, get to know Sunday nights headliner Dierks Bentley👇👇

Who is Dierks Bentely?

Dierks Bentely is an American country music singer and songwriter

When and where was he born?

Bentley was born on 20th November 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona,U.S

How old is Dierks Bentley?

He is 49-years-old

What is his real name?

Bentley’s real name is Frederick Dierks Bentley.

He uses his middle name, Dierks, as his stage name which is also his maternal great-grandmother’s surname.

Early Career

Bentley worked at Paramount Network, researching old footage of country performances. During this time the artist was banned from the Grand Ole Opry for trespassing the grounds for research purposes. The ban was lifted when Bentley’s first self-titled album was released.

The albums first single, ‘What Was I Thinkin’, reached No.1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

The second album, Modern Day Drifter, was released in 2005, making two No.1 singles ‘Come a Little Closer’ ‘Settle for a Slowdown’ and the No.3 hit ‘Lot of Leavin’ Left to Do’.

Ongoing Success

Bentley released his third album, Long Trip Alone in 2006 which produced another two No.1 hits in ‘Every Mile a Memory’ and ‘Free and Easy’.

In 2008 the artist released a Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008, allowing his fans to be the executive producers on the album.

The following years saw the release of albums Feel That Fire, Up on the Ridge, Home and Black from 2009-2016. The success of the albums is shown through multitude of hits including ‘I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes’, ’Am I the Only One’, ‘Home’, ‘Say You Do’ and ‘The Driver’.

Bentleys latest album Gravel & Gold was released in 2022 with his lead single ‘Gold’.

Awards and Accolades

Bentley has received 12 GRAMMY award nominations between 2007-2017.

He has received 27 Country Music Association Award nominations, winning 3 awards: 2005 CMA Horizon Award, 2014 Music Video of the Year with ‘Drink on a Plane’ and the 2018 Musical Event of the Year with ‘Different for Girls’ featuring Elle King.

Bentley has won a multitude of awards including:

CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year with ‘What Was I Thinkin’ (2004)

ACM Top New Artist (2004)

CMT Music Awards CMT Performance of the Year – ‘Country Boy’ with Alan Jackson, George Strait and Brad Paisley (2009)

ACM Video of the Year ‘Drunk on a Plane’ (2015)

iHeartRadio Music Awards Country Song of the Year ‘Somewhere on a Beach’ (2017)

ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award (2018)

ACM Music Event of the Year ‘Burning Man’ featuring Brothers Osborne (2019)

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