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Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton, headed to Country LakeShake festival

By Miriam Di Nunzio

Singer Dierks Bentley performs onstage for the Country Rising Benefit Concert at Bridgestone Arena on November 12, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. | John Shearer/Country Rising/Getty Images

Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton and Florida Georgia Line are among the headliners for the fourth incarnation of Chicago’s Country LakeShake music festival, June 22-24, 2018, at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island.

Also among the lineup are: Lee Brice, Billy Currington, Russell Dickerson, Jillian Jacqueline, Tracy Lawrence, Chris Lane, Jackie Lee, LOCASH, RaeLynn, Runaway June, Dylan Scott and Cole Swindell. Additional acts will be announced at a later date.

Three-day passes for the country music festival will go on sale at 10 a.m Dec. 8 at lakeshakefestival.com.

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