Hot on the heels of this weekend's hugely successful C2C festival – one that saw over 50,000 fans gather to watch headliners Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire, Zac Brown Band and many more acts – C2C has confirmed that it will return for a sixth year on March 9 - 11 in 2018.

The full line-up will be announced later in the year, but early bird tickets will be available from Friday, March 17 at 9am.

The news follows last week's announcement that C2C will be launching a brand new gig series entitled Country Music Week. Scheduled to take place across a variety of London venues, Country Music Week will run from Monday, October 2 to Sunday, October 8 and will shine a spotlight on the most exciting new country acts.

You can read Music Week's official Country 2 Country 2017 review here, and also check out interviews with C2C 2017 stars Maren Morris and Catherine McGrath.

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