Matt Mason got the ball rolling on the pranks for the 2011 CMT Tour earlier this month when he surprised the tour’s headliner, Luke Bryan, onstage “shaking it” during his performance of ‘Country Girl (Shake It for Me)’ — and it only continued on from there.

The trek wrapped up over the weekend in Monroe, La. (Nov. 19), which Josh Thompson was quickly reminded of when he walked offstage Saturday night. While playing his set, Bryan and Lee Brice gave Thompson’s bus a bit of a makeover, covering his traveling home with toilet paper.

“I guess this is the last day of the CMT tour…” tweeted Thompson when he got back to his bus. “@leebrice @LukeBryanOnline I’m slashing your tires.”

Thompson left his tourmates’ bus tires alone, but did pull out a prank of his own, along with a little help from Brice. “This is about to happen…” Thompson tweeted, attaching a photo of him and Brice walking toward the stage with two goats wearing Luke Bryan tour T-shirts.

“Payback,” Brice tweeted along with his own photo: “me and @TheJoshThompson Doin to @LukeBryanOnline …. Check out ‘em goats.”

Bryan found himself lost for words as Thompson and Brice brought the goats onstage during his performance of ‘Drunk on You.’ “Hey, that’s Boom and Boom,” Brice announced to Bryan and the crowd, borrowing a line from the chorus of ‘Drunk on You.’ “Have fun, Luke!”

The two goats became very fond of Bryan, as they nibbled away on his shirt. “I’m pretty sure a goat just licked me in the butt, by the way,” joked Bryan as he tried to keep the animals from getting too close.

“I’m glad they didn’t go wild and take out the front row or something,” Bryan said after Thompson and his tour manager walked the goats off stage. After regaining his composure, Bryan finished out his set, bringing another successful CMT Tour to an end.

“Big Thanks to everyone who rocked with us on the CMT Tour,” Thompson later tweeted. “Your amazing. And for my next trick I will disappear into the north woods of WI and be gone for days.”

Thompson’s new single, ‘Comin’ Around,’ is set to impact country radio next month. Click here to listen to the song and read the inspiration behind the lyrics. Brice’s new single, ‘A Woman Like You,’ and Bryan’s ‘I Don’t Want This Night to End’ are both currently at radio and climbing the country singles chart.

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CAPITOL RECORDS/NASHVILLE Artist LUKE BRYAN just put the wraps on his “CMT ON TOUR: LUKE BRYAN Tailgates & Tanlines,” performing in 22-cities with opening acts, CURB artist LEE BRICE and RCA’s JOSH THOMPSON and CMT’s “Next Superstar” winner MATT MASON. It was the 10th year of “CMT ON TOUR,” with CMT calling it, “the most successful to date.”
“This year, we witnessed one of the most successful tours in the now 10-year history of CMT ON TOUR, with LUKE playing to packed houses every night,” said LESLIE FRAM, Senior Vice President Of Music Strategy, CMT. “He is an undeniable talent and over-delivered on his promise to entertain, evident by watching the crowd dance and sing along to every song.”
CONNIE HUNT of THE ARENA in CORBIN, KENTUCKY added, “I have to say with 20 years in this business I was blown away by LUKE BRYAN. It caught me off guard; his live show is just incredible. He did not stop the energy level from the time he hit the stage and he had the crowd in the palm of his hand and kept them on their feet! The screaming reminded me of old BEATLES performance footage. He is the talk of the town as he has wowed everyone including me. I don’t write many quotes, if ever, about watching an artist perform but to borrow a line from MARK KNOPFLER (song) ‘this young man’s future’s so bright he’s definitely gonna have to wear shades.”
During a two-week break of the CMT ON TOUR, BRYAN took his “Farm Tour” to six cities and played for over 42,000 fans, raising funds for local college scholarships in each of the cities he performed.

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