Columbia Records NY/Sony Music Nashville artist Alana Springsteen is set to embark on “The Twenty Something Tour,” beginning Oct. 25 with a Nashville show at the Exit/In.
The tour will also stop in Charlotte, Chicago, Knoxville, Des Moines, Boston and more during the 15-date run, wrapping up on Dec. 10 at Hard Rock Café in Pittsburgh. Tickets for the shows go on sale tomorrow (Aug. 25) at 10 a.m. CT.
“The most fulfilling part of releasing this music is the connection I feel with people of all ages and backgrounds all over the world when they reach out because they feel less alone after hearing these songs,” shares Springsteen. “Being able to see them face-to-face on my own headline tour is everything I’ve ever dreamt of. Each of these shows are going to be special in their own way. I can’t wait to give them everything I have.”
The headlining run is in support of Springsteen’s newly-released three-part debut album, Twenty Something. She marks her inaugural arrival to Europe and much-anticipated return to the United Kingdom for a mix of headline and music festival dates, with international appearances in London, Glasgow, Dublin and more through early September. Springsteen will hit another global milestone in November, when she makes an introductory stop in Australia for back-to-back festival dates.
When Kenny Chesney has a summer off, it’s a rare thing. And having broken 14 of his own records on the Here And Now 2022 Tour and playing to almost 1.3 million people, as well as taking the songs of No Shoes Nation to the places his headlining success began with his I Go Back 2023 Tour, the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar found himself in the unusual position of having time during the summer to do whatever he wanted.
For the wildly creative musician, there was really only one choice: camp! Given his love of the islands, why not throw the ultimate summer camp? Get people together who don’t always have time to catch up, take the pressure off, hang out, have some fun, enjoy the moment. Oh, and bring the guitars, so if magic happens, you’re there to catch it.
“Usually song camps are a couple days,” the only country artist on Billboard’s Top 10 Touring Acts of the Last 25 Years for the last 14 says of his reasoning. “They’re thrown in the middle of so many other things going on, and you never truly settle into a groove or the fun of just hanging out. I’ve loved songwriters since I first got to town after graduating from ETSU, so who better to hang out with for a few weeks than some of your favorite writers?
“We had people coming in and leaving, some arriving part way through. But over these couple weeks, stories were told, laughter had, drinks consumed, bars overtaken – and yeah, I think a few great songs were written. We’re still here, having more fun and remembering the reasons we all started chasing songs, even before writing them, than most of us have had in a long time.”
“Getting people not just out of their familiar routine, but creating a space where the rules fly out the window is always the best way to get songs that aren’t like anything else. I understand people who do what’s working for them, who find a lane that feels authentic. But to me, it’s that song that’s unlike anything else that I’m looking for or hoping to write. Whether it’s ‘American Kids’ with the way it moved, that double breakdown in the chorus, ‘Noise’ and that sense of being overwhelmed by it all, or ‘Knowing You,’ which was such a simple, classic country song, those are the hardest things to find.”
With summer almost over, Chesney will no doubt be closing up camp for the season. But before he does, who knows what else might be written?
Georgia native LUKE BRYAN is going into the peanut business with Fendt. This time farming up something even bolder than popcorn—PEANUTS! Grown on real Fendt farms and available in three delicious flavors.
Luke Bryan’s Boldly Grown Peanuts go on sale August 31! Sign up at boldlygrowngoods.com to be reminded and remember Fendt is donating $50,000 to Future Farmers of America.
