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Thomas Rhett Reveals The Lineup For Home Team Tour 23, Hitting 40 Cities In 27 States Next Summer

Presented by Dos Primos Tequila and Fueled by Marathon, Tickets For the Tour with Cole Swindell and Nate Smith Go On Sale Next Friday, Nov. 11

Watch thomas rhett reveal team jerseys from along the tour in playful new video  here.

Multi-Platinum entertainer Thomas Rhett will join the Home Teams of 40 cities next summer, today revealing US tour dates for his HOME TEAM TOUR 23, produced by Live Nation, presented by Dos Primos Tequila and Fueled by Marathon. Known for his “bombastic, good time energy”  (Esquire),  after kicking off 2023 in Canada, the summer tour will begin May 4 in Des Moines, IA at Wells Fargo Arena with Cole Swindell and Nate Smith, and end at Thomas Rhett’s hometown Nashville, TN, at Bridgestone Arena on September 23, 2023.

Pre-sale tickets first go on sale to  Home Team Members  and Citi cardmembers on Tuesday, November 8th. Citi is the official card of the tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday at 12pm local time until Thursday, November 10th at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program at  www.citientertainment.com . The general public will have access to tickets beginning Friday, November 11th at 10am local time at  ThomasRhett.com . 

“Being on the road is one of my favorite places to be,” said Thomas Rhett. “I can’t wait to see the joy on y’alls faces next year and with my buddies Cole Swindell and Nate Smith. We’re definitely gonna have a good time.”

For the announcement, Thomas Rhett shared a light-hearted video revealing jerseys to celebrate the many tour destinations during a mock press conference. To watch, click  HERE .

HOME TEAM TOUR 23 Dates Include: 

5/4/2023 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena 

5/5/2023 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center Arena

5/6/2023 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse

5/18/2023 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center

5/19/2023 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

5/20/2023 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center

6/8/2023 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena

6/9/2023 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

6/10/2023 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

6/15/2023 – Tupelo, MS – Cadence Bank Arena

6/16/2023 – Lafayette, LA – CAJUNDOME

6/17/2023 – Bossier City, LA – Brookshire Grocery Arena

6/22/2023 -Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena

6/23/2023 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Coliseum

7/6/2023 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center

7/7/2023 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena

7/8/2023 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

7/13/2023 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum

7/14/2023 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena

7/15/2023 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena

7/20/2023 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum 

7/21/2023 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

7/22/2023 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena

7/27/2023 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

7/28/2023 – Chicago, IL – United Center

7/29/2023 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena

8/3/2023 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

8/4/2023 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

8/5/2023 – Austin, TX – Moody Center

8/17/2023 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center

8/18/2023 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena

8/19/2023 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

9/14/2023 – Estero, FL – Hertz Arena

9/15/2023 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

9/16/2023 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center

9/21/2023 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena

9/22/2023 – State College, PA – Bryce Jordan Center

9/23/2023 – Toledo, OH – Huntington Center

9/28/2023 – Birmingham, AL – The Legacy Arena at The BJCC

9/29/2023 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

About Thomas Rhett

Ten years after signing his record deal with Big Machine Label Group’s The Valory Music Co., arena-packing superstar Thomas Rhett — dubbed “the most reliable maker of No. 1 singles in country music”  (Variety)  — has 19 multi-PLATINUM and GOLD-certified No. 1 hits, 12 BILLION streams and the longest current active streak of consecutive No. 1s in the format (Mediabase/Country Aircheck Chart). Declared “a prince in the genre”  (USA Today) , he has been honored with eight ACM Awards including Entertainer of the Year, two CMA Awards, five GRAMMY nominations, plus trophies from the CMT Music Awards,  Billboard Awards and iHeartRadio Awards, in addition to being recognized with two CMA Triple Play awards for penning three No. One songs within a 12-month period. The superstar’s critically-acclaimed sixth studio album WHERE WE STARTED is available now, with single “Half of Me,” featuring Riley Green, currently Top 5 at Country radio. Thomas Rhett has also just released his first-ever Christmas collection MERRY CHRISTMAS Y’ALL, featuring his rich vocal and sincere delivery, with a country flair on four favorite festive tracks.  Inspired by family, friends and his love of the outdoors, Thomas Rhett is also the cofounder of Dos Primos Tequila and has collaborated with Chaco on an exclusive sandal line. He recently extended his BRING THE BAR TO YOU TOUR into 2023 with dates scheduled for the top of next year in Canada. For more information, visit  www.ThomasRhett.com .

About Cole Swindell 

Multi-Platinum selling superstar Cole Swindell released his fifth studio album,  Stereotype , to massive success. The project has already charted three back-to-back multi-week No. 1 hits: the Gold-certified “Single Saturday Night,” the Platinum-certified “Never Say Never” (with Lainey Wilson) and, most recently, the Platinum-certified, five-week chart-topper “She Had Me At Heads Carolina.” In the seven years since his debut on Warner Music Nashville, Swindell has racked up an impressive 12 No. 1 singles as an artist – 13 as a songwriter – 11 certified Platinum singles (four singles at 2x Platinum), a Platinum-certified debut album ( Cole Swindell ) and a Gold-certified sophomore album ( You Should Be Here ). The Georgia hitmaker has over 5.2 BILLION global career streams. His massive, GRAMMY-nominated hit “Break Up In The End” was named the 2019  NSAI Song of the Year . Swindell is nominated for two CMA Awards for  Musical Event of the Year  and  Music Video of the Year  for “Never Say Never” with Lainey Wilson. He officially became a headliner on his own in 2018 with his  Reason To Drink  Tours, and is currently out on the road with   Ashley Cooke and Dylan Marlowe for his  Back Down To The Bar Tour .

About Nate Smith 

With a mix of gritty backwoods soul, rock ‘n’ roll swagger and velvet-thunder vocals, Nate Smith first chased his neon dreams to Nashville in his early 20s – but it didn’t stick. The disheartened Smith returned home and thought he was “100-percent done” with his artistic journey…until a crucible of change burned away the past. In 2018, Smith lost everything he owned in the devastating Camp Fire which tore through Paradise, California. Although his family was safe, he struggled to cope and turned back to music, hoping that it would help comfort himself and others. Help it did, inspiring a month-long road trip across the U.S. to Music City, writing music and playing dive bars along the way. Soon after his arrival to Nashville, Nate released his biggest song to date, “Wildfire,” and landed a publishing deal with Sony ATV. Since then, he’s released new music including “Sleeve” and “Under My Skin,” which has amassed over 70 million on-demand streams to date. The singer was named a Spotify Hot Country Artist to Watch for 2021 – an accurate prediction as he rounded out the year with a record deal with Sony Music Nashville and is now making waves with his latest release, “Whiskey On You,” which is now Gold-certified and Top 15 and climbing at country radio. 

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) is a leading, integrated, downstream energy company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company operates the nation’s largest refining system. MPC’s marketing system includes branded locations across the United States, including Marathon brand retail outlets. MPC also owns the general partner and majority limited partner interest in MPLX LP, a midstream company that owns and operates gathering, processing, and fractionation assets, as well as crude oil and light product transportation and logistics infrastructure.

About Dos Primos Tequila Company

The Dos Primos Tequila Company was founded by Thomas Rhett and Jeff Worn in 2019. The company produces Dos Primos Tequila Blanco and Dos Primos Tequila Reposado. Both Dos Primos Tequila products are ultra-premium and made from hand-harvested 100% blue agave sourced from estates in Los Altos and the valley area of Jalisco, Mexico. Dos Primos is distilled at Destiladora González Lux, located just outside Arandas, Mexico, in the highlands of Jalisco. All sales and marketing efforts for the Dos Primos Tequila Company and product are handled by St. Louis-based Luxco. Learn more at  DosPrimosTequila.com .

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Thomas Rhett 2023 Concert Tour Setlist

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Taken from Thomas Rhett's show at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY on July 6, 2023

• Look What God Gave Her
• Crash and Burn
• Life Changes
• Slow Down Summer
• Get Me Some Of That
• It Goes Like This
• Make Me Wanna
• Beer Can't Fix
• Country Again
• Star of the Show
• Hound Dog (cover of Elvis Presley) / I Got You (I Feel Good) (cover of James Brown) / Beast of Burden (cover of The Rolling Stones) / Jessie's Girl (cover of Rick Springfield) / 3am (cover of Matchbox Twenty) / The Middle (cover of Jimmy Eat World) / Shut Up and Dance (cover of WALK THE MOON)
• Die a Happy Man
• Unforgettable
• Angels (Don't Always Have Wings)
• Craving You
• What's Your Country Song

After a blistering trio of performances at the UK and Ireland's C2C Festival, Thomas Rhett has returned to his trusty tour-bus as he embarks on his US Home Team run of shows, which kicked off in early May.

With shows lined up in Illinois, Missouri, New York, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma and more, Rhett will be dusting off his formidable arsenal of hits and unleashing them on crowds across the US.

Here you can find Thomas Rhett's updated setlist as he embarks on his 2023 concert tour.

Judging from his recent setlists, he'll be performing a refreshing mix of both old and new fan-favourite tracks from across his sprawling discography, including ‘Life Changes’, ‘Die a Happy Man‘, ‘Look What God Gave Her’ and ‘Slow Down Summer’.

A number of the Georgia native's star-studded collaborations have made their way into his 2023 shows, including the Riley Green-assisted ‘Half Of Me’ and the Jon Pardi-featuring ‘Beer Can't Fix’, both of which pay tribute to the unique healing power of a cold one.

The ‘Marry Me’ hitmaker has also been weaving in a couple of unreleased tracks, such as the uptempo ‘Feeling Country’ , throughout his 2023 performances. Fans will be hoping they'll be getting to hear more snippets from the Thomas Rhett vault this summer.

With Rhett being known for his high-energy sets, one of the many highlights from his performances is inevitably his cover of ‘She Had Me at Heads Carolina’. Although cut by Cole Swindell, the loved-up anthem was co-written by Rhett, and his live renditions of the retro track are always greeted with a chorus of cheers.

Given the fact that Swindell is opening for Rhett this year, we wouldn't be surprised if the two join forces to perform ‘She Had Me at Heads Carolina’ throughout the tour.

Of course, in addition to the floor-fillers, Thomas Rhett also makes room for a few of his much-loved ballads, including ‘Country Again’ and his most recent single, ‘Angels (Don't Always Have Wings)’.

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Thomas Rhett revealed US tour dates for his Home Team Tour 23, produced by Live Nation, presented by Dos Primos Tequila, and Fueled by Marathon.

Known for his “bombastic, good time energy” ( Esquire ) after kicking off 2023 in Canada, the summer tour will begin May 4 in Des Moines, IA at Wells Fargo Arena with Cole Swindell and Nate Smith, and end at Thomas Rhett’s hometown Nashville, TN, at Bridgestone Arena on September 23, 2023.

Pre-sale tickets go on sale to Home Team Members and Citi cardmembers on Tuesday, November 8. Citi is the official card of the tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday at 12pm local time until Thursday, November 10 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. The general public will have access to tickets beginning Friday, November 11 at 10am local time.

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“Being on the road is one of my favorite places to be,” said Thomas Rhett. “I can’t wait to see the joy on y’alls faces next year and with my buddies Cole Swindell and Nate Smith. We’re definitely gonna have a good time.”

For the announcement, Thomas Rhett shared a light-hearted video revealing jerseys to celebrate the many tour destinations during a mock press conference.

Late last month, Rhett invited fans to a winter wonderland with the release of his first-ever Christmas collection, Merry Christmas Y’all , out via The Valory Music Co.

The classic Christmas songs feature Thomas Rhett’s rich vocals and sincere delivery with a touch of country flair. Exuding warmth and produced by Dann Huff, Merry Christmas Y’all is available to stream now.

“I love everything about Christmas–there’s nothing like the holiday season,” said Thomas Rhett. “I wanted to record some of the Christmas songs that my family and I enjoy every year. I hope this music gets everyone in the holiday spirit!”

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Thomas Rhett Announces Home Team Tour 23 Dates

Thomas Rhett has announced his tour plans for 2023. The country hitmaker will bring the Home Team Tour to 27 states from May through September. In total, he just put 40 new tour dates on his calendar.

Cole Swindell and " Whiskey on You " singer Nate Smith will open the Home Team 23 Tour. It kicks off on Des Moines, Iowa, on May 4 and criss-crosses the country before wrapping in Nashville on Sept. 29. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Nov. 11 at 10AM local time.

See a full list of Rhett's tour dates below.

In a video shared with fans, Rhett attempts to wear sports jerseys from all 40 cities he'll be visiting as he makes the announcement and answers questions during a mock press conference. Swindell and Smith make brief cameos, but video magic makes Rhett the exponential star of the show. He even wears a University of Tennessee jersey, which surely had to sting, as Rhett is a big University of Georgia fan.

The tour's name comes from Rhett's name for his fan community. In fact, it's at least the second Home Team Tour he's embarked on. In 2017 he brought Kelsea Ballerini and more along for a Home Team Tour that focused on the midwest and southeast.

Thomas Rhett's Home Team Tour 23 Tour Dates:

May 4 — Des Moines, Iowa @ Wells Fargo Arena May 5 — Peoria, Ill. @ Peoria Civic Center Arena May 6 — Indianapolis Ind. @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse May 18 — Omaha, Neb. @ CHI Health Center May 19 — Kansas City, Mo. @ T-Mobile Center May 20 — St. Louis, Mo. @ Enterprise Center June 8 — Albany, N.Y. @ MVP Arena June 9 — Uncasville, Ct. @ Mohegan Sun Arena June 10 — Uncasville, Ct @ Mohegan Sun Arena June 15 — Tupelo, Miss. @ Cadence Bank Arena June 16 — Lafayette, La. @ Cajundome June 17 – Bossier City, La. @ Brookshire Grocery Arena June 22 — Lexington, Ky. @ Rupp Arena June 23 — Charleston, W.V. @ Charleston Coliseum July 6 — Buffalo, N.Y. @ KeyBank Center July 7 — Wilkes-Barre, Pa. @ Mohegan Sun Arena July 8  — Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden July 13 — Biloxi, Miss. @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum July 14 — Greenville, S.C. @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena July 15 — Knoxville, Tenn. @ Thompson-Boling Arena July 20 — Greensboro, N.C. @ Greensboro Coliseum July 21 — Baltimore, Md. @ CFG Bank Arena July 22 — Belmont Park, N.Y. @ UBS Arena July 27 — St. Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Arena July 28 — Chicago, Ill. @ United Center July 29 — Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena Aug. 3 — Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center Aug. 4 — Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center Aug. 5 — Austin, Texas @ Moody Center Aug. 17 — Oklahoma City, Okla. @ Paycom Center Aug. 18 — Wichita, Kan. @ Intrust Bank Arena Aug. 19 — Denver, Colo. @ Ball Arena Sept. 14 — Estero, Fla. @ Hertz Arena Sept. 15 — Jacksonville, Fla. @ VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena Sept. 16 — Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center Sept. 21 — Charlottesville, Va. @ John Paul Jones Arena Sept. 22 — State College, Pa. @ Bryce Jordan Center Sept. 23 — Toledo, Ohio @ Huntington Center Sept. 28 — Birmingham, Ala. @ The Legacy Arena at the BJCC Sept. 29 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena

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Multi-Platinum entertainer Thomas Rhett will join the Home Teams of 40 cities next summer, today revealing US tour dates for his HOME TEAM TOUR 23, produced by Live Nation, presented by Dos Primos Tequila and Fueled by Marathon. Known for his "bombastic, good time energy” (Esquire), after kicking off 2023 in Canada, the summer tour will begin May 4 in Des Moines, IA at Wells Fargo Arena with Cole Swindell and Nate Smith, and end at Thomas Rhett’s hometown Nashville, TN, at Bridgestone Arena on September 23, 2023.

About Thomas Rhett

Ten years after signing his record deal with Big Machine Label Group’s The Valory Music Co., arena-packing superstar Thomas Rhett — dubbed “the most reliable maker of No. 1 singles in country music” (Variety) — has 19 multi-PLATINUM and GOLD-certified No. 1 hits, 12 BILLION streams and the longest current active streak of consecutive No. 1s in the format (Mediabase/Country Aircheck Chart). Declared “a prince in the genre” (USA Today) , he has been honored with eight ACM Awards including Entertainer of the Year, two CMA Awards, five GRAMMY nominations, plus trophies from the CMT Music Awards,  Billboard Awards and iHeartRadio Awards, in addition to being recognized with two CMA Triple Play awards for penning three No. One songs within a 12-month period. The superstar’s critically-acclaimed sixth studio album WHERE WE STARTED is available now, with single “Half of Me,” featuring Riley Green, currently Top 5 at Country radio. Thomas Rhett has also just released his first-ever Christmas collection MERRY CHRISTMAS Y’ALL, featuring his rich vocal and sincere delivery, with a country flair on four favorite festive tracks.  Inspired by family, friends and his love of the outdoors, Thomas Rhett is also the cofounder of Dos Primos Tequila and has collaborated with Chaco on an exclusive sandal line. He recently extended his BRING THE BAR TO YOU TOUR into 2023 with dates scheduled for the top of next year in Canada. For more information, visit www.ThomasRhett.com .

About Cole Swindell

Multi-Platinum selling superstar Cole Swindell released his fifth studio album, Stereotype , to massive success. The project has already charted three back-to-back multi-week No. 1 hits: the Gold-certified “Single Saturday Night,” the Platinum-certified “Never Say Never” (with Lainey Wilson) and, most recently, the Platinum-certified, five-week chart-topper “She Had Me At Heads Carolina.” In the seven years since his debut on Warner Music Nashville, Swindell has racked up an impressive 12 No. 1 singles as an artist – 13 as a songwriter – 11 certified Platinum singles (four singles at 2x Platinum), a Platinum-certified debut album ( Cole Swindell ) and a Gold-certified sophomore album ( You Should Be Here ). The Georgia hitmaker has over 5.2 BILLION global career streams. His massive, GRAMMY-nominated hit “Break Up In The End” was named the 2019 NSAI Song of the Year . Swindell is nominated for two CMA Awards for Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year for “Never Say Never” with Lainey Wilson. He officially became a headliner on his own in 2018 with his Reason To Drink Tours, and is currently out on the road with Ashley Cooke and Dylan Marlowe for his Back Down To The Bar Tour .

About Nate Smith

With a mix of gritty backwoods soul, rock ‘n’ roll swagger and velvet-thunder vocals, Nate Smith first chased his neon dreams to Nashville in his early 20s – but it didn’t stick. The disheartened Smith returned home and thought he was “100-percent done” with his artistic journey…until a crucible of change burned away the past. In 2018, Smith lost everything he owned in the devastating Camp Fire which tore through Paradise, California. Although his family was safe, he struggled to cope and turned back to music, hoping that it would help comfort himself and others. Help it did, inspiring a month-long road trip across the U.S. to Music City, writing music and playing dive bars along the way. Soon after his arrival to Nashville, Nate released his biggest song to date, “Wildfire,” and landed a publishing deal with Sony ATV. Since then, he’s released new music including “Sleeve” and “Under My Skin,” which has amassed over 70 million on-demand streams to date. The singer was named a Spotify Hot Country Artist to Watch for 2021 – an accurate prediction as he rounded out the year with a record deal with Sony Music Nashville and is now making waves with his latest release, "Whiskey On You," which is now Gold-certified and Top 15 and climbing at country radio.

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) is a leading, integrated, downstream energy company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company operates the nation’s largest refining system. MPC’s marketing system includes branded locations across the United States, including Marathon brand retail outlets. MPC also owns the general partner and majority limited partner interest in MPLX LP, a midstream company that owns and operates gathering, processing, and fractionation assets, as well as crude oil and light product transportation and logistics infrastructure.

About Dos Primos Tequila Company

The Dos Primos Tequila Company was founded by Thomas Rhett and Jeff Worn in 2019. The company produces Dos Primos Tequila Blanco and Dos Primos Tequila Reposado. Both Dos Primos Tequila products are ultra-premium and made from hand-harvested 100% blue agave sourced from estates in Los Altos and the valley area of Jalisco, Mexico. Dos Primos is distilled at Destiladora González Lux, located just outside Arandas, Mexico, in the highlands of Jalisco. All sales and marketing efforts for the Dos Primos Tequila Company and product are handled by St. Louis-based Luxco. Learn more at DosPrimosTequila.com .

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Thomas rhett plots home team tour 23.

Posted by Buddy Iahn | Nov 3, 2022

Trek hits 40 cities in 27 states

Multi-Platinum entertainer Thomas Rhett will join the Home Teams of 40 cities next summer, revealing US tour dates for his Home Team Tour 23, produced by Live Nation, presented by Dos Primos Tequila and Fueled by Marathon. After kicking off 2023 in Canada , the summer tour will begin May 4th in Des Moines with Cole Swindell and Nate Smith, and end at Thomas Rhett’s home team’s Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

Pre-sale tickets first go on sale to Home Team Members and Citi cardmembers on Tuesday, November 8th. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, November 8th at noon local time until Thursday, November 10th at 10 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. The general public will have access to tickets beginning Friday, November 11th at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster .

“Being on the road is one of my favorite places to be,” Rhett shares. “I can’t wait to see the joy on y’alls faces next year and with my buddies Cole Swindell and Nate Smith. We’re definitely gonna have a good time.”

For the announcement, Thomas Rhett shared a light-hearted video revealing jerseys to celebrate the many tour destinations during a mock press conference.

Thomas Rhett Home Team Tour 23:

May 4 – Des Moines @ Wells Fargo Arena May 5 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center Arena May 6 – Indianapolis @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse May 18 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center May 19 – Kansas City @ T-Mobile Center May 20 – St. Louis @ Enterprise Center June 8 – Albany, NY @ MVP Arena June 9 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena June 10 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena June 15 – Tupelo, MS @ Cadence Bank Arena June 16 – Lafayette, LA @ CAJUNDOME June 17 – Bossier City, LA @ Brookshire Grocery Arena June 22 -Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena June 23 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston Coliseum July 6 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center July 7 – Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena July 8 – Boston @ TD Garden July 13 – Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum July 14 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena July 15 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena July 20 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum July 21 – Baltimore @ CFG Bank Arena July 22 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena July 27 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center July 28 – Chicago @ United Center July 29 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena Aug 3 – Dallas @ American Airlines Center Aug 4 – Houston @ Toyota Center Aug 5 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center Aug 17 – Oklahoma City @ Paycom Center Aug 18 – Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena Aug 19 – Denver @ Ball Arena Sept 14 – Estero, FL @ Hertz Arena Sept 15 – Jacksonville, FL @ VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena Sept 16 – Orlando @ Amway Center Sept 21 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena Sept 22 – State College, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center Sept 23 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center Sept 28 – Birmingham, AL @ The Legacy Arena at The BJCC Sept 29 – Nashville @ Bridgestone Arena

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Country music star Thomas Rhett kicks off his 2023 tour at Wells Fargo Arena

Thomas Rhett shined in his much-anticipated Home Team Tour 23 debut Thursday night in Des Moines.

Rhett kicked off his massive U.S. tour to an electric audience of around 12,000 people at Wells Fargo Arena in the city's downtown. The appearance marked the second time headlining Wells Fargo Arena for the second-generation star in the genre, whose father is fellow hitmaker Rhett Akins of "That Ain't My Truck" fame . Rhett first headlined the arena previously during his Very Hot Summer Tour in 2019.

On Wednesday night, the eve of his electric arena tour's start, Rhett posted a photo dump to social media that included a series of white paper signs with the first that read, "We are so proud of you daddy!" signed by his four daughters Ada James, Willa Gray, Lennon and Lillie.

"My team trying to make me cry first night of tour… sheesh," the country megastar captioned the photo .

Rhett opened the show, following sets by country singers Cole Swindell and Nate Smith, in a Des Moines home team jacket and then put in work with a drum solo before singing his hit “Vacation” and traveling across the stage as he ended the song playing the guitar.

During a spiritual performance of “Look What God Gave Her,” the crooner wowed the crowd, who held up cups of beer as Rhett took a selfie with a front row audience member’s iPhone.

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“You know this one, Des Moines. Let me hear you sing this!” Rhett said as he tipped the mic stand and sang his No. 1 hit “Crash and Burn” and took yet another selfie with an audience member.

More: Thomas Rhett talks Home Town Team Tour 23 ahead of U.S. arena kickoff in Des Moines

“Des Moines, are you feeling good? Are your voices warmed up?” he said with pyrotechnics flying mid-air during the song with his Tennessee swagger.

Rhett watched a flurry of home videos featuring his four daughters before performing “Life Changes,” the catchy song dedicated to his Instagram-famous wife Lauren . Then, the country singer sang “Slow Down Summer,” “Unforgettable,” “Marry Me” and “You Make Me Wanna.”

A bluesy performance of “Us Someday” was followed by “Country Again” played on acoustic guitars . Then, he crooned to “Blessed,” a song written about Lauren and how blessed he is to have her in his life.

More: Thomas Rhett's new album 'Where We Started' balances his life and career

Rhett took Des Moines on a tour of the decades by singing “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley before saying “that’s for you” and pointing to an audience member who was born in the 1950s. The night included cover songs including “I Feel Good” by James Brown and Rick Springfield's “Jessie’s Girl."

Fans turned on their flashlights as Rhett sang "Die A Happy Man" as the crowd swayed and sang along. "Thank you so much, Des Moines!" he said at the song's end.

Then, he performed a trio of songs for "the OGs:" "Notice," "Get Me Some Of That" and "It Goes Like This." A montage of photos of Rhett and his wife were accompanied by a performance of "Angels" as he sang "maybe angels don't always have wings." The Jon Pardi collaboration "Beer Can't Fix" and "Sixteen" followed as audience members wearing ballcaps and cowboy boots put their hands up.

Rhett rocked to a drums-defined version of "Craving You" before more pyrotechnics brought the house down. "Y'all got time for a couple more?" he asked.

He sang "What's Your Country Song" during the confetti-capped concert's close around 11 p.m. as Rhett took a bow. An encore led to a twangy version of "T-Shirt." Then, a final bow from Rhett and guitar solo guided concertgoers out of the Des Moines arena.

More: Thomas Rhett hopes 'honest' lyrics on new album show 'everything that country music is supposed to be'

Nate Smith shines during opening set in Des Moines

Under blue lights, up-and-comer Nate Smith sang his song “Sleeve” donning an understated Metallica T-shirt. Smith released his self-titled debut album just last week.

“How you all doin’ tonight?” he asked the crowd to cheers.

“In every little smile and stranger passin' through, I still see her now and then in my dreams,” he sang with his gritty signature sound as onlookers posted Instagram photos and took selfies.

Smith’s set foreshadowed an explosive future in Nashville that could eclipse even the brightest newcomers with his ballad-heavy songs.

Smith sang fan favorite “World on Fire” followed by the ballad “I Found You” and then “Under My Skin,” the slow breakup anthem about losing a past lover.

Smith performed the chart-topping “Whiskey on You” about pouring one up after being passed up by an ex as he chugged a beer handed to him from an audience member in the front row. The single recently spent two weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart .

More: Nate Smith's redemptive, self-assured journey to country music stardom

Cole Swindell brings Georgia heat to Wells Fargo Arena stage

With an electric guitar-layered introduction featuring bandmates, Swindell strutted out on the Wells Fargo Arena stage in an all-black outfit that included a Brad Paisley shirt, denim jacket, jeans and brown cowboy boots.

Cole Swindell opened the set with his latest single “Drinkaby,” a drum-dotted song that would easily be found at a Dallas County dive bar on a Friday night with its honky tonk, hip-swinging sound .

“Des Moines, what’s up?” Swindell asked the audience.

The opening song was followed by “Love You Too Late” and the beer sippin’, hat tippin’ track “Let Me See Ya Girl.”

“Let’s give it for the first night of the Home Team Tour,” he said before calling out the section in 304. “This is exactly how we wanted to see you tonight,” he said before saying the crowd was “good looking.”

The self-explanatory “Single Saturday Night” had the crowd going with his hit single, an ode to White Claw seltzers and looking back at the one you once looked for. Later, he sang the radio favorite “Stereotype” and “Break Up In The End.”

Swindell led an a capella crowd singalong to “Middle of a Memory” before the band joined in and the Georgia native traced the stage floor underneath a traveling white spotlight. He sang "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight" before a pair of guitar solos closed out the song and Swindell sang his collaboration with "Yellowstone" star and country peer Lainey Wilson, "Never Say Never" as a video of her played on two screens flanking the stage.

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Swindell brought Georgia heat to the Iowa night with "Chillin' It" and the sultry "Sad Ass Country Song" and "You Should Be Here" about losing someone after they pass away .

"Anybody else got here that ain't worth the damn whiskey or what?" he asked the crowd to massive cheers before singing "You Ain't Worth the Whiskey" and applauding servicemembers, police officers, EMTs and nurses.

"Hey, Des Moines, what's a boy from South Georgia supposed to do with a crowd like this on the first night of tour?" he asked during a short break during the Dierks Bentley collaboration "Flatliner."

The close friend and frequent collaborator of Rhett ended his set with "She Had Me At Heads Carolina," which had nearly every seat in the Iowa crowd on their feet.

Jay Stahl is an entertainment reporter at The Des Moines Register. Follow him on  Instagram  or reach out at  [email protected] .

Thomas Rhett Announces Home Team Tour 23

As touring starts to wind down for the year, Thomas Rhett is already looking ahead to next year with the announcement of his “Home Team Tour 23.”

“Being on the road is one of my favorite places to be,” said Thomas Rhett . “I can’t wait to see the joy on y’alls faces next year and with my buddies Cole Swindell and Nate Smith . We’re definitely gonna have a good time.”

For the announcement, Thomas Rhett shared a light-hearted video revealing jerseys to celebrate the many tour destinations during a mock press conference. To watch, click  HERE .

HOME TEAM TOUR 23  Dates Include: 

• 5/4/2023 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
• 5/5/2023 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center Arena
• 5/6/2023 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
• 5/18/2023 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
• 5/19/2023 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
• 5/20/2023 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
• 6/8/2023 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena
• 6/9/2023 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
• 6/10/2023 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
• 6/15/2023 – Tupelo, MS – Cadence Bank Arena
• 6/16/2023 – Lafayette, LA – CAJUNDOME
• 6/17/2023 – Bossier City, LA – Brookshire Grocery Arena
• 6/22/2023 -Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
• 6/23/2023 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Coliseum
• 7/6/2023 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
• 7/7/2023 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena
• 7/8/2023 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
• 7/13/2023 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
• 7/14/2023 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
• 7/15/2023 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena
• 7/20/2023 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
• 7/21/2023 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
• 7/22/2023 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena
• 7/27/2023 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
• 7/28/2023 – Chicago, IL – United Center
• 7/29/2023 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
• 8/3/2023 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
• 8/4/2023 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
• 8/5/2023 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
• 8/17/2023 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center
• 8/18/2023 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
• 8/19/2023 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
• 9/14/2023 – Estero, FL – Hertz Arena
• 9/15/2023 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
• 9/16/2023 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
• 9/21/2023 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena
• 9/22/2023 – State College, PA – Bryce Jordan Center
• 9/23/2023 – Toledo, OH – Huntington Center
• 9/28/2023 – Birmingham, AL – The Legacy Arena at The BJCC
• 9/29/2023 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

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Designing Thomas Rhett’s ‘Home Team Tour 23’

• By: Michael S. Eddy
• November 2023 , Production Design
• November 13, 2023

Thomas Rhett tour photo by Grayson Gregory

This past May, country superstar Thomas Rhett kicked off his Home Team Tour 23 and 40 cities later, wrapped up at the end of September. He has now notched 21 #1 songs on the charts and has a huge catalog to entertain his fans with when they flock to his dynamic live shows. Back for the tour providing production and lighting design was bkd Creative led by Alec Takahashi, who has been working with Thomas Rhett since 2018. In fact, at last year’s Parnelli Awards, Takahashi was honored with the newly named, Nook Schoenfeld Lighting Designer of the Year award for his work on Thomas Rhett’s 2022 tour. Recently, Takahashi took some time to speak with PLSN about the innovative production/lighting design of this year’s Home Team Tour 23 .

The design process, a collaboration between Thomas Rhett and Takahashi, begins with some loose ideas. “He came to me last year and suggested, I should just design something crazy cool, and we would go from there,” says Takahashi. “So, I put together what I thought were cool elements, nice shapes, and then from there, we collaborate a lot back and forth. All the details and the overall design gets really fine-tuned and sharpened through the process working together.”

Layering in video was the next design step as Thomas Rhett wanted to put video content back into the show, “which we haven’t had in four or five years,” says Takahashi “He also wanted to put in more special effects, but everything needed to have intentionality. He wanted there to be purpose, not doing things just because we could do it, it had to be intentional. I admire his desire for everything to be purposeful; that there has to be a why. We need to know why we’re blowing up pyro, or why we’re playing this piece of video during this song. The meaning and careful placement of everything matters to me, and to him, as we are trying to put the story together.”

High Energy Show

Thomas Rhett puts on a very lively show, and he brings a lot of energy to his performance that his enthusiastic audiences really appreciate. “Finding those energy moments were very important to him and having that right dynamic,” comments Takahashi. “Even after opening night, more than halfway through the tour, we’ve still tried minimal tweaks of song placement. You play with that once you have an audience because when you’re rehearsing you have no gauge on the energy. You have no response, no crowd cheer. We really take the crowd feedback after the first few nights into consideration.”

There’s always a challenge with any concert to creating different looks over the course of the entire performance, but an artist like Thomas Rhett, who has such a range of work, makes it more important a focus. To help with that, Takahashi looked to automation to create different shapes and looks. “We knew early on that we wanted to incorporate some automated elements,” says the designer. “We played with the ideas of video pods, lighting pods, different ceilings, elements like that, really working to maximize the automated elements that made sense with the wider show design. We landed on a place where he was really happy and excited, I was really happy and excited, and we didn’t have to compromise any other elements. As everyone touring knows, that is a good place to end up with a design.”

That harmonious experience extends to the design elements as well in Takahashi’s production design. “We wanted to put this show together in a visual sense, where the scenery, the production has very different feels through it and things reveal throughout the show. I layered this show with a lot of production elements. The show starts off with these automated bits very low, which eliminates the need to use the back wall of lights that I had, and eliminates the need to use the even further upstage wall of video content at the beginning. There are so many production layers there, and we wanted to slowly peel back the layers of what we could have, so there were several large reveal moments with different, previously not seen elements. Then once everything was revealed, we play the dynamic of, ‘okay, we want this show to change musically, visually, all in sync’. So, creating those different really intimate vibes, low ceilings, 50% of the rig turned off. Then have those moments of full energy, where things are moving, things are flashing, the full thing is revealed.” Piecing that together was tricky, but Takahashi knew that the goal “was to have so many different pieces and making the show look very different throughout without having too many set changes,” he explains. “We were able to use the tools that we had, and the layers that we had, to really change all the layering, change the feel, change the energy, all within our control.”

Layering Lighting and Video

One of the very interesting and successful design choices was Takahashi’s decision to put a wall of lights—Elation Dartz 360s—in front of a video wall made of highly transparent ROE Visual Vanish 8T LED video panels. It created an unexpected, and very effective look. “So, upstage video walls are common, they’re in a huge percentage of shows,” describes Takahashi, “and a lot of those video walls are made of blow-through video panels, like this one. However, we didn’t use it the same way, where a lot of people put production elements upstage of the video wall and shoot through the video. I’d never seen anyone do the opposite of that, and I really wanted to try that. It was a huge risk in my head, and I knew it would be a really interesting thing—and potentially controversial thing. And, I’ve found that my putting lights in front of a video wall has been a subject of discussion by others in the industry, with some people reaching out, asking ‘So, how’s that working?’ My answer is, I don’t think it’s for everyone, but I’m really pleased with what we pulled off with layering things in a way that hadn’t really been done before and doing it in a way that I think was beautifully placed. I wanted to just play with it and knew I never wanted to define the whole edge of the video wall.”

Takahashi continues, “When you have a lot of that negative space, when you have different masks, where you never see the hard edges of the actual wall, it leaves the brain to assume many things. You don’t know how big it is, you don’t know what shape it is. We can control the audience’s perspective on not knowing. There’s a big unknown aspect of that back there, so we played with that. There’s only one song in the whole show where there is a full screen of content, and you can see the full shape of it. Everything else really plays with the lighting layers in front, with the vertical pods that we had, where sometimes they’re masked to only show content behind the pods for layering, or only show content in between the pods.”

Takahashi was pleased with the result of how much layering and depth they could achieve putting the video wall upstage. “It also helped that a lot of the content was never faces or people, never video that you needed to watch per se. If that content was there, you would then be pretty annoyed that there’s stuff blocking the video wall, but we avoided that problem. We really played with secondary visuals, supporting visuals, textures, layering, where it was really nice and not annoying that you have to look through other production elements to see the content, it was just beautifully layered. Again, we knew that we wanted it to be intentional, and we knew we didn’t want it to be used in every single song.” The content for the tour was created by Nashville-based Andy Reuter. The media servers used on this production were from Green Hippo—two Hippotizer Boreal+, and one Hippotizer Karst+.

Gear Choices

For gear, Thomas Rhett has been a client of Upstaging since before Takahashi joined the production team. Upstaging’s Account Rep is John Bahnick, who works closely with the designer on what’s available in terms of gear. “When we start designing the show, I get a list of available inventory from John,” explains Takahashi. “If there’s something cool and groundbreaking that’s been released, then I’ll have the conversation asking if they’d think about investing in these products. All the video panels this year were brand-new out of the box that were brought with us, so that was the new element this tour. And I was really pleased with the ROE Vanish panel.”

Lighting-wise, the designer knew he wanted a large quantity of small fixtures on the upstage wall, and in the ceiling, to be a centerpiece. “I tried out the Elation Dartz from ‘21 to ‘22 and was really pleased with the output, the versatility, and the frost function. I knew I could get a huge variety of looks out of that fixture, especially in a large quantity. Upstaging has a huge quantity of Elation Dartz—we ended up with over 200, so it was a workhorse on this tour and the primary fixture in our production. The looks that we got out of it were phenomenal. From the tight beam moving around, crazy rock and roll looks to some nice soft looks for ballads; the very different shapes we could get, as we had a grid of them, was really strong.”

Takahashi is a big believer in having the least amount of different fixture types possible. “I don’t think you need a ton of different fixtures to have a great show, and it just complicates the cloning process for other shows. Sometimes you’ll need very specific fixtures to do very specific things. In this case, I only needed four fixture types. I had a spot, a strobe, a key light, and the Elation Dartz; that was it. It challenges you as a designer to use those spots sometimes as washes, which I’m a big believer in also. You don’t have to have it be a hard edge the whole time, you don’t have to have it a beam the whole time. These fixtures now have so many different capabilities, so I like using them to their full ability.”

His spot fixture of choice was the ACME Solar Impulse. “Upstaging has a large inventory of ACME fixtures,” states Takahashi. “I was skeptical at first, a couple years ago, to use them, but I have to say that I have minimal to no complaints. I think the weakness of it would be its color mixing, it is a little uneven in the pastel range, but for what we do on a Thomas Rhett show, it works beautifully. I think the color spectrum of those fixtures are pretty incredible for that. I don’t use them for key light lighting people, but as a primary spot fixture, a huge strong workhorse, it’s very bright, very beautiful. Just a really nice sharp zoom range and frost as well, so I can get some great, big wash looks out of it, as well as the beam gobo looks.”

The key light choice was the Ayrton Domino, of which he had eight, all on the Follow-Me Track-iT system to track Thomas Rhett and fellow mobile band members. “Those fixtures are phenomenal. As face light, I think their color mixing and color correction is really, really tight and clean. It produces a great quality of light to light subjects for camera, and for in-person. The throw on them was beautiful, nothing to complain about there.” Takahashi has worked with the Follow-Me system on Thomas Rhett’s tours since his first year out in 2018. He notes, “It started with the human operated Follow-Me system, and it always tracked Thomas for the past few years. It’s been excellent, and Follow-Me has been wonderful at helping with some of the challenges that we’ve faced over the years of pushing the limits of the system. This year we introduced the human-less system, so everyone had tags attached to them, and I’ve been very, very pleased with it. The make or break experience with Follow-Me is the technician that comes along with it, and ours is amazing. Skyler Dickenson, my Follow-Me Technician, handled all the Follow-Me stuff and was on top of any quirk. I was really pleased with the night-to-night tracking of everything.”

Continuing discussing his lighting choice, Takahashi says, “We had our Solaris Flares, which I think are one of my favorite fixtures ever made. No matter what color I choose, the intensity is there, and I can get some really nice pops and bangs out of those. That fixture, I think, is irreplaceable by any other strobe fixture out there on the market. I can get the really nice strobe quality and the punch out of them; they are a go-to for me.” Then, to add a color changing pop to his scenic risers, Takahashi went with the Edgelight RGB product from Nashville-based Go Live Productions. “They’re a local company here that makes custom LED products we lined all our risers with. That provided a nice baseline for the scenic elements. I was very happy with that choice.”

In terms of pyrotechnics and confetti special effects for the show, they were provided, along with the SFX crew from PyrotecnicoFX. “I worked with Rocco Vitale from Pyrotecnico on the timing, color choices, moments, and songs that we wanted,” recalls Takahashi, “then they created some cues, and we went back and forth on creating the looks that we ended up with in the show. It was good working with them.”

Vendor Support

For the Home Team Tour 23 Upstaging provided both the lighting and the video products. “Upstaging was fantastic,” states Takahashi, “and I know that Upstaging doesn’t provide video for a lot of tours, but they did a great job for us, including providing our full camera package, switchers, and media servers in addition to the LED video panels. Both the video and lighting support from Upstaging has been great. I am very pleased with it. Their support, sending out fixtures, dealing with maintenance, or any issues that we have, they’re on top of it. And they provide all my crew. My Lighting Crew Chief, Kile McClure, was my automation guy and has been with me for a few years now. He and I know each other—and our work styles—very well. He knows what I’m looking for day-to-day—in my perfectionist mind—on how things should be, so he really supports me in that way. Also, the Video Crew Chief—Ricky Krohne—has been the same since I started; he’s been phenomenal.” In fact, the crew on the tour has been a solid core for a few years now. “I’m very thankful that they desire to return to our show,” says Takahashi. “I have nothing to complain about in terms of Upstaging’s quality of support, the gear, or their people.”

The staging and automation vendor for this tour was TAIT, with TAIT’s Aaron Siebert as the Account Rep. “TAIT has also given us great support,” comments Takahashi. “I mean, we’re obviously one of their smaller clients, but they take us seriously, and they take care of us very well. We’ve used various staging from them over the years, decking, band riser packages, lifts here and there, and their support has been excellent. Obviously, they have some of the best staging out there, so it’s great to be working with them.”

Bringing it All Together

It’s hard to pin designers down to picking their favorite song, or moment, from a show, but Takahashi has a couple of songs that are favorites from a production standpoint. “I think my favorite song of the night was a song that just hit number one in the past couple months, called “Angels.” It’s a song he wrote about his wife, and our content creator, Andy Reuter, created this gorgeous sunset content that had paint splashes on it. There’s just such a beautiful feel to it. I blend lighting with that content. It’s beautiful layers, and I arced the lights around what the video was doing. Then there were some really drastic color changes for the bridge. Most of the lighting rig was off during this whole song, and I just thought musically and visually, that this was a showcasing moment of songwriting and visual art. Another one I loved, is on the opposite end of the spectrum, a song called “Craving You”. That showcased the firepower that we had, literally. Everything from video, pyro, lighting was all very carefully placed, intentional and timed out. It was such a captivating moment with everything in sync. Your senses just being—not necessarily overloaded—but you’re in a bit of a state of awe. There’s a lot going on, but everything’s happening purposefully and it all really worked together with the performance.”

It’s quite apparent that Thomas Rhett’s music—and his high energy performance—are well suited to the production and lighting design that bkd Creative’s Takahashi brings to support the tour. As musician, Thomas Rhett has a deep and a palpable connection to his audience. Takahashi and the production team all connect with the music as well and help bring it all together visually.

PRODUCTION TEAM

• Tour Managers: Jon Townley, Kamron Kimbro
• Production Manager: Kevin Twist
• Creative Direction: bkd Creative
• Production and Lighting Design: bkd Creative – Alec Takahashi and Benji Treuil
• Drafting Artist: Dave Carr
• Lighting Programmer/Lighting Director: Alec Takahashi
• Lighting Crew Chief: Kile McClure
• Lighting Crew: Aaron Walchli, Tony Quinn, Ryder Deas, Skyler Dickenson, Jesse Collins
• Follow Me Technician: Skyler Dickenson
• Video Director: Rob McLaughlin
• Video Engineer: Nick West
• Hippo Programmer: AJ DiCarlo
• Content Creation: Andy Reuter
• Video Crew Chief: Ricky Krohne
• Video Crew: Anthony Morgan, Nick Schlosser, Russ Spann, Brandon Fields
• Lead Rigger: Joanna Kiriacopoulos
• Rigger: Ryan Schilling
• Set Carps: Anthony Wilford, Andre Wilford, Michael Wise
• Pyro Tech: Christine Bernat
• Stage Manager: Justin Sumrall
• Lighting and Video: Upstaging, John Bahnick
• Staging and Automation : TAIT, Aaron Siebert
• Pyro: PyrotecnicoFX, Rocco Vitale
• 225       Elation Dartz 360 LED Beam
• 76         ACME Solar Impulse
• 8           Ayrton Domino Profile
• 65         TMB Solaris Flare Strobe
• 132’      Go Live Productions Edgelight RGB LED Tape
• 1           Follow-Me Track iT System
• 2           grandMA3 full-size
• 3           grandMA3 NPUs
• 5           grandMA2 8 port nodes
• 1           Lot Luminex Switches and Nodes
• 2           Brainstorm SR-112 SMPTE Distripalyzer
• 4           72-Way Lex 208V AC Rack
• 180       ROE Visual Vanish V8T LED Video Panel
• 2           Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Server
• 1           Green Hippo Hippotizer Karst+ Media Server
• 1           Kinesys Vector Motion Control System
• 16         TourLift and Kinesys Elevation 2-Ton Hoist

Special Effects

• 1           Pyrodigital FC-A Field Controller
• 1           Pyrodigital FM-A Firing Module System

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Thomas Rhett Concert Setlists & Tour Dates

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• May 10 2024 Big As Texas 2024 Conroe, TX, USA Add time Add time Add times
• Sep 19 2024 Washington State Fair 2024 Puyallup, WA, USA Doors 6:30 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:30 PM

Thomas Rhett at Waterfront Park, San Diego, CA, USA

• Craving You
• Star of the Show
• Get Me Some of That
• Make Me Wanna
• Beer Can't Fix
• She Had Me at Heads Carolina
• Crash and Burn
• Slow Down Summer
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Thomas Rhett at Jack Daniel’s New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash! 2023

• Look What God Gave Her
• Die a Happy Man
• Unforgettable
• Hound Dog / I got you (I feel good) / Beast of Burden / Jessie's Girl / 3am / The middle

Thomas Rhett at Hard Rock Event Center, Tampa, FL, USA

• Mamaw's House
• It Goes Like This
• Angels (Don't Always Have Wings)

Thomas Rhett at Country Bay Music Festival 2023

Thomas rhett at bridgestone arena, nashville, tn, usa.

• Life Changes
• Notice / Get Me Some Of That / It Goes Like This

Thomas Rhett at Legacy Arena at the BJCC, Birmingham, AL, USA

• That Ain't My Truck (snippet)

Thomas Rhett at Huntington Center, Toledo, OH, USA

Thomas rhett at john paul jones arena, charlottesville, va, usa.

• Get Me Some Of That / It Goes Like This

Thomas Rhett at Amway Center, Orlando, FL, USA

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Most played songs

• Die a Happy Man ( 206 )
• Crash and Burn ( 204 )
• T-Shirt ( 196 )
• Make Me Wanna ( 177 )
• It Goes Like This ( 168 )

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Artists covered

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855 people have seen Thomas Rhett live.

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