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Prepare for a country music swing as Luke Bryan brings his “Mind Of A Country Boy" Tour on Thursday, August 22nd, at Paycom Center, Oklahoma. Performing with country music prodigies like George Birge, Larry Fleet, Chayce Beckham, and DJ Rock, Luke Bryan is making it done as he showcases his multi-talented charms in his music live.

Known as an expert at blending country music with pop and rock elements, Luke Bryan is offering his audience a range of feelings with each song he plays. Announcing a massive 33-date show, you will experience his captivating vibratos accompanied by energy-driven performances as he takes the Oklahoma City stages for live performances that will mark your life.

Luke Bryan manages to strive in the star-filled country music industry with his songs that are not only eargasmic but also give meaning to every life experience. Selling over 75 million records, he also got the notable Album of the Decade in the Academy of Country Music Awards for his album “Crash My Party.” Famous for his best-selling songs like "Play It Again," "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)," and "That’s My Kind of Night,” he is now leaning towards a groovy live performance to give the fans an awesome musical treat.

Luke Bryan is bringing a star-studded lineup composed of rising country music artists that dominate the music charts now, including George Birge, Larry Fleet, Chayce Beckham, and DJ Rock. Known for his country music influence on the fans and radio, the “Mind On You” singer George Birge is joining the celebration. The soul-inspired country music artist Larry Fleet is also joining the rodeo as he features his hit songs “Things I Take For Granted" and more. A loose country-reggae vibe will be on Chayce Beckham’s side as he starts his best track like “23” on live stages. DJ Rock is also joining the fun as his jaw-dropping beats complement the country music frenzy coming from Luke Bryan and company.

Paycom Center will be the venue of Luke Bryan’s “Mind Of A Country Boy" Tour with George Birge, Larry Fleet, Chayce Beckham, and DJ Rock. Known for its state-of-the-art entertainment packages, grand ambiance, and stellar concert grounds that will put over 18,000 fans in a perfect jam. Make sure to be present in this once-in-a-lifetime country music experience as Luke Bryan crashes the party with his universal talents you don't want to miss out on. Get your tickets now!

Luke Bryan announces "Mind of a Country Boy" tour stop in Oklahoma: What to know

Award-winning Country musician Luke Bryan is set to perform at Oklahoma City's Paycom Center this summer.

Bryan will perform at the OKC venue as part of his "Mind of a Country Boy" tour on Thursday, Aug. 21. Bryan will share the stage with special guests George Birge, Larry Fleet, Chayce Beckham and DJ Rock .

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9 through Ticketmaster .

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On Monday, the five-time Entertainer of the Year announced his touring plans with the launch of "Country On Tour," which will be in 36 cities. The tour will kick off June 15 in Syracuse, New York.

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The tour will stop at the BOK Center in Tulsa on Saturday, Sept. 30. The special guests throughout the tour will include Chayce Beckham, Tyler Braden, Ashley Cooke, Jackson Dean, Jon Langston, Conner Smith, Alana Springsteen, Hailey Whitters and DJ Rock.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased here .

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Luke Bryan announces 2023 tour

(Gray News) – Luke Bryan announced a new tour Monday that will be stopping in 36 cities this year.

Tickets for Bryan’s “Country On Tour” go on sale on Friday. Members of Bryan’s “Nut House” fan club will have early access to tickets on Tuesday.

For more ticket information, visit Bryan’s website here .

Rotating opening acts include Chayce Beckham, Ashley Cooke, Jackson Dean, Tyler Braden, Jon Langston, Conner Smith, Alana Springsteen, Hailey Whitters and DJ Rock.

The following dates are included in the tour:

• 06/15/2023 - Syracuse, New York
• 06/16/2023 - Darien Center, New York
• 06/17/2023 - Toronto, Ontario
• 06/23/2023 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 06/24/2023 - Holmdel, New Jersey
• 07/06/2023 - Wantagh, New York
• 07/07/2023 - Columbia, Maryland
• 07/13/2023 - Hershey, Pennsylvania
• 07/20/2023 - Portland, Oregon
• 07/21/2023 - Wheatland, California
• 07/22/2023 - Mountain View, California
• 07/27/2023 - Lubbock, Texas
• 07/28/2023 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
• 07/29/2023 - Denver, Colorado
• 08/04/2023 - Salt Lake City, Utah
• 08/05/2023 - Boise, Idaho
• 08/10/2023 - Rogers, Arkansas
• 08/12/2023 - Nashville, Tennessee
• 08/13/2023 - Brandon, Mississippi
• 08/17/2023 - Cincinnati, Ohio
• 08/18/2023 - Indianapolis, Indiana
• 08/19/2023 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 08/25/2023 - Evansville, Indiana
• 08/26/2023 - St. Louis, Missouri
• 08/28/2023 - Dallas, Texas
• 09/29/2023 - Ft Worth, Texas
• 09/30/2023 - Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 10/05/2023 - Orlando, Florida
• 10/06/2023 - Savannah, Georgia
• 10/07/2023 - Charlotte, North Carolina
• 10/12/2023 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• 10/13/2023 - Green Bay, Wisconsin
• 10/14/2023 - St. Paul, Minnesota
• 10/26/2023 - Raleigh, North Carolina
• 10/27/2023 - Charlottesville, Virginia
• 10/28/2023 - Charleston, South Carolina

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Luke Bryan announces 2023 tour

(Gray News) – Luke Bryan announced a new tour Monday that will be stopping in 36 cities this year.

Tickets for Bryan’s “Country On Tour” go on sale on Friday. Members of Bryan’s “Nut House” fan club will have early access to tickets on Tuesday.

For more ticket information, visit Bryan’s website here .

Rotating opening acts include Chayce Beckham, Ashley Cooke, Jackson Dean, Tyler Braden, Jon Langston, Conner Smith, Alana Springsteen, Hailey Whitters and DJ Rock.

The following dates are included in the tour:

• 06/15/2023 - Syracuse, New York
• 06/16/2023 - Darien Center, New York
• 06/17/2023 - Toronto, Ontario
• 06/23/2023 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 06/24/2023 - Holmdel, New Jersey
• 07/06/2023 - Wantagh, New York
• 07/07/2023 - Columbia, Maryland
• 07/13/2023 - Hershey, Pennsylvania
• 07/20/2023 - Portland, Oregon
• 07/21/2023 - Wheatland, California
• 07/22/2023 - Mountain View, California
• 07/27/2023 - Lubbock, Texas
• 07/28/2023 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
• 07/29/2023 - Denver, Colorado
• 08/04/2023 - Salt Lake City, Utah
• 08/05/2023 - Boise, Idaho
• 08/10/2023 - Rogers, Arkansas
• 08/12/2023 - Nashville, Tennessee
• 08/13/2023 - Brandon, Mississippi
• 08/17/2023 - Cincinnati, Ohio
• 08/18/2023 - Indianapolis, Indiana
• 08/19/2023 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 08/25/2023 - Evansville, Indiana
• 08/26/2023 - St. Louis, Missouri
• 08/28/2023 - Dallas, Texas
• 09/29/2023 - Ft Worth, Texas
• 09/30/2023 - Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 10/05/2023 - Orlando, Florida
• 10/06/2023 - Savannah, Georgia
• 10/07/2023 - Charlotte, North Carolina
• 10/12/2023 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• 10/13/2023 - Green Bay, Wisconsin
• 10/14/2023 - St. Paul, Minnesota
• 10/26/2023 - Raleigh, North Carolina
• 10/27/2023 - Charlottesville, Virginia
• 10/28/2023 - Charleston, South Carolina

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Luke Bryan announces the Country On Tour: See the dates

Luke Bryan plans to "Country On" in 2023.

The superstar on Monday announced a new summer tour that will take its name from his 30th No. 1 single, "Country On." The tour kicks off its 36-city run July 15 in Syracuse, New York.

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An impressive slate of newcomers will join him on the trek, including Jackson Dean, Chayce Beckham, Jon Langston, Conner Smith, Hailey Whitters, Tyler Braden, Ashley Cooke and Alana Springsteen.

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"Artists get into the business to make music and perform it for the fans," Bryan shared in a statement. "Leaving it all out on that stage is what it’s all about for me. I’m excited to support and have so many talented new artists along for the ride this year. It’s one of the most rewarding parts of our job."

Ticket presales start on Tuesday, Jan. 31, before tickets become available to the general public on Friday, Feb. 3.

See the full list of dates below:

- 06/15/2023 - Syracuse, New York

- 06/16/2023 - Darien Center, New York

- 06/17/2023 - Toronto, Ontario

- 06/23/2023 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

- 06/24/2023 - Holmdel, New Jersey

- 07/06/2023 - Wantagh, New York

- 07/07/2023 - Columbia, Maryland

- 07/13/2023 - Hershey, Pennsylvania

- 07/20/2023 - Portland, Oregon

- 07/21/2023 - Wheatland, California

- 07/22/2023 - Mountain View, California

- 07/27/2023 - Lubbock, Texas

- 07/28/2023 - Albuquerque, New Mexico

- 07/29/2023 - Denver, Colorado

- 08/04/2023 - Salt Lake City, Utah

- 08/05/2023 - Boise, Idaho

- 08/10/2023 - Rogers, Arkansas

- 08/12/2023 - Nashville, Tennessee

- 08/13/2023 - Brandon, Mississippi

- 08/17/2023 - Cincinnati, Ohio

- 08/18/2023 - Indianapolis, Indiana

- 08/19/2023 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

- 08/25/2023 - Evansville, Indiana

- 08/26/2023 - St. Louis, Missouri

- 08/28/2023 - Dallas, Texas

- 09/29/2023 - Ft Worth, Texas

- 09/30/2023 - Tulsa, Oklahoma

- 10/05/2023 - Orlando, Florida

- 10/06/2023 - Savannah, Georgia

- 10/07/2023 - Charlotte, North Carolina

- 10/12/2023 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota

- 10/13/2023 - Green Bay, Wisconsin

- 10/14/2023 - St. Paul, Minnesota

- 10/26/2023 - Raleigh, North Carolina

- 10/27/2023 - Charlottesville, Virginia

- 10/28/2023 - Charleston, South Carolina

Bryan won't exactly be chilling at home until he hits the road this summer. On Wednesday, he restarts his Vegas residency at Resorts World, before the season 21 premiere of "American Idol" on Sunday, Feb. 19, on ABC.

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Luke Bryan Announces 36-City Headline “Country On Tour”

Tickets on Sale Friday, February 3 at 10am Local Time

Five-time Entertainer of the Year  Luke Bryan announced his 2023 touring plans today with the launch of the 36-city “Country On Tour” kicking off June 15 in Syracuse, New York .  Produced by Live Nation, special guests throughout the tour include many of country music’s up and coming artists-  Chayce Beckham, Tyler Braden, Ashley Cooke, Jackson Dean, Jon Langston, Conner Smith, Alana Springsteen, Hailey Whitters,  and  DJ Rock .  T ickets on sale Friday, Feb 3 at 10am local time at  Lukebryan.com . 

Throughout his career Luke has invested in new artists by inviting them to join him on tour. Through the years dozens of ones to watch have been a part of his trailblazing tours including Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch, Dylan Scott, Jon Langston, Little Big Town, Morgan Wallen, Lauren Alaina, Mitchell Tenpenny, Riley Green and many more. Cultivating and mentoring new talent is also the reason he loves judging on  American Idol . He appreciates the journey and hard work it took to get him to where he is today, and he wants to open the door and lead the way by sharing his experiences as an artist and a businessman.  

“Artists get into the business to make music and perform it for the fans,” shared Luke. “Leaving it all out on that stage is what it’s all about for me. I’m excited to support and have so many talented new artists along for the ride this year.  It’s one of the most rewarding parts of our job.  

Ticket presale for Luke’s fan club members begins Tuesday, Jan 31 at 8am local time through Thursday, February 2 at 5pm local time. For details go  HERE . Citi is the official card of the “Country On Tour.”    Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, Feb 1 at 10am local time until Thursday, Feb 2 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit  www.citientertainment.com . 

During his illustrious and decorated career, Luke has worked diligently to build a highly active and loyal fan base one fan at a time. Much credit can be given to him and his team for creating unique concert opportunities for him to engage with and garner fans. No other country artist can boast multiple, highly successful events and tours like Luke including his Spring Break and Farm Tour tours, Crash My Playa events in Mexico (the eighth event sold-out just last week!), his on- going headline engagements at the Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas and his yearly headline tours which have often included sold-out stadium shows. In fact, Luke has played for more than 13+ million fans since he began headlining in 2011.

Luke’s performances in previous tours have received applause from fans and media alike raving he is “electrifying,” “still the reigning king of modern country genre,” “cements his Entertainer of the Year status,” “his enduring everyman charm and more energy than the Energizer Bunny,” “the country music artist backs up his title as the ‘King of Country Music’ when he put on a performance of a lifetime,” “some of his best moments are connecting with the crowd between songs,” and “Bryan remains an imminently affable presence on stage prowess as a performer.”

The tour is aptly named after Luke’s 30 th  #1 single, “Country On,” which hit the top spot on the country singles charts just before Christmas 2022 and helped him amass a career tally of 56 total weeks at #1. 

This Wednesday, Luke launches his 2023 headline dates at Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas:

• February 2023: 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11
• March 2023: 22, 24, 25, 29, 31
• April 2023: 1

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“Country On Tour” Schedule

For details on special guests please go to  www.lukebryan.com

About Luke Bryan 

Since his debut, Luke Bryan has garnered 30 No. 1 hits and has more RIAA certified digital singles than any other Country artist with 71 million. His worldwide global streams are over 19.6 billion and he has sold 13 million albums. His headline concert tours have played sold-out shows for more than 13 million fans inclusive of 36 stadium concerts, Farm Tours, Spring Break shows, and seven sold-out ‘Crash My Playa’ destination concert events. Bryan has won 50+ major music awards including five wins as Entertainer of the Year. His third and most recent Entertainer win was awarded by the Academy of Country Music in 2021. Additional awards include six recognitions as a CMT Artist of the Year, NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year, the first-ever recipient of the ACM Album of the Decade Award for Crash My Party, seven CMT Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, and four American Music Awards—as well as being named Billboard’s Top Country Artist of the 2010s, the Most Heard Artist of the Decade by Country Aircheck, and the Artist Humanitarian Recipient by the Country Radio Broadcasters. On February 19, 2023, Luke, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are back for their sixth season as celebrity judges on ABC’s  American Idol . Follow Luke Bryan:  LukeBryan.com    Facebook   Twitter   Instagram   YouTube

About Live Nation Entertainment

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visit  www.livenationentertainment.com .

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Newsletter signup, visitor guide, luke bryan announces “mind of a country boy tour” including stop in okc on 8/22.

(February 2, 2024) –   Five-time Entertainer of the Year and  American Idol  celebrity judge Luke Bryan will kick off his 2024   “Mind Of A Country Boy Tour”  in Canada in Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome on April 17 with Chayce Beckham and Tenille Arts joining. The tour will run through mid-September. Tickets on sale February 9 at  www.LukeBryan.com .

Luke will also feature multiple special guests throughout the  “Mind Of A Country Boy Tour”:

Tenille Arts, Chayce Beckham, George Birge, King Calaway, Dillon Carmichael, Larry Fleet, HunterGirl, Ella Langley, Tracy Lawrence, Kameron Marlowe, Chase Matthew, Meghan Patrick, Lily Rose, Josh Ross, Alana Springsteen, Zach Top and DJ Rock.  For many years, Luke has lifted up and mentored new artists by offering them the opportunity to perform in front of his concert audiences. The tour boasts two stadium dates this year, Truist Field in Atlanta on August 17 with Bailey Zimmerman, Kameron Marlowe and Chayce Beckham and Wrigley Field in Chicago on August 25 with Bailey Zimmerman, Tracy Lawrence and Chayce Beckham. The tour is produced by Live Nation.

Ticket presale for Luke’s fan club members begins Tuesday, Feb 6 at 8am local time through Thursday, February 8 at 5pm local time. For details go  HERE .

Citi is the official card of Luke Bryan’s “Mind of a Country Boy Tour”. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, February 7th, at 10 am local time until Thursday, Feb 8 th , at 10 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit  www.citientertainment.com .

“Mind Of A Country Boy Tour”  is aptly titled after a song from Luke’s upcoming album release.

During his career Luke has performed for more than 14 million fans inclusive of his numerous headline tours, “Crash My Playa,” “Luke Bryan: VEGAS” and “Farm Tour.”

Media has touted his enthusiasm, energy and ability to connect with audience during each and every concert.

Blake Shelton did 2 songs with Gwen Stefani and goofed on Luke Bryan when tour hit Phoenix

A Blake Shelton concert is always a good time, and the country star’s concert in metro Phoenix on Saturday, March 23, was no exception.

The Back to the Honky Tonk Tour at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, may not have fooled you into thinking the venue was an actual honky tonk, but Shelton did his best to make it feel like one, from all that neon signage in the videos behind him to his playful rapport and the boozy good-old-boy-next-door charisma that makes his such an entertaining presence, both on stage and in his starring role on NBC’s “The Voice” as the leader of Team Blake for 23 seasons.

Blake Shelton setlist 2024: Everything he - and Gwen Stefani! - sang in Phoenix

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When Gwen Stefani crashed the stage at the Blake Shelton concert

Of course, it didn’t hurt that he was joined on two duets by Gwen Stefani , who strolled onstage after her husband sang another of their hit duets without her, introducing “Happy Anywhere” with, “While you’re in the singing mood, it’s just me and y'all tonight. I've got a couple duets I can do if you guys will sing along with me. It's just me here. I hope you're not disappointed, but y’all got to be my Gwen Stefani for me tonight.”

After that song, Stefani hit the stage for “Nobody But You,” another of their hit duets.

Shelton took great joy in having tricked the crowd into thinking Glendale wasn’t getting a Stefani walk-on.

“Oh my God! I’ve been so excited about that all day,” he said with a grin. “ This is Gwen Stefani, by the way , everybody.”

They sounded great together, and Stefani, who looked amazing his shiny knee-high boots and a white fur coats over a shimmering mini-dress, stuck around for one more song, their latest single, “Purple Irises.”

'We're here for two reasons, to drink and celebrate country music'

Stefani’s guest appearance may have been the highlight of a night that felt like everything a reasonable person could’ve hoped for in a Shelton concert circa 2024, from the self-effacing humor he brings to interacting with the audience to a setlist packed with singalongs, dusting off early hit singles as timeless as “Austin” and “Ol’ Red” after getting the party started with the far more recent “Come Back as a Country Boy.”

It was after that opening song that Shelton told the crowd, “We’re here for two reasons tonight, to drink and celebrate country music. And let me tell you what we’re not here to do tonight, by the way. We are not here to vomit, no peeing in the aisles, no bull (expletive), no offended crybabies are allowed in here, and absolutely no talking about politics in here.”

Why Blake Shelton likes to think of Phoenix and Arizona as 'my favorite'

There was plenty of talk about his love of Arizona – “my favorite!” as he called it.

“This is my place, man,” Shelton said. “I’ve said it all along, man. Arizona is like my second home. I love it here, coming out here, doing concerts, seeing how you all get dressed up to come out to the country concert. Got your new cowboy hat on.”

Then, he noticed a guy whose hat was maybe not so new.

“You haven’t worn that one for a while, have you, man?” he asked. “That’s been on the scarecrow for a while, hasn’t it? It looks good on you, but it’s weathered. It’s weathered. Now look at hers, though. See her cowboy hat? Shaped perfectly. She’s perfect. And then you wore the scarecrow hat out here, man.”

It was all in good fun, and Shelton eventually dedicated his next song to scarecrow hat man.

“I want to play a song for this guy right here, man,” he said. “I like this guy right here.”

He returned to the Arizona theme a few songs later.

“Let’s just get this out of the way, man,” Shelton said. “Y’all may know that I’m a big Arizona Cardinals fan.”

That’s where his relationship with Arizona began, he said.

“Because I grew up in Oklahoma and we didn’t have an NFL team out there, so the Cardinals became my team. Since I’ve been coming out here, what I really have fallen in love with…,” Shelton said.

“And I’m not just saying this like other douchebag country singers who come out here and they’ll sing for y’all and they go, ‘Man, I love y’all.’ And you know they’re lying. They don’t care about y’all.”

Goofing on Luke Bryan and other country singers

That led into a funny bit about country stars making the audience sing.

“Luke Bryan does that (expletive),” he said, as the audience laughed. “Because he’s so high, he can’t remember the words to his own songs. He has to do those poses, too. With his hat on backwards. You don’t pay money to come hear yourself sing.”

There’s always been a heavy dose of standup comedy in Shelton’s concerts, which is fine because he’s genuinely funny.

Blake Shelton's set included 19 songs that topped the country charts

And it’s doubtful anyone felt shortchanged by the 26 songs Shelton packed into his nearly two-hour performance between the punchlines.

That included such chart-topping highlights as “Austin,” “Some Beach,” “Home,” “Hillbilly Bone,” “Honey Bee,” “Sure Be Cool If You Did,” “Boys ‘Round Here,” “Mine Would Be You,” “Doin’ What She Likes,” “Neon Light,” “Sangria,” “Gonna,” “A Guy With A Girl,” “Every Time I Hear That Song,” “I’ll Name the Dogs,” “Nobody But You,” “Happy Anywhere,” a set-closing “God’s Country” and an encore performance of “God Gave Me You.”

Squeezing 19 songs that topped the country charts into a 26-song set is one surefire path to a crowd-pleasing concert.

But it wouldn’t have been nearly as effective if Shelton didn’t give those songs exactly what they needed as a singer, from moments as heartfelt as “Austin” and “Mine Would Be You” to his playful delivery of “Boys ‘Round Here,” “I’ll Name the Dogs” and “Some Beach.”

At 46 years of age, Shelton is still sounding great.

And the members of his touring band are versatile enough to underscore those vocals with the perfect part, including some show-stopping leads by guitarist Beau Tackett.

Dustin Lynch proved a perfect opener for a Blake Shelton tour

The night began with a crowd-pleasing set by Emily Ann Roberts, a former member of Team Blake on NBC’s “The Voice.”

Then Dustin Lynch hit the stage in his cowboy hat to greet the crowd with an upbeat performance of “Stars Like Confetti.”

“It’s our job to get you warmed up for the boss man, Mr. Blake Shelton,” he said.

And that’s exactly what he and his backing band did in the course of a hit-filled set that included a handful of his own chart-topping country singles, from “Where It’s At” and “Ridin’ Roads” to “Good Girl,” “Thinking ‘Bout You” and the set-closing “Small Town Boy.”

He had the audience shouting “Tequila” after slipping a bit of the Champs’ classic surf instrumental “Tequila” into his own “Tequila On a Boat” and threw it back to the ‘90s with Joe Diffie’s "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)."

The only downside of his set was a rewrite of the Dobie Gray hit “Drift Away” as “Chevrolet.” He and Jelly Roll rewrote it with a chorus that felt it was written for a truck commercial and trust me, they have both done better work.

“She said, ‘Gimme a dirt road, the windows down / Wanna get lost on the edge of town / In your Chevrolet.’ She said, ‘Gimme a six pack, some Brooks and Dunn / If you want a country girl, you just found one / Let's step away, yeah / In your Chevrolet.’”

Nah, man. That ain’t it.

He also earned big laughs for bringing out one of those hats with beer cans on the sides and presenting it to a fan down front named Greg, who was happy to oblige and drink beer from that hat as the audience chanted “Chug!”

“I’ve never seen someone so excited to drink beer,” Lynch said. “This man was made to drink beer.”

It was a fun set and a fitting way to warm the crowd up for “the boss man.”

Blake Shelton setlist 2024: Every song he played in Phoenix

Here’s every song Blake Shelton played at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday, March 23:

• “Come Back as a Country Boy”
• “A Guy With a Girl”
• “Every Time I Hear That Song”
• “Doin' What She Likes”
• “Neon Light”
• “I'll Name the Dogs”
• “Mine Would Be You”
• “Happy Anywhere”
• “Nobody But You”
• "Purple Irises"
• “Drink on It”
• “Some Beach”
• “Who Are You When I'm Not Looking”
• “The More I Drink”
• “Hell Right”
• “Sure Be Cool If You Did”
• “Honey Bee”
• “Hillbilly Bone”
• “Boys 'Round Here”
• “God's Country”
• “God Gave Me You”

Dustin Lynch setlist 2024: Every song he played in Phoenix

Here's every song Dustin Lynch played in Glendale, Arizona, when he opened for Blake Shelton's Back to the Honky Tonk Tour.

• “Stars Like Confetti”
• “Where It’s At”
• “Ridin’ Roads”
• “Tequila on a Boat” (with a snippet of “Tequila” by the Champs)
• “Honky Tonk Heartbreaker”
• “Cowboys and Angels”
• “Good Girl”
• “Chevrolet”
• “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)”
• “Thinking ‘Bout You”
• “Small Town Boy”

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Luke Bryan talks Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter and country music's crossover appeal

Amid a busy home, recording, television, and touring schedule, country chart topper luke bryan offers reflections and thoughts on the genre at present.

Luke Bryan is as much a chart-topping country star as he is a steward of Nashville's massive socio-economic boom.

Both his success and Music City's rise to America's next great city-as-homage to the power of the American dollar are driven by a seemingly non-stop party that, at its root, is inspired by either the actuality of or claiming association with the notion that blue-collar labor (or being attached to its stereotypes) is deserving of wild celebration.

The five-time Entertainer of the Year, awarded by the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association, has released two singles in the first quarter of 2024. There's the Jon Pardi collaboration "Cowboys and Plowboys," plus his solo track "Love You, Miss You, Mean It."

He spoke with The Tennessean on April 1.

Success breeds opportunity

A decade ago, he achieved a success level similar to Luke Combs via 13 consecutive No. 1 singles on country radio. Fascinatingly, the decade between 2013 and 2023 marks an era when Bryan and Combs' dominance bridged the era between the marketing and selling of physical units and the surge in streaming as the defining success in country music.

Combs, via his Category 10 honky-tonk on Lower Broadway, is at the place that Bryan arrived at after his run of 13 No. 1s in 2019, which led to the opening of his 32 Bridge establishment.

About 32 Bridge's connection to the recent passing of  University of Missouri student Riley Strain , who was found dead on March 22 in the Cumberland River, Bryan maintains his statement from March 14 that the incident was "scary," and the official statement shared one day later by the venue's owners, TC Restaurant Group,

Bryan, however, has surged forward in a manner proportional to the stunning level of pop ubiquity country music stars like Morgan Wallen have achieved via a new level of hit-making prowess — what Luke Bryan did in five years and Luke Combs achieved in three, Wallen has almost matched in 18 months.

"Historically, country music's appeal has been built on hard-working artists humbly making songs that tell their stories to country then, hopefully, mainstream audiences, in the most honest manner possible," Bryan says. "Over the past 20 years, the country and mainstream music industries have recognized that stereotyping the types of artists who (humbly make country songs) limits us in a space where a relevant artist can look and sound like a rapper, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Conway Twitty or Morgan Wallen."

'Country Girl''s impact

He offers a fascinating perspective on country's slow desire to accept mainstream culture's surge into its ranks.

It took three years for his 2011-released single "Country Girl (Shake it for Me)" to become one of the top-five best-selling songs of all time by a male country music solo artist. Given that Nashville is a city famed for adapting to and overcorrecting for mirror trends, the idea that the next three years for Nashville would include the "TomatoGate" scandal, wherein a country radio executive referred to women as the garnishes to the genre's radio formats-as-salad makes sense.

Bryan is willing to accept that country's executives must work harder to broaden the genre again in the fallout from his own rise.

For Bryan, that broadening, including Beyoncé's just-released "Cowboy Carter" album, is "amazing and great."

He doubles down by identifying that artists from outside the genre's stereotypes and traditions, like Jelly Roll and Post Malone, are more in tune with how society interacts with music in a world where streaming's commercial and social impact grows daily.

"The quicker we (as artists and creatives) can intersect, intermingle and work together, stereotypes get removed and we grow and progress as a culture, industry and society," he says.

Maintaining a tireless work ethic

Almost 100 years after economist John Maynard Keynes estimated that technological change and productivity improvements would make a 15-hour, four-day workweek possible, Bryan is perhaps the best person to prove that notion true.

"My kids see me on television, on tours, or before I go fishing and play golf," he says. "They don't understand that meetings, phone calls and Zoom calls are me at work and not just knocking around the house during the day. (My career) is all still very confusing to them."

In 2025, Bryan's "Crash My Playa" festival in Quintana Roo, Mexico, will turn 10 years old, while his "Farm Tour" concept, which aims to create scholarships for students from farming families to attend local community colleges, will have granted almost 100 scholarships in nearly 15 years.

He's entering his third consecutive year hosting the CMA Awards (twice alongside NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning). He's also in his seventh season as a celebrity judge on ABC's "American Idol."

Notably, 2021 "Idol" winner Chayce Beckham has been incubated as a mainstream country talent, opening for Bryan for the past three years. That work has led to Beckham's nearly 3-year-old single "23" finally topping country's radio charts.

Beckham joins Carrie Underwood as an "American Idol"-winning country star who achieved chart-topping success on their mainstream debuts after their victories.

"As long as the show feels like it's fresh, fun and reinventing itself, plus developing artists who can break into music successfully, then I won't feel like I'm spinning my wheels by remaining" on ('American Idol')," Bryan says.

Not entirely content there, an afternoon spent golfing with emerging country star ERNEST and joking about the performer's friendship with unlikely breakout crossover star Jelly Roll earned him a songwriting credit — and music video appearance — in ERNEST and Jelly Roll's duet "I Went to College / I Went to Jail."

Maintaining relevancy

Bryan is also keenly aware that an era that saw him and Jason Aldean achieve nearly 60 No. 1 singles in 20 years has evolved. Now, the music industry's broad democratization allows artists to be mainstream, underground and almost solely radio, streaming, or touring-friendly in their approach to success.

"Gaining the eyeballs to make people take notice of your artistry," as Bryan says, is a much more difficult road than ever before.

But it's also one that, for Bryan, feels very familiar and why he became an artist in the first place.

Bryan is now a 47-year-old father of teenagers with similarly aged nieces and nephews. Notably, the artists he's championing on the road include 20-something country artists like Ashley Cooke, the previously mentioned Beckham, Jackson Dean, Kameron Marlowe and Alana Springsteen.

"I'm nurturing where younger artists are at in the infancy of their careers and helping them navigate the anticipation of watching a single go up the charts," says Bryan, who fondly recalls his days opening for Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw almost 20 years ago.

"Paying it forward is pretty special stuff," Bryan says. "Diving in there and getting artists ready to hopefully mirror the type of success I've had as classy and savvy artists with integrity is important."

He then pauses as his career and what's next come into a full-circle focus.

"Just like I did when I was a teenager, my son thinks he's sneaking off and listening to rap songs," Bryan says, "but just like I did, those songs, along with say Alan Jackson songs, are the songs that speak most directly to who I am uniquely, living my life. No matter how country music develops, it's a genre that can, by being built on authentic, natural songs, break molds and make people mad. But it also welcomes so many more people who want to smile and have fun.

"I wasn't a naturally gifted performer. I've grown from being all over the map, from being a singer in bars in Statesboro, Georgia, to being a focused, high-level professional recording artist. Because of that focus, I've been able to avoid un-inventing and reinventing (my art and brand). I still feel as inspired and relevant to everything happening at all levels of the music industry as I've ever been."