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Jimmie Allen, Icon Ronnie Dunn and ERNEST Among Night 1 Surprises<\/p>\n
Larry Fleet, HARDY Special Guest in Set Illustrating Roots and Respect<\/p>\n
NASHVILLE, Tenn.\u2013 Clad in a brown corduroy pearl-snap shirt, jeans and Tecovas\u2013Morgan Wallen took to the stage at exactly 9:02 pm, his usual stage-time on his 57-show Dangerous Tour trek, a sign of the singer\/songwriter\u2019s anticipation for every opportunity he gets to perform live. Rising from the stage seated at his Nord Grand piano performing his most-recent No. 1 \u201cSand In My Boots,\u201d the East Tennessean showed how much music moves him as he kicked off the first-of-26-songs on night one-of-three at the Music City Arena<\/p>\n
Introducing himself after \u201cUp Down,\u201d Wallen, taking it all in, shared, \u201cI really appreciate you being here tonight. I got a lot of people I care about here, a lot of people who believed in me for a long time are in the building tonight… this is really special to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ACM Album of the Year award-winner worked the 2,400-sq. foot stage, jockeying between his Taylor and Gibson in hand, delivering \u201cSilverado for Sale,\u201d \u201c7 Summers,\u201d \u201cCountry A$$ Shit\u201d and \u201cWonderin\u2019 Bout The Wind,\u201d lamenting about the day he wrote the latter on his back porch, watching the day go from beautiful to ugly. I don\u2019t know where the hell it comes from \/Got no idea where it goes when it leaves \/ And when it\u2019s here, it\u2019s here, and when it\u2019s gone, it\u2019s gone.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt feels like the World Series to me tonight,\u201d the baseball player\/musician mused before \u201cChasin\u2019 You.\u201d<\/p>\n ERNEST surprised the crowd just over halfway through the show as dual flower-adorned mic stands appeared center-stage, taking turns with Wallen on their Top 25-and-climbing \u201cFlower Shops,\u201d ending the song with the pair giving their arrangements away to fans in the pit.<\/p>\n Tour opener Larry Fleet then joined to perform his 2020 debut \u201cWhere I Find God\u201d which was fitting as the first-of-three songs to take the crowd to church. Country icon Ronnie Dunn then surprised the crowd joining Wallen midway through on \u201cTalkin\u2019 Tennessee\u201d from Wallen\u2019s debut album If I Know Me. Wallen, pausing, then asked, \u201cWanna sing another one, Ronnie?\u201d before duetting on the 1992 hit \u201cNeon Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n HARDY re-emerged on his Chase McGill and Wallen co-written \u201cHe Went To Jared,\u201d where the friends and frequent collaborators jubilantly high-fived and clasped hands on stage, signifying a true celebration of being in this moment together.<\/p>\n Directly after \u201cMore Than My Hometown,\u201d Wallen introduced his final surprise guest at Bridgestone Arena, \u201cDown Home\u201d singer\/songwriter Jimmie Allen who walked on stage, mic in hand joining in, Yeah it\u2019s, Yes Sir, no ma\u2019am, y\u2019all come back, now \/ Fighting words if you run my last name down \/ I ain\u2019t ashamed, matter of fact, I\u2019m damn proud \/ Of the way I talk, y\u2019all.<\/em> With a combined hometown population of 4,379, the friends relished performing the ode to small town life in front of a crowd more than four times that size.<\/p>\n There were heroes, songwriters, friends and crowd singalongs in addition to intimate moments like on \u201cCover Me Up\u201d where band member Chris Gladden softly piano-introed Wallen while the at-capacity crowd met them in the moment with their phones up and lights on.<\/p>\n \u201cThanks Nashville!\u201d Wallen enthused, taking it all in.<\/p>\n Closing the show with an encore of \u201cWhiskey Glasses,\u201d the crowd was just as The New Yorker described following its opening shows at Madison Square Garden, \u201cnot just a highly entertaining show but a tribal experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Remaining 2022 Dangerous Tour stops:<\/p>\n March 17, 2022\u2014Nashville, TN\u2014Bridgestone Arena\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n March 18, 2022\u2014Nashville, TN\u2014Bridgestone Arena\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n April 14, 2022\u2014Evansville, IN\u2014Ford Center\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n April 15, 2022\u2014Charleston, WV\u2014Charleston Coliseum\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n April 21, 2022\u2014Corpus Christi, TX\u2014American Bank Center\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n April 22, 2022\u2014San Antonio,TX\u2014AT&T Center\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n April 23, 2022\u2014Lafayette, LA\u2014CAJUNDOME\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n April 28, 2022\u2014Green Bay, WI\u2014Resch Center\u2014ERNEST and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n April 29, 2022\u2014Des Moines, IA\u2014Wells Fargo Arena\u2014ERNEST and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n April 30, 2022\u2014Kansas City, MO\u2014T-Mobile Center\u2014ERNEST and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n May 12, 2022\u2014Denver, CO\u2014Ball Arena\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n May 13, 2022\u2014Rapid City, SD\u2014Summit Arena\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n May 14, 2022\u2014Billings, MT\u2014First Interstate Arena\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n May 27, 2022\u2014Allentown, PA\u2014PPL Center\u2014HARDY and Larry Fleet<\/p>\n June 2, 2022\u2014Charlotte, NC\u2014PNC Music Pavilion\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n June 3, 2022\u2014Raleigh, NC\u2014Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n June 4, 2022\u2014Bristow, VA\u2014Jiffy Lube Live\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n June 16, 2022\u2014Noblesville, IN\u2014Ruoff Music Center\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n June 23, 2022\u2014Gilford, NH\u2014Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n June 24, 2022\u2014Gilford, NH\u2014Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n June 25, 2022\u2014Darien Center, NY\u2014Darien Lake Amphitheater\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n July 2, 2022\u2014Orange Beach, AL\u2014The Wharf Amphitheater\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n July 3, 2022\u2014Orange Beach, AL\u2014The Wharf Amphitheater\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n July 7, 2022\u2014Saratoga Springs, NY\u2014Saratoga Performing Arts Center\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n July 8, 2022\u2014Syracuse, NY\u2014St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n July 21, 2022\u2014Burgettstown, PA\u2014The Pavilion at Star Lake\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n July 30, 2022\u2014Ridgefield, WA\u2014RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater\u2014Chase Rice and ERNEST<\/p>\n August 4, 2022\u2014Atlanta, GA\u2014Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n August 5, 2022\u2014Atlanta, GA\u2014Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n August 11, 2022\u2014Mansfield, MA\u2014Xfinity Center\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n August 12, 2022\u2014Hartford, CT\u2014XFINITY Theatre\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n August 25, 2022\u2014Wichita, KS\u2014INTRUST Bank Arena\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n August 26, 2022\u2014Rogers, AR\u2014Walmart AMP\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n August 27, 2022\u2014St. Louis, MO\u2014Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n September 7, 2022\u2014Albuquerque, NM\u2014Isleta Amphitheater\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n September 9, 2022\u2014Nampa, ID\u2014Ford Idaho Center\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n September 10, 2022\u2014West Valley City, UT\u2014USANA Amphitheatre\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n September 15, 2022\u2014Chula Vista, CA\u2014North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n September 16, 2022\u2014Mountain View, CA\u2014Shoreline Amphitheatre\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n September 17, 2022\u2014Wheatland, CA\u2014Toyota Amphitheatre\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n September 24, 2022\u2014Los Angeles, CA\u2014Crypto.comArena\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n September 25, 2022\u2014Los Angeles, CA\u2014Crypto.comArena\u2014HARDY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jimmie Allen, Icon Ronnie Dunn and ERNEST Among Night 1 Surprises Larry Fleet, HARDY Special Guest in Set Illustrating Roots and Respect NASHVILLE, Tenn.\u2013 Clad in a brown corduroy pearl-snap shirt, jeans and Tecovas\u2013Morgan Wallen took to the stage at … Continue reading