{"id":877,"date":"2024-09-24T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/?p=877"},"modified":"2024-09-24T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:57:57","slug":"morgan-wallens-historic-neyland-stadium-weekend-miranda-lambert-darius-rucker-surprise-all-vols-w-peyton-manning-join-for-walk-out-on-night-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/morgan-wallens-historic-neyland-stadium-weekend-miranda-lambert-darius-rucker-surprise-all-vols-w-peyton-manning-join-for-walk-out-on-night-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen\u2019s Historic Neyland Stadium Weekend:\u00a0MIRANDA LAMBERT, \u00a0DARIUS RUCKER SURPRISE & ALL VOLS w\/ PEYTON MANNING JOIN FOR WALK OUT ON NIGHT TWO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LARGEST CONCERT WEEKEND @ NEYLAND WITH 156,161 ACROSS TWO SHOWS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Photo Credit: John Shearer\/Getty Images<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As East Tennessean Morgan Wallen concluded his two-show-run at Neyland Stadium \u2013 the sixth largest college football stadium in the U.S. \u2013 the current 7-time CMA Award nominee made history with Knoxville\u2019s largest weekend on-record, totaling 156,161 fans across both nights. The tally surpasses the record previously held by The Jackson 5 across three shows in 1984 (148,407).\u00a0
\u00a0
Two-time Super Bowl champion and former University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) quarterback Peyton Manning joined for the second-of-two weekend walkouts, donning his retired college uniform \u2013 flanked by current UTK football coach Josh Heupel, quarterback Nico Iamaleava and wide receiver Bru McCoy \u2013 as their alma mater eagerly welcomed the All Vols walk-out back on their turf.
\u00a0
Transferring to a more intimate B-Stage toward the back of the venue for a stripped down performance of his 4x-Platinum rendition of Jason Isbell\u2019s \u201cCover Me Up,\u201d Wallen reflected on his career, which was first fostered in local bars throughout Knoxville, saying, \u201cWhen me and the boys first started playing shows, we started out playing bars, real small venues. Worked our way up to places like Cotton Eyed Joe. Then we worked our way up to clubs, theaters, arenas and amphitheaters \u2013 we pretty much played any kind of venue there is, and all of a sudden you guys went and sold out Neyland today. Thank you.\u00a0
\u00a0
\u201cOne thing that I miss though about the smaller shows is I could walk out on stage and I could look pretty much everybody in the eyes, so this is my attempt at trying to recreate some of that. To come back here and look some more of y\u2019all in the eyes and say thank you for supporting me and my music.\u201d
\u00a0
After \u201cCover Me Up,\u201d Wallen welcomed his first-of-two surprise guests of the evening, Miranda Lambert, for a live performance of the No. 1 \u201cThought You Should Know,\u201d which Lambert co-wrote alongside Wallen and Nicolle Galyon. Introducing Lambert to the audience, the East Tennessean shared, \u201cMe and this next artist, we got together one day and wrote a few songs, and this is the first song we ever wrote. I brought this song into the room and I needed some help from a lady\u2019s perspective to help me write a song for my mama.\u201d
\u00a0
Returning to the main stage, Wallen once again welcomed HARDY and ERNEST for \u201cUp Down\u201d and \u201cCowgirls,\u201d respectively, before singing cuts off of\u00a0Dangerous: The Double Album,\u00a0<\/em>including \u201cTalkin’ Tennessee,\u201d an homage to his roots which was added to his setlist only for his Neyland Stadium shows.
\u00a0
Two songs before the encore, three-time GRAMMY-Award-winner Darius Rucker surprised the crowd joining Wallen for a joint performance of his Diamond-certified rendition of \u201cWagon Wheel\u201d to rousing reception.\u00a0
\u00a0
On Friday, Sept. 20, Wallen made his first weekend walk-out flanked by the 2024 National Champion Tennessee Volunteers baseball team and Coach Tony Vitello \u2013 trophy in hand. Later in the evening, Wallen welcomed the first entertainer he ever saw in concert in his hometown, Eric Church, to his acoustic stage for the\u00a0Dangerous\u00a0<\/em>Church-penned cut \u201cQuittin\u2019 Time,\u201d before being joined by\u00a0\u00a0HARDY and ERNEST for \u201cUp Down\u201d and \u201cFlower Shops\u201d\/\u201cCowgirls,\u201d respectively, back on the main stage.\u00a0
\u00a0
Wallen also announced Friday his unreleased song \u201cLove Somebody,\u201d which was first added to his setlist during his European tour in August, will officially be released on Oct. 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-save \u201cLove Somebody\u201d\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0and read the full night one recap\u00a0HERE<\/a>.
\u00a0
In anticipation of the run, The Morgan Wallen Foundation\u00a0donated $140k to Gibbs Youth Sports<\/a>\u00a0(GYS) Friday, Sept. 20 during a press conference held at Neyland Stadium. The donation will go toward renovating Ruritan Park, which serves students from Gibbs High School, where Wallen attended, and surrounding areas in Knox County, allowing GYS to rebuild the inside of the fieldhouse to offer indoor fielding and batting options for local recreation teams. Renovations include batting cages and machines, as well as pitching lanes and a fielding area. Currently there are no facilities like that in the Gibbs\/Corryton area.\u00a0
\u00a0
Wallen has three shows remaining on his\u00a0One Night At A Time 2024\u00a0<\/em>tour, including one night at Tampa\u2019s Raymond James Stadium on Oct. 4, and two consecutive nights at Charlotte\u2019s Bank of America Stadium on Oct. 18 and 19. For more information, visit\u00a0MorganWallen.com<\/a>.
\u00a0
Morgan Wallen\u00a0One Night At A Time\u00a0<\/em>2024 Remaining Tour Dates:<\/strong>
Fri, Oct 4 \/\/ Tampa, FL \/\/ Raymond James Stadium @ + ^
Fri, Oct 18 \/\/ Charlotte, NC \/\/ Bank of America Stadium @ # ^\u00a0
Sat, Oct 19 \/\/ Charlotte, NC \/\/ Bank of America Stadium @ # ^
@ Lauren Watkins<\/em>
+Nate Smith<\/em>
^ Cole Swindell<\/em>
# Larry Fleet<\/em>
\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LARGEST CONCERT WEEKEND @ NEYLAND WITH 156,161 ACROSS TWO SHOWS As East Tennessean Morgan Wallen concluded his two-show-run at Neyland Stadium \u2013 the sixth largest college football stadium in the U.S. \u2013 the current 7-time CMA Award nominee made history … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}