Chris Stapleton brought his best cowboy hat (Stetson, presumably) and boots before a massively sold out Red Rocks crowd. In my times of covering the legendary venue had I ever witnessed such a scene. The proud Kentuckian is pushing his latest album, ” From A Room: Volume 1,” to which landed #2 on the Billboard Charts and #1 on the Billboard Country chart. The bearded troubadour goes a little deeper than the “renegade” stigma tied to his music. There’s no level of pretension to his twang. It’s salt of the earth country ballads that doesn’t fiddle with the over produced product being churned out of Nashville. The sincere level of earnestness in last night’s show is par for course with Stapleton’s stellar repertoire. They don’t make them like the use to, but here’s a salute to the long haired desperado proving that you don’t have to have a sexy tractor to make good tunes.
Tour Dates
June 1—Fresno, CA—Save Mart Center at Fresno State‡
June 2— Mountain View, CA—Shoreline Amphitheatre‡
June 3—Wheatland, CA—Toyota Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 9—Southaven, MS—BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove§
June 10—Birmingham, AL—Oak Mountain Amphitheatre§ (SOLD OUT)
June 11—Nashville, TN—CMA Music Fest
June 15—Charleston, WV—Charleston Civic Center§ (SOLD OUT)
June 16—Cincinnati, OH—Riverbend Music Center§ (SOLD OUT)
June 17—Indianapolis, IN—Klipsch Music Center§
June 22—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center§
June 23—Manhattan, KS—Country Stampede
June 24—North Platte, NE—Nebraskaland Days
June 29—Chicago, IL—Wrigley Field# (SOLD OUT)
July 5—Milwaukee, WI—Summerfest#
July 6—Milwaukee, WI—Summerfest#
July 14—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center§
July 15—Hartford, CT—The XFINITY Theatre§
July 16—Darien Lake, NY—Darien Lake Performing Arts Center§
July 20—Holmdel, NJ—P.N.C. Bank Arts Center§
July 21—Wantagh, NY—Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater§
July 22—Bristow, VA—Jiffy Lube Live§
July 28—George, WA—Watershed Festival (SOLD OUT)
July 29—Central Point, OR—Country Crossings Music Festival
July 30—Mountain Home, ID—Mountain Home Country Music Festival
August 3—Duluth, MN—AMSOIL Arena** (SOLD OUT)
August 4—Prairie Du Chien, WI—Country on the River
August 5—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre**
August 10—Hershey, PA—Giant Center**
August 11—Pittsburgh, PA—KeyBank Pavilion**
August 12—Philadelphia, PA—BB&T Pavilion**
August 17—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage**
August 18—Cleveland, OH—Blossom Music Center**
August 19—Clarkston, MI—DTE Energy Music Theatre** (SOLD OUT)
August 25—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
August 26—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
October 5—Moline, IL—iWireless Center**
October 6—Des Moines, IA—Wells Fargo Arena**
October 7—St Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center**
October 13—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena† (SOLD OUT)
October 14—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena† (ON-SALE 5/19)
October 19—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center Arena†† (SOLD OUT)
October 20—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center††
October 21—Bossier City, LA—CenturyLink Center†† (SOLD OUT)
October 26—Austin, TX—Austin360 Amphitheater††
October 27—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman††
October 28—Dallas, TX—Starplex Pavilion††
November 3—Columbus, OH—Nationwide Arena††
November 4—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena††
November 10—Tampa, FL—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre††
November 11—Jacksonville, FL—Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena††
November 16—Little Rock, AR—Verizon Arena††
November 18—Omaha, NE—CenturyLink Center Omaha††
‡with special guests Brothers Osborne and Lucie Silvas
§with special guests Anderson East and Brent Cobb
#with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
**with special guests Margo Price and Brent Cobb
†with special guests Brothers Osborne and Brent Cobb
††with special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb
