"LAINEY WILSON ON A "WHIRLWIND WORLD TOUR"

Compiled By: Lana K. Wilson-Combs

Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winning artist Lainey Wilson kicked off her Whirlwind World Tour on March 4.

Produced by Live Nation and sponsored by Coors Light and Wrangler, the tour will include stops at Zurich's X-TRA, Paris' Elysee Montmartre, New York's Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles' Kia Forum, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Austin's Moody Center, Baton Rouge's Raising Cane's River Center Arena and Denver's Ball Arena among many others.

Special guests on the tour include Ernest, Muscadine Bloodline, Kaitlin Butts, Maddox Batson, Drake Milligan, Lauren Watkins and Zach Meadows. See below for the complete tour itinerary. The tour will also make a Sacramento stop at Golden 1 Center on Aug. 22 and August 23 in Los Angeles at the Kia Forum.

The upcoming performances add to yet another landmark year for Wilson, who was nominated for "Best Country Album" at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for her acclaimed record, "Whirlwind." Beyonce won for "Cowboy Carter."

Wilson's "Whirlwind" was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Jay Joyce (Miranda Lambert, Eric Church), Whirlwind was released via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville this past summer and earned Wilson her best sales week ever as the record debuted at No. 8 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart--her first top 10 entry. The album features her the Top 5 country radio single "4x4xU" which is geared up to be her eighth No. 1 hit.

Additionally, in just the past year, Wilson was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, performed during the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving Halftime Show, won "Best Country Album" at the 2024 Grammy Awards, for her album Bell Bottom Country. and three awards at the 59th ACM Awards and two awards at the 58th CMA Awards, where she also made her hosting debut alongside Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan. Wilson also received two awards at this year's ACM Honors: the prestigious Triple Crown Award--presented to those who have won ACM Entertainer of the Year, Female/Male Vocalist of the Year and New Female/Male Vocalist of the Year--and the Milestone Award, which is given to an artist who has had an unprecedented or outstanding year in country music.

A prolific and sought-after songwriter, Wilson has scored seven No.1 hits including "Watermelon Moonshine" and the 2x Platinum Certified "Heart Like A Truck," and has also collaborated with artists such as Post Malone ("Nosedive"), Cole Swindell ("Never Say Never"), Jelly Roll ("Save Me") and HARDY ("Wait In The Truck").

Wilson is also a triple threat within entertainment as a singer, songwriter and actor, as she made her acting debut in season 5 of Paramount's hit series "Yellowstone" and recently returned for its final episode of the series. Moreover, Wilson wrote and recorded "Out of Oklahoma," which was featured in the new "Twisters" movie.

For a complete list of Lainey Wilson's "Whirlwind Tour" dates log on to https://www.laineywilson.com/home.

Editor's Note: Information in this article provided by KF Publicity and the Golden 1 Center.