Jamey Johnson Reveals New Tour with a Very Meaningful Name

Jamey Johnson has just announced the dates for “The Last Honky Tonk Tour” kicking off on June 4th. The 36-date headlining tour will go all across the United States, with more dates to be added in the future. It comes on the back of Johnson releasing his long-anticipated new record Midnight Gasoline in 2024.

But this isn’t just some regular Jamey Johnson tour. The name carries a lot of significance, and for a host of reasons.

The tour name was coined in tribute to Wayne Mills, the country artist who was murdered on November 23rd, 2013, and who was close friends with Johnson. The title track from the last album Wayne Mills released was called “The Last Honky Tonk.” The song also happened to feature guitar player Jason “Rowdy” Cope on it, also known as one of the founders of the Southern rock group The Steel Woods. Cope passed away tragically himself in January of 2021 due to complications from diabetes.

Now in a full circle moment, Wayne Mills’ son Jack has become a guitar player after being mentored for many years by Jason “Rowdy” Cope. In many respects, Jack lost two fathers in a tragic fashion, but Jamey Johnson and other members of the country community have continued to step up and support Jack. Saving Country Music profiled Jack Mills late last year.

Along with the upcoming tour, Jamey Johnson is also readying the release of his own version of the Wayne Mills song “The Last Honky Tonk” produced by Buddy Cannon. And in yet another full circle moment, Jack Mills plays on the track.

“When Wayne and Rowdy got together and did that record, that song made it on my radar,” Johnson says. “Back then, I played that song several times with Wayne. We would do it at shows. So, it is one I haven’t done in a while. And now Wayne’s son, Jack, is a badass guitar player. He says he learned it all from Rowdy. I don’t doubt that at all. Jack really is something else! I thought, ‘Man, his dad would be proud. Let’s break that song out and get Jack to play guitar on it.’ I am proud to have him playing on it.”

“The tour will be a lot of fun,” Johnson continues. “It’s a chance for us to hang out every night, where we get to walk onstage and show off what we’ve learned over the past 20 years. This is my 20th year on the road, not counting the road gigs I did in the 10 years before that. I thought that the name sounded pretty good as a tour name – ‘The Last Honky Tonk Tour.’”

Current dates are on sale now with more announcements coming. For tickets, visit jameyjohnson.com/tour

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THE LAST HONKY TONK TOUR DATES:

June 4- Wichita, KS- Wichita Riverfest
June 5- Round Rock, TX- Round Rock Amp
June 6- Bossier City, LA- Paradise Theater at Margaritaville Resort and Casino
June 7- Lake Charles, LA- Golden Nugget Lake Charles
June 12- Warren, OH- Packard Music Hall
June 13- Detroit, MI- Aertha Franklin Amphitheater
June 14- Creighton, PA- Pittsburgh Brewing Company
June 20- Albuquerque, NM- Isleta Resort & Casino Showroom
June 21- Chandler, AZ- Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino
June 22- Winchester, CA- Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival
June 26- Emigrant, MT- The Old Saloon
June 27- Emigrant, MT- The Old Saloon
June 28- Whitefish, MT- Big Mountain Ranch Indian Relay Races
July 11- Danville, VA- The Pantheon at Caesars Virginia
July 12- Somerset, KY- Master Musicians Festival
July 25- Franklin, OH- JD Legends
July 26- Franklin, OH- JD Legends
August 7- Webster MA- Indian Ranch Amphitheatre
August 8- Quakertown, PA- Univest Performance Center
August 9- Charles Town, WV- Hollywood Casino- The Event Center
August 16- Petros, TN- Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary Distillery
August 23 & 24- N. Charleston, SC- Marcus King Family Reunion
September 5- Cherokee, NC- Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center
September 6- Cherokee, NC- Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center
September 11- Hot Springs, AR- Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort
September 12- Pryor, OK- Born & Raised Festival
September 13- Helotes, TX- Floores Country Store
September 20- New Madrid, MO- New Madrid Riverfront Park
September 21- Council Bluffs, IA- Harrah’s Stir Cove
September 26- Durant, OK- Choctaw Casino
September 27- Fort Worth, TX- Billy Bob’s Texas
October 4- Atlantic City, NJ- Tropicana Atlantic City
October 5- Verona, NY- Turning Stone Resort Casino
October 10- Biloxi, MS- Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
October 17- Nashville, TN- Schermerhorn Symphony Center
October 18- Nashville, TN- Schermerhorn Symphony Center