Miranda Lambert Puts Badass Lineup Of Openers Together for Upcoming Tour
Get your hemp necklaces and nag champa ready, because Miranda Lambert is about to embark on the “Livin’ Like Hippies” tour come January, and even if you’re fair to partly cloudy on Ran Ran herself, she’s assembled a pretty badass lineup of openers that represent a who’s who of cool independent acts that may coax you off your couch of nothing else does.
Opening all tour dates for Miranda will be mainstream traditionalist Jon Pardi, and ahead of him will be a revolving door of interesting acts that will get an opportunity to play in front of probably some of the biggest crowds of their careers. At various ports of call, Brent Cobb, the Turnpike Trubadours, Luci Silvas, The Steel Woods, Sunny Sweeney, Charlie Worsham, and the recently signed to Warner Music Nashville Ashley McBryde will all enjoy the better catering of a major tour as they play in front of arena crowds.
The Livin’ Like Hippies tour will grace a total of 23 cities, and is named for a line from Miranda’s song “Highway Vagabond” from her recent album The Weight of These Wings. The tour might act as a victory lap after Miranda walked away with a ton of nominations for the CMA Awards in November, and is a strong contender for having a big CMA night. See all the dirty smelly hippie dates below. Tickets begin to go on sale October 6th.
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1/18/2018 Greenville, SC Bon Secours Arena Jon Pardi and Brent Cobb
1/19/2018 Orlando, FL Amway Center Jon Pardi and Brent Cobb
1/20/2018 Atlanta, GA Infinite Energy Center Jon Pardi and Brent Cobb
2/1/2018 Tacoma, WA Jon Pardi and Turnpike Troubadours
2/2/2018 Spokane, WA Jon Pardi and Turnpike Troubadours
2/3/2018 Eugene, OR Matthew Knight Arena Jon Pardi and Turnpike Troubadours
2/8/2018 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center Jon Pardi and Lucie Silvas
2/9/2018 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center Jon Pardi and Lucie Silvas
2/10/2018 Los Angeles, CA The Forum Jon Pardi and Lucie Silvas
2/15/2018 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena Jon Pardi and Lucie Silvas
2/17/2018 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena Jon Pardi and Lucie Silvas
3/1/2018 Knoxville, TN Thompson-Boling Arena Jon Pardi and The Steel Woods
3/2/2018 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena Jon Pardi and The Steel Woods
3/3/2018 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center Jon Pardi and The Steel Woods
3/8/2018 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center Jon Pardi and Sunny Sweeney
3/9/2018 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena Jon Pardi and Sunny Sweeney
3/10/2018 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena Jon Pardi and Sunny Sweeney
3/15/2018 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena Jon Pardi and Ashley McBryde
3/16/2018 St. Louis, MO ScotTrade Center Jon Pardi and Ashley McBryde
3/17/2018 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center Jon Pardi and Ashley McBryde
3/22/2018 Newark, NJ Prudential Center Jon Pardi and Charlie Worsham
3/23/2018 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center Jon Pardi and Charlie Worsham
3/24/2018 Winston Salem, NC Lawrence Joel Veterans Jon Pardi and Charlie Worsham
September 28, 2017 @ 9:35 am
Lucky Washington state and that guy Eugene!
September 28, 2017 @ 10:35 am
That’s where I’m located and I just about fainted from excitement reading this.
September 28, 2017 @ 4:15 pm
Yeah, but not that lucky. I don’t think Turnpike has played up here in 3 years. Not one show. And as much as this is a great show, it probably means even more time until Turnpike headlines up here again.
September 28, 2017 @ 9:42 am
Awesome! This is exactly what I want to see from some of the more Mainstream Country/Americana acts! Was really happy when Stapleton brought Margo Price and Brent Cobb with him to New Hampshire. Hopefully Miranda adds more dates to this tour for next year.
September 28, 2017 @ 9:54 am
Tigger- What do you make of Ashley McBryde? She’s got some good stuff out there imho.
September 28, 2017 @ 11:45 am
Ashley McBryde is the real deal. Her songs are awesome, and she has put in the hours in the bars. Good for her for getting an opening slot with Miranda Lambert.
September 28, 2017 @ 1:09 pm
I’ll probably have something on her soon.
September 28, 2017 @ 9:55 am
I haven’t seen her in concert for years because every time she came through these parts she was with a Kenny Chesney or Jason Andean. I’ll definitely end that drought this tour!
September 28, 2017 @ 10:06 am
This is great! I will definitely be at the OKC show. Last time I saw Sunny Sweeney was at the Blue Door in OKC. Max capacity is aprox. 50 souls. I’ll be seeing her at the same place Dec. 2nd. Chesapeake’s max capacity for concerts is 17, 000. Quite a jump, there! I’m nervous and excited for her! wow! ????
September 28, 2017 @ 10:36 am
I saw Miranda here in the UK as part of her Highway Vagabond Tour and she puts on a good show. Apparently she’s a bit temperamental though. For example, the show I went to see in Manchester was great but when she played Glasgow a few days later, there were reports that she seemed disinterested, didn’t really speak to the crowd and stormed off without coming back for the encore. I heard similar reports from her Platinum Tour so, if you book tickets, just hope she’s in a good mood.
September 28, 2017 @ 1:13 pm
So the show you saw was good but ya “read” others didn’t have a great show. Ah always fun to be In the rumor spreading group. The Scotland show that she stayed after and gave autographs/took pics w/ people. That show? Man what a diva. The show that SOME people blew out of proportion b/c someone’s fan base got on twitter and started stuff. Encores aren’t ALWAYS not a given. Great audiences get them. Ok off my soapbox. Once again hard to be a female artist.
September 28, 2017 @ 3:34 pm
I mean not really rumor spreading, videos exist (of the Scotland show) of the lack of encore. I saw it on one of her fan sites.
September 30, 2017 @ 1:07 am
I have to agree with you on the encore aspect. When did encores become a given at almost every concert? An audience really should earn an encore from the performers.
October 2, 2017 @ 9:25 am
With the high price of tickets,food,drink and merch, the audience “earn” an encore as soon as they sit in their seats
September 28, 2017 @ 11:58 am
The Troubadours deserve huge crowds. They’ll melt some faces that were not prepared to be melted.
September 28, 2017 @ 6:10 pm
I’m kind of worried about them. It’s an opener for the opener spot on the tour (maybe 20 min) I’m not sure how many people will even make it in. A big arena 1/2 full with disinterested patrons …. I’ve been there.
September 28, 2017 @ 12:45 pm
That’s a good break for Jon Pardi. Gets him in front of more eyes. Build off of his radio success.
September 28, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
I’m really excited very cool group. Glad Ashley McBryde got a deal but Warners sucks. WB is we’re talented female artists go to die, see Ashley Monroe, Brandy Clark, Aubrie Sellers to name a few. Anyway ❤️ Sunny, Troubadours, Charlie, Ash, etc.
September 28, 2017 @ 3:36 pm
Actually (& maybe sadly) warners one of the better mainstream labels out there. They actually allow their artists to put out albums, and work even the females hard to radio.
September 28, 2017 @ 8:38 pm
Warner releases albums w/ little to no promotion. Where is the radio push? If Esposito wanted, he could leverage Blake to get radio to play these ladies. No Blake free tickets/interviews unless they (Brandy Clark, Ashley Monroe or Aubrie Sellers) get airtime. It happens all the time but nothing from Warner. But no! I agree-Warner is where great talented songwriters go to die.
September 28, 2017 @ 9:23 pm
But not just women. They use Blake as their cash cow to push out album after album and won’t let him develop as an artist and record his own songs. #1’s all they care about. Brett Eldredge is doing his own promo via SM no help from WMN. Raelynn actually wrote a really good album and got screwed over same with Ashley.
WMN is stuck in 2010. They don’t know how to effectively promo artists and it shows in their artists dated fanbases and inability to stream.
September 29, 2017 @ 9:36 am
They had a big radio push for both raelynn & wmm. It seems like you think if a label waves its magic wand, radio plays songs & pple become stars.
September 28, 2017 @ 3:30 pm
I’m surprised she’s playing large venues considering how below average her tickets sold on some dates on her current tour
September 28, 2017 @ 5:33 pm
I was thinking the same thing when I looked at the capacity of some of the venues on this tour. I hope she does well with tickets sales but I’m just not sure it will happen.
September 28, 2017 @ 5:40 pm
Don’t discount the draw Jon Pardi could have on these shows. He’s logged two #1’s here recently, and may have a 3rd here shortly with “Heartache on the Dance Floor.” I think that’s working into the calculus, especially since he will appeal to a lot of the same fans. I wouldn’t call it a co-headliner, but Pardi is quickly becoming a serious star. His album continues to sell strongly as well.
September 28, 2017 @ 6:07 pm
yeah, agree
September 28, 2017 @ 6:07 pm
That’s great to hear and I hope you are right!! Been a fan of hers for a long time!! Excited about her other openers too. Hoping to catch an Ashley McBryde show and a Sunny Sweeney show!!
September 28, 2017 @ 6:20 pm
Yup think they’re counting on Jon to draw in the crowds. Interesting that he is the opener while performing better than Miranda currently.
These large venues are idiotic though. Half the venue is blocked out seating and stage. That was one of the complaints from fans of her European tour. 2000 seats available in an 8000 capacity venue.
September 28, 2017 @ 8:50 pm
Pardi performs better on radio but lets not get crazy thinking she should open for him? 2 radio hits and one album? Really? Miranda sold out the shows I attended earlier this year. Seems like the usual dump on Miranda group is out once again. She has never been apart of the play smaller venues to get SOLD OUT on the website. I have also really liked that all of her tickets are the same price. No VIP package crap, trying to make her fans pony up more and more money.
September 28, 2017 @ 9:49 pm
It’s not dumping on Miranda it’s
September 28, 2017 @ 10:04 pm
Nobody said she should open for him. It was a comment about radio performance.
Boxscores don’t lie. Miranda is far from selling out shows. Her tickets aren’t the same price either. She has premium floor tickets all the way up to 4 for $24 ticket deals as well as groupon sales. Miranda is well known to play bigger venues with smaller ticket allotments than the venues capacity so that they can work the sold out angle. That was one of the main complaints about her Glasgow show, she didn’t connect with the audience because half the venue was blocked out. Her show at the Iventim only 2500 tickets went up for sale. It’s wasn’t a sellout and the venue holds 8000+
That was also the issue here in Texas when they tried to put her into arenas. They couldn’t even fill the floor and first level. She cancelled with vocal issues. Ask Trigger. It’s not dumping on Miranda to try and figure out why they’re going for these large venues. It costs her and her team money. We should be able to discuss these things without Miranda fans with chips on their shoulders crying victim.
September 28, 2017 @ 3:38 pm
Cool tour, seems to be somewhat of a trend. Several of these artists also opened for Tim & Faith. Interesting to see how much time openers, Pardi & then Miranda get. I’d be surprised if Pardi gets less than an hour.
September 28, 2017 @ 6:02 pm
Why are there no Texas tours? That sucks
September 28, 2017 @ 6:09 pm
She was just in Texas. There may be more dates added later.
September 28, 2017 @ 6:30 pm
I’ve seen Randa several times and was never disappointed because she puts on an incredible show! I can’t wait to see her again
September 28, 2017 @ 10:52 pm
That Brent Cobb is something else. He was great opening for Chris Stapleton but wow did he kill at during AmericanFest. Love these openers. I hope she gets back to Austin soon.
September 29, 2017 @ 7:30 am
Turnpike in Tacoma!
I’d go just to see them.
Miranda is icing on the cake.
Pardi is ok too, but it’ll be bathroom break time when he starts dusting off his boots.
October 2, 2017 @ 1:25 pm
Lucie Silvas has one of the most interesting musical backgrounds I can imagine. She wrote songs for The Saturdays, had a #1 hit duet in Netherlands with Marco Borsato (who is a huge star there) and the last few years has been venturing into country music. Letters To Ghosts is definitely one of my favorite country songs in some time.
Glad she is getting recognition.
November 14, 2017 @ 10:21 am
I might have just gotten tickets to the Tacoma show!!