Tyler Childers Announces Two New Red Rocks Shows
On Monday (6-21), Tyler Childers celebrated three decades on this mortal coil as the birthday boy of June 21st, 1991. But it was him doling out the gifts, not receiving them.
It started by Childers sharing a remastered live stream of his 2019 Red Rocks performance. The nearly 2-hour presentation streamed on Tyler’s YouTube page (see below), and was capped off with Robert Earl Keen joining Tyler for an epic version of “The Road Goes On Forever,” also joined by Town Mountain who opened the show.
However, basking in a replay was not the only reason thousands of folks tuned into the video stream from September 30th, 2019. They were also commanded to wait until the end for a special announcement. Would it perhaps be a tour? A new album? Unfortunately, the video ended without any announcement at all to the consternation of many.
Well, apparently there was an announcement, you just had to be in the right YouTube setting to be able to see the live comments. There, at the end of the live stream, the Tyler Childers account pinned, “Tyler Childers with very special guests Margo Price, Ona and John R. Miller at Red Rocks on Sept 29 & 30, 2021!
That’s right, Tyler Childers will be returning to the scene of the crime two years to the day of his epic performance in 2019. No news on when tickets will go on sale, but expect that announcement soon, and don’t be surprised if more Tyler Childers live dates materialize sooner than later.
And if you missed the live stream, it’s still appears to be available, for now at least. So watch it up while you have a chance. It’s one of the ages.
UPDATE: It was pulled yet again! Be quicker next time, and keep your eye out for when it is made available again.
June 21, 2021 @ 8:51 pm
Definitely enjoyed the stream. That’s great that he’s heading back to Red Rocks, but I was hoping for a little more such as more tour dates.
Also, if I ever do catch a show, I hope he’d bring someone other than the toxic Margo Price. Shit she’s fucking horrible.
June 22, 2021 @ 12:25 am
toxic Margo Price? Many disagree including Tyler.
June 22, 2021 @ 6:18 am
I know she’s toxic.
June 22, 2021 @ 9:07 am
I get it. You just don’t like strong, independent women who speak their mind.
June 22, 2021 @ 9:29 am
She call the author of this site you are commenting on a misogynistic among other libel falsehoods? Do you agree with that? She tried to paint Luke Combs as a racist. Do you agree with that? She’s not a strong, independent woman. She’s into clickbait and drama at the expense of innocent people.
June 22, 2021 @ 9:46 am
She jumped on a “Let’s Cancel Trigger” twitter bandwagon and went for the trifecta in calling him a “racist, misogynist and homophobe.” Also, “all who follow him are lost” or some shit. Quite the sweeping statement.
June 22, 2021 @ 12:31 am
Great show, a bit longer than the others I’ve seen on youtube and in person. I’m curious how it was in such a large venue, especially toward the back. I wouldn’t exactly call that an epic version of “The Road Goes On Forever” though. I’ve seen Joe Ely do much better ones.
June 22, 2021 @ 12:33 am
The show was taken down. Glad I made a copy!
June 22, 2021 @ 6:22 am
any chance you can share with some new friends? missed the live stream!
June 22, 2021 @ 8:15 am
“The Road Goes on Forever” isn’t even in the top 50 songs I’ve seen Joe Ely do live, jjazznola.
June 22, 2021 @ 9:06 am
I agree.
June 22, 2021 @ 6:23 am
Red Rock isn’t in my top 25 bucket list of concert venues. I have friends who worship it. I’m sure it sounds great, but it looks cramped and uncomfortable. I’m a standing guy at concerts and I drink a lot so I’d probably fall down those steep bleachers. And I heard traffic is a nightmare. I’ll wait.
June 22, 2021 @ 4:07 pm
Traffic/getting an Uber or Lyft is a nightmare, but the actually standing isn’t bad at all in the place. This one and Shane Smith+Lucero have been my only shows there.
There’s plenty of room to walk in front of people without stepping on toes, and I never felt like my “space” was taken up. And I’m a drunken fool.
June 22, 2021 @ 7:21 am
I am with you jjazznola. As I was watching the live stream last I was thinking how much I’d like Margo to be on a Tyler show, and low-and-behold The Secret worked.
I know Margo is not the most popular on this blog’s comment section. I always find this odd on a blog titled Saving Country Music when Midwest Farmer’s Daughter is one of the most solidly country albums I’ve heard in years. I really like her. I also think a woman creating an anti-fan base seems to be a right of passage for women in country music. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and music is so subjective that it’s going to divide and unite, even if we were to listen to it in a political/cultural vacuum.
June 22, 2021 @ 8:04 am
She build this fan base on hate — especially towards men. She, without any merit, went after Trig and (although I don’t listen to him but think he’s a good guy) Luke Combs. She fancies herself a SJW, but she just hates men.
June 22, 2021 @ 9:10 am
She hates men? Haha. How silly. She build this fan base on writing great songs, having a great band and being a good performer.
June 22, 2021 @ 9:24 am
On numerous occasions, Margo Price has actively tried to destroy the careers, livelihoods, and reputations of numerous individuals including myself, Luke Combs and others by posting verifiably false information. That is “toxic” by definition, however lauded she may be by some by these actions, because they align more with the cause than they do the truth, and a baseline of respect for everyone, and a rational understanding that most humans are inherently good. The actions of Margo Price and others are directly counter-productive to the efforts to end racism and bigotry, and so as someone who is against racism and bigotry, I find her actions very troublesome.
That said, her music deserves to be judged on its own merit, and I personally hold no grudge or ill will towards Margo. I understand if some are turned off by her opening these Red Rocks shows. But it doesn’t seem to be an unusual pick since Margo and Tyler run in similar circles.
June 22, 2021 @ 9:42 am
Excellent response. I don’t know that anyone has a way to end racism, it’s not math where simply by changing a variable we balance the equation. I know she experienced some of the harder sides of misogyny in the industry, in an industry with a long history of misogyny. I also think she deserves credit for trying to raise the profiles of artists of color if we’re going to take the actions we dislike we should acknowledge that a heart can be in the right place with execution off.
I think saying “she hates men” is a blanket statement and if you were to see it an option on a multiple-choice test you’d know right away to not mark that one because absolutes are rarely true.
I bought my tickets on the pre-sale this morning and I am very excited for the entire show.
June 22, 2021 @ 10:20 am
It seems a little unusual to me only it that she made a point to say her last album was not country (and the next one won’t be, either) and Tyler is the one who said “As a man who identifies as a country music singer, I feel that Americana ain’t no part of nuthin’.” I’d say her last album is a roots rock album, which tends to be fall under the Americana umbrella.
June 22, 2021 @ 10:37 am
Both Tyler and Margo are produced by Sturgill Simpson. They run in the same circles. Would have it been my pick for Red Rocks? Probably not. But Robert Earl Keen also seems like a strange pairing for Tyler Childers. All I’m saying is I have no concern with Margo Price being tapped to open the Red Rocks shows.
Really, the biggeer question here is why were both Tyler Childers and Margo Price nominated for Americana awards when they’re both very much on record eschewing the term, and the community? (another thing they have in common, btw). To me, that’s the story, and one I hope to circle back around to at some point.
June 23, 2021 @ 5:48 am
Based on what he was nominated for, I think I might know what you’re getting at. He did get a best album nomination for Country Squire the year before, though.
June 22, 2021 @ 1:21 pm
I admit I did not know about any of this but you are correct in saying her music should be judged by it’s merit. As for those Americana awards, I imagine they are voted on by someone and they too judge the artists on their music, not how they feel about that term (a term which I still have no real idea what it’s definition is – is it country? is it soul? how about blues?). Bigger awards are given out to artists who could care less and don’t even show up to accept them. If I were you and she said these things about me I’d hold a grudge! That being said she is the perfect choice ti open shows for Tyler.
June 22, 2021 @ 2:07 pm
“ I imagine they are voted on by someone and they too judge the artists on their music…”
Awwwwww……if that isn’t just adorable.
June 22, 2021 @ 2:35 pm
Say whatever dumb thing it is that you really want to say.
June 22, 2021 @ 3:14 pm
No need to be a meanie. You’re right and VERY SMART. Awards are absolutely given out based on NO OTHER FACTORS THAN the merit of the music. Anyone who says otherwise is just as “dumb” as this comment. ????
June 23, 2021 @ 1:49 am
Haha. I didn’t say that. Lots of politicking, grandstanding etc goes on for many awards. I tend to shy away from all awards shows as they do nothing for me.
June 25, 2021 @ 1:24 am
So I found the Luke Combs nonsense she put up. Totally uncalled for and untrue. She should know better and be called out for it. How has she tried to ruin your career?
June 25, 2021 @ 9:00 am
In response to me posting a quote from Charley Pride’s best friend, manager, and long-time bass player explaining that Charley did not get COVID-19 at the CMA Awards and that the people saying so were just “crusading to stir up mud,” there was a headlong effort to cancel me on Twitter. As part of that, Margo Price posted, “it’s encouraging to see lots of people speaking out against the hack blogger Kyle Coroneos. he’s an uneducated, misogynistic, racist, homophobic bully who has harrassed me and many others for years. anyone still sharing/supporting this small minded man is lost.”
It didn’t go well for her. Here’s the thread.
https://twitter.com/MissMargoPrice/status/1340507565327847425
June 25, 2021 @ 12:39 pm
That thread is a classic. I just re-read it for fun. You were mostly well defended and you can see about 2/3 of the way down by the way she replied to one, that she was actually reading all of the people defending you. I’d be lying if I said the mental image of her face while reading the replies didn’t bring a smile to my face.
June 26, 2021 @ 3:23 pm
What nonsense. She never even attempts to back up her accusations. THIS is why I just stick to the music and try my best to tune out the other noise. I am a fan of hers and like most of her music but the one thing I can’t stand about her is that she always tries to show that she is such a badass and a rebel which is a joke. Real badasses do not need to show anyone anything. I probably agree with most of her political stances but cannot stand the way she shoves them down everyone’s throats. Her stupid remarks at The GOO were totally uncalled for. I doubt she will be back anytime soon.
June 22, 2021 @ 7:40 am
I would go see one of those shows just for John R. Miller. His new record is gonna be the best record released this year.
June 22, 2021 @ 10:35 am
Ona ain’t half bad either!
June 22, 2021 @ 12:00 pm
Ona is amazing. I love that band.
June 22, 2021 @ 1:46 pm
she is an attention whore, any way she can get it
June 22, 2021 @ 3:25 pm
I think a lot of y’all are forgetting Margo put Childers on for his Ryman debut, and he stole the show.
This is probably just him returning the favor, FWIW.
June 22, 2021 @ 4:44 pm
Was at the first night of that stretch at the Ryman when Tyler opened for her. His set was unreal, my favorite show I’ve witnessed. The whole damn church was standing and shouting the lyrics to every song. And Sturgill playing a couple songs with him was icing on the cake. Nearly fell asleep during Margo Price had it not been for Jack White.
June 25, 2021 @ 1:27 am
You may not like her but the one time I saw her a few years back in NYC she was dynamite. The crowd was cheering and it was a free show so not even necessarily all fans of hers. All 3 of her albums are very good also.
June 25, 2021 @ 6:12 am
I have seen her twice. The first was a full show in my favorite venue and the second was an opening set with John Prine as headliner. She was great both times. For the first, I have had a couple of conversations at the same venue at different shows where people remarked on her show and they seemed surprised at how great a show it was.
Love the first album and think the last one is a lot of fun. The second I found disappointing, although it has got some good songs. And they sounded better live.
June 24, 2021 @ 10:05 pm
Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 MST. Looks expensive, even for GA.
June 25, 2021 @ 8:15 am
Margo clinging to relevancy one tag-along at a time. Her music is so bad.
June 25, 2021 @ 9:29 am
Tickets were a scam. The original price was 79, but middlemen took them all immediately at 10:00 while I was waiting to have my chance, and all that was left were “resale” tickets for 139 when the website let me in at 10:12. I’d pay 139 to see Childers, but I’d need to be able to actually use a bathroom for that price, and I’d only be willing to pay it if the money were being split with him fairly. I doubt that when there was a 60 dollar jerk tax for each ticket. I’m guessing the jerk tax goes to the scalpers and to whoever they have to pay off to get all of the tickets.