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Lainey Wilson is bringing her cowboy hat to Sin Metropolis.
“JUST ANNOUNCED: Lainey Wilson shall be enjoying MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment throughout NFR weekend!” Stay Nation wrote by way of Instagram on Monday, June 3. “Joined by particular friends Tracy Lawrence and Mae Estes on Saturday 12/14, you received’t need to miss it. Tickets on sale Fri 6/7. 🎟️ .”
Stay Nation beforehand teased the information by way of social media, sharing a silhouette pic of a lady carrying a cowboy hat. “Vegas, maintain your horses…wild horses that’s! Huge announcement coming tomorrow!” learn a publish shared by way of Instagram on Sunday, June 2.
Following the add, followers have been fast to take a position about who the artist may very well be — and whether or not it was a Las Vegas residency. Whereas some followers identified that Stay Nation’s caption gave a nod to Wilson, 32, — referencing her track “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” from 2022’s Bell Backside Nation — others theorized that Beyoncé may very well be underneath the hat. (Beyoncé, 42, launched her nation album, Cowboy Carter, in March.)
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After the Monday announcement of Wilson’s present, customers reacted to the information within the feedback part. “The Beyhive is in shambles 😢,” wrote one commenter.
Wilson, in the meantime, expressed her enthusiasm for the present. “We’re comin again larger and higher than ever cowboys and cowgirls!” she wrote by way of Instagram on Monday.
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Wilson is about to launch Whirlwind, the follow-up to Bell Backside Nation, on August 23. “Whirlwind. That’s what my life has been the final couple years. I hope this document brings peace to your ‘whirlwind’ and wraps its arms round you prefer it did me once I was writing and recording it,” she wrote by way of Instagram in Could.
Wilson has been on fairly a roll over the previous few years, receiving a number of accolades for her music. She took dwelling a Grammy for Greatest Nation Album for Bell Backside Nation in February, received Entertainer of the 12 months on the 2023 Nation Music Affiliation Awards and Album of the 12 months (for Bell Backside Nation) on the 2023 Academy of Nation Music Awards, to call a number of.
“It’s a blessing to get such a constructive response from the followers and my business friends,” Wilson solely gushed to Us Weekly in April. “I’ve been working in direction of this for over a decade, so I’m excited to construct on this power for my upcoming tour and join with followers all around the world. It doesn’t essentially imply much less stress, but it surely’s validating, to say the least.”
Wilson beforehand mirrored on the growing reputation of nation music. “I believe it’s actually, actually superior, to be sincere with you,” she solely advised Us in October 2023. “I imply, it has by no means not been cool. However I believe in the course of the pandemic, individuals discovered themselves doing no matter made them really feel grounded and really feel at dwelling. And I believe nation music makes you’re feeling at dwelling.”
