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Maren Morris Sets Dates For U.S. Headline Tour
Ahead of tonight’s Academy of Country Music Awards – in which she’s nominated for Female Artist of the Year – Maren Morris has unveiled the routing for a U.S. headline tour that launches in June.
The country superstar is gearing up to release her new album, Humble Quest, on March 25 via Sony Music Nashville’s Columbia Nashville imprint. Singles from the LP include “Background Music” and “Circles Around This Town,” which broke Amazon Music’s record for most streams for a country song debut by a female artist.
Humble Quest is described as Maren’s most genuine collection of songs, which she wrote at the beginning of the pandemic as she took on new motherhood and processed the death of her beloved friend and collaborator Michael Busbee, while reckoning with COVID upending the live music industry. The album was produced by frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin (Adele, Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters) and written with Marren’s husband Ryan Hurd as well as Julia Michaels, Jimmy Robbins, Natalie Hemby, Laura Veltz and Jon Green.
Along with her CMA nomination, Morris is up for two Grammy awards this year: Best Country Song for “Better Than We Found It” and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Chasing After You,” the No. 1, Platinum-certified tune she released with Hurd.
The headline tour follows previously confirmed festival appearances including the Houston Rodeo; Stagecoach in Indio, Calif.; iHeart Country Festival in Austin; and Hangout Fest in Gulf Shores, Ala. The trek kicks off June 9 at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, N.C. Stops on the routing include iconic venues such as New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, and Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colo. Shows are booked in June, July, August, September and October, along with one gig in December – Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Dec. 2.
Select dates feature Brent Cobb, Ruston Kelly, Joy Oladokun, Natalie Hemby, Lone Bellow, Brittney Spencer and Ruston Kelly.
A Citi cardmember presale begins Tuesday, March 8 at 8 a.m. local time until Thursday, March 10 at 1 0 p.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. The public onsale begins March 11 at 10 a.m. local time.
Reports submitted to Pollstar‘s Boxoffice for Morris include a Nov. 16, 2019, show at Armory in Minneapolis that sold 6,166 tickets (98% capacity) and grossed $298,378.
Morris was featured on the cover of Pollstar as rising Hotstar in 2016.
Check out Maren Morris’ 2022 live routing below:
March 8 Houston Rodeo Houston, TX
April 29 Stagecoach Indio, CA
May 7 iHeart Country Festival Austin, TX
May 20 Hangout Fest Gulf Shores, AL
June 9 Red Hat Amphitheater Raleigh, NC*
June 10 Rabbit Rabbit Asheville, NC*
June 11 Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion Portsmouth, VA*
June 16 Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre Charlotte, NC*
June 17 Live Oak Bank Pavilion Wilmington, NC*
June 18 Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Atlanta, GA*
June 23 CMAC Canandaigua, NY*
June 24 KEMBA Live! Outdoor Columbus, OH*
June 25 The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park Cincinnati, OH*
July 7 Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Bridgeport, CT*
July 8 Leader Bank Pavilion Boston, MA*
July 9 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Gilford, NH*
July 14 TD Pavilion at the Mann Philadelphia, PA*
July 15 Stage AE Outdoors Pittsburgh, PA*
July 16 Budweiser Stage Toronto, ON*
July 21 Starlight Theatre Kansas City, MO*
July 29 Radio City Music Hall New York, NY†
August 4 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD‡
August 5 Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica Cleveland, OH‡
August 6 Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre Detroit, MI‡
August 10 Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Chicago, IL§
August 11 Saint Louis Music Park St. Louis, MO§
August 12 TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park Indianapolis, IN§
August 13 BMO Harris Pavilion Milwaukee, WI§
August 16 Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater Vail, CO**
August 18 TBA Salt Lake City, UT**
August 19 Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden Boise, ID**
August 20 Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater Missoula, MT**
August 23 Wine Country Amphitheater Walla Walla, WA**
August 26 Hayden Homes Amphitheater Bend, OR††
August 27 King County’s Marymoor Park Seattle, WA††
August 28 McMenamins Edgefield Portland, OR**
September 15 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, CA**
September 16 Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre San Diego, CA**
September 17 The Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA**
September 23 Arizona Federal Theater Phoenix, AZ**
October 13 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA†
October 19 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO**
October 21 The Armory Minneapolis, MN**
October 28 The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory Dallas, TX†
December 2 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN‡ ‡
* with Brent Cobb
† with Ruston Kelly
‡ with Joy Oladokun
§ with Natalie Hemby
** with Lone Bellow
†† with Brittney Spencer
‡ ‡ with Brittney Spencer and Ruston Kelly