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Ballerini goes home again

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 – Kelsea Ballerini shows you can go home yet again. The singer announced that she would play her first-ever headlining show in her hometown of Knoxville, Tenn. on Nov. 2 at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center.

Ingrid Andress and Georgia Webster will open the show.

"Throughout the last decade and four albums, there has been a consistent ode to my hometown. Whether it be lyrically like in 'half of my hometown' or celebrating milestone moments in venues like my high school, the Tennessee Theater or the Civic Center, it's always been incredibly important to me to go back to the place that let me go to chase my dream. Playing Thompson-Boling has been on my bucket list since I was a little kid watching my favorite musicians come through town and is the perfect place to celebrate such a bookmark year and kick off a new level of touring," said Ballerini.

Tickets go on sale to Ballerini's fan club at 10 a.m. Wednesday. General on-sale is 10 a.m., Friday.

Ballerini is on the charts again with "If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)." She also had staged three headlining theater tours over the last 10 months and was the sole support on Kenny Chesney's I Go Back 2023.


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