Young strips it down
Kicking off on Feb/ 13 in Springfield, Ill., Young will make stops throughout the U.S., Australia, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. The tour will feature a stripped down music.
Tickets for the Back To Basics World Tour 2025 will be available via fan club presale from Wednesday at 10 a.m. local through Thursday at 10 p.m. local. Public onsale begins on Friday at 10 a.m. local.
"Next year is going to be a lot of fun. I can't tell you how long I've wanted to do a tour like this where there aren't any bells and whistles, and the focus is completely on the music," said Young. "This tour is solely about the songs and the stories behind them being played by the best musicians around. I've always been a song person, and I'm so excited to finally share the music in its purest form."
Tour dates are:
Feb. 13 – Springfield, IL // Sangamon Auditorium
Feb. 14 – French Lick, IN // French Lick Resort
Feb. 15 – Shipshewana, IN // Blue Gate PAC
Feb. 20 – Washington, D.C. // Warner Theatre
Feb. 21 – Philadelphia, PA // The Met Philadelphia
Feb. 22 – Providence, RI // Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Feb. 27 – Birmingham, AL // Alabama Theatre
Feb. 28 – Biloxi, MS // Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
March 1 – Chattanooga, TN // Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
March 6 – Jacksonville, FL // Florida Theatre
March 7 – Hollywood, FL // Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
March 8 – Key West, FL // Key West Amphitheater
March 13 – Rockford, IL // Coronado Performing Arts Center
March 14 – Davenport, IA // Capitol Theatre
March 15 – Evansville, IN // Victory Theatre
April 10 – Madison, WI // Orpheum Theater
April 11 – Hinckley, MN // Grand Casino Event Center
April 12 – Winnipeg, MB // Centennial Concert Hall
April 14 – Tsuut'ina, AB // Grey Eagle Resort & Casino
April 15 – Edmonton, AB // Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
April 17 – Vancouver, BC // Orpheum
April 25 – Fort Yates, ND // Prairie Knights Casino & Resort
April 26 – Hankinson, ND // Dakota Magic Casino
May 1 – Phoenix, AZ // Celebrity Theatre
May 2 – Valley Center, CA // Harrah's Resort
May 3 – Reno, NV // Grand Sierra Resort (Grand Theatre)
May 17 – Perth, AU // Metropolis Fremantle
May 19 – Melbourne, AU // Palais Theatre
May 21 – Sydney, AU // Enmore Theatre
May 24 – Rockhampton, AU // Great Western Hotel
May 25 – Brisbane, AU // Fortitude Music Hall
Oct. 23 – Olso, NO // Sentrum Scene
Oct. 24 – Stockholm, SE // Fallan
Oct. 26 – Tilburg, NE // O13
Oct. 27 – Munich, DE // TonHalle
Oct. 28 – Cologne, DE // Theater am Tanzbrunnen
Oct. 31 – Belfast, UK // SSE Arena
Nov. 2 – Glasgow, UK // OVO Hydro Arena
Nov. 4 – Birmingham, UK // Utilita Arena
Nov. 5 – Manchester, UK // O2 Apollo
Nov. 6 – London, UK // Eventim Apollo
More news for Brett Young
- 12/19/25: Young has Biebs covered
- 11/17/25: Young announces 2.0 Tour
- 04/09/25: Young readies version "2.0"
- 02/07/25: Young "Tastes Like You"
- 10/25/24: Young will "Kiss To Forget"
- 05/29/24: Young extends tour
- 12/04/23: Young heads overseas
- 08/04/23: Young, Gill/Franklin, Zimmerman, King Calaway release new albums
CD reviews for Brett Young
Brett Young's Christmas EP is a strange little thing. Like many holiday project creators, Young prefers to look backwards, rather than forward. Hence the phrase 'Christmas Classics' in the album title. Nostalgia is always huge in country music, so this approach makes some sense. Therefore, this release is one that may cause you to travel with Scrooge back to various Christmases from the past. You also might come away feeling decidedly Scrooge-y about it.
It's strange, however, ...
It's troubling after listening to an album multiple times in a row, to not have even one song stick in one's memory. However, this is an honest initial response to Brett Young's "Weekends Look A Little Different These Days." It's not so much that the music on Young's eight-song effort is bad; it's just so utterly unremarkable.
Appreciation of Young's music rises and falls with what you think about his singing style. He sounds a little like Gary LeVox, ...
Brett Young had a hit out of the box with "Sleep Without You," as ear candy of a song. His soulful vocals carry the percolating song that seemed designed with airplay in mind. If Young were a band, this is the type of song that Rascal Flatts might cover. In fact, the airplay bent could be said of most of the dozen songs on the Californian's major label debut after five indie releases.
"Close Enough" has a funky side, trying to get the singalong going with the opening ...
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