Sam Hunt Announces 2023 Summer Tour
Sam Hunt has announced his “Summer On The Ooutskirts Tour” with special guests Brett Young and Lily Rose. The tour kicks off July 6 in Hartford, Connecticut, and runs across…
Sam Hunt has announced his "Summer On The Ooutskirts Tour" with special guests Brett Young and Lily Rose. The tour kicks off July 6 in Hartford, Connecticut, and runs across the country with stops including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Mountain View, New York City, Orange Beach, Raleigh, and St. Louis.
Sam told us recently about getting back on the road. "I have a whole new appreciation for being out on the road not being able to tour for two years (because of COVID). Me and my guys that I travel with we've all been together for a long time now. So, we really hit our stride last year on really knowing how to tour and keeping quality of life high."
Hunt added, "We were getting up and going to breakfast and having all of us getting to talk for a couple of hours in the morning. And then trying to exercise and doing something active during the day, not staying up too late at night. All these little things that you are too excited to do when you first get started. These little things, if you could just keep them steady out there, you can really have a much better time. So, this past summer, we had an absolute blast. The best year of touring I've ever had."
Sam hopes to take out his wife Hannah and baby girl Lucy Lu on the road this time. He told us, "I can't be away from that little girl that much because this next year she gonna be growing and changing, so Hannah and Lu are gonna come out. She says that she's gonna come to all the shows, so I'm gonna try to hold her to that."
Hunt continued, "I know it can be hard on mom and baby out there on the road because the accommodations aren't quite the best thing because routine is so important. I'm gonna try to make it as comfortable as I can because I would really love for them to join me as much as they are up for it."
Tickets will be available starting with the Verizon presale beginning Tuesday, March 7 at 10 AM local time. Additional presales will be available throughout the week before the general on-sale beginning Friday, March 10 at 10 AM local time at samhunt.com.
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Sam Hunt's SUMMER ON THE OUTSKIRTS 2023 Dates:
July 6 – Hartford, CT – Xfinity Theatre
July 7 – Gilford, NH – Bank of NH Pavilion
July 8 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
July 14 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
July 15 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
July 16 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
July 20 – Brandon, MS – Brandon Amphitheater
July 21 – Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf Amphitheater *
July 22 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
July 27 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 28 – Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Music Center
July 29 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
August 3 - Carbondale, IL - Southern Illinois University-SIU Banterra Center**^
Aug 4 - Bonner Springs, KS - Azura Amphitheater ^
August 5 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Zoo Amphitheatre ^
August 11 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
August 12 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 13 - Stateline, NV - Lake Tahoe Harveys Outdoor Arena ^
August 18 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman***
August 19 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
August 20 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
August 24 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
August 25 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
August 26 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
September 7 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
September 8 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
September 9 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
* On Sale March 17
** On Sale TBD
*** On Sale March 24
Sam Hunt came into country music and made his mark in 2014 with his debut album Montevallo, which was nominated for Best Country Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015. His towering, good looks made Sam an instant country star. Let's take a look at and countdown his eight best songs.
8. "House Party" (2015)
UMGAn upbeat fun song and a big hit for Sam. It’s one of his signature songs.
7. "Break Up in a Small Town" (2015)
UMGHunt discussed the process of making the song, saying it was born when he was "singing that chorus melody late one night while riding around trying to come up with song ideas.”
6. "Take Your Time" (2014)
UMGIn the music video for this song, his second radio single, Sam fights a man who was abusing his girlfriend, freeing up the woman to leave with her baby. This song was actually promoted to pop radio six months after its country release.
5. "Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s" (2020)
UMGHunt said of writing the song's content, "In the 90s, there was no Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or more, so break ups in the 90's were not easier. The trick was not filling it up with a bunch of technology references and trying to find the story within it. It's just the world's so much smaller now."
4. "Body Like a Back Road" (2017)
UMGThis song spent 20 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart – this made Sam the solo country artist with the second longest run at the top of the 59-year-old “Hot Country Songs” chart. Hank Snow's, "I'm Moving On" spent 21 weeks at the top.
3. "Kinfolks" (2019)
UMGAnother chart-topper for Hunt. Rolling Stone reviewed the song saying in part, "Acoustic guitar arpeggios that lead into big, bright choruses of banjo, vocal snippets, and wah-wah guitar." Well said.
2. "Leave the Night On" (2014)
UMGThe first song that introduced us to this former football player from Georgia. It was his first single, and his first number one song.
1."Hard to Forget" (2020)
UMGJust as music critics started saying that Sam just wasn’t country enough, he kicked off a song with an original recording of Webb Pearce’s 1953 hit, “There Stands The Glass.”
