Morgan Wallen plays new songs at festival, Alan Jackson bids farewell to touring | Music City Minute
May 20, 2025, 4:11 PM
What better way to celebrate the release of a brand new album than to debut seven songs off that record for 40,000 screaming fans at your own music festival! That’s exactly what Morgan Wallen did over the weekend. Wallen’s latest project, “I’m The Problem,” dropped on May 16, smashing streaming records on all the top platforms. The inaugural Sand In My Boots festival kicked off the same day as the album drop, and with the help of a few friends like Bailey Zimmerman, Ernest, Post Malone, Hardy and Brooks & Dunn, the first ever Sand In My Boots fest in Gulf Shores, Alabama, was a smashing success.
My first country concert was Alan Jackson at McNichols Arena. I will never forget that show, just like fans in Milwaukee won’t forget Jackson’s final roadshow performance. The country music icon got emotional as he talked about ending his touring career, calling his success the American Dream. The Chattahoochee singer isn’t fully retiring just yet. Jackson revealed to the sold-out crowd that he is planning huge finale concert set to take place in Nashville next summer.
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