Brantley Gilbert has spent better than a decade accumulating No. 1 hits without particularly caring where country music ends and something harder begins. “As long as there’s a box in country music, I know where I belong — right on the outside of it,” he has said, and the catalog proves it out: seven career chart-toppers, over 8 billion streams, and a live show that the Grand Ole Opry has called “one of the format’s heaviest.” The Real American Tour brings that show to Turning Stone Event Center in Verona on Saturday, September 26, at 7:00 p.m.
About the Show
The September 26 date arrives two months after the July 24 release of Sins of the Father, Gilbert’s eighth studio album and his first with BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville. Co-produced with Brock Berryhill, the album’s 15 songs carry writing credits from Taylor Phillips, Jelly Roll, and HARDY, collaborators that reflect how far outside the traditional Nashville orbit Gilbert has always positioned himself. The record takes on fatherhood and faith alongside the rock-bottom-and-back narrative that has run through his work since his debut: Gilbert, a Jefferson, Georgia native, began writing seriously after a near-fatal car accident at 19, and that urgency has never entirely left the music. Lead singles include “Good Damn,” “Good Ol’ Boys,” and the title track. In Verona, that new material lands alongside the catalog the crowd will have come for: “Bottoms Up” (RIAA 7x Platinum), “Country Must Be Country Wide,” “One Hell of an Amen.” He’s toured alongside Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Nickelback, and Five Finger Death Punch — a range of co-bills that should settle any argument about what genre this is. Gilbert is an ACM, CMA, and AMA Awards honoree. The tour spans 47 North American dates through November; John Morgan and Jay Webb open in Verona.
Venue & Logistics
The Event Center at Turning Stone Resort Casino, operated by the Oneida Indian Nation and situated off Exit 33 of the New York State Thruway in Verona, is one of central New York’s most dependable stops for touring acts at this scale. At 5,000 capacity, the room fits an artist who has spent years filling venues with loud guitars and a catalog that rewards full volume. The show is at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets
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