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Morgan Wallen Returns to Instagram, Announces Hometown Stadium Show in Knoxville
By Jessica Nicholson,
3 days ago
Morgan Wallen will soon have a triumphant homecoming when he performs at the University of Tennessee (UT)’s Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. later this year as part of his One Night at a Time Tour.
Wallen is bringing the tour to his hometown show at Neyland Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 22. He’ll be joined by HARDY and his fellow Tennessee native Ernest.
Wallen, an 11-time Billboard Music Award winner, grew up in Sneedville, Tennessee and then moved to Knoxville as a teen. In 2011, he graduated from Gibbs High School, located just outside of Knoxville, and has often nodded to his love of UT’s Tennessee Vols in songs including “Had Me By Halftime” and “Tennessee Fan.”
Wallen — who deleted his Instagram account back in June — reinstated his account just before revealing the news of the upcoming Neyland Stadium show.
“I’m coming home,” Wallen wrote on Instagram, the text accompanying a video that featured the song “Rocky Top” (one of Tennessee’s state songs, which has also been associated with UT since the 1970s) as well as footage of Neyland Stadium, performance shots of Wallen and images of Wallen wearing an orange Tennessee Vols jersey.
“I’ve had the honor of playing in a lot of college, MLB and NFL stadiums the past two years, but getting to play to my hometown at Neyland Stadium, nothing tops this for a boy from East Tennessee,” he further added in a statement.
Wallen’s collaboration with Post Malone, “I Had Some Help,” is currently at No. 3 on Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100, and previously spent six weeks at the chart’s pinnacle.
Tickets for Wallen’s Neyland Stadium show will go on sale at 11 a.m. ET starting Wednesday, July 17 on the singer’s website .
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