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The Herald Scotland
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Kip Moore on touring Scotland and 'special' Glasgow crowd
Since his 2011 breakthrough hit 'Something' 'Bout a Truck' he's had three top 10 albums in the United States, with his sixth studio album, Solitary Tracks, released in February this year. Last year he was presented with the Country Music Association International Artist Achievement Award for his growth, development and promotion of the genre outside the U.S. Read More: Moore headlined the first ever country festival in South Africa last year, and his current tour has already taken him to the likes of Stockholm, Zurich and Tilburn, and he'll play Glasgow's Hydro on June 5, his biggest ever Scottish show. The singer-songwriter tells The Herald: "We don't keep coming back because we don't enjoy it, we keep coming back because there's such electricity and appreciation for what we do. 'It's not easy, it's really hard to bring the tour this far and to hit this many places. 'It beats you up unlike anything, you're constantly flying to different places, you're in hotel lobbies at 6am after going to bed at 2, landing somewhere at 9, doing the soundcheck at 11 – it's so much wear and tear but it all feels worth it when you get on that stage. "When we have a day off somewhere that's when we really get to see it, but a lot of times you're just kind of upside down the whole day and you don't get to see a lot of it, that's the bummer. 'When we have days off we really get out and make sure we explore the cities – I've seen a lot of Glasgow, I love it so much that I make sure I'm always out walking around and visiting all the sights there. 'That's one of the places we always look forward to going to.' Kip Moore plays the Hydro on Thursday (Image: DF Concerts) Country music has enjoyed a boom outside of the States in recent years, with the Country to Country festival regularly selling out the Hydro since 2018. While Moore has been garlanded for bringing the genre to the world though, he insists it's not something he really thinks about. He says: "I don't look at it like that as much, I just look at it as people finding good music. 'When you see my show there are so many rock & roll elements to what I do, and I don't think about it as 'country music'. The country genre has been great to me but I've been played on rock & roll and alternative radio. 'I'll be on a festival with the Foo Fighters one night and a country festival the next, I don't ever write in terms of genres. 'There's some country that's popping off big in certain places, some rock & roll that pops off big in certain places, and I'm just glad that whatever we're doing is connecting. 'I'm just so glad we get to do something outside of the state walls and get appreciated for it, I don't look around and see what's going on with other people, I try not even to pay attention to the genre that I'm known for because I never want to get in the pattern of doing a sound that anyone else is doing. "There was an article the other night reviewing the show that was just raving about what a night of electricity in a room it was and you're not even sure what genre or lane to put it in. 'It's never something that's on my mind, I'm just trying to write music that connects with myself and hopefully connects with other people.' Moore is proudly old school. He "truly loathes" social media and feels uncomfortable doing promotional photos or video. That outlook extends to the live show. (Image: PJ Brown) Moore explains: "We provide an experience, it's not just playing a song, stop, play the next song. 'We work so hard, we're not just pushing a track on a computer. We're 100% live the whole time, so you never quite know what you're going to get. "We're ad-libbing and changing songs throughout the night as we read the crowd. 'There's such a raw nature to what we do because we're not confined to a computer, and I think that's unique about what we're doing in a day and age where everything is do digitalised. 'You're getting a living and breathing live band that's never going through the motions, we lay it all on the stage every single night and the crowd has the ability to take us to a different height – sometimes we bust through that ceiling like we did in Stockholm and the crowd just takes us to another level. "Our set last night was very different than two nights before that. 'The band laugh all the time because I'll start a song in a different key and different time register than I did the night before, and I enjoy keeping them and myself on our toes." Glasgow, of course, likes to think of itself as a pretty special crowd... "It is, I'll agree with that," Moore replies instantly. "Glasgow walks that perfect line of enthusiasm and respect at the same time. There's a rowdiness but at any moment I can take it to the silence of a pin drop – and that's what's special. "I do think we've developed something with the fan base where they're there for the music. There's not a lot of phones at our shows, because people are there for the lyrics and the music and waiting to see what's going to happen." Kip Moore plays Glasgow's SSE Hydro on June 5. Tickets are available here.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hairball to perform at Sioux Empire Fair
SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — Hairball will take the stage at the Sioux Empire Fair on Monday, August 4. Ark Academy taking over last Apple Tree center The band joins the fair's lineup with Tesla and Kip Moore for the main stage. Hairball is free with paid fair admission. Pit passes are available for purchase. The Sioux Empire Fair is August 1-9. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kip Moore to play Sioux Empire Fair
SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — Kip Moore was announced as another name coming to the stage at this year's Sioux Empire Fair, a news release said. Moore's songs include 'Something 'Bout A Truck' and 'Beer Money.' Arrest made in homicide on North Minnesota Ave Moore will play the main stage Thursday, Aug. 7. Kip Moore is free with paid fair admission. Fair admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 – 12, and free for children ages 5 and under. The rock band Tesla is a grandstand act for Aug. 5 at the Sioux Empire Fair. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
