Latest news with #NissanStadium
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish: Must-see concerts just an easy drive from Knoxville
Though Dolly Parton has not ruled out the possibility of joining Beyoncé onstage during her 'Cowboy Carter' tour, it certainly won't be happening in Knoxville or Nashville. Beyoncé's epic tour is not scheduled to stop in Tennessee, but you can catch her in Atlanta! For fans who don't mind a little driving, Queen Bey and several other artists who are not coming to Knoxville this year are performing just a few hours away. Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Benson Boone, Coldplay, The Weeknd and Dua Lipa are just a few of the stars you see in Nashville, Atlanta or Charlotte. Check out these mega music stars performing within a comfortable driving distance from Knoxville and start planning those weekend getaways now. 🎤 Keep up with local concert announcements! Sign up for Knox News alerts so you don't miss a headline The drive from Knoxville to Nashville is about two hours and 40 minutes and is pretty much a straight shot west on Interstate 40. Driving a typical car will cost around $32 for the entire trip, according to Major venues there include Bridgestone Arena and Nissan Stadium. CMA Fest | June 5-8 | Nissan Stadium | $80+ Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan (Outlaw Music Festival) | June 25 | FirstBank Amphitheater | $94+ Coldplay | July 22 | Nissan Stadium | $231+ Jason Aldean | Aug. 7 | Bridgestone Arena | $75+ The Weeknd | Aug. 12 | Nissan Stadium | $62+ Katy Perry | Aug. 19 | Bridgestone Arena | $75+ | Aug. 20-21 | Ascend Amphitheater | $93+ Linkin Park | Aug. 21 | Bridgestone Arena | $59+ Eric Clapton | Sept. 8 | Bridgestone Arena | $124+ Benson Boone | Sept. 9 | Bridgestone Arena | $109+ Tate McRae | Sept. 11 | Bridgestone Arena | $156+ | Sept. 16 | Ascend Amphitheater | $54+ Keith Urban | Oct. 17 | Bridgestone Arena | $45+ Sabrina Carpenter | Nov. 4-5 | Bridgestone Arena | $381+ Driving to Atlanta, Georgia, from Knoxville takes around three hours and 30 minutes. Driving a typical car will cost around $38.50 for the entire trip, according to State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium are among the city's popular venues. Metallica | June 3 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | $70+ Wu-Tang | June 11 | State Farm Arena | $81+ | July 10-11, July 13-14 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | $140+ Keyshia Cole | July 22 | State Farm Arena | $59+ | Aug. 20 | State Farm Arena | $80+ The Weeknd | Aug. 21 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | $116+ Kali Uchis | Sept. 7 | State Farm Arena | $56+ Ice Cube | Sept. 8 | State Farm Arena | $56+ Tate McRae | Sept. 9 | State Farm Arena | $142+ Benson Boone | Sept. 10 | State Farm Arena | $110+ Dua Lipa | Sept. 13-14 | State Farm Arena | $153+ Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Stephanie Mills | Sept. 20 | State Farm Arena | $103+ | Oct. 3 | State Farm Arena | $70+ A drive from Knoxville to Charlotte takes about four hours and 10 minutes. Driving a typical car will cost around $44 for the entire trip, according to Main concert venues include Spectrum Center and the PNC Music Pavilion. | Aug. 1 | PNC Music Pavilion | $30+ Kesha | Aug. 5 | PNC Music Pavilion | $30+ Neil Young | Aug. 8 | PNC Music Pavilion | $80+ Dierks Bentley | Aug. 9 | PNC Music Pavilion | $57+ Jason Aldean | Aug. 22 | PNC Music Pavilion | $73+ Little Big Town | Sept. 13 | PNC Music Pavilion | $30+ Nelly with Ja Rule, Eve | Sept. 14 | PNC Music Pavilion | $30+ Judas Priest and Alice Cooper | Sept. 20 | PNC Music Pavilion | $30+ Billie Eilish | Oct. 19-20 | Spectrum Center | $179+ Tate McRae | Oct. 24 | Spectrum Center | $116+ Dates and ticket prices are as of May 29. Information might change as a concert date approaches. Devarrick Turner is a trending news reporter. Email On X, formerly known as Twitter @dturner1208. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Beyoncé and 36 other mega concerts you can drive to from Knoxville
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Savannah Bananas celebrate the Tennessee Titans with Cam Ward's Nissan Stadium debut
Lost in all the hype surrounding the Tennessee Titans' rookie minicamp this weekend, the Savannah Bananas invaded Nissan Stadium and put on a show. While the Bananas fell to the Party Animals in this installment of the 2025 stadium tour, the sold-out crowd was treated to an entertainment extravaganza and a Titans' surprise. Titans legend Jevon Kearse was on hand to kick off the festivities with a flex off against the Party Animals' Jake Lialios. Lialios would eventually be named Showman of the Night after a stellar performance on the mound. Advertisement While that got the engines of the 70,000 screaming fans started, the Bananas invited the Titans' entire draft class to be introduced alongside the Bananas' starters, which sent the crowd into a frenzy. All nine of the Titans' draft picks made their way through the tunnel and were introduced at the stadium, but the excitement of watching Cam Ward step onto the field for the first time will likely be one of the best memories of the night. This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: Savannah Bananas celebrate the Titans with Cam Ward's stadium debut
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Titans 3rd round 2025 NFL Draft pick Penn State safety Kevin Winston Jr. discusses health
'It's a new era here in Nashville': Titans fans react to No. 1 draft pick Cam Ward Tennessee Titans fans gathered at Nissan Stadium to watch the 2025 NFL Draft, and much to their delight, they got a special treat during the first pick.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ed Sheeran named to 2025 TIME100 Most Influential People list; Is Nashville in his future?
British-born pop superstar Ed Sheeran – who, of late, has teased a third time's the charm relationship to the idea of again, and possibly more permanently, relocating to Nashville – has been recently named to the 2025 TIME100 Most Influential People list. Of note, Snoop Dogg, another artist whose recent Music City exploits have included a collaboration with ERNEST and partnering with Dr. Dre for a Lower Broadway speakeasy bearing the name of their brand of spirits, has also been named to the list. Regarding the "Bad Habits" performer, actor Chris Hemsworth wrote, 'Ed Sheeran has an almost supernatural ability to connect. His songs, voice and words belong to all of us. Whether you're at home with your headphones on, driving through the countryside, or in a stadium packed with 70,000 people singing at the top of their lungs, his music feels personal. His instinct for storytelling makes you feel like he wrote that song just for you, no matter where you're from or what you've been through.' Pair Post Malone — another superstar enamored with country music — with Ed Sheeran, and that equals nearly a half-billion singles sold of superstar artistry that's potentially Nashville-based in the future. The ubiquity of that level of hit-making is summarized in Sheeran's TIME feature. "For much of the 2010s, Sheeran's songs coursed through public spaces like oxygen. Other songwriters and musical fads came and went, but Sheeran continued to crank out ubiquitous hits, sometimes writing them on his own… In the 2010s on Spotify, he outstreamed collaborators like Beyoncé, Justin Bieber and even his close friend Taylor Swift…He's now the all-time sixth-most streamed artist on Spotify, and has shattered all sorts of streaming and concert attendance records around the world." Country's legendary pastoral inspirations could play a role in Sheeran's future. Having already achieved global chart-toppers like "Shape of You" and "Perfect," the Grammy winner notes, 'I think now I've explored everything…So it is stripping it back and finding the joy in creating sh-t.' "I've made country songs in the past; they've just never come out," Sheeran recently told "Call Her Daddy" podcast host Alex Cooper. "I have to do it properly, and once you transition to country, you can't transition back. Once you're there, you're there." Sheeran has spent two famous stints in Music City. Between album recording cycles or headlining sold-out shows at the Ryman Auditorium and Nissan Stadium, he grew an affinity for Nashville's creative community and country music's legacy. In 2013, Sheeran, then 22, told the BBC that the city's ability to blend "music, countryside and a relaxed atmosphere" with "very, very nice people" and a lack of "paparazzi on the lookout for celebrities" was attractive to him. In July 2023, after a Nissan Stadium concert, he visited Santa's Pub, where he reveled with customers. He said he was a longtime fan of the perpetually Christmas-decorated dive bar in the shadow of Geodis Park in Nashville's Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood. That visit occurred after an intimate set at the Ryman Auditorium, followed by a "Mathematics" tour date at Nissan Stadium that drew an estimated 73,000 concertgoers to the stadium, a single-night attendance record, per organizers. "Nashville, this feels like a homecoming show. I'm so glad to be back," the performer stated at the NFL's Tennessee Titans home. Over the past four years, Sheeran's been busily traveling the world and compiling tracks for "Play," a forthcoming album with no release date yet. His TIME feature notes that 95 percent of the over 320 songs he's penned for the project will likely not be included in the final 13 tracks. Among those journeys to compile "Play" include bar-hopping trips to Boston, Los Angeles and New York (alongside a recent week in Nashville). As well, he's continued work with 'Azizam"'s Swedish-Iranian and Farsi music-influenced producer Ilya Salmanzadeh, working with a dozen musicians in Goa, on India's southwestern coast, plus even singing in Punjabi alongside Hindi singer Arijit Singh on an unreleased track. 'In Western pop music, it can get quite stagnant and same-y and trend-following,' he says. 'Whereas in India, I found that it was just their own wave, and it just is rather than trying to fit in things," added Sheeran, continuing that Indian and Farsi music's rhythmic and harmonic patterns are similar to the Celtic music his father played during his childhood. Regarding his expectations for his forthcoming album, Sheeran offers thoughts based on altruistic goal-setting: 'I've kind of got to a point in my career where I'm just sort of like, 'Am I enjoying it?'' rather than, 'Is it commercially doing well?'' This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Ed Sheeran named to 2025 TIME100 Most Influential People list; Is new album in his future?
