With more and more concerts coming in despite pandemic, I decided to move future country music concert dates to a separate page on Flyctory.com. I will update the data the next weeks gradually. The concerts are arranged in three sections, starting with my Featured Artists, followed by country music & Americana in general and, finally, all other kinds of tours I support or recommend. You may find tour dates for other genres than country in postings marked with the Tour Dates tag.
List of Future Concerts – Featured Artists
There is currently no Featured Artist on Tour
List of Future Country Concerts – European Dates
I decided to merge country music dates on this page now and remove the formerly existing split between Sound of Nashville concerts and other dates. This section will in the the future also hold more and more Americana acts. I typically skip pure UK & Ireland tours.
The BossHoss-Electric Horsemen Tour 2023
Nowadays, The BossHoss are likely the leading band in regards of a country music party made in Germany. They released their album Electric Horsemen in April – the tour kicks off with some festivals in summer and then rolls on in September:
| Sa 10.06.2023 | Interlaken (Switzerland) – Greenfield Festival | |
| Su 09.07.2023 | Weert (Netherlands) – Bospop Festival | |
| Su 23.07.2023 | Nordholz (Germany) – Deichbrand Festival | |
| Fr 15.09.2023 | Vienna (Austria) – Gasometer | |
| Sa 16.09.2023 | Zurich (Switzerland) – Hallenstadion | |
| Fr 22.09.2023 | Freiburg (Germany) – Sick Arena | |
| Sa 23.09.2023 | Ravensburg – Oberschwabenhalle | |
| Su 24.09.2023 | Regensburg – Das Stadtwerk.Donau-Arena | |
| Fr 29.09.2023 | Nuremberg – Kia Metropolarena | |
| Sa 30.09.2023 | Stuttgart – Schleyer-Halle | |
| Su 01.10.2023 | Dusseldorf – Mitsubishi Electric Halle | |
| Fr 06.10.2023 | Braunschweig – Stadthalle | |
| Sa 07.10.2023 | Rostock – Stadthalle | |
| Su 08.10.2023 | Lingen – Emslandarena | |
| Fr 13.10.2023 | Leipzig – Quarterback Immobilien Arena | |
| Sa 14.10.2023 | Kiel – Wunderino Arena | |
| Su 15.10.2023 | Hamburg – Sporthalle | |
| Fr 20.10.2023 | Frankfurt – MyTicket Jahrhunderthalle | |
| Sa 21.10.2023 | Saarbrücken – Saarlandhalle | |
| Su 22.10.2023 | Munich – Zenith | |
| Sa 28.10.2023 | Berlin – Max-Schmeling-Halle |
Morgan Wade – European Tour 2023
Morgan Wade’s Tour through Europe will definitely be a highlight of the European country music summer. Interestingly so far, there are no dates in the United Kingdom, let’s see if that is changing.
| Th 31.08.2023 | Naksov (Denmark) – Lille Vegas | |
| Fr 01.09.2023 | Oslo (Norway) – John Dee Live Club | |
| Sa 02.09.2023 | Stockholm (Sweden) – Debaser Hornstulls Strand | |
| Mo 04.09.2023 | Berlin (Germany) – Privatclub | |
| Tu 05.09.2023 | Hamburg – Nochtspeicher | |
| We 06.09.2023 | Munich – Strom | |
| Fr 08.09.2023 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Melkweg | |
| Sa 09.09.2023 | Enschede – Tuckerville 2023 | |
| Su 10.09.2023 | Cologne (Germany) – Helios37 | |
| We 13.09.2023 | Paris (France) – Les Etoiles |
Charley Crockett – European Tour 2023
One of the longest European Tours by a North American country music artist in 2023 is definitely the one by Charley Crockett. In fact, he the vast majority of September on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Thereby, he is also featuring places like Paris, which you don’t see on these guys’ plans too often:
| Su 03.09.2023 | Salisbury (United Kingdom) – End of the Road Festival | |
| Mo 04.09.2023 | Manchester – O2 Ritz Manchester | |
| Tu 05.09.2023 | Dublin (Ireland) – Vicar Street | |
| Th 07.09.2023 | Glasgow (United Kingdom) – O2 Academy | |
| Fr 08.09.2023 | London – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire | |
| Sa 09.09.2023 | Brighton – Chalk | |
| Mo 11.09.2023 | Paris (France) – Cafe de la Danse | |
| Tu 12.09.2023 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Melkweg | |
| We 13.09.2023 | Nijmegen – Doornroosje | |
| Fr 15.09.2023 | Hamburg (Germany) – Mojo Club | |
| Sa 16.09.2023 | Groningen (Neherlands) – De Oosterpoort | |
| Su 17.09.2023 | Frankfurt (Germany) – Batschkapp | |
| Mo 18.09.2023 | Berlin – Metropol | |
| We 20.09.2023 | Copenhagen (Denmark) – Vega | |
| Th 21.09.2023 | Oslo (Norway) – Cosmopolite Scene | |
| Fr 22.09.2023 | Stockholm (Sweden) – Debaser Hornstulls Strand | |
| Sa 23.09.2023 | Gothenburg – Pustervik |
Randall King – 2023 Tour
Randall King is a bit of a surprise to me, as he is already in Europe this year, playing the County to Country Festival. After three dates in September in the United Kingdom, he is touring Germany as well. All German shows have been moved to larger venues. This includes a move of the last German show from Munich to Stuttgart
| Mo 11.09.2023 | Glasgow (United Kingdom) – Oran Mor | |
| Tu 12.09.2023 | Manchester – The Deaf Institute | |
| We 13.09.2023 | London – Bush Hall | |
| Fr 15.09.2023 | Cologne (Germany) – Club Volta | |
| Su 17.09.2023 | Hamburg – Bahnhof Pauli | |
| Mo 18.09.2023 | Berlin – Kesselhaus | |
| Tu 19.09.2023 | Stuttgart – Im Wizemann |
Home Free – Road Sweet Road 2023
These guys will definitely be a real treat on stage. I feel it is alreadyquite a statement of quality that a band doing a capella country music became so big in some not-that-much-famous-for-country-music markets in Europe already. Thus, their 2023 European tour takes them to quite a list of stages – and quite a wide range of countries as well.
| We 13.09.2023 | Berlin (Germany) – Columbia Theater | |
| Fr 15.09.2023 | Copenhagen (Denmark) – DR Koncerthuset | |
| Sa 16.09.2023 | Gothenburg (Sweden) – Concerthouse | |
| Su 17.09.2023 | Oslo (Norway) – Oslo Spektrum | |
| Mo 18.09.2023 | Stockholm (Sweden) – Cirkus Arena | |
| Tu 19.09.2023 | Malmö (Sweden) – Slagthusets Teater | |
| We 20.09.2023 | Hamburg (Germany) – Fabrik | |
| Fr 22.09.2023 | Vienna (Austria) – Arena | |
| Sa 23.09.2023 | Munich (Germany) – MuffTHALLE | |
| Su 24.09.2023 | Zurich (Switzerland) – Volkhaus | |
| Tu 26.09.2023 | Cologne (Germany) – Kantine | |
| We 27.09.2023 | Utrecht (Netherlands) – TivoliVredenburg Ronda | |
| Fr 29.09.2023 | Birmingham (United Kingdom) – O2 Academy | |
| Sa 30.09.2023 | Manchester – RNCM Theater | |
| Su 01.10.2023 | London – O2 Forum Kentish Town |
Ron Pope – Tour 2023
Ron Pope is about to tour Europe in September 2023. The support act will be Lydia Luce. Thereby, he is covering quite a nice range of countries and venues – I am sure you find the right spot for your visit as well.
| We 13.09.2023 | Oslo (Norway) – Parkteatret | |
| Th 14.09.2023 | Göteborg (Sweden) – Pustervik | |
| Sa 16.09.2023 | Stockholm – Södra Teatern | |
| Su 17.09.2023 | Copenhagen (Denmark) – Hotel Cecil | |
| Tu 19.09.2023 | Hamburg (Germany) – Knust | |
| Th 21.09.2023 | Berlin – Badehaus | |
| Fr 22.09.2023 | Munich – Ampere / Muffatwerk | |
| Sa 23.09.2023 | Cologne – Artheater | |
| Su 24.09.2023 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Melkweg | |
| We 27.09.2023 | Bristol (United Kingdom) – St. George’s | |
| Th 28.09.2023 | Manchester – The Stoller Hall | |
| Fr 29.09.2023 | London – Union Chapel |
Promo picture: Laura Partein
Luke Combs World Tour 2023
That’s maybe the country music tour event in Europe of 2023, at least so far: Luke Combs is touring Europe. After he did North America and Australia, he will start his European legs in Oslo in late September. One tour stop in Germany as well – Hamburg sold their large Barclays Arena surprisingly well so far
| Sa 30.09.2023 | Oslo (Norway) – Spektrum | |
| Su 01.10.2023 | Stockholm (Sweden) – Avicii Arena | |
| We 04.10.2023 | Copenhagen (Denmark) – Royal Arena | |
| Fr 06.10.2023 | Hamburg (Germany) – Barclays Arena | |
| Sa 07.10.2023 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – AFAS Live | |
| Su 08.10.2023 | Paris (France) – La Cigale | |
| Tu 10.10.2023 | Zurich (Switzerland) – The Hall | |
| We 11.10.2023 | Brussels (Belgium) – Ancienne Belgique | |
| Fr 13.10.2023 | Dublin (Ireland) – 3 Arena | |
| Sa 14.10.2023 | Belfast (United Kingdom) – SSE Arena | |
| Mo 16.10.2023 | Glasgow – OVO Hydro Arena | |
| Tu 17.10.2023 | Manchester – AO Arena | |
| Th 19.10.2023 | London – O2 Arena | |
| Fr 20.10.2023 | London – O2 Arena |
Melanie Wiegmann & Carl Carlton – Glory of Love Tour
German actor Melanie Wiegmann and rock musician Carl Carlton recorded the lovely Glory of Love album. They will tour with it in late 2023:
| Tu 21.11.2023 | Münster – Jovel | |
| We 22.11.2023 | Leverkusen – Scala | |
| Fr 24.11.2023 | Aurich – Stadthalle | |
| Sa 25.11.2023 | Dresden – Schlachthof | |
| Mo 27.11.2023 | Berlin – Wintergarten | |
| Tu 28.11.2023 | Augsburg – Specrtrum | |
| We 29.11.2023 | Aschaffenburg Colos-Saal | |
| Th 30.11.2023 | Osnabrück – Rosenhof | |
| Fr 1.12.2023 | Worpswede – Musichall | |
| Sa 2.12.2023 | Erfurt – Museumskeller | |
| Su 3.12.2023 | Isernhagen – Blues Garage | |
| Tu 5.12.2023 | Leipzig – Kupfersaal | |
| We 6.12.2023 | Hamburg – Fabrik |
Tyler Childers – Mule Pull Tour 2024
Tyler Childers is definitely a big name coming to Europe. His European shows will be supported by John R. Miller
| Th 15.02.2024 | Dublin (Ireland) – 3Olympia Theatre | |
| Sa 17.02.2024 | Glasgow (United Kingdom) – Barrowland Ballroom | |
| Mo 19.02.2024 | Manchester – Albert Hall | |
| Th 22.02.2024 | London – Eventim Apollo | |
| Mo 26.02.2024 | Hamburg (Germany) – Docks | |
| Tu 27.02.2024 | Copenhagen (Denmark) – Vega | |
| Fr 02.03.2024 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Paradiso | |
| Sa 03.03.2024 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Paradiso | |
| Tu 05.03.2024 | Stockholm (Sweden) – Münchenbryggeriet | |
| We 06.03.2024 | Oslo (Norway) – Sentrum Scene |
Lucinda Williams – Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart Tour 2024
Lucinda Williams is one of the most active artists in releasing music in the country music scene. I know. The more, I am looking forward that she is touring Europe in early 2024 – and she is evening coming to my home town!
| Tu 27.02.2024 | Dublin (Ireland) – 3Olympia Theatre | |
| Th 29.02.2024 | London (United Kingdom) – Indigo at the O2 | |
| Fr 01.03.2024 | Birmingham – Birmingham Town Hall | |
| Sa 02.03.2024 | Holmfilth – Picturedrome | |
| Mo 04.03.2024 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Paradiso | |
| Tu 05.03.2024 | Hamburg (Germany) – Markthalle | |
| We 06.03.2024 | Berlin – Huxley’s Neue Welt | |
| Fr 08.03.2024 | Cologne – Carlswerk Victoria | |
| Sa 09.03.2024 | Paris (France) – La Cigale | |
| Mo 11.03.2024 | Munich (Germany) – Werk7 | |
| Tu 12.03.2024 | Vienna (Austria) – Theater Akzent | |
| Th 14.03.2024 | Bern (Switzerland) – Bierhübeli | |
| Fr 15.03.2024 | Chiari (Italy) – Palasport San Bernadino |
Darius Rucker – Starting Fires Tour 2024
This one is the first big tour announcement for 2024 featuring dates outside the United Kingdom and Ireland to me. Darius Rucker is touring Europe – and among two dates in Germany and a lot of U.K. dates, he will also be touring Ireland, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
| Fr 19.04.2024 | Cologne (Germany) – Live Music Hall | |
| Su 21.04.2024 | Zurich (Switzerland) – Kaufleuten | |
| Mo 22.04.2024 | Munich (Germany) – Backstage | |
| We 24.04.2024 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Paradiso | |
| Sa 27.04.2024 | Manchester (United Kingdom) – O2 Apollo | |
| Su 28.04.2024 | Newcastle – City Hall | |
| Tu 30.04.2024 | Birmingham – O2 Academy | |
| We 01.05.2024 | Bristol – Beacon | |
| Fr 03.05.2024 | London – Hammersmith Apollo | |
| Su 05.05.2024 | Leeds – O2 Academy | |
| Mo 06.05.2024 | Glasgow – O2 Academy | |
| Th 09.05.2024 | Dublin (Ireland) – Olympia Theatre | |
| Sa 11.05.2024 | Belfast (United Kingdom) – Waterfront Hall |
Other Tours
There is currently no other tour I would like to share with you. This section will also feature tours in the future, which I am aiming to cover with Flyctory.com:, as well as general recommendations.
Dadi Freyr – 2023 Tour
After releasing his album I made an album, the Icelandic artist is doing a very extensive tour, visiting all over Europe until Christmas with a break in between. I hope to cover his Cologne show
| We 30.08.2023 | Aalborg (Denmark) – Drivhuset | |
| Fr 01.09.2023 | Aarhus – Train | |
| Sa 02.09.2023 | Copenhagen – Vega | |
| Su 03.09.2023 | Oslo (Norway) – Rockefallar | |
| Mo 04.09.2023 | Stockholm (Sweden) – Filadelfia | |
| We 06.09.2023 | Helsinki (Finland) – Tavastia Club | |
| Fr 08.09.2023 | Tallinn (Estonia) – Noblessneri Valkoda | |
| Sa 09.09.2023 | Riga (Latvia) – Hanzas Perons | |
| Su 10.09.2023 | Vilnius (Lithuania) – Lukiskes Prison 2.0 | |
| Tu 12.09.2023 | Warsaw (Poland) – Palladium Club | |
| We 13.09.2023 | Prague (Czechia) – Roxy | |
| Fr 15.09.2023 | Vienna (Austria) – Flex | |
| Sa 16.09.2023 | Ljubljana (Slovenia) – Kino Siska | |
| Su 17.09.2023 | Bologna (Italy) – Locomotiv Club | |
| Mo 18.09.2023 | Milan – Santeria Toscana 31 | |
| We 20.09.2023 | Barcelona (Spain) – La (2) de Apolo | |
| Th 21.09.2023 | Madrid – Mon | |
| Sa 23.09.2023 | Reykjavik (Iceland) – Eve Fanfest | |
| Mo 20.11.2023 | Zurich (Switzerland) – Kaufleuten | |
| Tu 21.11.2023 | Lausanne – Les Docks | |
| We 22.11.2023 | Paris (France) – La Trianon | |
| Fr 24.11.2023 | Bournemouth (United Kingdom) – O2 Academy | |
| Sa 25.11.2023 | Cardiff – Great Hall | |
| Su 26.11.2023 | Wolverhampton – The Wulfrun Hall | |
| Tu 28.11.2023 | Cambridge – The Corn Exchange | |
| Th 30.11.2023 | Nottingham – Rock City | |
| Fr 01.12.2023 | Liverpool – Olympia | |
| Sa 02.12.2023 | Glasgow – O2 Academy | |
| Mo 04.12.2023 | Dublin (Ireland) – 3Olympia Theatre | |
| Tu 05.12.2023 | Manchester (United Kingdom) – Academy | |
| Th 07.12.2023 | London – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire | |
| Fr 08.12.2023 | London – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire | |
| Su 10.12.2023 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Paradiso | |
| Mo 11.12.2023 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Paradiso | |
| Tu 12.12.2023 | Brussels (Belgium) – Ancienne Belgique | |
| Th 14.12.2023 | Cologne (Germany) – Live Music Hall | |
| Fr 15.12.2023 | Frankfurt – Zoom | |
| Sa 16.12.2023 | Hamburg – Grosse Freiheit 36 | |
| Mo 18.12.2023 | Berlin – Huxley’s Neue Welt |
Alex Diehl – Das ist Keine Übung Tour 2024
German singer-songwriter Alex Diehl is coming with straight and very honest lyrics and an amazing voice. His 2023 album is amazing. Hope to feature him in Cologne.
| Fr 26.01.2024 | Schwarzenberg – Hotel Ratskeller | |
| Sa 27.01.2024 | Hanover – Lux Club Linden | |
| Th 01.02.2024 | Münster – Sputnikhalle | |
| Fr 02.02.2024 | Cologne – Blue Shell | |
| Sa 03.02.2024 | Oberhausen – Kulttempel | |
| Sa 02.03.2024 | Bremen – KITO Altes Packhaus Vegesack | |
| Fr 08.03.2024 | Munich – Backstage | |
| Sa 09.03.2024 | Stuttgart – Im Wizemann | |
| Sa 23.03.2024 | Nuremberg – Gutmann am Dutzendteich |
Past Concerts / Tours – Covered by Flyctory.com
Here are all my concert coverages so far:
Ron Pope (23rd September 2023, Cologne)
Busy times: just three days after I saw Home Free in Hamburg and eight days after the Randall King show ...
Home Free (20th September 2023, Hamburg)
Home Free - the a capella country band has built a fan base all over the world nowadays. I was ...
Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)
It's been quite a while since I covered the last Sound of Nashville show. On 15th September 2023, the Semmel Concerts country ...
Heart To Heart Event (29th August 2023, Düsseldorf)
One evening with six different artists? The opening night of the Heart To Heart concert series definitely came with high ...
Ben Zucker (28th July 2023, Monheim)
The Monheimer Sommer is a small series of open air concerts, driven by the city in the Rheinland region. Apart from ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 3 Concerts (2nd July)
Closing day in Pfulllendorf - after Saturday came with a long line-up and a lot of acts, the musical side ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 2 Concerts (1st July)
After the great musical warm-up on the first day of the Seepark Biker Days 2023 in Pfullendorf, Saturday was something ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 1 Concerts (30th June)
My first full festival coverage with Flyctory.com - I was really nervous while sitting on the train to Stuttgart and ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – A Preview
I am not a Harley rider and I will travel to Pfullendorf by rental car. But I am really looking ...
Rock of Ages UK Tour – A Personal Farewell and Thanks
This weekend will be a tough one, a very emotional one for me. After 52 shows with the British production ...
Rock of Ages (9th June 2023, Solingen)
After there was some confusion about my coverage of the German debut of the Rock of Ages musical in Munich, I was ...
The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)
Back to the Kantine in Cologne: just less than a month after I saw Kip Moore in their major and ...
Everette & Austin Jenckes (23rd May 2023, Cologne)
On 23rd May 2023, the Sound of Nashville concert series had a very special even in Cologne's Helios37. Despite being ...
Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)
Sound of Nashville time again. Right after I returned from a brief trip through the Nordics, Semmel Concerts and their ...
The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)
In 2018, four Bristol guys recorded an old New Zealand shanty, which was about 150 years old at that time ...
Rock of Ages Opening Night – Red Carpet Impressions
I have to give in: the red carpet is not my favorite location. Nonetheless, I felt very thankful that after ...
Rock of Ages (German Tour Opening Night in Munich, 5th April 2023)
I had seen the musical Rock of Ages 73 times before this show - but show #74 made me kind of extra-nervous ...
Matthias Reim (24th March 2023, Oberhausen)
After a lot of tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic and watching the Pittsburgh Penguins, the first weekend home after quite a ...
Weird Al Yankovic tours Europe 2023 – My Reprise
Ten shows within three weeks - I was just so flattered to welcome Weird Al Yankovic and his lovely band ...
Mitchell Tenpenny & Morgan Evans (3rd March 2023, Hamburg)
Heading to Hamburg for a day just in the middle of Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing for country music? February and ...
Weird Al Yankovic (19th February 2023, Tilburg)
That day in Tilburg, Netherlands, was some sort of highlight of my Flyctory.com history so far. Almost five years after ...
Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)
February and early March 2023 held a couple of concerts and shows for me. Thus, right after returning from the ...
Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)
27th January 2023, the first Flyctory.com concert coverage of the new year. I will feature a couple of really cool ...
Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)
Quite a lot of interesting music on Flyctory.com in November: after the Alexander Ludwig and Nik Wallner show in Cologne, ...
Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)
I love country music - but I always feel very gifted when I am able to present you some other ...
Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)
Right after coming back from New York City, I headed to the Helios37 in Cologne the same evening. Sound of ...
Five Weird Al Yankovic Shows in Florida – Some Concert Pictures
During the second week of October 2022, I have been tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic on five stages of his The ...
Carly Pearce & Sarah Darling (12th September 2022, Hamburg)
What a lovely combination of two amazing female country artists: on 12th September 2022, Sound of Nashville presented Carly Pearce ...
Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)
23rd August 2022 has been a very special day to me. Always great to be able to cover a Lindsay ...
Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)
Legendary Gipsy Kings and one of Germany's biggest potential drivers of country music, More Than Words - I felt really ...
Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)
Home town Cologne instead of Nashville: after my trip to CMA Fest in Nashville had to be cancelled due to ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 5, 29.4.2022)
Somehow, a sad moment. The last show of Weird Al Yankovic on this trip. Day 5 would take me from ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 3, 27.4.2022)
Day 3 of my Weird Al Yankovic trip in April 2022 likely had the most relaxed schedule of all. No ...
Grand Ole Opry Show (18th March 2022)
I did do the Opry Backstage Tour before, but ninth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 also ...
The Country Music Week turns Digital
During the last years, October has been one of the big months for European country music fans: being already "traditional" ...
Björn Heuser (28th May 2020, Drive-In Show, Bonn)
During the Covid-19 crisis, I visited quite a couple of drive-in movies, which became a very popular kind of entertainment ...
The Bourbon Room / Rock of Ages Hollywood
Not just in regards of the third day of my time in California, but also for the whole trip following ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Main Stage
The last four big acts of the C2C Country To Country in Berlin 2020 - the three days have been ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – Splitter
My third and final issue of stories around the C2C in Berlin - time to finish the days of country ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Side Stages
Sunday, 8th March 2020, the third day in Berlin. Already that typical mixture of feelings: looking forward to the last ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Main Stage
After a good start on Main Stage on Day 1 with Luke Combs, Jimmie Allen and Darius Rucker headlined the ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Side Stages
After the the first side stage acts on Day 1 of the C2C Country To Country 2020 in Berlin, Day ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – Splitter
Saturday in Berlin is over. A lot of good music has been played on several stages - but some stories ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Main Stage
Time for the big party - after the side stage artists of Day 1 have cheered up the audience, it ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Side Stages
C2C Country To Country in Berlin 2020 - time to start the second edition of the festival on 6th March ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – Splitter
The German Country Music Scene is having their highest holidays - The C2C in Berlin started on 6th March 2020 ...
Country 2 Country 2020 in Berlin – A Preview
A lot has happened since the Country 2 Country 2020 headliners for all five venues have been published in October 2019 ...
Olivia Lane (8th February 2020, Hassocks / Brighton)
Going to Hassocks, a village North of Brighton, was a very special moment to me on Saturday, 8th February 2020 ...
Brett Eldregde / Lauren Jenkins (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Five days after I saw Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins at the Carlswerk Victoria show in Cologne, Germany, I traveled ...
Brandy Clark (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Right after the show of Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins in the large venue of the Paradiso, the Dutch Sound ...
Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)
The first Sound of Nashville show of the year - it felt really good to be back close to the ...
Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)
Right after I returned from Pittsburgh, Sound of Nashville and the German country music scene came back on my schedule ...
James Barker Band (20th November 2019, Zurich)
After I visited a couple of Sound of Nashville shows in Cologne and surroundings, I felt lucky to do my ...
Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)
One of the few German country/folk acts, which gained some international reputation in the past is Cologne-based Mrs. Greenbird. Before ...
Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)
I have to admit that I had been very nervous before that concert. The LANXESS arena, Germany's largest multiplex arena ...
Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)
An eventful debut of the first German Country Music Week presented by Sound of Nashville ended in Cologne with the ...
Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)
While the Sound of Nashville October started big with the the concert of Old Dominion. One day after the big ...
Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)
I had a quite unfortunate timing with the debut of the German Country Music week. I missed some shows due ...
Country 2 Country 2020 Lineup – My View
During the London Country Music Week, Country 2 Country traditionally presented the lineup for the festival. Every year, fans pray ...
Andy Clark (19th October 2019, Dusseldorf)
As I really enjoyed to listen to Andy Clark's new album I Love Joyce Morris, I was really hoping to manage ...
Sarah Darling, Kenny Foster, Robert Counts (13th October 2019, Frankfurt)
Right after I returned from a vacation trip to Tenerife, I headed from Frankfurt Airport to Das Bett (literally: The Bed), a Frankfurt ...
Rock of Ages (Zons / Germany, 28th Sep 2019)
Rock of Ages is my favorite musical. At the time of writing, I saw it 30 times, in four countries ...
Lauren Jenkins & Austin Jenckes (16th September 2019, Amsterdam)
Just one week after I had seen Lauren Jenkins together with Jilian Jacqueline and Gary Quinn at the YUCA in ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 3 (15th Sep 2019)
The final day of the British Country Music Festival differed significantly from the two days before: the program started slightly ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 2 (14th Sep 2019)
After Sarah Darling's amazing performance on Day 1, Saturday evening had a massive Ballroom line-up, featuring Twinnie, The Adelaides, Honey ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 1 (13th Sep 2019)
Friday, the 13th - not the most luck-calling date for the first day of the debut of this new country ...
Sound of Nashville Press Event & Logan Mize Concert (11th Sep 2019, Cologne)
Quite surprisingly, there seems to be a quite sudden competition about the promotion and management of country music concerts in ...
Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)
The Sound of Nashville series of concerts more and more established in the German country music scene. While I visited one ...
Thompson Square (5th September 2019, Cologne)
September 2019 is a country music concert months full of highlights. Just one day after I returned from my Aschaffenburg ...
Eric Paslay (3rd Sep 2019, Aschaffenburg)
Eric Paslay and his song Friday Night was one of the first songs, which really made me get in touch with ...
Weird Al Yankovic – “Strings Attached”, Indianapolis (29th August 2019)
As part of my Weird Al and Grass Court Tennis 2019 trip, I already visited two concerts of Weird Al ...
The British Country Music Festival (Blackpool) – A Preview
After taking the first steps into country music and country music concerts in the early Flyctory.com days, the website is ...
Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)
The second half of 2019 features a massive lineup of country music stars in Germany. As you can see in ...
Weird Al Yankovic, Strings Attached Tour (Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford, 18th July 2019)
String Attached - the 2019 tour of Weird Al Yankovic is backed up by (local) symphonic orchestras. I traveled into Gilford, ...
CMA Fest 2019 – My Meet & Greets
During the CMA Fest 2019 in Nashville, I did quite a lot of Meet & Greets. I just felt it ...
Visiting CMA Fest 2019
The beginning of June was a very flattering moment to me. After I got more and more into country music ...
Write Like A Girl (London, 13th June 2019)
Just two days after I touched German soil back from CMA Fest 2019, I flew to London for another country ...
Christina Taylor & Carolyn Miller – Two Upcoming Country Artists
Facebook, Instagram and all other kinds of internet sources nowadays allow you to (sometimes by chance) find, follow and support ...
CMA Fest 2019 – Fan Events with Cassadee Pope and Jana Kramer
The closer CMA Fest 2019 came, the more I became aware of all the side events, which are not happening ...
Kenny Foster & Friends at the Listening Room (Nashville, 6th June 2019)
Getting more and more into country music, I more and more love songwriters rounds. Several singers or songwriters are on ...
Maren Morris & RaeLynn GIRL Tour 2019 in Amsterdam (22nd May 2019)
While country music feels to have a first boom in Germany, the Netherlands are slightly ahead and have a quite ...
CMT Next Women of Country, Liverpool (10th May 2019)
On Friday, 10th May 2019, the Arts Club in Liverpool hosted the 2019 stage of the CMT Next Women of ...
My Favorite Country 2 Country Songs 2019
The beginning of March 2019 was a country music powerhouse to me. The Country 2 Country (C2C) debut in Berlin, ...
Country 2 Country in London 2019
After my 2018 debut at the London Country 2 Country and the first-time German event in Berlin the weekend before, ...
“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)
How to spent the time best between Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin and Amsterdam and the "main events" in ...
Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin
I visited Europe's biggest country music festival, Country 2 Country (C2C), for the first time in 2018 in London. I immediately ...
Danielle Hope at “The Crazy Coqs” (London, 17th Feb 2019)
The first time I saw Danielle Hope on stage was in the female lead character Sherrie in my favorite musical ...
Rock of Ages – My favourite Musical
I love musicals in general - but two ones massively influenced my life. The first one was We will rock ...
Catherine McGrath at Arts Club Loft Liverpool
As part of her "Talk of this Town" tour, Catherine McGrath presented her equivalently named album. I visited the tour ...
LINA @ Kunst!Rasen Bonn
The former German capital Bonn has a vast tradition of open air concerts. Their current premier open air location is ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 4)
Day 4, back to Atlanta, heading to where the trip started... and to my final concert of this trip. The ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 3)
Saturday, 14th April, has not been regarded as the most thrilling day of this trip anyway. Travelling from the very ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 2)
So long awaited... Time for the first concert of my trip to the Weird Al Tour 2018! Tried to start ...
My favourite Country 2 Country 2018 songs
As you might have seen in the other blog entries, I have been attending Europe's major country music festival, the ...
A Day at the Country 2 Country 2018
Country 2 Country, short: C2C, has established to be the largest country music festival in Europe. In fact, it is ...
Postings with Tour Dates
Here are all Flyctory.com postings, which include tour dates:
Alex Diehl – Das ist keine Übung
In 2021, I introduced you to Alex Diehl the first time. That year, he released the amazing EP Die Songs, die ...
Manntra – War of the Heathens
Monster Mind Consuming in 2021, Kreatura in 2022 - and now War of the Heathens. The 2023 album release is already the third one ...
Arstidir – Blik
Indie-folk, classic sound or pop music? It is hard to categorize any mind of music into categories. Without a doubt, ...
Rock of Ages – 2024 International Dates of the Musical
It is just mid-year 2023 and I already start working on my 2024 Rock of Ages International Tour list. I am sure ...
Danko Jones – Electric Sounds
The Ontario hard rock band Danko Jones is almost looking back to three decades of stage appearance already. With Electric Sounds, ...
Melanie Wiegmann & Carl Carlton – Glory of Love
In March 2020, just at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Melanie Wiegmann went to the Maltese island of Gozo ...
Morgan Wade – Psychopath
Finally, Morgan Wade and her album Psychopath was the reason which made me break my typical release cycle of five album reviews ...
Dadi Freyr – I Made An Album
Sometimes, I Made An Album is named the English language debut album of Dadi Freyr (who is correctly spelled Daði Freyr) ...
Madsen – Hollywood
Madsen is indeed a German family rock band. Three of the six band members are brothers, the band name is ...
Atreyu – The Moment You Find Your Flame EP
It's four songs on an EP, but also a teaser towards more material. The metalcore band Atreyu releases The Moment ...
Heart to Heart – Semmel Concerts Introduces the Songwriters Round to Germany
I am surprised that it has never been there before, stated Jackson Dean, one of the four artists, who will ...
Skindred – Smile
What about some reggae summer vibes on 4th August 2023? Okay, there are also elements of rock, dub, punk and ...
Jim “Kimo” West – Of Wood and Spirit (American Guitar Stories)
A new album by Jim "Kimo" West is always a very special moment for me. The Grammy-winning artist is a ...
Lucinda Williams – Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart
Lucinda Williams' albums are not as frequently reviewed in here as the ones of Finland's metal monsters Lordi. However, the ...
Rock of Ages (9th June 2023, Solingen)
After there was some confusion about my coverage of the German debut of the Rock of Ages musical in Munich, I was ...
Ron Pope – Inside Voices
If my sources and counting are right, Inside Voices is already the 17th studio album by Americana-pop/rock artist Ron Pope. This ...
Storm Seeker – Nautic Force
Just at the end of the week in which I covered the concert of the Wellerman band The Longest Johns, I ran ...
Kati von Schwerin – Welcome Back Home
Reading sessions, artsexhibitions... and concerts - if you look at the tour dates of Kati von Schwerin, you already see ...
North West – Hamburg
Despite the album name Hamburg, the German indie-pop band North West is in fact from the very North West of Germany, ...
Rock of Ages (German Tour Opening Night in Munich, 5th April 2023)
I had seen the musical Rock of Ages 73 times before this show - but show #74 made me kind of extra-nervous ...
Sophia – Niemals Allein
Technically, I had already closed the list of potential reviews as of 24th March 2023. But then came Sophia and ...
John Diva & The Rockets of Love – The Big Easy
They recorded songs like Bling Bling Marilyn or Drip Drip Baby - and I simply love them. I ran into John Diva & ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jessica Lynn (March 2023)
I have been so excited about that news that she will be touring Europe soon: Jessica Lynn is such an ...
Ane Brun – Portrayals
Ane Brun is on stage for just over 20 years now. Due to her stage anniversary, she releases the album Portayals ...
Jim “Kimo” West is playing the very first German Weird Al Show tonight – he is back with “Nacht der Gitarren” in Fall
Today is a very special day to me: Weird Al Yankovic is playing is first-ever concert in Germany tonight, at ...
Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame
The story of the album The Candle and the Flame is really dramatic and touching. Australian artist Robert Forster recorded the nine ...
Pristine – The Lines We Cross
Despite Tromso is just having some 40,000 inhabitants, the city is quite well known as a touristic hotspot in Northern ...
Mono Inc. – Ravenblack
Despite the band is "just" existing since 2000, Ravenblack is already the twelfth studio album by the German dark rock band Mono ...
Joesef – Permanent Damage
Especially when you take in my that Scottish artist Joesef is just fully active since 2019, it is really amazing ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Milky Chance (17th November 2022)
They started in school years in Kassel, Germany and are now a global musical success. The song Stolen Dance catapulted the German ...
Sarah Connor – Not So Silent Night
There are so many Christmas music albums each and every year - I typically try to filter out interesting ones ...
Weird Al Yankovic is touring Europe 2023 – Tour Dates and Travel Hints
The 7th November 2022 is one of these days I will hardly forget so quickly. In a Weird Al fan ...
The Backseat Lovers – Waiting To Spill
When I received Waiting To Spill by he US indie rock band The Backseat Lovers, I felt this is a very ...
Rock of Ages – International Dates of the Musical in 2023
After I gave you an overview of 2022 European appearances of my favorite musical Rock of Ages, I felt to ...
U96 – 20,000 Meilen unter dem Meer
Especially in the early 1990's, the German project U96 was very present in the European electronic music scene. Some thirty ...
Kane Brown – Different Man
Half a billion streams with a single song on YouTube only - songs like Heaven illustrate that Kane Brown is indeed a ...
Manntra – Kreatura
I unfortunately don't feature music from Croatia too frequently on Flyctory.com. The more I was happy to run into the ...
Will Linley – Kill All My Feelings EP
No preview this Wednesday, but an in fact release: about a week before Will Linley was about to release his ...
More Than Words – Today (Make Today Be the Best Day of Your Life)
Also due to their rather well-known band members, More Than Words is one of the most promising country music acts ...
NHL Schedule 2022-23 released – Some suggested Icehopping Itineraries
Every year, some time in June or July, I am spending hours and hours looking into flight schedules, checking out ...
Blind Channel – Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous
Interesting post-hardcore / nu metal from Scandinavia: while Blind Channel was rather successful on national level so far, their new ...
Clara Louise – Enough Is Enough
Clara Louise is indeed a very multi-talented German artist. With Enough Is Enough, she is already releasing her sixth studio album ...
Kyle Daniel – Following the Rain
Happy times with Kyle Daniel: just after the country artist announced that he will be heading back to Germany supporting ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Upsahl (25th April 2022)
Upsahl is a pop-rock singer-songweiter from Phoenix, Arizona. Just before she is setting foot on German soil during her 2022 ...
DeVicious – Black Heart
The different genres of metal are becoming a significant part of my Flyctory.com music coverage. This posting is about the ...
Herman Rarebell & The Hurricane Orchestra – Scorpion’s Songs Symphonic
The Scorpions are definitely one of Germany's finest international rock music acts. Herman Rarebell has been part of the band ...
Rock of Ages – Central European Shows of my Favorite Musical in 2022
Last week only, I had to cancel or rebook four trip due to Covid-19 related reasons. Three of them included ...
Matthias Reim – MATTHIAS
Matthias Reim is one of the big names in the German schlager-rock scene. After some rather difficult times, he came ...
Incredible Pack – Time For Decisions
"Blues rock with a Texan touch" - that's how the press kit to their second album Time For Decisions is describing ...
Skinny Lister – A Matter of Life and Love
If you ran into a band which released the songs Damn The Amsterdam and Bavaria Area, what would you do? ...
Santiano – Wenn die Kälte Kommt
Santiano became a huge player in the German music scene. They mix rock with shanty and sailor music style sounds ...
Black River Delta – Shakin’
The Swedish band Black River Delta is doing a very interesting mix of genres between rock and blues. They already ...
Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia
Blackberry Smoke do a mixture of country music and Southern rock. They gained quite some popularity in the USA, but ...
Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 8
Sing meinen Song ("Sing My Song") is definitely one of my favorite German TV music shows. A group of music artist ...
Björn Heuser (28th May 2020, Drive-In Show, Bonn)
During the Covid-19 crisis, I visited quite a couple of drive-in movies, which became a very popular kind of entertainment ...
Ashley McBryde – Never Will
Ashley McBryde is not just one of the steadily growing brands in the country music industry, she is also having ...
Gotthard – #13 (Album Review)
The Swiss band Gotthard is something like their nation's national monument in the Hard Rock genre. They publish music since the ...
Böhse Onkelz – Böhse Onkelz (2020 Album)
Time for some discussions in the German music scene - the Böhse Onkelz released their 17th studio album on 28th ...
Heinz Rudolf Kunze – Der Wahrheit die Ehre
Heinz Rudolf Kunze is one of the biggest songwriters and rock musicians in Germany. Already in the 1980s, he had ...
Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man
Likely, being an Ordinary Man is one of the attributes you would least assign to Ozzy Ozbourne spontaneously. Nevertheless, the former Black Sabbath ...
Lordi – Killection
Athens, Greece, 20th May 2006 - a day that did not only change my life, but the life of a ...
Marko Hietala – Pyre Of The Black Heart
The majority of the music community likely knows Marko Hietala as the bassist of Nightwish. In 2019, he released his debut ...
DeWolff – Tascam Tapes
10th January 2020 had a couple of interesting album releases. DeWolff from the Netherlands are playing an interesting mix of ...
Frog Leap – An Amazing Project Back On Tour 2020
Leo Moracchioli sounds very Italian, but in fact, the metal musician and producer is Norwegian citiizen. Despite his Youtube has ...
David Hasselhoff – Open Your Eyes
Whether somebody believes that David Hasselhoff had any impact on the Fall of the Berlin Wall, I honestly don't care. Knight ...
Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury
If you won a Grammy Award for the Best Country Album of the Year, you are big in the country ...
Sound of Nashville Press Event & Logan Mize Concert (11th Sep 2019, Cologne)
Quite surprisingly, there seems to be a quite sudden competition about the promotion and management of country music concerts in ...
Black Star Riders – Another State of Grace
I saw the Black Star Rides some years ago as a support act of Def Leppard and Whitesnake on their ...
Andy Clark – I Love Joyce Morris
After my review of MARBL's EP The Flight of the Hawks, I felt quite happy to receive another promo CD from ...
A Preview to Country Music Concerts (European Tours)
After my posting in April, which was already speculating about a country music boom in Germany and Central Europe, a ...
Jade Jackson: Wilderness (Album Review)
The sheer number of talents in US country music is massive. Some even make it to Europe quite early in ...
Heather Nova – Pearl
Heather Nova is back. The singer-songwriter released her tenth studio album Pearl on 28th June 2019. She especially has a fanbase ...
Andreas Dorau – Das Wesentliche (Album Review)
There is an easy musical way to make myself happy while driving my wife nuts in parallel: Andreas Dorau. I ...
Mrs. Greenbird – Dark Waters (Review)
Mrs. Greenbird was the only Germany-based band who were playing at the C2C debut in Berlin 2019. This definitely illustrates ...
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