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Country Music Tours Scheduled for 2024: Full List

Great country music never stops. This list of tours scheduled for 2024 features hitmaker, legends and newcomers embarking on a first set of headlining dates.

As of now, Parker McCollum will be first to begin but Cody Johnson is next on this updated list of country music tours. Scotty McCreery is another star who will hit the road before Feb. 1 but once the days grow longer so does this list.

See all country music tour dates from your favorite artists by clicking on any link below. Several tours have been added to start 2024, including headlining tours from Zach Bryan , Morgan Wallen and Kenny Chesney . All ongoing tours are at the top of this comprehensive list, with those slated to start later to follow.

The opening acts for each tour are included with the full set of dates when you click. This list is updated frequently to include new tours, with new dates, canceled and postponed dates all added as they become available.

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2024 Ongoing Country Music Tours:

Scotty McCreery's Cab In a Solo Tour (Through March 16) Blake Shelton's 2024 Back To the Honky tonk Tour (Through  March 29) Dan + Shay's Heartbreak On the Map Tour (Through April 13) Sam Hunt's 2024 Outskirts Tour (Through April 13) Larry Fleet's the Earned It Tour (Through April 19) Priscilla Block's Hey Jack Tour (Through May 4) Kylie Morgan's 2024 Making It Up As I Go Tour (Through May 11) Bailey Zimmermans' 2024 Religiously The Tour  (Through May 20) Riley Green's Ain't My Last Rodeo Tour (Through June 1) Ashley McBryde's The Devil I Know Tour (Through June 15) Clint Black's 2024 Killin' Time 35th Anniversary World Tour (Through July 11) Cody Johnson's The Leather Tour (Through July 11) Jo Dee Messina's Heads Carolina Tails California Tour 2024 (Through July 11) Brantley Gilbert's Off the Rails Tour (Through July 26) Chris Stapleton's 2024 All-American Road Show Tour (Through Aug. 22) Parker McCollum's 2024 Burn It Down Tour (Through Aug. 31) Oliver Anthony's Out of the Woods Tour (Through Sept. 13) Jordan Davis' Damn Good Time World Tour (Through Oct. 20) Carrie Underwood's Reflection Las Vegas Residency (Through Oct. 26) Zach Bryan's the Quittin' Time Tour 24 (Through Dec. 14) Garth Brooks' Las Vegas Residency (Through Dec. 22)

Country Music Tours Scheduled for 2024:

March 2024: March 14 : Tim McGraw's Standing Room Only Tour (Through June 27) March 20 : Lainey Wilson's Live 2024 Global Tour (Through May 3) March 28 : Brothers Osborne's Might As Well Be Us Tour (Through June 29) March 28 : Kane Brown's 2024 In the Air Tour (Sept. 14)

April 2024: April 2: Dustin Lynch's Killed the Cowboy Tour (Through May 11) April 4 : Morgan Wallen's 2024 One Night At a Time Stadium Tour (Through Aug. 8) April 12 : Luke Combs Growin' Up and Gettin' Old Tour (Through Aug. 9-10) April 17 : Luke Bryan's Mind of a Country Boy Tour (Through Sept. 14) April 19 : Darius Rucker's 2024 European Starting Fires Tour  (Through May 11) April 20 : Kenny Chesney's Sun Goes Down Tour (Through Aug. 25)

May 2024: May 4 : George Strait's 2024 Stadium Tour (Through Dec. 7) May 10 : Shania Twain's Come On Over Las Vegas Residency (Through Dec. 14) May 18 : Jason Aldean's 2024 Highway Desperado Tour (Through Oct. 5) May 31 : Lainey Wilson's Country's Cool Again Tour (Through Nov. 15)

June 2024: June 7 : Dierks Bentley's 2024 Gravel & Gold Tour (Through Sept. 21)

July 2024: July 18: Dan + Shay's 2024 Heartbreak On the Map Tour (Through Sept. 21)

August 2024: Aug. 27 : Jelly Roll's 2024 the Beautifully Broken Tour (Through Oct. 27)

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A handy guide to the country music tours taking place across the world in 2024.

Every Can't-Miss Country Music Tour Scheduled for 2023

Whether you want to see Country Music Hall of Famers (Hank Williams Jr., George Strait), '90s legends (The Chicks, Shania Twain), 21st century standard bearers (Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown) or this decade's breakout stars (Lainey Wilson, Walker Hayes), there's an upcoming, ongoing or recent tour that should be in your wheelhouse.

Tours spilling over from 2022 range from Underwood's Denim & Diamonds Tour to The Judds' Final Tour . For the latter, a star-studded group of the singers she inspired, including Kelsea Ballerini and Ashley McBryde , joined live music phenom Wynonna Judd in celebrating the timeless music she made with her late mother, Naomi.

"The decision to add 15 more shows [for 2023] was a no-brainer for me," Judd shared in a press release. "The fans have been such a gift during my time of grieving and honoring my mother in song. What an amazing season this is. I look so forward to continuing the celebration of the music that has changed my life forever."

There's also a stacked slate of country superstars with Las Vegas residencies. Brooks will hold court in Sin City, as will The Chicks, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban. Each follow a tradition that at least traces back to Elvis Presley 's first Vegas stay in 1969.

Brooks' initial slate of appearances at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace sold so well that new dates for 2024 will be announced in May 2023.

"You're scared to death... when they tell you that they're going to put on a whole year of shows," Brooks explained in a press statement. "And then... the first day of on-sale... they call you and tell you that the whole year is gone. That's an amazing feeling, as you can imagine. And all of a sudden it hits you - 'they want to extend this!' Well the only thing better than one year at Caesars Palace in Vegas would be two years, right? So I'm there!"

Keep an eye on this list because it will be updated throughout the year with newly-announced tours as well as additional dates for those already listed.

The Judds' Final Tour

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Dates: Sept. 30, 2022 - Feb. 25, 2023 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Martina McBride, Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley McBryde, Little Big Town, Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker Additional Details: Wynonna Judd announced on May 15, 2022 during a public memorial service for her late mother, Naomi, that she'd fulfill dates scheduled for a Judds reunion tour.

Carrie Underwood's Denim & Diamonds Tour

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Dates: Oct. 15, 2022 - March 17, 2023 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Jimmie Allen Additional Details: "I'm thrilled to be hitting the road again with the Denim & Rhinestones Tour . I'm having such an amazing time with my Las Vegas residency and look forward to continuing that next year after the tour," Underwood shared in a press release. "I'm excited to bring the new music of Denim & Rhinestones to life on tour, as well as put new spins on familiar favorites. We've been working hard already preparing for an amazing show, and I can't wait to see everyone on the road!"

Kelsea Ballerini's Heartfirst Tour

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Dates: Sept. 24, 2022 - March 18, 2023 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Georgia Webster Additional Details: A nine-date second leg of the tour takes place in March.

Blake Shelton's Back to the Honky Tonk Tour

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Dates: Feb. 16 - March 25 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Carly Pearce and Jackson Dean Additional Details: This string of long weekends works around Shelton's busy television schedule.

Elle King's A-Freakin' Men Tour

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Dates: Feb. 14 - March 29 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: The Red Clay Strays Additional Details: The tour begins shortly after the Jan. 27 release of King's first country album, Come Get Your Wife .

Lainey Wilson's Country With Flare Tour

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Dates: Jan. 4 - March 31 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Ben Chapman, Leah Blevins and Meg McRee Additional Details: The Stella Rosa Wines-sponsored tour is Wilson's first as a headliner.

Reba McEntire's Reba: Live in Concert Tour

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Dates: Oct. 13 - Nov. 19, 2022; March 9 - April 15, 2023 Supporting Acts: Terri Clark, The Isaacs (for 2023 dates) Additional Details: Nineties hat act Terri Clark will open each tour date.

Morgan Wade's No Signs of Slowing Down Tour

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Dates: Feb. 21 - April 16 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Kyle Kelly, Katelyn Butts, Nate Fredrick and Meg McRee Additional Details: "Been a long time coming — I'm finally going to headline my first tour," Wade shared in a tweet . "I'm excited to show y'all what the boys and I can do. Most of all thank you to all the fans that make something like this possible for me to do."

Parmalee's Take My Name Tour

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Dates: Feb. 12 - April 28 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Chase Wright Additional Details: "Everything we've built over the past couple years has been for this tour and for our fans," Parmalee member Matt Thomas shared in a statement. "'Take My Name' has such a huge connection with folks and with all the love everyone has shown the song, we decided to name this tour run after it."

Chase Rice's Way Down Yonder Tour

Dates: March 3 - April 29 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Kameron Marlowe, Conner Smith, Avery Anna, Tyler Braden, Ashland Craft, Dalton Dover and Read Southall Band Additional Details: Rice's tour is in support of his album I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go to Hell, which hits shelves and streaming services on Feb. 10. His 2023 schedule doesn't let up after this trek and includes dates with Jelly Roll.

Scotty McCreery's Damn Strait Tour

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Dates: Jan. 20 - April 30 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Not specified Additional Details: The tour shares its name with McCreery's chart-topping musical ode to George Strait.

Brooks & Dunn's Reboot 2023 Tour

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Dates: May 4 - June 17 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Scotty McCreery Additional Details: This year's dates extend the Hall of Fame duo's popular Reboot tour.

Ingrid Andress' No Signs of Slowing Down Tour

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Dates: Feb. 24 - June 24 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Madeline Edwards, Carter Faith, Ray Fulcher and Nick Wilson Additional Details: Andress will tour Europe in May.

Old Dominion's No Bad Vibes Tour

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Dates: Jan. 19 - July 1 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Kassi Ashton, Frank Ray, Greylan James and Shawn Austin Additional Details: "At an Old Dominion show, I think we just want people to feel happy," lead singer Matthew Ramsey shared in a press release. "They should feel like they got to forget about whatever is bothering them or whatever's weighing them down at that point in time. Just come and hang out with us, and escape for a couple hours. Then hopefully they walk out feeling a little lighter than when they walked in."

Kenny Chesney's   I Go Back Tour

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Dates: March 25 - July 22 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Kelsea Ballerini Additional Details: Chesney will return to some of the arenas he played much earlier in his career.

George Strait's 2023 Stadium Tour

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Dates: May 6- Aug. 5 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Little Big Town and Chris Stapleton Additional Details: As of mid-January, Strait has eight stadium stops on his itinerary.

Walker Hayes'   Duck Buck Tour

Dates: April 13 - Aug. 5 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Ingrid Andress, Breland, Ray Fulcher, Chris Lane and Nicolle Galyon Additional Details: "I can't wait to get back out on tour," Hayes shared in a press release. "Headlining an arena tour for the first time this year was a dream come true. The whole family was able to come out and the road has become our home away from home. All the fans that have come out or will come out are making this dream a reality. I owe it all to them, and this next tour will be the biggest and best."

Hank Williams Jr.'s Headlining Tour

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Dates: May 12- Aug. 26 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Old Crow Medicine Show Additional Details: Williams' amphitheater tour begins in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the home of his favorite college football squad.

Dierks Bentley's Gravel & Gold Tour

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Dates: June 1- Aug. 26 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Jordan Davis, Elle King, Tracy Lawrence, Tyler Braden, Caylee Hammack, Hot Country Knights, Kameron Marlowe, the Cadillac Three, the Red Clay Strays, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Shane Smith & the Saints, Caitlyn Smith and Hailey Whitters Additional Details: The tour shares its name with Bentley's newest studio album.

Kane Brown's Drunk or Dreaming Tour

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Dates: Sept. 17, 2022 - Sept. 3, 2023 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: LoCash, Dustin Lynch and Gabby Barrett Additional Details: Brown begins 2023 in Europe and will follow that up with a spring arena tour.

Brett Young's   5 Tour 3, 2, 1 Tour

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Dates: March 30 - Sept. 9 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Morgan Evans and Ashley Cooke Additional Details: Young will be bringing along "Never 'Til Now" duet partner Cooke.

The Chicks' Las Vegas Residency

Dates: May 3- Sept. 18 (including dates with Maren Morris) Supporting Acts on Select Dates: None Additional Details: "Finally getting to play live in 2022 left us hungry to continue our tour," the trio shared in a press release. "After so many years without new music, last year felt like a long time coming. We hope our fans are ready for more in 2023 because we are not done!"

Parker McCollum's Spring 2023 Tour

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Dates: Feb. 2 - Sept. 23 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Catie Offerman, Corey Kent, Larry Fleet, Jackson Dean, Randy Rogers Band and Flatland Cavalry Additional Details: The Texas native planned the first leg of his tour around his headlining Feb. 28 gig at RodeoHouston.

The Luke Bryan: Las Vegas Residency

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Dates: Feb. 1 - April 1; Aug. 30- Sept. 29 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: None Additional Details: Bryan has 12 dates scheduled at Resorts World following last year's leg of his residency.

Thomas Rhett's Home Team Tour '23

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Dates: May 4- Sept. 29 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Cole Swindell and Nate Smith Additional Details: In a video posted on social media , Rhett revealed tour stops by wearing a sports jersey associated with each city.

Eric Church's Outsiders Revival Tour

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Dates: June 22 - Sept. 30 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Ashley McBryde, Parker Mcollum, Midland, Koe Wetzel, Lainey Wilson, Elle King, Jelly Roll, Hailey Whitters, Travis Tritt, Whiskey Myers, Cody Jinks, Paul Cauthen, Jackson Dean, Morgan Wade, Muscadine Bloodline, Ray Wylie Hubbard, the Red Clay Strays and Shane Smith & the Saints Additional Details: The tour name points back to 2014's Outsiders World Tour , which promoted the singer-songwriter's fourth album, Outsiders .

Trace Adkins' Somewhere in America Tour

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Dates: Feb. 10 - Oct. 14 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: TBA Additional Details: Twenty-two tour dates stretch across most of the year.

Darius Rucker's Starting Fires Tour

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Dates: June 15 - Oct. 14 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Drew Green and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors Additional Details: Rucker's tour will cover parts of the US and Canada.

Luke Comb's   World Tour

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Dates: March 25 - Oct. 20 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Riley Green, Lainey Wilson, Flatland Cavalry, Brent Cobb, Lane Pittman and Cody Johnson Additional Details: The tour starts the day after Combs' new album hits shelves and streaming services.

Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show Tour

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Dates: April 26 - Oct. 26 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Margo Price, Nikki Lane, Marcus King, the War and Treaty, Charley Crockett, Allen Stone and Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Additional Details: This tour is separate from Stapleton's overlapping and already-announced dates with George Strait.

Luke Bryan's Country On Tour

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Dates: June 15 - Oct. 28 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Chayce Beckham, Ashley Cooke, Jackson Dean, Tyler Braden, Jon Langston, Conner Smith, Alana Springsteen, Hailey Whitters and DJ Rock. Additional Details: These dates add to a 2023 schedule that already included a Las Vegas residency.

Zac Brown Band's From the Fire Tour

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Dates: June 30 - Nov. 4 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: King Calaway, Marcus King and Tenille Townes Additional Details: It's the latest tour for a genre-hopping band that attracts a broad audience.

Lily Rose Headline Tour

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Dates: Feb. 9 - Nov. 5 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Griffen Palmer, Lauren Watkins Additional Details: Rose's dates in major markets New York City and Philadelphia sold out way in advance.

Shania Twain's   Queen of Me Tour

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Dates: April 28 - Nov. 14 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Lindsay Ell, Hailey Whitters, Breland, Kelsea Ballerini, Robyn Ottolini, Priscilla Block and Mickey Guyton Additional Details: "I want to celebrate this new chapter with you all on my tour," Twain wrote on social media . "Vegas has been a dream, but I'm ready to be on the road and sing with you, dance with you and have a kick ass night out with you! This one's gonna be a big party - no inhibitions, no conditions, let's get a little out of line!!"

Keith Urban's   Las Vegas Residency

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Dates: March 3 - July 1; Nov. 1- 18 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: None Additional Details: Urban will appear at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

Hardy's The Mockingbird & the Crow Tour

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Dates: Feb. 16 - Dec. 9 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: Jameson Rodgers and Blame My Youth Additional Details: The variety on each bill reflects the half country, half heavy rock theme of Hardy's new album, which is also titled The Mockingbird & the Crow.

Miranda Lambert's Velvet Rodeo: The Las Vegas Residency

Dates: Sept. 23, 2022 - Dec. 16 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: None Additional Details: Lambert's Vegas residency began last year and extends to the end of 2023.

Garth Brooks' Plus ONE Las Vegas Residency

Dates: May 18, 2023 - 2024 Supporting Acts on Select Dates: None Additional Details: "We're gonna try something we've never tried before ... the band is coming, but it's a one-man show, so they're gonna sit in the audience. So at any time you want a fiddle to come up and join you, any time you just want percussion and background to come up and sing, or it's just you — or, let's bring the whole band up and do 'Friends in Low Places,'" Brooks shared in a press release. "This should be stupid."

Lady A's Request Line Tour

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Dates: TBA Supporting Acts on Select Dates: TBA Additional Details: In Aug. 2022, Lady A postponed upcoming tour dates until 2023. If initial plans stay intact, the band's setlist for each night will be dictated by fans via the Lady A Request Line: 615-882-1975.

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Join us on an 8-night Old Time Country Music Tour to the USA, departing on 11 September 2024 and touching down on the country’s most musical states/cities: Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Memphis, Dyess, Tupelo, Nashville, and Pigeon Forge.

This 8-night tour will start in Memphis with a visit to Graceland Mansion, iconic home of Elvis Presley and the Elvis Presley Entertainment Complex. We will continue driving to Dyess, Arkansas, visiting the refurbished Administration Building and Museum and the restored Johnny Cash Boyhood Home.

Then we will drive to Tupelo, Mississippi, where we will have a tour through the Elvis Presley Birthplace Park before travelling back to Memphis for a guided tour of Sun Studios, one of the most famous recording studios in the world; where Elvis Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins recorded.

We will spend three nights at the home of country music Nashville Tennessee where we will attend the Grand Ole Opry Show and visit the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the legendary RCA Studio B plus Dinner & Show at the Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theatre.

From Nashville music city, we will travel to Pigeon Forge, where we will stay for two nights and enjoy a show at the ‘Country Tonite Theatre,’ voted the best show in the Smokies for the past 25 years.

The last part of our American Country Music tour is in Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s theme park in the Great Smoky Mountains, where we will attend Dolly Parton’s Stampede Show before flying from Knoxville to Dublin via Atlanta.

If you would like more details about our Old Time Country Music Tour or to book your place, you can contact our travel experts or book through the Book Now link.

• Scheduled return flights from Dublin with Delta Airlines
• Coach transfers for the duration of the tour (From Airport pick-up on arrival to drop-off on departure)
• 8 nights hotel accommodation with Bed & Continental Breakfast basis
• All applicable local Accommodation Taxes
• Visits to Memphis, Tennessee, Platinum Tickets to Graceland and Elvis Presley Boulevard
• Lunch at Graceland included
• Memphis – Guided tour of Sun Studios and  Union Avenue
• Dyess, Arkansas – visit the restored boyhood home of Johnny Cash
• Tupelo, Mississippi – Tour the Elvis Presley Birthplace
• Jackson, Tennessee – Stop for lunch (included) en-route to Nashville
• Nashville – Grand Ole Opry Show, show and dinner included at the Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theatre, guided tour of Studio B, self-guided tour of the Ryman Auditorium and tour the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
• Pigeon Forge, Tennessee – Buffet Dinner included, show at the Country Tonite Theatre (The No.1 Show in the Smokies), entry to Dollywood, award winning Theme Park in the Smoky Mountains, and Dolly Parton Stampede Show with dinner included
• Experience world famous Beale Street in downtown Memphis (including A. Schwab Five n’ Dime Store)
• Free time in downtown Nashville to explore Broadway and visit the bars and Honky Tonks
• Shopping at Opry Mills Mall
• Shopping at Tanger Outlets Sevierville, Tennessee

Day 1 – Flight from Dublin to Memphis Today we will depart on our flight from Dublin to Memphis via Atlanta. On arrival in Memphis we will board the bus that will transfer us to our hotel.

Note – Luggage will be checked through from Dublin to Memphis. Overnight in Memphis for 3 nights

Day 2 – Graceland Mansion, Automobile Museum & Dyess On our second day we will visit Graceland Mansion, iconic home of Elvis Presley and the Elvis Presley Entertainment Complex. Lunch at Graceland included.

We will enjoy a self-guided tour of the ‘Automobile Museum’ and Elvis’s two planes. We will drive to Dyess, Arkansas, and visit the refurbished Administration Building and Museum as well as a visit to the restored Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, see the setting that inspired the movie ‘Walk The Line’. On return to Memphis there will be time to explore Beale Street.

Day 3 – Tupelo & Memphis. Guided tour of Sun Studio We will drive to Tupelo, Mississippi, tour the Elvis Presley Birthplace. The complex chronicles the first 13 years of Elvis Presley’s life. It includes the house that Elvis was born in.

On return to Memphis take a guided tour of Sun Studio, one of the most famous recording studios in the world; where Elvis Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins recorded.

Day 4 – Memphis to Nashville Depart Memphis and drive to Nashville where we will stop at the Old Country Store in Jackson for lunch ( included ) . Arrive in Nashville in the afternoon and check into hotel. Tonight we will attend the ‘Grand Ole Opry Show’ before overnight in Nashville for 3 nights.

Day 5 – Opry Mills Mall & Nightlife Dinner Theatre Today, we will spend the afternoon shopping at the Opry Mills Mall. This evening we will attend the Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theatre,’Best of Country Show’ & Dinner (included).

Day 6 – RCA Studio B, Ryman Auditorium & Country Music Hall of Fame Today we will enjoy a guided tour of ‘RCA Studio B,’ home of 1000 hits, followed by a self-guided tour of the Ryman Auditorium ‘The Mother Church of Country Music’, afterwards there will be a tour  to the ‘Country Music Hall of Fame’. Then, free time on Broadway to experience Nashville’s music, check out the shops, bars and restaurants.

Day 7 – Nashville to Pigeon Forge We will drive from Nashville to Sevierville in East Tennessee, stopping at Tanger Outlets. In the afternoon we will check into hotel in Pigeon Forge. We will also enjoy a Buffet dinner (included) before attending a show at the ‘Country Tonite Theatre,’ voted the best show in the Smokies for the past 25 years. Overnight at Pigeon Forge for 2 nights.

Day 8 – Dollywood Today will be spent in Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s theme park in the Great Smoky Mountains. This evening we will eat Southern Style, when attending Dolly Parton’s Stampede Show and dinner (included).

Day 9 – Pigeon Forge to Knoxville Airport

Today we will depart Pigeon Forge and drive to Knoxville Airport to check in for flight to Dublin via Atlanta.

Day 10 – Flight home Following a Transatlantic flight we will arrive into Terminal 2 Dublin Airport.

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The United States of America is truly the land of the beautiful from sea to shining sea. With easy access to thousands of miles of beautiful coastline and beaches, mountain ranges on both sides, even residents of its 50 states can’t take it all in in a lifetime. It is the most culturally diverse place on earth and birthplace of modern jazz, rock and blues. So whether you are young or old, a sports enthusiast, foodie, musician, historian or nature lover, the United States of America is right here waiting for you.

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Relish the welcoming culture of its laid back cities, some of the world’s finest wines, and landscapes that take your breath away. The west coast has an abundance of sites to see. Home to multiple national parks, get in touch with your adventurous side and do some exploring. Also rich in natural wonders it’s a nature-lovers dream.

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Delight in some famed southern hospitality and cultural discovery traveling through America’s southern states. Home to country music, visit the Country Music Hall of Fame, Grand Ole Opry, and Bluebird Café where many famous stars have performed. With so much farmland it will be easy to take on the role of a cowboy for a day. After a long day, finish up with an amazing home cooked meal and some sweet ice tea.

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Discover New England and the many things it has to offer. From shorelines to mountain tops you get a little bit of everything. Sandy beaches make for great water sports, sunsets, and of course seafood! And majestic mountains make for great outdoor adventures, and sunsets as well. With its charming towns and vast amount of activities its unique culture is brought to life.

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Travel through America’s National Parks getting to know the hidden gems and jaw-dropping scenery. With many hiking trails at different levels of difficulty there is a path for everyone! Stunning scenery, hidden caves, and lots of wildlife, it might be a hike but the view is worth it from the top!

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Immerse yourself in paradise with a stroll along one of Hawaii’s pristine beaches including Oahu’s famous North Shore. Crystal clear waters, soft sand, and beautiful palm leaves make for a relaxing day at the beach with some beautiful views.

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Wow, it’s hard to give advice for the entire USA. It’s so diverse. I would say wherever you go – think of it as having its own culture and be ready to dive in and experience it, like one of my favorite places, Hawaii!

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Starting at the northwest tip of the United States at Washington’s Olympic National Park and remaining within sight of the ocean all the way south to sunny San Diego, this 1,650-mile, mostly two-lane road trip takes in everything from temperate rainforest to near-desert.

Highlights along the Pacific Coast Route: Olympic National Park (WA), Three Capes Loop (OR), Redwood National Park (CA)

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The romance of traveling along historic Route 66 from where it starts in Chicago and ends in Los Angeles continues to captivate people around the world. If you’re looking for great displays of neon signs, rusty middle-of-nowhere truck stops, or kitschy Americana, do as the song says and “get your kicks on Route 66.”

Highlights along Route 66: Chicago (IL), Meramec Caverns (MO), Tucumcari (NM), Painted Desert (AZ), Santa Monica (CA)

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Running coast-to-coast from San Francisco to Ocean City, Maryland, “The Loneliest Road in America” is a 3,200-mile odyssey from sea to shining sea. US-50 passes through a dozen different states, four state capitals, and the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.

Highlights along the Loneliest Road: South Lake Tahoe (CA), Moab (UT), The Million Dollar Highway (CO), Washington D.C.

Following in the footsteps of pilgrims and pioneers, US‑20 takes in a little of everything during its two-lane trek from Oregon’s rugged coast to the glorious sea and sand of Cape Cod.

Highlights along the Oregon Trail: Cannon Beach (OR), Fort Boise (ID), Yellowstone National Park (WY), Mt Rushmore & Carhenge (NE)

Dubbed the Great Northern in memory of the pioneer railroad that parallels the western half of the route, US‑2 is truly the most stunning and unforgettable, not to mention longest, of all the great transcontinental road trips.

Highlights along the Great Northern: Tumwater Canyon (WA), Glacier National Park (MT), Lake Michigan (MI), Acadia National Park (ME)

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This driving route of the Appalachian Trail parallels the epic hike. From the top of New England to the heart of Dixie, it takes you through continuous natural beauty—without the sweat, bugs, or blisters.

Highlights along the Appalachian Trail: Mt. Washington (NH), The Poconos (PA), Shenandoah National Park (VA), Great Smoky Mountains National Park (NC)

Old Man River, Father of Waters, “body of a nation,” Big Muddy: By any name, the mighty Mississippi River cuts a mythic figure across the American landscape. Tag along from its headwaters in Minnesota to where it meets the sea in Louisiana via the GRR.

Highlights along the Great River Road: Main Street USA (WI), St. Louis (MO), Natchez Trace Parkway (MS), New Orleans (LA)

Starting at the Statue of Liberty and ending with a drive across the Overseas Highway to free-wheeling Key West, these almost 2,000 miles of roadway run within earshot—if not sight—of the Atlantic Ocean.

Highlights along the Atlantic Coast: The Statue of Liberty (NJ), Assateague Island National Seashore (MD), Savannah (GA), Cocoa Beach (FL)

Starting at Canada’s Jasper National Park, and winding down in the Sonora Desert, this route traverses some of the wildest and most rugged lands imaginable: mighty mountains, glaciated valleys, raging rivers, and two very different deserts.

Highlights along the Border to Border Route: Columbia Icefield (AB), Bitterroot Mountains (MT), The Extraterrestrial Highway (NV), Joshua Forest Parkway (AZ)

Once the only entirely paved route from Canada to “Old Mexico,” US‑83 cuts across America’s heartland and remains a must-do long-distance byway—transnavigating this broad, odd nation without once grazing a conventional tourist destination.

Highlights along the Road to Nowhere: Sitting Bull Memorial (SD), Nebraska Sand Hills (NE), Monument Rocks (KS), Paint Rock Pictographs (TX)

Following old US-80 and its contemporary equivalents takes you through more varied cultural and physical landscapes than you’ll find along any other cross-country route. From deserts to bayou swamps and Tex-Mex to barbecue, this route offers a full-flavored taste of America.

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Orville Peck Announces North American Tour in 2024

T he outlaw cowboy is back for a new tour this summer! Country/indie artist Orville Peck will trek through the United States and Canada this year on the very extensive Stampede Tour. He won’t be riding into the sunset alone, either. The Orville Peck 2024 Tour will feature multiple special guests and openers, including Durand Jones, The War And Treaty, Goldie Boutilier, Jaime Wyatt, Nikki Lane, Debbii Dawson, Gold Star, Emily Nenni, and Vincent Neil Emerson for select concerts. This is going to be a huge event that will roll on well into October!

The Orville Peck 2024 Tour will begin on May 28 in Asheville, North Carolina at Rabbit Rabbit with support from Durand Jones and Debii Dawson. The tour will close on October 20 in Brooklyn, New York at Brooklyn Paramount with support from Nikki Lane and Vincent Neil Emerson.

After taking a look at Peck’s social media and website, it doesn’t look like there are any artist presale events for the tour. Select dates appear to have AXS presale events, which you can access from Peck’s website . However, on Ticketmaster , there are a few different VIP packages available for presale, as well as a Citi cardmember presale.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on April 5 at 10:00 am local. The presale events will likely sell out at least a few of the tour dates. If your chosen concert is sold out, check out what’s available over at Stubhub . It’s backed by the FanProtect Program, meaning you won’t have to worry about getting scammed or sold fake tickets. It’s definitely worth trying!

Tickets are going to sell out lightning-fast for this tour. Get your tickets now before it’s too late!

Orville Peck 2024 Tour Dates

May 28 — Asheville, NC — Rabbit Rabbit (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

May 30 — Raleigh, NC — Red Hat Amphitheater (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

May 31 — Charlotte, NC — Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 1 — Atlanta, GA — Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 3 — Columbus, OH — KEMBA Live! – Outdoor (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 4 — Rochester Hills, MI — Meadow Brook Amphitheatre (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 5 — Grand Rapids, MI — TBA (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 7 — Cleveland, OH — Jacobs Pavilion (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 8 — Cincinnati, OH — The Andrew J Brady Music Center (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 9 — Indianapolis, IN — Rock the Ruins (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 11 — Minneapolis, MN — The Armory (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 13 — Chicago, IL — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 14 — Madison, WI — The Sylvee (with Durand Jones and Debii Dawson)

June 29 — Asbury Park, NJ — The Stone Pony Summer Stage (with Goldie Boutilier)

June 30 — Washington, DC — The Anthem (with The War And Treaty and Goldie Boutilier)

July 01 — Lewiston, NY — Artpark Outdoor Amphitheater (with The War And Treaty and Goldie Boutilier)

July 03 — Toronto, ON — Budweiser Stage (with The War And Treaty and Goldie Boutilier)

July 04 — Ottawa, ON — Ottawa Bluesfest

July 08 — Vancouver, BC — Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre (with Goldie Boutilier)

July 10 — Edmonton, AB — Midway (with Goldie Boutilier)

July 11 — Edmonton, AB — Midway (with Goldie Boutilier)

July 14 — Winnipeg, MB — Winnipeg Folk Festival

July 27 — Newport, RI — Newport Folk Festival

July 28 — Harrisburg, PA — Riverfront Park (with Jaime Wyatt and Gold Star)

July 30 — St. Louis, MO — The Factory (with Jaime Wyatt and Gold Star)

August 1 — Kansas City, MO — GrindersKC (with Jaime Wyatt and Gold Star)

August 2 — Saint Charles, IA — Hinterland Music Festival

August 3 — Omaha, NE — The Admiral (with Jaime Wyatt and Gold Star)

August 5 — Oklahoma City, OK — The Jones Assembly (with Jaime Wyatt and Gold Star)

August 6 — Santa Fe, NM — Santa Fe Brewing Company (with Jaime Wyatt and Gold Star)

August 8 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium (with Jaime Wyatt and Gold Star)

August 9 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Union Event Center (with Gold Star)

September 24 — Bend, OR — Hayden Homes Amphitheater (with Nikki Lane and Emily Nenni)

September 25 — Woodinville, WA — Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery (with Nikki Lane and Emily Nenni)

September 27 — San Francisco, CA — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (with Nikki Lane and Emily Nenni)

September 28 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium (with Nikki Lane and Emily Nenni)

September 29 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium (with Nikki Lane and Emily Nenni)

October 1 — San Diego, CA — Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU (with Nikki Lane and Emily Nenni)

October 2 — Phoenix, AZ — Mesa Amphitheatre (with Nikki Lane and Emily Nenni)

October 16 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway (with Nikki Lane and Vincent Neil Emerson)

October 18 — Philadelphia, PA — The Met presented by Highmark (with Nikki Lane and Vincent Neil Emerson)

October 19 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount (with Nikki Lane and Vincent Neil Emerson)

October 20 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount (with Nikki Lane and Vincent Neil Emerson)

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by Em Casalena March 26, 2024, 3:05 pm

Rising country star Wyatt Flores is extending his Here There + Gone Tour through September 2024! The 22-year-old Oklahoma native will be taking along a few fellow artists for the brief tour, including Thomas Rowland, Philip Bowen, Noeline Hofmann, Coleman Jennings, and Brendan Walter for various dates. Flores will also be touring before the extended dates.

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The extended Wyatt Flores 2024 Tour will begin on July 4 in Isle of Palms, South Carolina at The Windjammer. The final tour date will be September 30 in Los Angeles (Hollywood), California at The Fonda Theatre. 

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Fans can access the artist presale event via Flores’ website . There are also a couple of presale VIP events going on over at Ticketmaster , which will end soon.

General on-sale for the tour will begin March 29 at 10:00 am local. Once the presale events are over, check what’s available on Stubhub . Stubhub usually has tickets to general sale shows, even if specific tour dates have sold out. Plus, you might get lucky and find tickets that are cheaper in price than face value. It’s worth a shot!

Don’t miss out on this country up-and-comer’s tour! Get your tickets ASAP.

Wyatt Flores 2024 Tour Dates

July 4 – Isle of Palms, SC – The Windjammer

July 12 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection

July 24 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen

July 25 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre

July 30 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory Concert House

August 2 – Billings, MT – Pub Station Ballroom

August 8 – Arnolds Park, IA – Captain’s Getaway

September 12 – TBA, TX

September 13 – TBA, TX 

September 27 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spaces

September 28 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spaces

September 30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre

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On the bold, sprawling “Cowboy Carter,” the superstar plays fast and loose — and twangy — with genre.

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The first song on “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé’s not-exactly-country album, makes a pre-emptive strike. “It’s a lot of talking going on while I sing my song,” she observes in “Ameriican Requiem” over guitar strums and electric sitar, adding, “It’s a lot of chatter in here.”

That’s an acknowledgment that a pop superstar’s job now extends well beyond creating and performing songs. In the era of streaming and social media, Beyoncé knows that her every public appearance and utterance will be scrutinized, commented on, cross-referenced, circulated as clickbait and hot-taked in both good faith and bad. Every phrase and image are potential memes and hyperlinks.

It’s a challenge she has engaged head-on since she released her visual album “Beyoncé” in 2013. For the last decade, even as her tours have filled stadiums, she has set herself goals outside of generating hits. Beyoncé has deliberately made each of her recent albums not only a musical performance but also an argument: about power, style, history, family, ambition, sexuality, bending rules. They’re albums meant to be discussed and footnoted, not just listened to.

“Cowboy Carter” is an overstuffed album, 27 tracks maxing out the 79-minute capacity of a CD and stretching across two LPs. It flaunts spoken-word co-signs from Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton that interrupt its flow; it includes some fragmentary, minute-long songs. Its sprawl is its own statement of confidence: that even half-finished experiments are worth attention.

The “Cowboy Carter” album cover is an opening salvo, brandishing western and American symbols: Beyoncé holding an American flag while riding a white horse sidesaddle, with platinum-blond hair proudly streaming. In a red-white-and-blue outfit, high-heeled boots and a pageant sash that reads “Cowboy Carter,” she’s a beauty queen and a white-hatted heroine claiming her nation — her country, in both senses. The politics of her new songs are vague and glancing, but the music insists that every style is her American birthright. As a pop star it is: Pop has always breached stylistic boundaries, constantly exploiting subcultures to annex whatever might make a song catchier.

Beyoncé grew up in Texas, where country music has long mingled with styles from jazz to blues to hip-hop — and where, in fact, early cowboys were enslaved Black men . Beyoncé met a racial backlash when she performed “Daddy Lessons,” a country song from her 2016 album “Lemonade” about gun-toting self-defense, with the (then-Dixie) Chicks at the 2016 Country Music Association Awards. Presumably that’s what she alluded to when she wrote on Instagram that there was “an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed.”

She wasn’t daunted. Instead she pushed further, and the mere prospect of Beyoncé releasing a country album stirred things up. Even before its release, “Cowboy Carter” prompted reminders of country’s obscured Black roots — like the African origins of the banjo and the genre’s long cross-pollination with the blues — and pointed at, yet again, its historical exclusion of nonwhite performers, despite a handful of exceptions like Martell, Charley Pride and, more recently, Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton and Kane Brown.

What Beyoncé drew from country is productions that feature hand-played instruments — guitars, keyboards, drums — rather than the programmed beats and glittering electronics that propelled her 2022 album “Renaissance,” which also had Beyoncé on horseback on the cover and was subtitled “Act I.” That album was Beyoncé’s time-warped, multilayered homage to the electronic dance music that emerged from Black gay subcultures. “Cowboy Carter,” subtitled “Act II,” also scrambles eras and styles, with samples, electronics and multitracked vocal harmonies unapologetically joining the guitars.

The advance singles from “Cowboy Carter” paired “16 Carriages,” a booming arena-country song about Beyoncé’s industrious career and artistic drive, with the foot-stomping, banjo-picking “Texas Hold ’Em,” about enjoying Texas-style good times away from home. “Texas Hold ’Em” seized No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, making Beyoncé the first Black woman to do so, and topped the all-genre Hot 100.

If Beyoncé had merely wanted to make mainstream country hits, she could have hired a seasoned Nashville producer and had her pick of expert Music Row songwriters. But “Cowboy Carter” has different aspirations, and Beyoncé brought her own brain trust, including producers known for hip-hop and R&B. “This ain’t a Country album. This is a Beyoncé album,” she wrote on Instagram. That’s true.

“Cowboy Carter” leans into its anticipated discourse, openly interrogating categories and stereotypes and pointedly ignoring formulas. With historical savvy, Beyoncé enlisted Linda Martell — the Black country singer whose 1970 album, “Color Me Country,” included the first charting country hit by a Black woman, “Color Him Father” — to provide spoken words. For the intro of “Spaghettii” — which features Beyoncé rapping — Martell says, “Genres are a funny little concept, aren’t they? Yes, they are. In theory, they have a simple definition that’s easy to understand. But in practice, well, some may feel confined.”

Beyoncé gathers young Black women currently striving for country careers — Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, Tiera Kennedy and Tanner Adell — on a remake of the Beatles’ veiled civil-rights song, “Blackbird.” It’s a careful gesture, though it might have been more substantial to write a new song with them.

The album includes some understated, largely acoustic contenders for country or adult-contemporary radio play — notably “II Most Wanted,” a duet with Miley Cyrus that harks back to Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide,” and “Levii’s Jeans,” a boast about being a “sexy little thing” that she shares with a besotted Post Malone. In the steady-thumping, Motown-tinged “Bodyguard,” Beyoncé plays an amorous, jealous but selfless partner in an uncertain romance. And in “Protector,” an acoustic-guitar lullaby, Beyoncé personifies a loving, supportive parent singing about “lifting you up so you will be raised.”

Beyoncé also reworks Parton’s “Jolene” — a country classic about a dangerous temptress — by turning it inside out. Where Parton’s 1973 original had her “begging” Jolene to stay away, in 2024 Beyoncé isn’t one to cede power. She starts out by “warning” Jolene and raises the threat level from there, reminding her target, “I know I’m a queen.”

Martell returns to introduce “Ya Ya,” explaining, “This particular tune stretches across a range of genres. And that’s what makes it a unique listening experience.” The song is a hand clapping, 1960s-flavored garage-rock stomp that samples Nancy Sinatra, quotes the Beach Boys and brandishes lines like “There’s a whole lot of red in that white and blue/History can’t be erased,” then moves on to dancing and lust. It’s not geared for any radio format. It’s just a romp.

It’s the odder, genre-fluid songs that give the album its depth. “Just for Fun” — a hymnlike duet with Willie Jones, a Louisiana songwriter who draws on country and R&B — plunges into Beyoncé’s somber low register as she sings, “I need to get through this/Or just get used to it.” “Riiverdance” deploys intertwined Celtic-tinged guitars and close-harmony backup vocals to sketch an enigmatic relationship that encompasses murder and resurrection and weekend seductions. And “II Hands II Heaven” is equally cryptic and celebratory; using an electronic pulse drawn from Underworld’s “Born Slippy (Nuxx),” it has Beyoncé and backup voices singing about whiskey, coyotes, God, sex and “Lost virgins with broken wings that will regrow.”

Beyoncé has been a stalwart of the full-length album, sequencing and juxtaposing songs in synergistic ways. But “Cowboy Carter” is a bumpier ride than “Renaissance,” “Lemonade” or “Beyoncé.” It suggests that Beyoncé wanted to pack all she could into one side trip before moving on elsewhere. Perhaps she’s already immersed in Act III.

Beyoncé “Cowboy Carter” (Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia)

Jon Pareles has been The Times’s chief pop music critic since 1988. He studied music, played in rock, jazz and classical groups and was a college-radio disc jockey. He was previously an editor at Rolling Stone and the Village Voice. More about Jon Pareles

José de Jesús Rodríguez wins Totalplay Championship at Atlas Country Club

José de Jesús Rodríguez earned his third straight win at Atlas Country Club at the Totalplay Championship. (PGA TOUR Americas)

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José de Jesús Rodríguez won the Totalplay Championship at Atlas Country Club this weekend. Rodríguez carded bogeys on No. 3 and No. 7 but responded with four birdies in the final eleven holes to stave off his final round playing partners Joey Vrzich and Derek Hitchner to secure victory at the second event of the inaugural PGA TOUR Americas season.

Rodríguez took the 54-hole lead after a 4-under 67 in the third round and carried that momentum into the final round. After a bogey on No. 7, Rodríguez made birdie on three of the next four holes to re-take possession of the lead. A par on the final hole secured the victory for Rodriguez and held off a late charge by runner-up Jesus Montenegro.

This is the seventh career PGA TOUR-sanctioned win for Rodríguez on Latin American soil and his third straight at Atlas Country Club. In addition to his win at the Totalplay Championship at Atlas Country Club, the Irapuato, Mexico, native won the Jalisco Open GDL on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica circuit in 2022 and 2023. Rodriguez’s win last year in Guadalajara secured him status on PGA TOUR Americas, as he ended the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season 23rd in the Totalplay Cup standings.

Rodríguez's history at Atlas Country Club dates back to 2010 when he shot a 62 in a Mexican Tour event to set the course record. With the win, Rodríguez is now a fully exempt member on PGA TOUR Americas for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Rodríguez is expected to be in the field at the 69th ECP Brazil Open, the third event of the Latin America Swing, which will be hosted at the Rio Olympic Golf Course from April 18-21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

About José de Jesús Rodríguez (1st/-14)

Age: 43 Birthplace: Irapuato, Mexico Residence: Irapuato, Mexico College: N/A Fortinet Cup: 1st

• With the win, becomes an exempt member on PGA TOUR Americas for the remainder of the 2024 season and through the Latin America Swing of 2025; earned 500 points and is No. 1 in the Fortinet Cup.
• Nicknamed “El Camarón” (Shrimp) when he was growing up.
• His older brother, Rosendo Rodríguez, is his golf coach.
• Is the third eldest of eight siblings in his family. Rodríguez has three brothers and four sisters.
• Dropped out of school at the age of 12 to caddy full-time to help provide for his family.
• Was the winningest player in PGA TOUR Latinoamérica history with six career wins on the circuit.
• Favorite professional team is UNAM Pumas from the Mexican Football League.
• Explains that every time he wins a tournament, the first thing he does is thank heaven for it.

Competition Notes

Course Setup: Par 71, 7,279 yards; Cumulative average: 70.510

Weather: Mostly cloudy with a high of 91. Wind from the WSW at 1-12 mph with gusts up to 26 mph.

• José de Jesús Rodríguez claimed his third PGA TOUR-sanctioned victory at Atlas Country Club.
• Matthew Anderson, Joey Vrzich and Yuxin Lin claimed the best finishes of their careers at T3 (12-under).
• Charlie Hillier (T10, 11-under) shot the lowest final round, carding a 6-under 65.
• Following Mexico’s José de Jesús Rodríguez (1st, 14-under), four additional Latins placed in the top 10: Jesus Montenegro (2nd, 13-under), Jaime Lopez Rivarola (T3, 12-under), Marcos Montenegro (T3, 12-under) and Tommy Cocha (T10, 11-under).
• Three Canadians finished in the top 10: Matthew Anderson (T3, 12-under), Stuart Macdonald (T3, 12-under) and Thomas Giroux (T10, 11-under).
• Alan Wagner (Argentina) and Alejandro Madariaga (Mexico) were the two Monday Qualifiers who made the cut, with both Latins finishing T32 (6-under).
• The course played -.490 strokes under par through the duration of the tournament; the front nine played at +.100, and the back played at -.590.

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10 takeaways from Beyoncé's new album, 'Cowboy Carter'

Sidney Madden

Sheldon Pearce

Cowboy Carter is the hotly anticipated follow-up to to Beyoncé's 2022 album, Renaissance . Blair Caldwell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Cowboy Carter is the hotly anticipated follow-up to to Beyoncé's 2022 album, Renaissance .

How long have fans been speculating over the details of Beyoncé 's new album? It depends when you start counting: Some began buzzing over it the second her previous record, the dance-centric Renaissance , was released in 2022 and touted as "act one" of a trilogy. But the chatter has been especially fervent in the past two months, as singles, visuals and other teases popped up during the Grammys, Super Bowl and on the artist's own social media. The Beyhive's busiest bees analyzed clues that pointed toward a country music-inspired sound; they dissected the history of that genre, and how Black musicians have often been written out of it.

After months of anticipation, Cowboy Carter has finally arrived. Is it a country album? In many ways, yes — but it's also a sprawling work filled with disparate influences and references, while remaining a Beyoncé album at its heart. Two NPR Music staffers, reporter Sidney Madden and editor Sheldon Pearce , have been listening since the stroke of midnight. They come to you now with the 10 most important things to know about exactly what Cowboy Carter is, and is not.

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1. It's a sprawling Western epic...

Just as Beyoncé's 2022 album, act i: RENAISSANCE , served as a world-building homage to the unsung Black queer youth who created house music, Cowboy Carter continues the lesson plan. In a statement soon after the album's worldwide release, the artist's Parkwood Entertainment shared that each song on the 27-track project is its own version of a reimagined Western film: "She took inspiration from films like Five Fingers for Marseilles , Urban Cowboy , The Hateful Eight , Space Cowboys , The Harder They Fall and Killers of the Flower Moon , often having the films playing on a screen during the recording process."

Each track, whether an interlude, collaboration or poignant solo, rides out like a full-length film full of scenic grandeur, character and conflicts that any Chitlin' Circuit aficionado or spaghetti Western cinephile can obsess over. As a whole, Cowboy Carter serves as a well of discovery, full of samples, sonic Easter eggs, Knowles family callbacks and, most importantly, an appreciation for pioneers in the country world.

2. ... with a searing image of its titular central character.

In the cowboy, Beyoncé finds her ideal figure of the American West and South. She cites the rodeo as the first place where anyone who loved country music and culture could gather and mingle and feel welcome. It's an image that runs counter to the experience that inspired the album: performing her song "Daddy Lessons" at the CMA Awards in 2016, where she has said she "did not feel welcomed ... and it was very clear that I wasn't." The Cowboy Carter character exists in conversation with the history of Black cowboys, the loaded meaning behind the term and its function in the American imagination.

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3. It's a country album...

There are plenty of categorically country sounds on Cowboy Carter . String instruments are its sonic heartbeat, and the do-si-do of the slide guitar on "DESERT EAGLE" and "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" feel perfectly matched with Bey's feathery vocals. The jovial wiggle of the accordions on "RIIVERDANCE" tip a hat to zydeco music and the artist's Creole heritage. "PROTECTOR" (featuring Beyoncé's youngest daughter, Rumi) is anchored by acoustic guitar. "SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN' " interpolates "I Fall to Pieces," the shuffling standard made famous by Patsy Cline . Compared to Bey's past work in an R&B world full of glitz and glamor, many moments on the album, even with their layered arrangements, feel like intimate jam sessions straight out of a Nashville writing camp.

4. ... and it's also not.

Across the track list, elements of hip-hop, bluegrass and Chicano rock, with pop, rock, Jersey club music and operatic runs. "YA YA" conjures the charisma of Tina Turner and Chuck Berry , while winking in the direction of Nancy Sinatra and The Beach Boys . "BODYGUARD" is a breezy surf-rock romp with Latin percussion and a little whiskey on its breath. "AMEN" rings to the rafters in true gospel splendor. "SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN' " stacks genre upon genre and yet never overwhelms, instead connecting the dots between them with dusty horse gallops. The production credits stretch far beyond the scope of country stalwarts, making the album a treasure hunt for fans and issuing a challenge to the ways country music has come to be defined.

5. It's got country and Americana icons to set the tone...

Voices from country lore appear throughout the track list, signposts for the album's deconstructions of genre. The outlaw country pioneer Willie Nelson , who once bucked the Nashville sound himself, stands in as the host of KNTRY Radio Texas, Beyoncé's fictional pirate station. Dolly Parton draws a line from Becky with the good hair to Jolene, and turns up again before "TYRANT," encouraging Beyoncé to light up a juke joint. In a prelude to one of the album's most adventurous cuts, "SPAGHETTII," Linda Martell, an undersung, trailblazing Black country star of the '70s, lays out a sort of mission statement: "Genres are a funny little concept, aren't they? Yes, they are. In theory, they have a simple definition that's easy to understand. But in practice, well, some may feel confined."

6. ... and it's flipping some old tropes.

There are covers of country classics here that stand out for how stealthily they're reimagined. Parton's 1973 hit "Jolene" shows up early in the album, but Beyoncé adds her own sauce to flip its storied narrative. A vigilant Bey (flip-flopping between being upset and unbothered) clocks the "bird" chirping round her man; unlike Dolly, who responds to a similar threat with a plea for mercy, she puts her rival on notice: " I'm warnin' you, woman, find you your own man / Jolene, I know I'm a queen, Jolene / I'm still a Creole banjee bitch from Louisianne ." This twist renegotiates the common push and pull of rolling-stone / damsel-in-distress infidelity that's historically been a hallmark in country standards, and has only recently started to shift (see also: Carrie Underwood 's "Before He Cheats").

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7. It gives flowers to unsung pioneers.

When Linda Martell shows up in the opening moments of "SPAGHETTII" to pose her question about genres, the slick rhetorical framing cuts to the main conceit of Cowboy Carter and centers Martell herself as a case in point. As a pioneer in the country space, Martell made history with her 1970 album, Color Me Country , and was the first Black woman to perform on the storied Grand Ole Opry. But because of the racist aggression she endured when moving from pop to country, Martell soon left the business. Now, at 82 years old, Martell's getting her due. Her voice is immortalized on both "SPAGHETTII" and "THE LINDA MARTELL SHOW," both tracks that play hopscotch with a range of genres. "I am proud that Beyoncé is exploring her country music roots," the veteran posted on Instagram . "What she is doing is beautiful, and I'm honored to be a part of it. It's Beyoncé, after all!"

8. It shines a light on the stars of country's new age.

A recent study tracking country music programming from 2000 through 2020 revealed that only 29% of country songs played on format radio were by women artists, and of that 29%, 0.01% were Black women. And so along with honoring pioneers, Cowboy Carter platforms new stars in the field who are still working their way through its entrenched gatekeeping and redlining.

Rhiannon Giddens strums her banjo on the album's lead single, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM." Virginia's Shaboozey, whose 2022 release, Cowboys Live Forever, Outlaws Never Die , offered songs for a post-"Old Town Road" country-rap world, cuts through two tracks with his unforgettable tone. "BLACKBIIRD" features the vocals of four Black women — Tanner Adell , Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts. This soulful cover of The Beatles ' classic about Black women's plights and resilience during the American Civil Rights movement puts its subjects in a spotlight that country radio rarely does, bringing home the reality that opportunities for artists like these have scarcely grown in the years since Martell broke ground.

9. It saddles up over the pop-country middle ground.

On Cowboy Carter , Beyoncé is a pop star actively in conversation with the idea of country music, and traversing the distance between those genres seems to have made her consider the existing relationship between them. In two moments on the album, she enlists singers who have been blurring that binary for quite some time: Miley Cyrus and Post Malone . Miley, of course, is the daughter of "Achy Breaky Heart" sensation Billy Ray Cyrus , and in her own pursuit of a pop identity, fiddled with Mike WiLL trap, Flaming Lips psychedelia, glam rock and country pop before settling on the centering sounds of last year's Endless Summer Vacation , which earned her a record of the year Grammy for "Flowers." For his part, Post broke out as a watercolor trap rockstar and has since shifted toward a sound more in line with his Texas roots. Both seem to resonate with the ambiguity Bey sees running through the music.

10. There's more beneath the rhinestone jewel case.

Beyond the many featured guests, other behind-the-scenes contributors help tell the story. The-Dream , Pharrell , No I.D., Raphael Saadiq , Ryan Tedder, Ryan Beatty and Swizz Beatz all helped produce the record. It also boasts an incredibly accomplished cast of supporting players: Pulitzer-winning folk revivalist Giddens , Grammy-winning soul man Jon Batiste , session luminary Nile Rodgers, gospel pedal steelist Robert Randolph , blues rocker Gary Clark Jr. , hip-hop banjoist Willie Jones and the incomparable Stevie Wonder . The incredible variety of names and skills is the secret sauce behind Cowboy Carter 's sprawling vision.

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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Here's what you should know about the Key Bridge collapse

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Officials recovered the bodies of two construction workers who were on Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed early Tuesday morning after a 984-foot-long cargo ship collided into a pillar.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called the collapse Wednesday " a global crisis ."

"The national economy and the world's economy depends on the Port of Baltimore. The port handles more cars and more farm equipment than any other port in the country," Moore said.

Here's what you should know:

• The victims: The six people who are presumed dead were from Mexico Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, according to Col. Roland L. Butler Jr, the superintendent of Maryland State Police. Two bodies were recovered and have been identified as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes from Mexico and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera from Guatemala. The two workers were filling potholes on the bridge and were later found trapped in a red pickup truck in about 25 feet of water, Butler said. The FBI is handling notifying the victims' families, Butler said.
• Recovery efforts: Authorities are pausing search efforts for the four other workers who are presumed dead, because additional vehicles are encased in concrete and other debris, making it unsafe for divers, Butler said. Once salvage operations clear the debris, divers will search for more remains, he said.
• The investigation: The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into the fatal incident, according to the agency's chair Jennifer Homendy. During a Wednesday news conference, Homendy said there were 21 crew members and two pilots on board the Dali cargo ship when it crashed into the bridge. She also said a senior NTSB hazmat investigator identified 56 containers of hazardous material, and that some containers are in the water. The agency received six hours of voyage data from the ship and the investigation could take 12 to 24 months to complete, Homendy said. She emphasized that NTSB will not analyze information collected or provide conclusions while on scene of the collapse.
• Looking forward: Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said rebuilding the bridge will not be "quick or easy" but that it will get done. He said there are four main focus points ahead: reopening the port, dealing with supply chain issues until its reopening, rebuilding the bridge and dealing with traffic issues until the bridge is rebuilt. Biden  pledged the full support  of the federal government in the response and recovery efforts. His administration has already conveyed a sense of urgency to open up federal funding to remove debris and ultimately rebuild the bridge. Maryland has submitted a request to the Biden administration for emergency relief funds "to assist in our work going forward," Moore said Wednesday.

It's almost impossible to place people on the bow of ship due to the unstable structure, fire official says

 From CNN's Sarah Engel

Baltimore City Fire Chief James Wallace said Wednesday that the cargo ship's bridge structure and containers at the bow remain unstable.

"It's going to be very difficult, if not impossible, and very dangerous, to place people on the bow of that boat right now," Wallace told CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

"Naturally, we're still very cognizant of the fact that there are hazardous materials on board the vessel itself," Wallace said, alluding to the National Transportation Safety Board saying earlier that 56 containers were carrying hazardous materials.

Wallace said his team is relying heavily on aerial recognizance, including drones. "That's the only way we're able to see in," he said.  

He added that the aerial surveillance has "been able to really assure us right now we have no [chemical] reactions on board." 

"It's just utter devastation," NTSB chief says of the bridge collapse site

From CNN's Aditi Sangal

Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, called the site of the Key Bridge collapse "devastating."

"It's pretty devastating, certainly, seeing not just what's going on with the cargo containers, but just looking at what was a bridge span — three bridge spans that is pretty much gone. It's just utter devastation," she said at Wednesday evening's news briefing.

She added that she is thinking of families who lost loved ones and those who are waiting to reunite with their lived ones.

NTSB interviewed the Dali's captain and some other crew members today, agency chief says

The National Transportation Safety Board has interviewed the ship's captain, his mate, the chief engineer and one other engineer today, according to Chair Jennifer Homendy.

The two pilots on board the Dali at the time of collision will be interviewed tomorrow, she added.

Cargo ship's voyage data recorder is basic when compared to an airplane's, NTSB chair says

From CNN's Tori B. Powell

The voyage data recorder on the cargo ship Dali was a "newer model" but is considered basic when compared to that on an airplane, according to National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy.

"But it is very basic compared to say, a flight data recorder, where we would have 1,000 parameters," she said at a news conference on Wednesday.

The NTSB chief investigator Marcel Muise added:

"It's not a ship-wide system recorder, so most of the sensors that are being recorded are from the bridge. So things like GPS, the audio, rudder feedback, rudder commands are recorded on there. But not engineering, the temperature of each cylinder, power distribution sensors."

There were no tug boats with Dali at the time of the collision. That's normal, NTSB chief says

There were no tugs with Dali when the cargo vessel collided with Baltimore's Key Bridge, which is normal protocol, according to National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy.

Remember: At 01:26:39 on Tuesday, Dali's pilot made a general very high frequency (VHF) radio call for tugs in the vicinity to assist, the NTSB investigator Marcel Muise had said.

"The tugs help the vessel leave the dock, leave the port and get into the main ship channel. And then they leave. Once it's on its way, it's a straight shot through the channel. So there are no tugs with the vessel at the time. So they were calling for tugs," she said.

NTSB chair says she saw some containers that were carrying hazardous materials in the water

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said she did see some of the 56 containers that were carrying hazardous materials in the water.

When asked how many

When asked how many containers of hazardous materials were in the water, Homendy said:

"I did see some containers in the water, and some breached significantly on the vessel itself," she said. "I don't have an exact number, but it's something that we can provide in an update."

Homendy said that a preliminary report should be out in two to four weeks.

This post has been updated with more quotes from Homendy.

Bridge did not have any redundancy, unlike the preferred method for building bridges today, NTSB chair says

Baltimore's Key Bridge did not have any redundancy, which is included in the preferred method of building bridges in the present day, according to National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy.

"The bridge is a fracture critical," she explained. "What that means is if a member fails that would likely cause a portion of, or the entire bridge, to collapse, there's no redundancy. The preferred method for building bridges today is that there is redundancy built in, whether that's transmitting loads to another member or some sort of structural redundancy. This bridge did not have redundancy," Homendy said.

There are 17,468 fracture critical bridges in the United States out of 615,000 bridges total, she said, citing the Federal Highway Administration.

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

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Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

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Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

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• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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• Mobile Voucher Accepted
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• Duration: 3 Hrs
• Language: English
• Departure Time : 10:00 AM
• Departure Details : Karl Marks Monument on Revolution Square, metro stop: Square of Revolution
• Return Details : Metro Smolenskaya
• If you cancel at least 4 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
• If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
• Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Go beneath the streets on this tour of the spectacular, mind-bending Moscow Metro! Be awed by architecture and spot the Propaganda , then hear soviet stories from a local in the know. Finish it all up above ground, looking up to Stalins skyscrapers, and get the inside scoop on whats gone on behind those walls.

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We begin our Moscow tour beneath the city, exploring the underground palace of the Moscow Metro. From the Square of Revolution station, famous for its huge statues of soviet people (an armed soldier, a farmer with a rooster, a warrior, and more), we’ll move onto some of the most significant stations, where impressive mosaics, columns, and chandeliers will boggle your eyes! Moreover, these stations reveal a big part of soviet reality — the walls depict plenty of Propaganda , with party leaders looking down from images on the walls. Your local guide will share personal stories of his/her family from USSR times, giving you insight into Russia’s complicated past and present. Then we’re coming back up to street level, where we’ll take a break and refuel with some Russian fast food: traditional pancakes, called bliny. And then, stomachs satiated, we are ready to move forward! We’ll take the eco-friendly electric trolleybus, with a route along the Moscow Garden Ring. Used mainly by Russian babushkas(grannies) during the day, the trolleybus hits peak hours in the mornings and evenings, when many locals use it going to and from their days. Our first stop will be the Aviator’s House, one of Stalin’s Seven Sisters, followed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — and you’ll hear the legends of what has gone on inside the walls. Throughout your Moscow tour, you’ll learn curious facts from soviet history while seeing how Russia exists now, 25 years after the USSR.

Local English-speaking guide

Pancake snack and drink

Additional food and drinks

Tickets for public transport

Souvenirs and items of a personal nature

Tips and gratuities for the guide

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Dress standard: Please wear comfortable shoes for walking. For your Urban Adventure you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people

Traveler Reviews

This tour exceeded our expectations. Nikolai (Nick), our tour guide, was very knowledgeable, thorough, and has a great personality. He didn't take shortcuts and really covered everything that was on the agenda in great detail. We saw beautiful metro stations and learned the history behind them, including many of the murals and designs.

We did the tour with Anna her knowledge and understanding of the History surrounding the metro brought the tour alive. Well done Anna!

This tour was amazing!

Anna was a great tour guide. She gave us heaps of interesting information, was very friendly, and very kindly showed us how to get to our next tour.

Amazing beauty and history.

An excellent tour helped by an absolutely amazing guide. Anna gave a great insight into the history of the metro helped by additional material she had prepared.

great tour and guide - thanks again

great will do it again, Miriam ke was very good as a guide she has lived here all here life so knew every interesting detail.a good day