Classy as always.
Lainey Wilson is currently out on the road for the European leg of her Whirlwind tour, hitting major stops like Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, England, and more.
And during a recent sit down with a news station in the United Kingdom, one of the hosts actually asked a great question in whether or not it was frustrating for Lainey to see Beyoncé take home Best Country Album for Cowboy Carter, which was her first nomination in the category.
She was up against Lainey of course with Whirlwind, as well as Post Malone with F-1 Trillion, Kacey Musgraves with Deeper Well, Chris Stapleton with Higher. Beyoncé also won the coveted Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter, as well as Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus.
While I have to imagine that deep down it’s sad to lose a big award (Lainey is human, after all), she was honest in saying that she never could’ve dreamed her career up like this, and she’s never been in it just to have “shiny stuff up on the shelf”:
“Not for me at all, just because at the end of the day, when I first started doing this and dreaming about doing this, I never in a million years was thinking, like, I’m doing this just for the awards. You know, just to have the shiny stuff up on the shelf. I’m doing this to play shows and put butts in seats and make people feel something.”
Most of the time that would feel like a really well-rehearsed PR line, it feels very genuine coming from Lainey and I do tend to agree that, ultimately, those awards really don’t mean anything.
Lainey also talked about getting to meet Beyoncé at the show, noting that it’s exciting in a way to have people like her, as well as Post Malone and others, getting in on country because it’s so popular right now in the mainstream in a way it never really hvs been before. To quote Lainey exactly, “country’s on fire right now”:
“So I got an opportunity to meet her at the Grammys, and I walked up to her like 7 foot tall security guy and I’m like, ‘Can I meet her?’ We both share a deep appreciation for what each other does and I think that she’s introduced a lot of people to the country genre that maybe ever even knew that they liked it, and country’s on fire right now.”
I can’t argue with that… and Lainey is a big reason for that, and I have no doubt that this tour will be a massive success and she’ll eventually take home that Best Country Album trophy one day.
You can watch the full clip here:
@countrymusic333 Country’s on fire rn 🔥 #laineywilson #beyoncé #countrymusic #cowboycarter ♬ Help Me Make It Through The Night (Amazon Music Original) – Lainey Wilson
LAINEY WILSON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES:
March 4—Zurich, CH—X-TRA~
March 6—Antwerp, BE—De Roma~
March 8—Rotterdam, NL—Rotterdam Ahoy
March 9—Berlin, DE—Uber Eats Music Hall
March 12—Copenhagen, DK—Vega Main~
March 14—London, UK—O2 Arena
March 15—Belfast, N. Ireland—SSE Arena
March 16—Glasgow, Scotland—The SSE Hydro
March 18—Kingston upon Thames, UK—Banquet Records
March 19—Paris, FR—Elysée Montmartre~
May 30—Panama City Beach, FL—Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam
May 31—Lexington, KY—Railbird Festival
June 6—Myrtle Beach, SC—Carolina Country Music Fest
June 20—Wildwood, NJ—Barefoot Country Music Fest
June 26—Milwaukee, WI—Summerfest
June 27—Cadott, WI—Country Fest
July 12—Cavendish, PEI—Cavendish Beach Music Festival
August 14—Phoenix, AZ—Footprint Center*
August 15—Albuquerque, NM—Isleta Amphitheater*
August 16—Denver, CO—Ball Arena*
August 21—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater*
August 22—Sacramento, CA—Golden 1 Center*
August 23—Los Angeles, CA—Kia Forum*
August 28—Calgary, AB—Scotiabank Saddledome*
August 29—Edmonton, AB—Rogers Place*
August 30—Saskatoon, SK—SaskTel Centre*
September 11—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center†
September 13—Bossier City, LA—Brookshire Grocery Arena†
September 18—Austin, TX—Moody Center‡
September 19—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena‡
September 20—Houston, TX—The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman ‡
September 25—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage§
September 26—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre§
September 27—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena§
October 2—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena||
October 3—Noblesville, IN—Ruoff Music Center§
October 4—Cleveland, OH—Blossom Music Center§
October 9—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion§
October 10—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden§
October 11—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center§
October 16—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casio Amphitheatre||
October 17—Rosemont, IL—Allstate Arena||
October 18—Saint Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center||
October 24—Knoxville, TN—Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center#
October 25—Charlotte, NC—Spectrum Center#
November 7—Tampa, FL—Amalie Arena#
November 8—Orlando, FL—Kia Center#
~with special guest Zach Meadows
*with special guests ERNEST and Kaitlin Butts
†with special guests ERNEST and Maddox Batson
‡with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Drake Milligan
§with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Lauren Watkins
||with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Maddox Batson
#with special guests ERNEST and Drake Milligan
