On Tour With Lainey Wilson – WWD

Lainey Wilson has had a giant 12 months — her greatest but.

The American nation music star acquired a number one 9 nominations on the 2023 Nation Music Affiliation Awards, successful 5 trophies, together with the coveted Entertainer of the Yr (turning into the primary girl to take action since Taylor Swift).

Subsequent, she’s nominated for her first two Grammys in 2024, up for Greatest Nation Album for “Bell Backside Nation” and Greatest Nation Duo/Group Efficiency for “Save Me” with Jelly Roll. “Bell Backside Nation,” which got here out in 2022, is the singer-songwriter’s fourth studio album up to now. It’s her second launch since being signed to a serious label, BBR Music Group. A breakout success, “Bell Backside Nation” acquired Album of the Yr at each the 57th annual Nation Music Affiliation Awards and on the 58th Academy of Nation Music Awards this 12 months.

Raised in a small city in Louisiana, 31-year-old Wilson made a reputation for herself in Nashville earlier than moving into the nationwide highlight. She’s been enjoying sold-out exhibits across the U.S., and she or he’ll subsequent head to West Palm Seashore, Fla., for a tour in March earlier than heading overseas to Australia, the U.Okay. and continental Europe.

Simply earlier than the vacations in mid-December, Wilson closed out the 12 months on the West Coast enjoying 4 sold-out “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” exhibits inside The Theater at Virgin Resorts Las Vegas through the Nationwide Finals Rodeo.

“This time of 12 months is so particular to me and I really feel so at residence with this crowd of cowgirls and cowboys on the NFR,” Wilson tells WWD. She took the stage in her signature western glam look — full with a cowboy hat and bell-bottoms, stuffed with metallics and fringe.

As a shock on one of many nights, she was joined by Miranda Lambert for a duet.

“Performing with Miranda was an unforgettable expertise, and I’m so grateful to name her a good friend and mentor,” Wilson provides. “I cherished shocking the gang with ‘Kerosene,’ in addition to a particular music we wrote collectively known as ‘Good Horses.’ It was the primary time we’ve carried out the music collectively reside.”

For a behind-the-scenes have a look at her 4 nights in Las Vegas through the Nationwide Finals Rodeo, see above.