00:00Giving away tickets to see this guy all week long at 8.20.
00:04It's commercial-free New Country 99.5 QYK.
00:06Had a big announcement from him yesterday that not only is he going to be here July 8th,
00:11but he's going to be here on July 7th as well.
00:14Give it up for Mr. Luke Cole.
00:17What up?
00:19Hey, brother.
00:20Well, man, I cannot be more excited that we're not going to see you once.
00:23We're going to see you twice and giving fans another chance to pack out Raymond James Stadium.
00:30Obviously, this is a demand thing, but how do you decide,
00:33okay, yeah, let's go ahead and let's do another one, or no, we've got to go on to the next city.
00:36How do you decide that?
00:37What goes on in your camp when it comes to that?
00:40Man, I think I've got a great team around us.
00:45It's something that we looked at when we started this tour,
00:49and obviously had never been on a stadium tour before,
00:52so it's like we didn't know how this was going to go and how things were going to work
00:56and what we were going to like and what we didn't like.
00:58And, you know, so we were kind of – I was presented the opportunity, you know,
01:04maybe to do two nights at the beginning and was like, well, I don't know.
01:07You know, I always err on the side of, you know, let's not go too far with this thing, right?
01:13You know what I mean?
01:14Yeah.
01:14And everybody on my team is like, no, we could definitely do it for sure.
01:20And so ultimately, you know, I decided against it.
01:24And then as we got into this first couple of weeks, I was like, man,
01:28I was really kind of regretting not doing these two nights.
01:31And so we figured, well, what's, you know, where can we actually do two nights
01:37and feel like we actually have time to do it and launch it the right way
01:40and put it on in a way that's beneficial for the fans
01:45and also gives us ample time to, you know, to get it set up properly.
01:49And so we decided all the shows in July we were going to do.
01:53We were going to do doubles in, and we felt confident in that.
01:56And so, yeah, man, ultimately, you know, we would have loved to do doubles in every city,
02:01but that was a fault of my own, honestly, which is kind of embarrassing to admit.
02:07But here we are.
02:08Here we are.
02:09Hey, here we are.
02:10And I'll be honest with you, Tampa ain't going to hold anything against you
02:12because you are doing two shows here.
02:14So don't worry about that.
02:15July 7th and July 8th, Luke Combs will be here.
02:18So July 8th, we knew Riley Green and Laney Wilson,
02:21but we're going to mix it up on the 7th, right?
02:23Yeah, mixing up on the 7th.
02:25Yeah, we got Brent Cobb, Gary Allen, and Laney actually will be direct support for that show.
02:30So it's going to be exciting, man.
02:32It's going to be an exciting little run there.
02:34I can't wait for it.
02:36This is going to be great, man.
02:37So now that you've been doing stadiums for a while,
02:40have you noticed anything that took some adjusting
02:43or maybe some performance challenges for you when it comes to playing these giant venues?
02:48Yeah, I mean, obviously, you just got to get out there and do it.
02:51But for me, the biggest challenge has been our sound personally, right?
02:56Like not the sound that we're putting out to the fans,
02:59but the sound that we're kind of receiving in our in-ears and stuff has been,
03:03that's been personally the biggest challenge for me is getting used to that, you know,
03:07because we're all still, you know, we're all still learning, right?
03:10Yeah.
03:10And those spaces can be challenging, and they're all so big and so different
03:15that it presents a huge challenge for my guys every night and for myself included.
03:21But, you know, we have, you know, we've soldiered through it,
03:25and it's been, all the shows have been incredible.
03:29There hasn't been one show that, you know, I have any regrets about.
03:33They were all incredible and so much fun, and the fans had a blast,
03:38and I had a blast, so did my guys.
03:40And so that's a win, man.
03:41It's a win for all of us.
03:42Very cool.
03:42Talking to Luke Combs right now, announced another show at Raymond James Stadium
03:46July 7th and July 8th as well.
03:49Well, hey, Luke, we are super grateful that you picked Tampa to do two shows in.
03:53And, by the way, did you see any of the Tampa athletes calling for a second show on Instagram?
03:59Actually, yeah, I actually saw it this morning.
04:01Yes, I did.
04:02That was awesome, man.
04:03Well, way to answer the call for Tampa Bay.
04:05We appreciate it.
04:06Absolutely, man.
04:07We're excited about it.
04:08Thank you all so much.
04:09All right, man.
04:09We'll see you July 7th and 8th.
04:11Ladies and gentlemen, Luke Combs.
04:12Thanks, Luke.
04:13See you, buddy.
04:13All right.
04:14See you all.
04:15Thanks.
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