Country music star Luke Bryan’s is making 31 stops on his tour. Biloxi is one of them
Country music singer/songwriter and American Idol judge Luke Bryan is coming to the Coast on his “Raised Up Tour” this fall.
“We made the list,” said Matt McDonnell, executive director of the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, where Bryan will play on Thursday, Oct. 13 — right after Cruisin’ the Coast.
Tickets for the Live Nation show go on sale to the public Friday at 10 a.m., McDonnell said.
Tickets are available starting Tuesday through Ticketmaster, a VIP presale and to fan club members.
The tour starts June 9 in West Virginia and wraps on Oct. 28 in Florida, with stops in 31 cities.
For this tour, Bryan is focusing on arenas and amphitheaters, reports Taste of Country, instead of the football stadiums he has filled in past years.
His latest hit is “Up” and among his top songs are “Most People Are Good,” “Knockin’ Boots,” “Crash My Party” and “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye.”
Bryan is known for encouraging performers on American Idol television show and in 2018, he sent a video message to a young boy from Hancock County who would sing Bryan’s songs to help him get through cancer treatments.
Bryan is the latest in a string of top performers who have played the Coast Coliseum recently or who have upcoming concerts, McDonnell said.
KISS stopped in Biloxi on their farewell tour in October, followed by Chris Stapleton in December. Riley Green “a strong up-and-coming act” performed at last year’s Crawfish Festival at the Coliseum in April, McDonnell said, and turned around and sold more than 6,000 tickets Friday night.
The Reba McEntire show that had to be postponed during the pandemic is sold-out for Feb. 25, he said.
The next week, when Morgan Wallen plays Biloxi on March 3, it will be the highest grossing concert in the 44-year history of the Coast Coliseum, McDonnell said.
All of these headline show are million dollar-plus grosses, he said. To be competitive with other venues, he said, “You’ve got to be able to generate that kind of money.”
The continued improvements at the venue also help draw the big acts, he said.
“Word has gotten around the industry that our rigging grid has improved dramatically,” he said. The system allows lighting and other equipment to be hoisted in place much more quickly and was paid for with a grant from the BP Restore Act money.
“That project has certainly made it so much easier to come in and play a major show in Biloxi,” he said.
This story was originally published January 31, 2022 at 1:28 PM.
