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Not many people can say their first ever UK show was opening for Morgan Wallen in front of 20,000 country fans at The O2 in London \u2013 but then Larry Fleet isn\u2019t most people.<\/p>\n
Although he released his first album back in 2019, it was his breakthrough hit in 2021, \u2018Where I Find God\u2019, that propelled him to stardom. He followed that up with his 2023 LP \u2018Earned It\u2019 before recently becoming an independent artist and releasing his latest EP, \u2018Somewhere In The South\u2019, this June. Alongside that, he\u2019s been regularly out on the road, including his recent trip to the UK which included a stop at The Long Road festival last weekend.<\/p>\n
Ahead of his Long Road set, Laura Cooney caught up with Larry to chat about the response to the EP, his love for UK audiences, plans for the rest of 2025 and more.<\/p>\n
So I guess the first thing to say is: Welcome to The Long Road!<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, glad to be here. It’s awesome.<\/p>\n How have you been finding it so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s been great. This feels like a festival back home. Except the tents, the teepees or whatever you call them, yurts? Yeah, we’ve seen a few. It’s been really cool though. Yeah, no doubt. And it seems like the crowd is really into it, which is awesome.<\/p>\n This is about the midway point of your UK tour \u2013 how\u2019s that been going<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Oh, I mean, I didn’t know what to expect. You know, we\u2019re trying it out. But Scotland, and Glasgow as a first show\u2026 I mean, you couldn’t squeeze any more people in this thing. It was packed, and they sang every word. It was awesome here. And then, last night was in London, and same deal. Just people lined up down the street, trying to get in the place, so, they sang every word. That was one of the loudest I’ve ever heard people sing \u2018Where I Find God’ was actually in London last night. It was wild. I mean, that’s the only two shows we had, then we got today. So, so far so good.<\/p>\n Are there any songs that are surprising you in terms of people\u2019s reactions to them? Or any songs you\u2019re particularly enjoying playing live at the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n Yeah, I’ve been trying out new stuff. So I\u2019ve got a song called \u2018Like You Used To’ that dropped earlier this year. And we just played it for the first time over here. We added a couple new ones that we’ve never played. It’s going over very well. And then last night, we had took \u2018A Lotta Women’ out of our set because In America, it just\u2026 it wasn’t that they didn’t like it, it just wasn’t reacting very well. So I was like, \u201cLet’s try something else\u201d but last night they were like, \u201cPlay \u2018A Lotta Women!\u201d. And so I played it and the place went nuts and I was like, \u201cI guess we’re gonna have to add it back to the set\u201d.<\/p>\n But I mean, of course \u2018Where I Find God’ has been the foundation that\u2019s built my career, and of course, that goes over well, not surprised about that one. But I have been surprised at how loud they get on singing it and they’ve learnt our set. They’ve learnt the songs. It’s been very cool. And a couple of emotional points too, just from being in a different country and so far from home and see people that that love it, you know.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve been over to the UK a few times now. What is it that keeps you coming back over here?<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, being straight up, I’ve had a great time and I love it over here. I mean, it’s summertime and at home it’s 100 degrees or 37 degrees Celsius, I’ve learnt. And so it’s very hot but like, over here, it’s amazing.<\/p>\n But everybody’s for the most part has been very nice and I just love it. I love the old homes and the architecture. And I wanna build this for my family to come over with me. So if I can make it to a point, which I think we’re getting there, that I can have them with me and we come over in the summer or the winter and spend a month and play shows and have fun, and show my family this, that\u2019s my goal.<\/p>\n