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CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — The juggernaut that is Lainey Wilson didn\u2019t disappoint last night when her \u201cWhirlwind World Tour\u201d took no prisoners, blowing through Blossom Music Center. <\/p>\n
On a beautiful Northeast Ohio fall evening, the sold-out affair found 20,000 diehard fans witnessing one of those rare moments when seemingly the zeitgeist bends toward a certain artist at the height of their fame.<\/p>\n
Riding high creatively as a Grammy Award-winner, Grand Ole Opry member and prolific songwriter with eight No. 1 hits, the multitalented Wilson — who now acts, appearing on \u201cYellowstone\u201d — was highlighted last week on the 2025 TIME100 Next List. <\/p>\n
She also recently launched her fourth collection with Wrangler, as well as her own boot (Golden West Boots) and jewelry lines (The Lainey Wilson Jewelry Collection). <\/p>\n
The majority of this momentum took place over the last half-decade due to the charismatic Wilson\u2019s electric live performances, like the one she turned in Saturday night. <\/p>\n
Last appearing at Blossom Music Center in 2021 opening for Jason Aldean, Wilson proved she\u2019s a headliner to be reckoned with, emerging on stage wearing a sequin-like cowgirl outfit completed by a cowboy hat and trademark bell-bottoms. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel it in my bones, it\u2019s gonna be a good night in Ohio,\u201d said Wilson, who is engaged to former NFL quarterback Devlin \u201cDuck\u201d Hodges. (Yes, Browns fans, that Duck Hodges of Steelers lore)<\/p>\n
\u201cYou all showed up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Heavy on material from 2024\u2019s \u201cWhirlwind,\u201d the show kicked off with the subdued title track before crowd-favorite \u201cWatermelon Moonshine\u201d ramped up the energy. <\/p>\n
New song \u201cGood Horses\u201d found opener Lauren Watkins replacing studio duet partner Miranda Lambert, while \u201cCountry\u2019s Cool Again\u201d featured a medley of classics — Vince Gill\u2019s \u201cOne More Last Time,\u201d Dwight Yoakum\u2019s \u201cGuitars, Cadillacs\u201d and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band\u2019s \u201cFishing in the Dark.\u201d<\/p>\n
The most tender moment of the night came after the piano-heavy \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo,\u201d which interpolates \u201cSomewhere Over the Rainbow\u201d from \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d with cowgirl-friendly lyrics. <\/p>\n
Dressed rodeo chic, Wilson on a riser rose high above the stage wearing a vest with a long train that flowed behind her, creating a beautiful flying effect buoyed by the video screen\u2019s clouds.<\/p>\n
It turned out a good witch Glinda moment was in play. <\/p>\n
Just as the character from the aforementioned 1939 film was looking out for Dorothy on her adventure, the singer had a strong message for the young cowgirls, who dominated the audience.<\/p>\n
After beautifully segueing into \u201cPeace, Love, and Cowboys,\u201d Wilson said, \u201cThere are a lot of cowgirls tonight,\u201d before from center stage picking out Meredith as the highly coveted cowgirl of the night.<\/p>\n
Wearing a shirt saying this was her first concert, the young elementary-school age girl promptly — and without instruction — took charge, walking to the top of the stage stairs with a surprised Wilson following for an important empowering moment. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s when Wilson asked Meredith to repeat, \u201cI am beautiful, I am smart, I am talented, I can do anything and I\u2019m cowgirl of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n
While every little girl dressed up was jealous, they instead received a personal inspirational message for life from their favorite artist. <\/p>\n
That was the case for 6-year-old Penelope Gutowski, who attended the show on her birthday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe had her party last week,\u201d said her proud West Park dad, Mike. <\/p>\n
Dressed appropriately for the night — wearing a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and a Lainey Wilson shirt — the birthday girl said, \u201cI think she\u2019s pretty and I like the outfits she wears.\u201d<\/p>\n
Apparently sharing the same sentiment, a dude mid-show yelled out, \u201cI love you, Lainey Wilson.\u201d <\/p>\n
We\u2019re guessing that wasn\u2019t Hodges, but the moment spoke to the fandom associated with one of the biggest female country singers since the fervor that surrounded Carrie Underwood 15 years ago. <\/p>\n
What the 22-song, roughly two-hour set lacked in stylistic variety, it made up for in earnestness with the Louisiana native covering all of the Music City tropes — cowboys, cowgirls, trucks, horses, true love and booze. <\/p>\n
Perhaps due to the fact Wilson dedicated the majority of her set to her latest release with deep cuts galore, the dutiful audience, while taking it all in, often lacked a frenzied response enjoyed by artists with perhaps more of a chart-topping catalog guaranteeing singa-longs. <\/p>\n
Still, no one was complaining with hits \u201c4x4xU\u201d and \u201cHeart Like A Truck\u201d ending the night. <\/p>\n
Openers Muscadine Bloodline performed a guitar-heavy set straight out from the honky-tonk with the upbeat \u201cRattlesnake Ridge,\u201d heart-shaped \u201c10-90\u201d and fun \u201cDevil Died in Dixie.\u201d<\/p>\n
The latter track, a sequel to Charlie Daniels\u2019 \u201cDevil Went Down to Georgia,\u201d was a rocking affair that had just enough cowbell. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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