{"id":2090809,"date":"2025-10-14T17:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2090809"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:30:22","slug":"new-f1-grid-gigs-pre-race-opening-show-to-make-austin-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-f1-grid-gigs-pre-race-opening-show-to-make-austin-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018F1 Grid Gigs\u2019 pre-race opening show to make Austin debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n
\n

The excitement of Formula 1 will begin before lights out thanks to a brand-new pre-race show, F1 Grid Gigs presented by American Express, with the first to take place at this weekend\u2019s United States Grand Prix.<\/span><\/p>\n

A unique blend of music and motorsport, the new feature was inspired by the celebrated F1 75 Live<\/a> season opener at London\u2019s The O2 arena, watched by an incredible 7.5 million viewers across F1\u2019s social channels.<\/p>\n

Partnering with world renowned and locally relevant artists around the globe, F1 Grid Gigs will elevate the pre-race entertainment spectacle for fans in the stands and at home during the countdown to the cars heading out on track.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

At Austin, widely regarded as the live music capital of the world, the inaugural show will embrace Texas\u2019 rich music heritage by giving the stage to local country singer and actor Drake Milligan.<\/p>\n

Known for his chart-topping album Dallas\/Fort Worth<\/em> and hit songs ‘Sounds Like Something I\u2019d Do’, ‘Honky Tonkin\u2019 About’ with The Reklaws, and ‘I Got a Problem’, Drake\u2019s distinct traditional country sound blended with his own unique modern flare, makes him one of the rising stars of country music.<\/p>\n

In Austin, Drake\u2019s performance will mark the start of the race preparations, taking to the grid to entertain fans in the stands and at home, just before the drivers leave their garages to head out onto track.<\/p>\n

F1 Grid Gigs presented by American Express will return at the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix, with a world-class artist performance in the City of Lights before the racing begins at the iconic Las Vegas Strip Circuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like the energy of a Formula 1 grid as the world gets ready for the best drivers to go head-to-head,\u201d said Emily Prazer, Chief Commercial Officer at F1.<\/p>\n

\u201cF1 Grid Gigs presented by American Express will elevate one of the most anticipated moments of a Grand Prix weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new pre-race show has been designed to capture and celebrate the thrill of the grid and give fans in the stands and at home a taste of adrenaline and exhilaration before we go racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drake Milligan added: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be performing at the Grand Prix in Austin, TX! There\u2019s nothing like the energy of this city during race weekend and I\u2019m looking forward to being a part of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the perfect stage for live music with the roar of the engines and the passion of the fans! I can\u2019t wait to bring some country heat to the Circuit of The Americas!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.formula1.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The excitement of Formula 1 will begin before lights out thanks to a brand-new pre-race show, F1 Grid Gigs presented by American Express, with the first to take place at this weekend\u2019s United States Grand Prix. A unique blend of music and motorsport, the new feature was inspired by the celebrated F1 75 Live season […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2090810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/New-\u2018F1-Grid-Gigs-pre-race-opening-show-to-make-Austin.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090811,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090809\/revisions\/2090811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2090810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}