Thu
May 9, 2024
8:00 pm
CDT
(6:30 pm DOORS)
Wheeler Walker Jr.: The Spread Eagle Tour
$32.50 - $132.50
That sound you hear is the entire city of Nashville (and now all of America) wetting their pants – some in excitement, most in fear – because Wheeler Walker Jr. is BACK! Breaking Billboard records, kicking ass and taking names – the legacy of Wheeler Walker Jr. will surely tell the tale of the best country artists to ever grace this earth. The Spread Eagle Tour tickets, VIP and more information are available at www.wheelerwalkerjr.com
Doors open at 700 and show time at 800.
Tickets are $32.50 in advance and $35 day of show (if available). Seated Side Riser tickets are $85 (ltd qty).
Get adv tickets starting Friday December 8th at 10am at www.soulkitchenmobile.com or by calling 866.777.8932.
The Wheeler Walker Jr. Pre-Show Acoustic Roast - $132.50 (Ltd Qty)
Under 18 with a parent only. Anyone under 21 pays $5 surcharge at the door.
All support acts are subject to change without notice.
Doors open at 700 and show time at 800.
Tickets are $32.50 in advance and $35 day of show (if available). Seated Side Riser tickets are $85 (ltd qty).
Get adv tickets starting Friday December 8th at 10am at www.soulkitchenmobile.com or by calling 866.777.8932.
The Wheeler Walker Jr. Pre-Show Acoustic Roast - $132.50 (Ltd Qty)
- one general admission ticket
- Exclusive access to the pre-show acoustic & roast experience featuring a private performance and Q&A with Wheeler Walker Jr.
- Commemorative VIP laminate and lanyard
- Enamel dye-cut pin designed exclusively for VIP package purchasers
- Pre-concert merchandise shopping opportunity
- Early VIP entry to the venue
Under 18 with a parent only. Anyone under 21 pays $5 surcharge at the door.
All support acts are subject to change without notice.
Wheeler Walker Jr.
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Whatever you do, don’t you dare tell Wheeler Walker Jr.who he is or what he does. “I don’t play by the rules,” says the no-nonsense, straight-talking musician who ever since his chart-topping debut album, 2016’s Redneck Shit, has been giving the proverbial middle finger to anyone who doubts him. “I don’t want people to tell me what the fuck to do. I’m not a one-trick pony,” says the man who has already notched a gold album with the fan-favorite “Fuck You Bitch.” Yes, while Wheeler has undoubtedly made a major name for himself in recent years by shaking up the country music industry, now he has his eyes set on ripping down new goalposts. “I’m getting sick of Nashville and country music and the current Nashville scene,” he says without a moment of hesitation. “I mean, seriously, what’s the last good country album that’s come out? I think it’s been years.”It’s why Wheeler now returns with Ram, his boldest effort yet—a hard charging hurricane of a rock album that’s every bit as pummeling, raunchy and riotous as his best work to date. “It’s pretty intense,” Wheeler says of the 10-track, Dave Cobb-produced LP full of ass-kicking anthems with titles including “Born to Fuck,” “Money n’ Bitches” and “Fingerblast.” To hear him tell it, making a tried-and-true Southern rock album was principally about going back to his roots. Raised on the ripping riffs of bands such as Nirvana, the Misfits, the Replacements and Guns N’ Roses, Wheeler not only adored the heavier sounds those bands offered, but he also cherished rock’s “fuck-the-man” attitude. “This was the album I wantedto make,” he explains of Ram. “I knew it was a risk, but I felt like I hadn’t really taken any big risks for a while. And when I play it too safe, I get nervous. Whereas when I say, “Who gives a fuck? Maybe I’ll go bankrupt and it’ll all fall to shit and my manager might call and say, ‘You fucked up your career,”” that’s when it gets exciting to me.”Wheeler has never minced words. His feelings on where things stand in his career at the moment is no exception. “First of all, fuck the music industry. I don’t gotta prove shit to the industry. They’re a bunch of fucking swine and thieves and assholes. Now I gotta find new ways to piss people off,” he says with a laugh. “So now let’s fuck with rock. If my competition is Greta Van Fleet, I’m going to win that every day.”What excites him most, he says is the thrill of living on the edge. Where he could have stuck to his successful country-leaning formula and played it safe, he was willing to fall on his face in the name of his creative pursuit. “I wanted to go back to not giving a shit,” he says. “And to not give a shit you’ve got to throw it all away. People don’t understand --as an independent artist, what you’re doing with every album is you’re going to Vegas and you’re putting all your chips on the table every fucking time. If it tanks, you’re back at bankrupt. I wanted to risk bankruptcy again, to be blunt about it. I could see the headline: Wheeler Ruins Career. But if I do that and made the album I wanted to make, I could give two fucks.”Following last year’s Sex, Drugs & Country Music—an album Wheeler says was purposely a party album following the dismal COVID years —he channeled his pent-up anger this go-round into Ram. “Maybe ittook a while for the anger to settle in about how pissed off I am about so much shit going on right now,” he offers. “I just wanted to put that into my music. When I was a kid and I was pissed and in a bad mood, I would just crank AC/DC and Skynyrd. When I got pissed, I didn’t listen to George Jones; I cranked Appetite for Destruction.”“Because rock is fuck-the-man music,” he continues. “Country used to be. Country has turned into I-love-the-man music. What does the man tell me to do? He tells me to playthis song and use this pop producer. Yes sir. When I see Jason Aldean and I see Luke Bryan, those are corporate fucking slobs. Those motherfuckers have sold their fucking soul. It’s not music but a product. I don’t want a fucking product. I want to make the music I want to make. Even if Luke
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Logan Halstead
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