Brantley Gilbert will kick off his Not Like Us Tour on August 22nd, with Michael Ray and Lindsay Ell as his openers. Fans love when the headliner invites the openers back on stage to sing with them, and Brantley says that’s something he, Michael and Lindsay have been talking about, but he says, “I think we will wait till we get out there and kind of see how everybody’s shows flowin’ and kind of see if there’s anything that’s already in my set. I’d like for them to be as much a part of the decision as I am. I think it just comes across a lot cooler that way.”
Plus, Brantley doesn’t want to force Michael or Lindsay to sing one a song they don’t like. He says, “You know, I don’t want to pick, ‘All right, y’all come out on Small Town Throw Down,’ and maybe Michael or Lindsay, one goin’, ‘I hate that song.’ I don’t know if that’s the case, but it’s a possibility. I’ve done some on stage with folks that weren’t my favorite, but I want all of us to be a part of that process. I think it’ll be a cooler idea if it’s something that comes out organically while we’re out and we’re reading the vibes of these folks. So, we’ll have some fun with it.”
One thing you can count on is that Lindsay will join Brantley every night on stage during the Not Like Us Tour to perform their current single, “What Happens in a Small Town.”
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“We’ve been talking about it. I think we will wait till we get out there and kind of see how everybody’s shows flowin’ and kind of see if there’s anything that’s already in my set. I’d like for them to be as much a part of the decision as I am. I think it just comes across a lot cooler that way. You know, I don’t want to pick, ‘All right, y’all come out on Small Town Throw Down,’ and maybe Michael or Lindsay, one goin’, ‘I hate that song.’ I don’t know if that’s the case, but it’s a possibility. I’ve done some on stage with folks that weren’t my favorite, but I want all of us to be a part of that process. I think it’ll be a cooler idea if it’s something that comes out organically while we’re out and we’re reading the vibes of these folks. So, we’ll have some fun with it.”