Rising country artist Wyatt Flores will release his highly anticipated full-length debut album, Welcome To The Plains, October 18 on Island Records/Universal Music Canada (pre-order/pre-save here starting August 30). Ahead of the release, Flores’ new single, “Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight,” will debut tomorrow at 12:01am ET alongside an official music video.
Produced by Beau Bedford (Orville Peck, Shane Smith & The Saints) and recorded between Los Angeles and Asheville, Welcome To The Plains details Flores’ journey as he balances the struggle of leaving his hometown of Stillwater, OK with the highs and lows of life on the road. Across these 14 tracks, including songwriting collaborations with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor and Aaron Raitiere, Flores delivers the grounded and sincere storytelling he’s celebrated for, seamlessly blending traditional country and folk sounds.
Reflecting on the project, Flores shares, “It’s an album about home and a search for happiness. It’s an album about Stillwater, Oklahoma, and all the other little towns that have raised people like you and me. It’s an album about my family, and the people and places in my life who have defined who I am today. This album is happy on one side and heartbreak on the other, and whoever you are, I hope you find something you love in here.”
In celebration of the new music, Flores will embark on his “Welcome To The Plains Tour” this fall, which includes his largest headline shows to date. Upcoming stops include Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Paramount, Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre (sold out), Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom (two nights), Boston’s House of Blues, Atlanta’s The Eastern, Chicago’s Vic Theatre, Pittsburgh’s Stage AE, Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s Texas among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found here.
Born and raised in Oklahoma, the Mexican-American artist has established himself as one of country music’s most vital voices with his three previous EPs, including Half Life, which was released earlier this spring. Receiving widespread critical attention, The New York Times praised, “Wyatt Flores…Has a Superpower: Tapping Emotions,” while NPR Music declared, “a fantastic record…he is making a big splash out there” and Holler proclaimed, “Flores at his gloriously life affirming, existential best.”
Further adding to his breakout year, Flores is nominated for Emerging Act of the Year at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards, was named one of Rolling Stone’s 25 “Future of Music” artists, selected as Amazon’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year, included in Spotify’s Hot Country Class of 2024 and CMT’s Listen Up class, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut earlier this year. Additionally, Flores has garnered over 325 million streams to date, saw his 2022 breakout single, “Please Don’t Go,” scale the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and had his song “Before I Do” with Jake Kohn featured on the soundtrack for the new Twisters movie.
WELCOME TO THE PLAINS TRACK LIST
1. Welcome To The Plains
2. When I Die
3. Oh Susannah
4. Only Thing Missing Is You
5. Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight
6. Habits
7. Right Here with You
8. The Truth
9. Forget Your Voice
10. Angels Over You
11. Little Town
12. Stillwater
13. Falling Sideways
14. The Good Ones
WYATT FLORES CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
August 29—London, U.K.—Islington Assembly Hall
September 5—Tucson, AZ—Rialto Theatre
September 6—Santa Fe, NM—The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing
September 7—El Paso, TX—Lowbrow Palace
September 12—Stephenville, TX—Twisted J Live (SOLD OUT)
September 13—Nacogdoches, TX—Banita Creek Hall (SOLD OUT)
September 14—Anahuac, TX—Texas Gatorfest
September 20—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond 2024
September 23—Berkeley, CA—The Greek Theatre Berkeley (SOLD OUT)
September 24—Berkeley, CA—The Greek Theatre Berkeley (SOLD OUT)
September 25—Stanford, CA—Frost Amphitheater
September 27—Sacramento, CA—Ace of Spades‡
September 28—Sacramento, CA—Ace of Spades‡
September 30—Los Angeles, CA—The Fonda Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
October 4—Quincy, WA—Gorge Amphitheatre^
October 5—Quincy, WA—Gorge Amphitheatre^
October 10—Oklahoma City, OK—The Criterion†
October 11—Dallas, TX—State Fair of Texas
October 12—College Station, TX—Live at The Station
October 17—Atlanta, GA—The Eastern+
October 18—Raleigh, NC—The Ritz+
October 19—Charlotte, NC—The Fillmore+
October 20—Simpsonville, SC—Greenville Country Music Fest
October 24—Oxford, MS—The Lyric*
October 25—Birmingham, AL—Avondale Brewing Company*
October 26—Little Rock, AR—The Hall#
October 29—Minneapolis, MN—First Avenue#
October 31—Chicago, IL—The Vic Theatre#
November 1—Rosemont, IL—Joe’s Live#
November 2—Madison, WI—The Sylvee#
November 12—Cincinnati, OH—Bogart’s*
November 13—Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Music Theatre*
November 15—Pittsburgh, PA—Stage AE*
November 16—Cleveland, OH—Agora Theatre*
November 17—Toronto, Ontario—Danforth Music Hall~ (SOLD OUT)
November 20—London, Ontario—London Music Hall~
November 22—Montreal, Quebec—Theatre Beanfield~
November 23—Ottawa, Ontario—Bronson Centre Music Theatre~
December 2—Washington, D.C.—9:30 Club**
December 3—Richmond, VA—The National**
December 4—Philadelphia, PA—The Fillmore‡‡
December 6—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Paramount‡‡
December 7—Boston, MA—House of Blues‡‡
December 13—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium††
December 14—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium++
December 27—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s Texas
December 30—Tulsa, OK—Cain’s Ballroom##
December 31—Tulsa, OK—Cain’s Ballroom~~
*with special guest Noeline Hofmann
‡with special guest Brendan Walter
^supporting Luke Combs
†with special guest Lance Roark
+with special guest Kaitlin Butts
#with special guest Bo Staloch
~with special guest Zandi Holup
**with special guest Jake Kohn
‡‡with special guest Evan Honer
††with special guests The Great Divide and Lance Roark
++with special guests Evan Honer and Bo Staloch
##with special guests JR Carroll and Wyatt Baker
~~with special guests The Damn Quails and Lance Roark
