49 Winchester have announced a fresh batch of summer tour dates in support of the group’s critically acclaimed New West Records debut, Fortune Favors the Bold. Spanning June through September, the forthcoming tour leg includes appearances in major cities such as Minneapolis and Chicago, as well as debut performances at Railbird Music Festival (Lexington, KY), Under the Big Sky Festival (Whitefish, MT) and Born & Raised Music Festival (Pryor, OK) before the group embarks on its first ever European tour as direct support for Luke Combs.
Released in 2022, Fortune Favors the Bold has quickly generated over 40 million global streams and over 17 million global streams for the single “Russell County Line.” The band has also been selected as a Spotify “Hot Country Artist to Watch in 2023” and an Apple Music “Country Riser in 2022.” Fortune Favors the Bold debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top New Artist Chart, #7 on the Billboard Current Country Chart, and #10 on the Billboard Folk Americana Chart as well.
Met with critical acclaim, Rolling Stone called 49 Winchester “Country Music’s Buzziest of Buzz Bands,” and also named the album one of the “25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2022.” Bandcamp named Fortune Favors the Bold one of the “Best Country Records of 2022,” as did No Depression, Holler, PopMatters, Whiskey Riff, WMOT, and more.
49 Winchester have steadily become a must-see live act. The band recently made their London debut at the C2C: Country to Country Music Festival alongside the Zac Brown Band, Midland, and more. They will return to the historic Grand Ole Opry stage for their second appearance and make their Stagecoach debut in April. In September, the band will also return to Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, where they have solidified themselves as a fan favorite every year. Please see all dates below.
Formed on Winchester Street in the small mountain town of Castlewood, Virginia (population: 2,045), 49 Winchester started as a group of neighborhood teenage friends set on a calculated DIY path. In 2014 they independently released their eponymous debut, followed by 2018’s The Wind, and 2020’s celebrated III. Reflecting on his early days as a jack-of-all-trades stone mason, where it was about trying to make ends meet in an effort to keep the band rolling along, frontman Gibson can’t help but be grateful for a well-earned notion at the core of the band’s ethos — anything worthwhile in life is built brick-by-brick. “Everything has to be built. And very few people are going to achieve success overnight,” says Gibson. “We didn’t start out as a bunch of hot shot pickers out of Nashville. We started out on the ground floor — very basic songwriting and instrumentation. But we kept working at it, always progressing in what we wanted to do and how we wanted to sound — each song better than the previous one, the show this evening better than last night.”
49 Winchester’s Fortune Favors The Bold is available NOW via NEW WEST RECORDS.
49 Winchester Tour Dates:
03/31 - Paramount Center for the Arts - Bristol, TN (SOLD OUT)
04/01 - Paramount Center for the Arts - Bristol, TN (SOLD OUT)
04/05 - Brick Street - Oxford, OH
04/06 - A&R Music Bar - Columbus, OH (SOLD OUT)
04/07 - Thunderbird Music Hall - Pittsburgh, PA (SOLD OUT)
04/14 - Tooney’s Music Venue - McCaysville, GA
04/15 - Helena Amphitheater - Helena, AL
04/18 - Grand Ole Opry - Nashville, TN
04/20 - Beer City Music Hall - Oklahoma City, OK
04/21 - Gilley’s at Choctaw Casino - Durant, OK
04/22 - Tulip’s - Ft. Worth, TX
04/25 - Rialto Theatre - Tucson, AZ
04/27 - Valley Bar - Phoenix, AZ
04/28 - Museum Club - Flagstaff, AZ
04/30 - Stagecoach - Indio, CA
05/02 - Tumbleroot Taproom - Santa Fe, NM
05/04 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
05/05 - The Fox - Hays, KS
05/06 - Knuckleheads Saloon - Kansas City, MO
05/13 - NC Brewers and Music Festival - Huntersville, NC
05/19 - Katie’s House Country Music Fest - Winchester, VA
05/20 - Lime Kiln Theater - Lexington, VA (SOLD OUT)
05/21 - Dominion RiverRock Festival - Richmond, VA
05/27 - Country Carnival Festival - Worcester, MA
06/01 - Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater - Decatur, IL&
06/03 - Riverbend Festival - Chattanooga, TN
06/04 - Railbird Festival - Lexington, KY
06/09 - Laurel Cove Music Festival - Pineville, KY
06/16 - Wise County Fair - Wise, VA
06/23 - Back Home Festival - New Martinsville. WV
06/24 - Whimmydiddle - Hamilton, OH
07/06 - Wooly’s - Des Moines, IA
07/07 - Fine Line - Minneapolis, MN
07/08 - Joe’s on Weed Street - Chicago, IL
07/11 - Hot Country Nights - Vail, CO
07/13 - Pub Station - Billings
07/15 - Under the Big Sky Festival - Whitefish, MT
07/16 - Under the Big Sky Festival After Party - Whitefish, MT
07/18 - The Rialto Theatre - Bozeman, MT
07/19 - Soundwell - Salt Lake City, UT
07/21 - Night in the Country - Yerington, NV
07/22 - Delfino Farms Concert Series - Camino, CA
07/23 - FairWell Music Festival - Redmond, OR
07/25 - The Outlaw Saloon - Cheyenne, WY
07/26 - The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO
07/28 - Peacemaker Festival - Ft. Smith, AR
08/03 - Rose Music Center at The Heights - Huber Heights, OH^
08/04 - PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH^
08/05 - Ting Pavilion - Charlottesville, VA^
08/18 - Prescott Park Summer Series - Portsmouth, NH
08/19 - Catbird Music Festival - Bethel, NY
09/08 - Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion - Bristol TN
09/10 - Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion - Bristol, TN
09/13 - Born & Raised Music Festival - Pryor, OK
09/30 - Spektrum - Oslo, NO*
10/01 - Avicii Arena - Stockholm, SE*
10/04 - VEGA Forum - Copenhagen, DK*
10/06 - Barclays Arena - Hamburg, DE*
10/07 - AFAS Live - Amsterdam, NL*
10/08 - La Cigale - Paris, FR*
10/10 - The Hall - Zurich, CH*
10/11 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, BE*
10/13 - 3 Arena - Dublin, IE*
10/14 - SSE Arena - Belfast, UK*
10/16 - OVO Hydro Arena - Glasgow, UK*
10/17 - AO Arena - Manchester, UK*
10/19 - O2 Arena - London, UK*
10/20 - O2 Arena - London, UK*
10/22 - Lafayette - London, UK
Bold = Just Added
* Supporting Luke Combs
& Supporting Whiskey Myers
^ Supporting Dwight Yoakam & The Mavericks
