Photo: CeCe Dawson
Lainey Wilson said her story “wasn’t quite finished yet” after she released her Whirlwind record.
Now, the reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year is expanding the studio album with five new tracks one year after the original version’s debut. Wilson’s 19-track deluxe edition of Whirlwind made its highly-anticipated arrival on Friday (August 22). Newly-added songs include Wizard of Oz-inspired ballad “Somewhere Over Laredo,” “Bell Bottoms Up” (nodding to her bar of the same name in Nashville, Tennessee), “King Ranch, King George, King James,” “Yesterday, All Day, Every Day” (which Wilson's fiancé, Devlin “Duck” Hodges, said is a “song on how we met”), and “Peace, Love, and Cowboys.” The newest additions to the Whirlwind chapter join “Country’s Cool Again,” “Good Horses” with Miranda Lambert, the title track, “Hang Tight Honey,” “4x4xU” and more.
“This story wasn’t quite finished yet,” Wilson wrote in a caption on Instagram. “I wrote these last 5 songs when the dust was starting to settle a little bit. Now I’m starting to feel it pick back up with the kick off of my Whirlwind World Tour North America tour dates. Y’all check it out and let me know which one is your favorite. Can’t wait to see you at a show here real soon.”
WHIRLWIND DELUXE TRACK LIST
1. Keep Up With Jones
2. Country’s Cool Again
3. Good Horses (feat. Miranda Lambert)
4. Broken Hearts Still Beat
5. Whirlwind
6. Call A Cowboy
7. Hang Tight Honey
8. Bar In Baton Rouge
9. Counting Chickens
10. 4x4xU
11. Ring Finger
12. Middle Of It
13. Devil Don’t Go There
14. Whiskey Colored Crayon
15. Somewhere Over Laredo
16. King Ranch, King George, King James
17. Yesterday, All Day, Every Day
18. Bell Bottoms Up
19. Peace, Love, and Cowboys
“These songs that are gonna be on the deluxe, they were all written after Whirlwind was out, so it was kind of like the next step, or what life I lived right after Whirlwind was released,” Wilson said in a recent interview with iHeartCountry. “And so, it was cool to be able to tap into that, and also, it’s cool to be able to share that side, too, with the fans. And I’m really, really proud of this. I mean, I’m partial, but somehow, I feel like we continue to push it and level up, and I feel like even the people that I write songs with, they’re feeling the same way. We’re like, ‘OK, we really did it with this one,’ and we’re like, ‘OK, well how does it get better than this?’ And then it somehow does. But that’s a good place. That’s a very good place to be in.”
Wilson said she’s “learned how to find inspiration in different places,” as she writes music while touring the world. Her ongoing “Whirlwind World Tour” is “a dang good time,” Wilson said. “Just be prepared to cut loose and let your hair down. That’s, at least, what I’m planning on doing. I just want everybody to feel welcome and come as you are and just enjoy the moment. Let the music take you somewhere. That’s what I hope for (with live shows).” See her upcoming tour dates below.
“Somewhere Over Laredo”
LAINEY WILSON TOUR DATES
August 22—Sacramento, CA—Golden 1 Center*
August 23—Los Angeles, CA—Kia Forum*
August 28—Calgary, AB—Scotiabank Saddledome*
August 29—Edmonton, AB—Rogers Place*
August 30—Saskatoon, SK—SaskTel Centre*
September 11—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center†
September 12—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center†
September 13—Bossier City, LA—Brookshire Grocery Arena†
September 18—Austin, TX—Moody Center‡
September 19—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena‡
September 20—Houston, TX—The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman ‡
September 25—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage§
September 26—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre§
September 27—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena§
October 2—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena||
October 3—Noblesville, IN—Ruoff Music Center§
October 4—Cleveland, OH—Blossom Music Center§
October 9—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion§
October 10—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden§
October 11—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center§
October 16—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casio Amphitheatre||
October 17—Rosemont, IL—Allstate Arena||
October 18—Saint Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center||
October 24—Knoxville, TN—Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center#
October 25—Charlotte, NC—Spectrum Center#
November 7—Tampa, FL—Amalie Arena#
November 8—Orlando, FL—Kia Center#
December 7—Las Vegas, NV—Lainey Wilson: Wildflowers & Wild Horses
February 6—Auckland, New Zealand—Spark Arena~
February 8—Christchurch, New Zealand—Wolfbrook Arena~
February 11—Brisbane, Australia—Brisbane Entertainment Centre~
February 12—Brisbane, Australia—Brisbane Entertainment Centre~
February 14—Newcastle, Australia—Howlin’ Country~
February 16—Sydney, Australia—Qudos Bank Arena~
February 19—Melbourne, Australia—Rod Laver Arena~
February 20—Melbourne, Australia—Rod Laver Arena~
February 22—Adelaide, Australia—Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena~
February 26—Perth, Australia—RAC Center~
*with special guests ERNEST and Kaitlin Butts
†with special guests ERNEST and Maddox Batson
‡with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Drake Milligan
§with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Lauren Watkins
||with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Maddox Batson
#with special guests ERNEST and Drake Milligan
~with special guests Flatland Cavalry and Kaitlin Butts