Country star Brad Paisley has tacked on a new summer and fall U.S. run of his Brad Paisley Live Tour, stretching from August through October 2026 and wrapping around his previously announced festival and Europe dates. As first reported by Jambase and confirmed by Pollstar, the expansion adds amphitheaters and arenas across the Northeast, Midwest, Florida and Texas, with rising artists like Jake Worthington tapped to support on many of the new shows.
The announcement dovetails with the rollout of Paisley’s Tacklebox project, a “never-ending” stream of new and archival material that the artist likens to a shared playlist of country hooks. The first single, “Fallin’,” arrives as the lead preview of a broader batch of tracks that will continue to release this week, according to Pollstar’s coverage.
Tour Dates, Tickets, and the Tacklebox Concept
According to Jambase, the new summer/fall leg begins Aug. 27, 2026 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and continues through markets including Massachusetts, Maine, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida and Virginia, then wraps Oct. 9, 2026 at the Stars of Texas festival in Ennis, Texas. Pollstar’s full itinerary shows the tour bracketing a June 2026 Europe run, with U.S. festival dates already on the books from May through early August.
Paisley described Tacklebox as a “box full of hooks, country lyric hooks,” in comments echoed by both outlets. Pollstar notes that the project revisits songs from his extensive catalog of unreleased and unrecorded material dating back to the ’90s, alongside freshly written tracks influenced by the vocal styles of Alan Jackson, Alabama, and similar ’80s- and ’90s-era productions associated with George Strait and Garth Brooks. Additional music is expected to follow throughout the week, according to Pollstar.
On the touring side, general onsales for the new dates are set for Friday, May 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. local time, according to Jambase, while Pollstar adds that Paisley Nation fan club and other presales will begin earlier in the week, including May 12 at 10:00 a.m. local. Live Nation is promoting the tour, with VIP packages and experiences available.
Why This Matters for SoCal Fans
For Southern California fans, the Brad Paisley Live Tour already has at least one local touchpoint: Paisley is scheduled to perform May 16, 2026 at Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, according to Pollstar’s routing and SoCalNomad’s calendar. While the new summer and fall 2026 dates do not yet include any additional SoCal standalone stops, the region’s deep country audience and Paisley’s history of fair and festival plays here suggest this could shift as the routing evolves.
Editorial observation: Paisley’s decision to pair a substantial tour expansion with a continuous-release project is a clear nod to how streaming has reshaped touring cycles. Rather than waiting for a single album cycle, he’s turning the catalog into a live engine that can be refreshed with new songs at any time.
Looking ahead, fans can expect more Tacklebox tracks to arrive in the coming days and weeks, while the Brad Paisley Live Tour continues to build momentum around Europe and then back across the U.S. through the fall of 2026.
Last updated May 12, 2026.
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