Turnpike Troubadours Cancel Final Appearances on Miranda Lambert Bandwagon Tour
This story has been updated.
The Turnpike Troubadours will not be appearing on the final few dates of the current “Bandwagon Tour” opening for Little Big Town and Miranda Lambert as previously scheduled. The Oklahoma-based band was originally scheduled to appear as openers on 10 of the dates during the tour, but have canceled their final two appearances at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Canada for Thursday, August 23rd, and the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan on Friday, August 24th.
According to the publicist for the Turnpike Troubadours, “They are no longer playing those dates due to some serious family emergencies. The band needs to be close to home.”
Scheduled shows for the Turnpike Troubadours on August 30th at The Beaumont in Nebraska, as well as August 31st at the 9th Street Summerfest in Columbia, Missouri are still on according to management, as are all other previously-announced 2018 shows.
The Turnpike Troubadours first opened for Miranda Lambert during shows in early February, 2018 as part of her “Livin’ Like Hippies” tour, giving the band some of their first arena-level exposure. Miranda Lambert has been booking many up-and-coming and independent artists as part of her tours recently, including The Steel Woods, Lucie Silvas, Natalie Hemby, and Tenille Townes.
The Turnpike Troubadours have a full slate of live shows on their calendar for the rest of 2018, including the Medicine Stone Festival in Oklahoma they help host with Jason Boland in mid September, and a two-night stint at ACL Live in Austin November 30th and December 1st. They’re also playing Mile 0 Fest in Key West, FL in January 2019 (see full tour dates).
August 23, 2018 @ 12:26 pm
Weird, they were promoting playing the last show in IL as well and they’re still playing their own gig on Sunday. I know several people who were going to the tour just to see them play.
August 25, 2018 @ 8:55 am
Miranda just said in an interview that she is ‘happily single’. The ugly gossip mongers can stop now.
August 26, 2018 @ 11:45 am
The only reason we made the 2 1/2 hour drive to Tinley Park last night. They were promoted as one of the openers for the night. My husband and I were extremely disappointed. Personal and professional should be kept separate always. We are extremely busy people that just wanted to enjoy a great show! Don’t have time to follow news or gossip!! Would have stayed home!!
August 26, 2018 @ 3:52 pm
Hey Kathy,
Sorry to hear about this. This exact scenario is the reason Saving Country Music posted this article when the cancellations were confirmed. It’s a shame so many have made a tabloid story out of this.
August 23, 2018 @ 12:32 pm
Hell I wouldn’t have degraded myself opening for a band like Little Big Town even one time.
August 23, 2018 @ 12:47 pm
It is kinda funny how Turnpike sells out all their own shows then they go on this big tour and end up playing to half empty venues.
August 23, 2018 @ 12:52 pm
I got no problem with the Turnpike Troubadours or any other important independent country band signing up on a mainstream tour to expose pop country fans to healthier listening alternatives while also building support behind their own careers and getting a decent paycheck.
August 23, 2018 @ 1:10 pm
Can you explain how bands like Turnpike get paid as openers? A take of the box office, paid up front a guaranteed sum? This IMO was a fairly big tour With Miranda and Little Big Town as co headliners and Turnpike plus another opener. Ticket sales weren’t that hot so I’m wondering how much money is made from these types of tours?
August 23, 2018 @ 1:25 pm
USUALLY the opening bands will get a flat guarantee that will not be tied to ticket sales like it is to the headliners on arena tours, especially if there is a couple of headliners like on the Bandwagon Tour. Sometimes that guarantee is smaller than what a band would normally get, but they take it for the extra exposure an opening slot gives them. Sometimes it’s much bigger than what they’re used to getting paid, especially if it’s a new band (not like Turnpike). I really have no idea what the financial arrangement was with Turnpike, but I don’t see them bailing due to lower ticket sales. I take them at their word that personal issues are the reason. What everyone wants to speculate about is what those personal reasons are. Better to blow out a couple of opening gigs to deal with whatever you have to deal with so that you can make your headliner gigs which will be a bigger disappointment and financial hit if you miss them than try to soldier through a grueling schedule and nerves get the best of you.
Being in a band is like being in an intimate relationship for artists. These aren’t just your co-workers. You’re spending every waking hour with these people, often in close quarters, in a high stress environment. Good chemistry is vital.
August 23, 2018 @ 1:31 pm
Thank you. I was curious as to how tours in general work as far as venue sizes as overheads. Who pays for what. It seems to me that LBT especially is at a place where playing arenas is a thing of the past and maybe it’s time to down size venues? Is it better to sell out theaters or half an arena? I guess the prestige factor is lost but it just seems like a money loss playing large fairly empty venues.
August 23, 2018 @ 3:24 pm
not when your lead singer is banging the headliner 🤔
August 26, 2018 @ 3:41 pm
They sold out our outdoor amphitheater in Michigan on Friday night 8/24. So not sure where they aren’t selling but like most fans in Detroit area we show up for bands we like. 15,000+ tickets is a good night.
August 23, 2018 @ 1:28 pm
Good thoughts Trig, and I definitely see where you’re coming from and why a lot of people think this is a good thing.
But from my perspective there’s a lot to be said about respect.
And I respect my music too much to open for a band like Little Big Waste of Time. If it were my band I’d feel degraded, and I’d feel especially slighted that most of the audience didn’t know who I was, and If it were me I’d rather be somewhere else performing for people who appreciated me.
I love my dear Mama TwoShirts to pieces but she always tells me that I’d make the kind of music that sells or I wouldn’t have a music career and I always pick that last one because If I put the name of TwoShirts on it then it better be something I want to stand behind but artists gotta pay bills too and I got nothing wrong with doing a bit less than ideal for a good cheque or two.
But for a band like TT to open for LBS (stands for lotta bullshit) seems kinda demeaning. TT shouldn’t be reduced to an opener for a band with a guy who knows two mandolin chords
August 24, 2018 @ 4:52 am
lol
August 24, 2018 @ 6:00 am
You sound like the guy who thinks a ball player should take $5 million less to play in his hometown because, after all, $10 million should be “enough”. As if you would do that. These guys slog their whole lives to get their music in front of everybody they possibly can. They’d be fools not to take advantage of an opportunity like this.
Plus, I’m betting they don’t dislike/disrespect LBT as much as you do. They are fellow artists, whatever we think of them, TT, LBT and Miranda have more in common with each other than with us.
So is Miranda back on the market? Asking for a friend. 🙂
August 23, 2018 @ 12:36 pm
PR excuse. I guess the family emergency will have miraculously resolved by their show Sunday.
August 23, 2018 @ 12:57 pm
I don’t think it’s fair to assume what is going on here. Last year in August, Turnpike Troubadours also canceled some shows due to an undisclosed personal issue involving guitarist Ryan Engleman:
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/turnpike-troubadours-cancel-shows-after-undisclosed-personal-issue/
I understand there is a gossip issue swirling in the background of this story, but I don’t think it’s fair to assume this is at the heart of the cancellations, and it also may not be fair to demand an answer about what may be very personal matters.
August 23, 2018 @ 1:37 pm
Did the band members and spouses go private on social media last year too?
August 23, 2018 @ 12:53 pm
Ok, lets stop skirting around this issue. This is very much to do with the Evan/ Miranda relationship. Something seems off.
August 23, 2018 @ 1:04 pm
That’s the first thing I thought as well!
August 23, 2018 @ 1:14 pm
Stop! Business is business. Even if this was a relationship issue you would put up w/ 2 shows so stop. It’s NOT like they had a whole tour it was only two shows.
August 23, 2018 @ 4:17 pm
It is off..because on the third day they r all ready back on stage…
August 23, 2018 @ 5:03 pm
Now shes dating cody jinks. Lol
August 23, 2018 @ 9:11 pm
She probably had a crush on him until she heard Lifers.
August 25, 2018 @ 5:26 am
Tyler Childers is next in line.
August 25, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
Oh, is Cody Jinks married? Then, probably.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:37 am
His “ex has been posting on her Instagram page FULL support of the band, even going so far as tagging them in her comments, SHE ALSO in another post answered back to a hateful comment that Evan will always be in her life as a wife doesn’t just fall out of love with her husband after 6 months, she also said NO to the Evan bashing, and tonight posted on her story FULL SUPPORT With her left hand weirdly held up in full view with her wedding ring on , He’s going home and she’s taking HIm back, it’s right there on INSTAGRAM. You’ll see!
August 24, 2018 @ 11:54 am
PRAISE GOD. I HAVE BEEN PRAYING HE GOES HOME TO HIS WIFE! Lord please send him home to his loving and patient wife Staci . Please.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:36 pm
Why do you care?
August 24, 2018 @ 12:36 pm
Why do you care?
August 24, 2018 @ 9:41 pm
Simple. Evan is no longer married so he’s not desirable to Trigger ‘s-Queen-who-could-do-no-wrong-Miranda .Next married musician…..anyone?
August 23, 2018 @ 1:09 pm
I saw them at the 9:30 Club in DC and just saw them in Philly (Camden) opening for the tour. Evan was clearly a littke drunk and the band, as a whole, seemed a little off both nights. Hopefully it’s a hiccup an they’re just going through difficult times in their respective careers.
August 23, 2018 @ 1:26 pm
My brother and I saw them that weekend and he was fine. They sounded great and had a fun time both nights out there. Wished they played longer but what their set was tight. I have phone videos to prove it. Sad that people jump on the he was drunk so fast.
August 23, 2018 @ 1:36 pm
I didn’t say it was a bad show, I don’t think anything they do will be bad. But Evan was definitely slurring a bit.
August 23, 2018 @ 5:30 pm
Saw them on st patty’s day and he was so drunk he didn’t remember a lot of the words to multiple songs.
August 23, 2018 @ 8:04 pm
Definitely a recurring thing for him, but luckily the four times I’ve seen them he was fine.
August 24, 2018 @ 9:08 am
I was thinking of going to that show, but waited too long and it sold out. How was Charley Crockett?
August 23, 2018 @ 3:04 pm
So many haters and negative comments. I hope everything is okay with their families.
August 23, 2018 @ 3:14 pm
This band wears me out with all their drama. If they cancel over Labor Day, I’ll be happy with 2 hours Chris Knight (with band) and 2 hours Shooter Jennings. Actually, I prefer that; I’ve seen Evan in concert and I wasn’t impressed.
August 23, 2018 @ 5:07 pm
Chris has been off the last couple times I’ve seen him. But it’d be nice to see him with a band again – it’s been a while.
August 23, 2018 @ 8:03 pm
I’ve never seen Chris with a band … always solo. This is like bucket list shit.
August 23, 2018 @ 8:31 pm
Just saw Turnpike and Shooter play a show together last month. Shooter was a snoozer and Turnpike tore the house apart.
August 25, 2018 @ 3:42 am
I saw Shooter on Joe Rogan and he seems to have destroyed any brain cells he might have had.
August 24, 2018 @ 4:02 am
I’ve seen him six times. Once with one guy on guitar, once with Jason Boland and Chris Canada (talk about bucket list shit!), and just once, the very first time I saw him, with a band.
August 23, 2018 @ 3:22 pm
hahahahahhaahahahahah. did EF finally grow a spine? Family emergency is code for damage control. Get Evan some help, if you bandmates actually gave a shit about him you would demand he go to rehab.
August 23, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
They’re too busy kissIng up to Miranda. Can’t do rehab in 3 days. They obviously don’t want him to leave the band but don’t care enough about him to get him help.
August 23, 2018 @ 5:34 pm
What a fucked up thing to say. To be so enraptured in the allure of celebrity gossip to assume that Evan Felker’s band mates don’t care about his well being is a diseased mindset completely overlooking the natural goodness in humanity. I’m embarrassed to be inhabiting the same planet as someone so tied to pop culture they cheer for the destruction of others simply because they’ve decided they’re on the other side of a Stan war. Get a fucking life.
August 23, 2018 @ 6:20 pm
Then they should help him get to rehab, trigger. My commentary is based on their inaction. Get off your high horse. You’re the one who said committing adultery didn’t matter because good music could come out of Evan and Miranda hooking up.
August 23, 2018 @ 6:37 pm
Lol Trigger did you get a gold medal for that Olympic long jump? You say fucked up shit behind your pretend war to save a genre all the time.
August 23, 2018 @ 6:43 pm
How do you know these cancellations have anything to do with Evan Felker? Turnpike canceled shows last year at this time because of a personal issue with the guitar player that was never revealed. Last week Alan Jackson canceled shows because of an undisclosed health issue.
I never said committing adultery doesn’t matter. I feel terrible for everybody involved. Nobody wins in a broken home, and to see folks cheering the destruction of other individuals just because they’re so bought into the celebrity mindset is sickening. None of us are perfect.
August 23, 2018 @ 6:57 pm
I never said they were related to him. I was responding to Kimberly’s rehab comment. I don’t believe the cancellations were due to “family emergencies” (plural) though.
His band should get him help. Scheduling 4+ shows a weeks for months on end isn’t doing that. Their priorities appear to be different.
August 23, 2018 @ 8:01 pm
Cheap shots from the peanut gallery…not exactly shocking.
August 23, 2018 @ 3:30 pm
Miranda’s done with him literally a week after his divorce is final. Wow, she really has no interest in single men.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:56 pm
Were you peeping in their window because I doubt you’re a friend or part of her family so really you know f*ck all about them and their life so maybe you should keep your rude comments to yourself.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:12 pm
She just announced she’s single. Apologies accepted.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:40 pm
So? You still don’t know these people, why they split up or when they actually split up. You’re just spreading malicious gossip about someone you don’t know because you don’t like her. Grow up.
August 24, 2018 @ 9:49 pm
You grow up and pull the stick off your a..s . You’re just like Trigger. Miranda all mighty who only likes married men can do no wrong. Hmmm are you married? Maybe you can be next now that she dropped the no longer married Evan.
August 23, 2018 @ 3:47 pm
I JUST arrived at the venue in Toronto to see they canceled. I’m super disappointed but I hope everything is ok.
August 23, 2018 @ 4:38 pm
If Mirands ends up wrecking my favorite country band, she should be deported.
August 23, 2018 @ 7:23 pm
For FSakes, you act like she has some sort of superpower over these people and they have no backbones. Always jumping to the very worst conclusions from your pedestals. They are all responsible for themselves and their own decisions. Must be a burden to be so damn perfect.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:02 am
Need any more hay for your strawmen?
August 24, 2018 @ 7:48 am
Reality check, and double standard check as well: forget the fact that it was an asinine statement, but if we “deported” all singers who cheated on a partner, we’d have precious few left, starting way back in the age of Twitty and continuing to many of your current day precious idols who act holier than thou and have bones flying out of their closet. Put down your National Enquirer and tabloid trash. We don’t know the true story nor should we care about their personal biz. Deportation? Save it for the criminal illegals. Geez.
August 24, 2018 @ 2:41 pm
Dude, it was hyperbolic humor. I don’t actually want Miranda to be deported. Geez.
I know that country music has been filled with cheaters. It was a joke.
I agree. Save it for illegal immigrants.
August 23, 2018 @ 9:14 pm
TT isn’t a contry band. So, you have nothing to worry about. : )
August 24, 2018 @ 4:11 am
What an incredibly stupid statement. If TT isn’t “country”, then Cody Jinks is Japanese techno.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:27 am
One of his favorite lines.
August 24, 2018 @ 3:35 pm
TT is squarely modern Southern Rock / Regular Rock (especially their new album), with some country songs thrown in throughout their catalog. Nothing wrong with that, but to call them a country band is a big stretch. And if you are talking about Cody’s catalog up until Lifers, I would agree that the Japanese techno is pretty funny.
August 24, 2018 @ 4:57 am
Miranda could fart into a microphone and it’d be better than anything TT released.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:25 am
That’s damn silly, even if it is hyperbole.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:26 am
TT are fine. I like that Lorrie song a lot. Miranda Lambert is one of the best country artists of all time, no hyperbole.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:10 am
I think Miranda Lambert’s music is fine. I like a lot of her songs and am happy when I have to listen to country radio and one of them comes on. Not as happy as when a Stapleton song comes on, but happy. One of the best of all time seems a bit overstated.
Good Lord Lorrie is a great song and the album it’s on (Goodbye Normal Street) is one of my favorites of the last decade or so. I mean, I TREASURE that album and I think their Diamonds and Gasoline album is pretty close to it, And I’d give each of their last two an A- at least.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:10 am
Well list of the greatest country singers/artists of all time begs to diffe….she is at # 98
August 24, 2018 @ 12:12 pm
Lol, by whom?
August 24, 2018 @ 7:34 am
Usually like your comments, but you might be a little off the mark on that one.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:38 am
🙂
August 23, 2018 @ 5:58 pm
Wow, I can’t believe all the BS comments on here. What a disgusting world we live in right now. I hope all is well with the band and there families and will continue to root for the TT and there amazing music. Grow up, people!!
August 23, 2018 @ 6:24 pm
Miranda fans are sick of her shit!! She has lost lots of fans because of this.Disgusting behavior!!! No morals!!!
August 23, 2018 @ 7:48 pm
WRONG! Blake and Gwen stans are sick of her. Her fans are fans of her music, which has not changed. If she lost “fans” then they were fans of her persona and not her music. Get off your high horse and stop being so judgmental and ugly.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:44 pm
Uh not really. Read a Miranda fan blog and they are pretty disappointed. Love her music but think she’s making awful personal decisions. But lets go ahead and blame Blake and Gwen. Crisis in the Middle East. Blake and Gwens fault. Hurricane in Hawaii. Blake & Gwens fault. This us between TT, Evan and Miranda. No one else
August 24, 2018 @ 5:00 am
Only weirdos care about personal relationships of their favorite singers and songwriters. That’s her life. I just care about the tunes.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:00 am
No she hasn’t, she hasn’t done anything . I’m still a huge fan!!
August 24, 2018 @ 3:33 pm
I will always be a Miranda fan! She has done more for females in country music than most. Besides. All these people trying to the morality police, yet still speak of Johnny and June as if they were Gods. Nevermind the fact they were both clearly married to others and had children when they got involved. They sure didn’t face the backlash that she has.
August 23, 2018 @ 6:38 pm
Evan, go back to your wife. She will forgive you. She is a classy and faithful .
1 Corinthians 13
“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. “
August 23, 2018 @ 8:47 pm
Don’t waste your time on nursery rhymes or fairy tales of blood and wine, it’s turtles all the way down the line.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:07 am
How deep. Is that Rimbaud or Hugo? Hang your hat on the pure genius of Sturgill SImpson. What a dope.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:37 pm
Why do you care?
August 24, 2018 @ 12:55 pm
Why do I care?
Galatians 6:2
‘Carry eachothers burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the of Christ.’
August 24, 2018 @ 4:35 pm
That’s what you’re going with? Well alrighty then.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:44 pm
And to be clear, going on a website comment section and making holier- than- thou remarks about people you don’t know isn’t “carrying others’ burdens.”
Try harder.
August 25, 2018 @ 7:43 am
Why do you care if people post Bible verses? You seemingly have responded to every single one.
At least, they have noble intentions.
August 27, 2018 @ 8:20 am
Can’t speak for sbach66, but it’s the hypocritical use of verses, that were written to induce self-reflection, to instead attack others that folks like me have a problem with. This ridiculous weaponizing of faith is the opposite of Christ’s intent.
August 25, 2018 @ 2:55 am
Nothing like a good infidelity to bring you Jesus freaks out of the woodwork with stories about your imaginary sky ghosts. Does your brother-husband know you’re on the internet again?
August 23, 2018 @ 6:53 pm
Miranda AND Evan are selfish and Thoughtless…I dont believe a lyric they cry! They are both NOTHING SHORT OF EVIL…GOD BLESS AND HELP STACY NELSON!
August 25, 2018 @ 5:49 pm
. Maybe Evan just realized he made a mistake and Miranda had nothing to do with his decision..Anyone who follows
Country has Tales of the Tour bus knowledge..Clearly, I know nothing about these people, but neither do you..There is Always another side to every story, don’t judge, it always comes back to bite you
August 23, 2018 @ 7:28 pm
For FSakes, you act like she has some sort of superpower over these people and they have no backbones. Always jumping to the very worst conclusions from your pedestals. They are all responsible for themselves and their own decisions. Must be a burden to be so damn perfect.
August 23, 2018 @ 8:01 pm
Good Lord, who let all these soap opera lovers in here?
Why the hell some of you worry about what three people you’ve never met and probably will never meet are up to is beyond me.
Put down the Enquirer and put on some Cody Jinks and chill out.
August 23, 2018 @ 8:24 pm
This comment section has to be a low point for this site in the several years I’ve been around
August 23, 2018 @ 10:13 pm
I agree. I felt an obligation to inform the folks heading to these concerts that the Turnpike Troubadours would not be performing since this information was not being made available to the public, and I helped promote the shows. I knew going in the Stan culture would have their fun with it, but to see so many people cheer bad news in the personal lives of individuals (of which we still don’t know the nature of), and be so engrossed in the celebrity gossip nature of the whole thing is a bit of culture shock I don’t think any of us were ready for. The sad fact is that many music fans are like this, cheering for their favorite artist, hoping for the personal demise of what they consider their adversaries, and using the tragedies of others to feel better about their own lives. This is not what music is supposed to be about. No wonder the quality of the songs seems so secondary to popularity these days. It’s nothing short of idolatry.
August 24, 2018 @ 1:31 pm
Why did they release a statement (only) to you and not just post it on their social media? Surely they have more reach to their own fans.
August 23, 2018 @ 8:37 pm
Evens wife Stacy had comments on Twitter today she seemed a little
Weepy
August 23, 2018 @ 9:10 pm
This reeks of a b.s. excuse…..multiple simultaneos family emergencies that are serious, but only serious enough to cancel shows over a 3 day period. Right. Seems like a relationship issue. And let’s be honest, Felker has brought on the haters with his relationship decisions…..and music wise, by being a drunk mediocre (at best) performer half the time.
August 23, 2018 @ 9:57 pm
I know I’m the ONLY one on here and I’ve given them more listens than anyone else because of you all, but this band does absolutely nothing for me. I don’t care who this guy fucks and Miranda is way over rated (by you all and The Row) anyway. I couldn’t care less who they open for or cancel on. My 2 cents!!! Sunny > Miranda.
August 24, 2018 @ 4:46 am
I don’t think you’re the only one, but most certainly in the minority. I feel somewhat similarly, but I enjoy a few of their songs. I think “Gin, Smoke, & Lies” is excellent. I also think “Long Hot Summer Day” is excellent. I enjoy “Around Here” and “Every Girl,” as well. But other than that, I hear mostly snoozers.
August 24, 2018 @ 4:58 am
If anything, Miranda is underrated.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:25 am
Per Wikipedia “In April 2018 Lambert won the ACM Award for Female Vocalist of the Year for the ninth consecutive year, surpassing Reba McEntire as the most awarded in the category last year in 2017.[67] In November 2015 she became the first woman to have won the Country Music Association Awards’ Album of the Year twice.[68][69] She has won two Grammy Awards out of twelve nominations.”
That’s underrated??? Boots, C’mon man!!!
August 24, 2018 @ 8:28 am
Honestly, yeah. Until she’s universally seen as one of the best country artists of all time, and she gets that Opry induction, she’s underrated. That’s how good she is.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:28 pm
Awww, man, JB, I was hoping you were one good thing coming out of Chicago. The jury is out, Brother….
August 24, 2018 @ 1:02 pm
Ya know Scott this site has turned me on to about 70% of what I currently listen to but I can’t help it if after many many spins certain artists who “everyone or most” on here love still don’t do it for me. That doesn’t mean I won’t give their next album a shot. I will! I give it all a chance. No one can like everything! I’m sure you don’t…lol
August 24, 2018 @ 1:27 pm
I getcha. There are a few championed here that I have a hard time enjoying myself. Like you, most of the purchases I’ve made in the last 5 years or so are directly related to the site. Trigger does a fine job of introducing the masses to the under the radar good stuff.
August 24, 2018 @ 3:36 pm
Btw miranda took sunny out on tour to help her.
August 25, 2018 @ 6:50 pm
For the record I don’t hate Miranda per se she’s playing here tonight to a 3/4 full Hollywood Casino Amphitheater that holds about 28K my friend that works there just text me, so I think that’s damn good. Would I go? Not unless Cody was opening…..LOL No chance of that ever happening.
August 24, 2018 @ 11:34 pm
You aren’t alone JB. Felker and crew are wholly mediocre in my book. Seems like he would be more at home as the frontman of Weezer (not to knock early weezer). And I’m continually shocked how a band who is more Counting Crows than anything country, is repeatedly held up as the “gratest country band” out there.
August 24, 2018 @ 2:43 am
WOW WOW WOW! People😨.Umm… anyone actually text or talk to EF or anyone else on this tour? 🤔
August 24, 2018 @ 4:30 am
Serious question- is Evan Felker really drunk and forgetting the lyrics at the large number of shows this comments section implies?
August 24, 2018 @ 4:47 am
I saw Turnpike last St Patrick’s day and yes he was hammered. Couldn’t even remember the words to Good Lord Lorrie and slurred through multiple songs. After about an hour, they just left the stage. . Someone from the venue said they ended an hour earlier than expected.
For someone who was looking forward to the show, it was a huge disappointment. Turnpike is still one of my favorite acts but it was like a slap in the face.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:31 am
I certainly won’t speak for everyone. I’ve seen TT several times a year for the past 5 or 6 years, and I’ve only seen him slurring or forgetting lyrics a couple of times a few years ago. More recently, the shows I’ve been to have been great. Substance abuse is no joke, and I wouldn’t wish that battle on anyone. I hate how quickly we assume we know what’s going on in people’s personal lives by and hope all is well with Evan and the rest of the guys.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:09 am
I have seen Turnpike Troubadours twice in the last year, had a reporter at two other shows, seen them in total probably a dozen times, and have never seen any drunkenness from the band. Some, if not many of the comments here are Blake Shelton Stans attempting to enact revenge on Miranda Lambert. That said, Evan Felker does have a history of having some off nights, and being drunk at shows. What percentage? I don’t know, but I would say it’s less than 10%. Some of the people chiming in here have never seen Turnpike. They’re just trying to destroy the reputation of Miranda, and using Evan Felker and the Turnpike Troubadours as a proxy.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:06 am
Amen Trigger!!!
August 24, 2018 @ 8:11 am
No one has to destroy the reputation of Miranda because she has done it all on her own. Why doesn’t some one do an expose on her hiring backup singers and then having relationships with them. Feller is not the first. She is the Harvey Weinstein of the music industry. Please get off your high horse when it comes to her.
August 24, 2018 @ 9:00 am
I dont think I’ve ever read a more ignorant or hateful or uninformed comment. To compare her to a rapist and sexual predator the adults and minors should not have even been allowed on here unless to showcase your stupidity. You dont have to like her, but to compare her to a felonious monster rapist is beyond f-ed up. Seek therapy, you pathetic, hateful, delusional fanatic. My God. Unreal.
August 24, 2018 @ 9:31 am
Weinstein is also about using his money and power over those he had control over their careers and that was what I am referring to. I was polite by not mentioning names other than Felker. I didn’t even mention her fetish for going after married men and destroying marriages. So get off your high horse as well. We can have our opinions as well as the Ran folks.
August 24, 2018 @ 1:34 pm
You’re being dramatic. Most of these comments are from TT fans or your normal commenters. And, multiple people, even on this page, have said EF seems drunk during shows.
August 24, 2018 @ 2:09 pm
Yeah, I’ve seen them almost a half dozen times in the last 3-4 years and there’s never been even the slightest indication that he was messed up. They’ve been nothing but excellent at 100% of the shows I’ve been to.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:54 pm
Oh come on. The drinking comments are not from Blake’s fans. That is utter nonsense. I’ve read comments on SCM about Evan and his drinking long before he was involved with Miranda. You wrote about his problems in 2016. So do not blame Blake’s fans. This us getting old Kyle. You have no problem with Miranda’s fans trashing Blake and Gwen. You know what. I’m done with this site.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:12 pm
Sam,
This is what I said, QUOTE:
“Some, if not many of the comments here are Blake Shelton Stans attempting to enact revenge on Miranda Lambert. That said, Evan Felker does have a history of having some off nights, and being drunk at shows.”
This conveys a couple of things. First, that not ALL the comments about Evan Felker being drunk at shows are from Blake Shelton fans. Saying very specifically “Some, if not many” implies it is a number somewhere between less than half, to more than half. I also said that Evan Felker has had issues with drinking in the past in the very comment you’re responding to.
All I am saying is that some people are dog piling Evan Felker for his drinking without having direct knowledge of his pattern of behavior.
August 26, 2018 @ 4:27 pm
As a long time SCM reader and an occasional commenter, I guarantee that I saw TT twice in the last two months. And purchased tickets for their Philly show in October.
August 24, 2018 @ 1:30 pm
I don’t even know if he’s drunk … he’s detached, disinterested and aloof on stage. Sounds way off. The performance never matches the albums. Check out their Austin City Limits performance.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:54 pm
Agree with hoptowntiger. I’ve seen turnpike live a dozen times or so over the years. And I’d say 70% of those were Not good. I’ve left their shows early on multiple occasions. Sometimes it’s because Evan’s clearly intoxicated on something. He was just screaming into the microphone at one show. Sometimes it’s the whole band and sound that are off. Love the albums, love the writing, even love talking with the band when they’re out and about. Super nice. But I have no desire to ever see a live performance again.
August 25, 2018 @ 12:56 am
12 is a lot of shows to go to before reaching that conclusion. Hope they weren’t expensive. 😬
August 26, 2018 @ 9:31 pm
I’ve seen them eight times in the last few years. Spokane Knitting Factory in August ‘15, Evan came out looking pretty messed up and stumbled through the first couple songs but recovered and the rest of it went well. I think the following Steamboat was the one my sister was at and said they were embarrassingly bad. This year at Braun Brothers, I was down in the pit and the show was loud and fun – but Evan definitely forgot some words and completely jacked up Pay No Rent, which was extra shitty because I was up there with some friends for whom that song has some pretty special memorial meaning. There were some other missed lyrics as well but I can’t recall which song. After the show I headed up the hill to where the rest of our crew was, and they said it had sounded terrible outside of the front rows. I’m not a Blake Shelton fan and TT have been my favorites for a LONG time, but they’re getting really disappointing. Seems like there are plenty of other artists out there capable of both partying and showing up to perform, so I’m not quite sure what their malfunction is.
August 24, 2018 @ 4:56 am
Reality check: My statement was based on facts (and my harsh opinion) not a soap opera! These “people” who entertain us SHOULD have an obligation of being positive role models for their audience. Sometimes their personal lives effect their fans and can tarnish our opinions. Peace out.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:02 am
You just put people in quotes as if they’re sub-human because you don’t like the way they’re acting. You’re not only crazy, but you’re pathetic, too.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:14 am
“people”
as if they’re sub-human
Get a life
August 24, 2018 @ 5:44 am
Please detail how the personal lives of Miranda Lambert, Evan Felker, and Staci Felker have affected your life.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:33 pm
You really are pathetic. Now, turn off Mom’s computer…
August 24, 2018 @ 5:05 am
Trigger, dont ride his ball sack now. How quickly we forget about you being one of the first to write a whole piece on his being drunk at Steamboat.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:03 am
Whose ball sack am I riding? I didn’t even mention Evan Felker’s name in this article because it’s not relevant. This is an article informing the public that the Turnpike Troubadours will not be playing the final two shows of the Bandwagon Tour, no different than the article I wrote last week about Alan Jackson postponing shows, or about the Turnpike Troubadours last year in August when Ryan Engleman had a personal issue that wasn’t disclosed and they canceled shows. And if I’m riding the ball sack of a band, I don’t write a story about how the lead singer threw a couple of shows by being drunk, I sweep it under the rug. That more than anything else should tell you I’m here to tell the story, and not play favors.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:13 am
Haha, so much editing being done in here.
August 24, 2018 @ 1:43 pm
How?
August 24, 2018 @ 6:09 am
Honestly I’ve never seen a more judgemental group like some country music fans. Some of us would never have known TT if they weren’t on the bandwagon tour, I think Miranda deserves credit for that. I understand we all have opinions but as a newbie to this genre its disappointing to always read A LOT of negative comments about these artists, these are human beings like you and I so don’t expect them to be perfect.
August 24, 2018 @ 6:43 am
Turnpike might not be a popular pop country band but they have a large following of very loyal fans. Being splashed all over the tabloids as a coward and cheat has done nothing for Evan’s career. They still sell out their shows just like they did before the affair.
August 24, 2018 @ 6:57 am
Most of these people aren’t country music fans. They are Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Stans who’ve been entrapped in the allure of pop culture by a reality TV signing show that makes them believe music is a competition to be won and lost, and you root for who you like and wish for the the absolute demise of who you don’t, blinding them from their humanity. The music is inconsequential.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:55 am
Isn’t that kinda how this website also works? Wish for the demise of those who’s music you don’t like? Making personal attacks on them like you’ve done many times in the past? Iwverybody has stand and you’re a Turnpike one.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:15 pm
Trig has no problem personally attacking artists he doesn’t like.
August 24, 2018 @ 2:13 pm
Thanks Trigger I get it now.
August 25, 2018 @ 5:52 pm
Nope sorry neither a fan of Blake or Gwen much less ML ( whom you Trigger idolize come on be brave to admit). Didn’t even know TT before. But the story of outright cheating and blatant and arrogant little miss “I Do what I want “ just left a rotten taste in my tongue that I followed the story. Makes me wonder how you defend ML- are you married? Maybe she tasted you eh? Or better yet maybe you are under her PR. See how her powerful PR spins the events? Yup karma is a b…..
August 26, 2018 @ 10:00 am
A reality show is how your fav Miranda got her start.
August 24, 2018 @ 6:40 am
I have to wonder how Evan feels now about the tabloid relationship he got himself into. Before everything was about the music and the odd discussions about his sobriety. Now it’s all magnified because of who he’s entangled with. Not a good position for anybody who struggles with addiction.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this news broke about Turnpike as several new interviews with Miranda popped up trying to promote her new new Pistols Annie’s venture and stilll crying over her divorce.
August 24, 2018 @ 10:11 am
Wow, you really seem to have an axe to grind.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:14 pm
Lol, get ‘em Sherlock txmusic
August 24, 2018 @ 12:52 pm
How many people took you up on your offer of free Miranda tour tickets on Twitter?
August 24, 2018 @ 1:03 pm
3, but one older lady wanted me to pay for her and her husband. I was like nah?
August 24, 2018 @ 1:21 pm
When ageism is considered a virtue.
August 24, 2018 @ 6:57 am
Have you noticed though, that it pretty much happens every time a more mainstream artist in the story? Though I agree that these comments are emotionally charged…and I’m not lumping In ML with these artists but, be it Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Baby Rexha etc… I’m not an elitist at all, but there’s something special about the Joe/Jane Q Mainstream Public that show up to comment that really is a treat!
P.S. unless you have inside first hand knowledge of what’s going on (in which case you suck for blabbing about it on the internet), why don’t we wait to see what’s really going on and when we find out, try to be a little more understanding that we are talking about human beings that are just as flawed as most of us. If you need your artists to be puritans, have fun with that. Have a great day everyone!
August 24, 2018 @ 6:58 am
How would we have known about his addiction if you people hadn’t talked about it…..I haven’t read it anywhere else except here (comment section). So you guys should be responsible for the rumours you spread.
August 25, 2018 @ 10:11 am
ACTUALLY, his ex-wife mentioned all the benders she had nursed him through with her delicious chicken soup..seriously… I saw that quoted somewhere and it was the first inkling I had of any problems with EF..she accused his sister of being an “enabler” and many of her other posting have driven the narrative of his poor character..now she is defending him and doesn’t want him furthe demonized.. a quote.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:05 am
I hope everything is going ok with all parties involved.
Also, I am disappointed about all the righteousness about people’s personal affairs. Even if it is what people are assuming, isn’t country music the music of drinking, smoking, and cheating? Are you going to burn all of your Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and George Jones records while you are chastising Miranda Lambert and Evan Felker? I am not condoning cheating, but we are all human.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:20 am
I honestly didn’t know what a “stan” was until I read these comments and had to google it. I can’t decide if that’s something I should be proud or ashamed of.
August 24, 2018 @ 7:53 am
I just drank some coffee myself.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:23 am
Wish all the best to the Turnpike Troubadoors.Hope & pray things get better for them.
August 24, 2018 @ 9:09 am
Apparently Miranda played “baggage claim” at the show last night…. speculation city. A good song though!
August 24, 2018 @ 9:17 am
Any self-respecting person shoudl stay away from “loose” Miranda.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
Seriously? I guess you can say the same for Merle, Elvis, Frank, Conway, Glen, Tanya, Alan J, George Jones, Keith Urban, Jason, Blake, George Strait, and on and on thru a majority of the entire music business including management……talk about a high horse…..for whatever reason she has become the person everyone chooses to crucify on social media for an entire group ….none of us know what happens in their lives. if Evan F. has a drinking problem, he needs help and we should leave him the hell alone. To say “self respecting people should just stay away” from her is just beyond judgmental, pompous, and pretentious. It’s damn cruel. These are real people here. Get over yourself, Pontius.
August 24, 2018 @ 10:16 am
If Evan and friends respect Little Big Waste of Time and treat them like fellow artists then that means I won’t respect them.
Talented musicians shouldn’t hold respect for no-talent turds who steal their jobs. If I were Evan Felker I’d be offended that a band like LBT even exists because they suck and all that money is rightfully the property of actual musicians.
August 24, 2018 @ 11:14 am
I’m starting to think you don’t like LBT
August 25, 2018 @ 11:41 am
I love BLTs! and I’m pretty cool with LGBTs too.
But not LBTs. they’re almost as band as the Band Perry whose initials I prefer to say as The Big Poop or Lady Antebellum which I cannot effectively insult.
I also hate Enya, for what it’s worth.
Basically if you aren’t a good musicians or worse a musicians who shouldn’t be popular then I don’t like you. Also if you don’t like trains I probably don’t like you but I did date someone once who didn’t like trains but she voted for Hillary Clinton. I also tried dating someone who didn’t like Pokemon and I mean the warning signs were right there but I try to give everyone benefit of the doubt EXCEPT people who like Luke Bryan even on my online dating profile it says no Luke Bryan fans.
August 25, 2018 @ 2:32 pm
Holy shit your profile must pull them in. Leave some for the rest of please…
August 25, 2018 @ 2:35 pm
Eh, I hang in there, although I think my personality is off-putting to women within my age range but more on that at a later date
August 24, 2018 @ 11:21 am
Oh hey- I’ve been waiting for a Turnpike thread to ask this very unimportant question, if anyone is still reading this one-
In the song Pipe Bomb Dream, there is a line that says “running on hope and gasoline.”
Now, in the the Chris Stapleton song When the Stars Come Out, he says “running on hope and a tank of gas…” which I recal clearly because I liked it so much I got it put on a T-shirt, lol.
Is this a common expression that I didn’t know about? Or what?
August 24, 2018 @ 6:25 pm
Pretty common saying in the area that Evan Felker is from.
August 24, 2018 @ 11:50 am
Honorable and Real Marriage is between 2 never married or widowed people, and it is until death do you part, a piece of paper stating a ‘divorce’ wont work in the eyes of The Lord. Evan’s ONLY WIFE WILL EVER BE STACI FELKER.
‘What God has joined together, let no man tear apart.’-Jesus Christ (Mark 10) and we are commanded to forgive and Jesus can cleanse us, even from adultery. There is hope for reconciliation.
John 1:9
‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Matthew 6:15
‘But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.’
1 Corinthians 13
‘Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.’
August 24, 2018 @ 12:39 pm
Why do you care?
August 24, 2018 @ 1:13 pm
Damn autocorrect… why did you send me to Saving Christian Music?
August 24, 2018 @ 4:38 pm
Post of the day right there.
August 25, 2018 @ 9:34 am
Yep
August 26, 2018 @ 11:59 pm
Y’all need Jesus
August 27, 2018 @ 7:10 am
For all you know i am him…been riding the dinosaurs since like forever….
August 24, 2018 @ 7:08 pm
Apparently you missed the day they taught “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
August 25, 2018 @ 7:41 am
That verse is often misunderstood. Its meaning is to make sure you are not accusing someone of the same sin that you are doing yourself and that you are seeking to do goodness in your intent.
But people twist the moral into a general, “no judging” lesson which is incorrect. It is also a misleading sentiment to have. If you see someone committing a sin or a crime, it is not wrong to point it out to them. Hell, we have judges in society. What the story is telling people is don’t tell your best friend cheating is wrong when you are sleeping around yourself.
More information here:
https://www.gotquestions.org/without-sin-cast-first-stone.html
August 27, 2018 @ 8:46 am
It’s not a misinterpretation. You’re making it sound like he said, “Let he who has not committed adultery cast the first stone”. One of the pillars of Christianity is that we all sin, and cannot escape it, but through faith.
And you don’t have to be a Christian to know that judging others, especially folks you only know through the Twitter gossip machine, is dumb and wrong.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:25 pm
Pretty hilarious thread, thanks, I enjoyed reading the tabloid nonsense.
“According to the publicist for the Turnpike Troubadours, ‘They are no longer playing those dates due to some serious family emergencies. The band needs to be close to home.'”
So I read that, and my first thought was family illness probably, aging parents, and so forth. And my second thought was that Staci Felker is beautiful and didn’t deserve all this. But you know, I’m just an old-fashioned old corncob pipe smoking hayseed who’s just out of sync with the world y’all seem to be living in. But I assure you most sincerely, my tomatoes taste better.
August 24, 2018 @ 12:31 pm
Mr. Corncaster,
I like your world a whole lot better….and I’m sure your tomatoes are delicious…..with a twinge of acidity….I’ve read some of your posts before……
August 24, 2018 @ 1:54 pm
Well aren’t you a sweetheart. Can you imagine what the internet would’ve made of Hank Sr and Audrey? Or Merle and Leona? Or the drinking habits of our genre’s native Possum? Bad behavior, wild speculation, and tut-tutting from teetotalers is part of this whole world, and I for one kinda look on it like my fellow human animals out there making a fuss in the back forty while I hang in Okolona with my girl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9dYG-M6VRw
August 24, 2018 @ 2:21 pm
Rumor has it that Miranda hit on/flirted with Jon Paris when they toured together early this year. & after the tour, Miranda unfollowed him on all her socials. She has a reputation for flirty with married men…
August 24, 2018 @ 3:41 pm
except Jon Pardi is not nor has he ever been married……
August 24, 2018 @ 5:39 pm
Way to flirty with the details….
August 26, 2018 @ 12:01 am
He has a steady girl. Since over a year…
August 24, 2018 @ 2:28 pm
You are right about a lot of Blake fans wanting to destroy Miranda because that is what she tried to do to Blake. Actually we have nothing but sympathy for Evan and TT because she has made them her victims too.
August 24, 2018 @ 2:45 pm
Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives….
August 24, 2018 @ 5:25 pm
Fans need to stop believing everything they read in the tabloids and the fan gossip they see on social media. No one knows what happens in anyone’s marriage/relationship. Celebs PR teams work overtime to try to make the ex look like the bad one. Really it’s toone’s business. Ive heard cheating rumours about both Blake and Miranda, personally I ignore them because I don’t them and I have my own life to worry about. LIfes too short to hate someone you don’t know.
August 24, 2018 @ 5:49 pm
**no one’s
**don’t know them
August 24, 2018 @ 4:50 pm
“If you mind your own business,
Then you won’t be mindin’ mine.”
-Hiram King Williams
August 25, 2018 @ 8:02 am
Saw Wayne Hancock last nite..he sang that
August 24, 2018 @ 8:09 pm
Ho
August 24, 2018 @ 8:12 pm
Well I guess we got our answer to why they are off the tour. Evan made his own bed but I kinda feel for the guy because Miranda made a complete fool out of him. His ex wife of a week seems to still love him. If he’s lucky she’ll take him back.
August 24, 2018 @ 8:19 pm
Confirmed by Miranda in The Tenneseean she is single now… try all you want to believe the PR about a family emergency but it’s pretty obvious they were fired from her tour. Lots of messiness for a 6 month affair.
August 25, 2018 @ 1:00 am
I assume she still had to pay them. What messiness. The optics are horrible for her. Wonder if LBT is regretting their decision. 😂 the tour’s not doing all that great, I doubt they’ve made a lot of money on it. 😂
August 25, 2018 @ 7:14 am
Last night’s show in Detroit was a sell out.
August 25, 2018 @ 11:59 am
You should know they can determine the # of seats sold even if it’s not at capacity, then call it a sellout.
Prices have been as low as $16-$25. Can’t be making that much charging that.
August 24, 2018 @ 11:40 pm
Felker got played like a drunk fiddle, and booted out the back door (and off the tour). I wonder if the band will apologize for the false b.s. “family emergency” joke of a press quote. Talk about getting caught with your pants down…. I can’t imagine how pissed the members of the band must be at this Felker drama.
August 25, 2018 @ 7:34 am
We have no more insight into what caused the Turnpike Troubadours cancellations today than we had yesterday. It very we could have been the split between Evan and Miranda. I think it’s also very fair to say that a fragile state of mind caused by a breakup most certainly can constitute a “family emergency” if an individual is deemed at risk, and there’s a need to pull them off the road and have them be closer to home. The fact that so many are finding satisfaction in the dissolving of relationships, the implosion of marriages, the lost opportunities for individuals, and the pain of others I think is a sick and diseased example of just how far the worship of celebrity culture can go.
August 25, 2018 @ 8:39 am
Shall we revisit your Jason Aldean posts after his affair or your personal attacks on people like Maren Morris? You’re a Turnpike and Miranda Stan so I understand you’re upset but come on now, nobody is falling for this hypocrisy. Maybe this could be a learning experience for you but I doubt it.
August 25, 2018 @ 9:58 am
If you can’t stand Trig so much, why do you frequent this site as often as you do?
August 25, 2018 @ 10:51 am
I like finding out about new bands and music and there are lots of interesting commentators. If only people who worshipped Triggers every word frequented this website then the place would be dead.
August 25, 2018 @ 10:33 am
Yes, the Jason Aldean post is still up. You can see exactly what youmean
August 25, 2018 @ 10:58 am
Yes, indeed. From 2012. Here’s a paragraph from it.
I hope Jason Aldean and his family can work though this difficult time amicably, but I also hope that people realize what a sham they are sold regularly through popular media, on checkout stands, smattering the public airwaves in ridiculous entertainment shows, and on the internet. We all make mistakes, and don’t for a second look down your nose at Aldean and think you’re better. But that is why instead of painting idyllic scenes full of perfectitude that are inevitably going to let us down, the approach should be honesty.
August 25, 2018 @ 12:01 pm
“ Fragile state of mind” 😂😂😂 this is gold.
August 25, 2018 @ 4:06 pm
Trigger – nobody is hoping for any ill will or demise as it relates to Felker’s health. At least not me. All I am doing is pointing out how ridiculous this whole situation is….specifically the lame pr excuse, and most importantly, the poor judgment and downright toolbag, jackass move that Felker pulled by cheating on and ghosting his wife. Second, I feel that TT are highly overrated, so I guess that does make it easier to harp on this low class tomfoolery.
Nobody believes for a second that a 3 day break is related to a serious health or addiction issue. This is 100% Felker’s shitty decision making and lack of respect for others (most importantly his fans, band and wife) coming back to bite him in the ass. And he deserves to be called on it.
August 25, 2018 @ 6:57 am
On another note, you know, about the music. A friend went to see a show in Florida and while Turnpike only did six songs, she said they killed it. Had to have gotten somebody’s attention.
August 25, 2018 @ 7:45 am
I feel like 90% of these comments are just trolling attempts.
August 25, 2018 @ 9:42 am
Only 90%? I’m a little ashamed of myself that I found it somewhat entertaining.
August 25, 2018 @ 1:18 pm
I am torn between amusement and worry.
August 25, 2018 @ 1:57 pm
So….anyone hoping for some new songs from both artists? Wonder if Evan will write a new song featuring Blake and Anderson East?
In all seriousness, I’m a big Miranda fan. It’s ballsy to release a double album in this day and age with minimal filler. I also like that she writes and champions new artists. It was through a tweet of hers I discovered The Steel Woods.
As for TT, I heard of them through this site (longtime lurker) and have never looked back. Love the songwriting, the band, major talents imo.
Shamefully I’ve gotten sucked in to this drama but….NO ONE is perfect.
August 25, 2018 @ 10:40 pm
This whole “no one is perfect” bs has got to be the lowest bar, lamest excuse ever. The key here is, “no b-grade celebrity (Felker and lambert) is immune from public scorning when they make horrible decisions that embarrass all around them”. Especially when Felker doesn’t have near the talent to mask his d-baggery when it comes to his “love” life and boozing.
August 25, 2018 @ 2:03 pm
The whole thing is a damn sad mess. But also an interesting observation of how the Nashville machine works.
August 25, 2018 @ 5:01 pm
Trigger, I hope you don’t take the constant bitching and nitpicking of practically every single thing you write too much to heart. Im fairly confident that it really is a vocal minority.
August 25, 2018 @ 9:19 pm
I love it. It keeps me sharp. Wouldn’t be fair to dish it out if I couldn’t take. Only different most of my criticism is rooted in truth.
August 25, 2018 @ 10:30 pm
Trigger, a damn good portion (90+ %) of your site is subjective opinion. Your “truth” comment above is laughable. Literally, this site is your opinion on country related content, and that’s why people come here, including muself. You seem to be waaay off your normally rational rocker over this TT embarrassing incident. It’s odd. Just own up to the fact that Felker has created a mess.
August 25, 2018 @ 7:20 pm
I’ve got Turnpike tix for October., don’t care who’s bangin who or if they show or not, I bought them just to see Charley Crockett
August 25, 2018 @ 8:01 pm
Good strategy!
August 26, 2018 @ 5:24 am
I think you mean Gooth Thrategy!
August 26, 2018 @ 12:11 am
A song I wrote.
“She’s a Queen of country by day, and a homewrecker by night.
Women lock up your husbands… Get ready for a fight.
Long after the married men, Oh Who will ride in her wagon tonight……?
Off on the Vagabond Tour, Men kiss your wives goodbye….
(Chorus) Oh why Ma’am have you fallen so low, After those pistols not named Annie.
No dignity or morals……….. Oh what a pity.
August 26, 2018 @ 11:05 am
..Seriously????? Stick a freakin cape on Miranda’s back to protect all the helpless men from her super powers……great song from another “shefani” hater. I .Just. Cant.
August 26, 2018 @ 3:24 pm
I really like Miranda’s music. But she is a predator just like in the #Me Too stuff. She flirts with the opening act & these new artists males feel like they have to sleep with her to “make it” in country. They don’t want Miranda do bad mouth them to industry insiders.
But her music is great!!! Sadly radio doesn’t play her that much, at least her new stuff.
Her label should drop her to keep a safe environment on her tours…
August 26, 2018 @ 7:24 pm
Miranda a predator? Idiotic statement. Felker is not an up and coming new artist. He is in a well established band. . I’m pretty sure he is a grown man who makes his own decisions. Most of Mirandas openers are females. Your Me too comment is delusional crap. Safe environment on tours? Grow up. People are responsible for their own decisions.
August 26, 2018 @ 5:51 am
Miranda Lambert, Evan Felker split: I’m ‘happily single’
Flying solo. Miranda Lambert confirmed that she has split from boyfriend Evan Felker in a new interview with The Tennessean published on Thursday, August 24, in which she described herself as “happily single.”
https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/08/25/miranda-lambert-evan-felker-split-im-happily-single/23509285/
August 26, 2018 @ 11:46 am
I keep trying to believe the best of people, and then comes more sh*t like this.
August 26, 2018 @ 7:39 am
In 3 months Miranda will announce her pregnancy…
Stay tuned to TMZ for relentless updates.
August 26, 2018 @ 1:09 pm
The Troubadours are saying on Facebook now that Felker is having trouble passing a kidney stone and cancelled another show. Brings a whole new perspective to this “casting the first stone” business.
Get well and rock on Evan.
August 26, 2018 @ 3:12 pm
Hope he feels better soon but, are there multiple kidney stones? Hence, the multiple family emergencies cited?
August 26, 2018 @ 7:26 pm
I guess Miranda Lambert now causes kidney stones too.
August 26, 2018 @ 9:47 pm
This is probably the most embarrassing comment thread I’ve ever read.
1. Who knows what went on in Evan Felker’s marriage before he filed for divorce. Just because you’ve stalked his ex’s Instagram doesn’t mean you know what happened in their marriage.
2. I saw the Turnpike Troubadours open for Miranda Lambert in NY and they were the best part of the entire show (not surprisingly). No one was drunk and the entire band was on fire. They gained a lot of new fans that night.
3. The interview Miranda Lambert gave to the Tennessean didn’t say she split from Evan Felker. She said 2 of 3 of the Pistol Annies were married and one was happily single. Which could mean she isn’t in any relationship or maybe she’s just not married. Who freaking knows.
4. Maybe Evan Felker has kidney stones, maybe he doesn’t. What I do know is that he is possibly the greatest song writer of my generation and is human. How about we wish him well and stop being dicks.
August 26, 2018 @ 11:44 pm
Dierks Bentley, Eric Church etc. Her flirting goes way back.. Even Blake left his 1st wife in 2005 to be with Miranda. She goes after married men. Her & Pardi were friendly. She gave him a song for his next album and had him on tour. She used to follow him on all socials media. Then once that tour leg was over, she unfollowed him. He seems like a great guy. He is in a long term relationship with his girlfriend. But I wouldn’t be surprised if Miranda flirted with Pardi knowing he very publicly has a gf. He probably refused & she got mad and unfollowed him. What sane human being would hit on a taken man? It happened with Blake & now this Troubadour fellow. She’s bad news. But her music is great.
Please listen to Vice song. She basically sings about her problems in it. Very personal song for her.
September 2, 2018 @ 3:54 pm
Don’t forget Ryan Westbrook, her tour manager ! He was a married man with children at that time. ML was still married to B. Shelton in 2014 – 2015. He found out about the “lovebirds” and that was the reason he divorced her. 7 weeks after the divorced, she moved on with Anderson East.
And she talks about her broken hart…If so, she had to blame the face she look at in the mirror.
August 26, 2018 @ 11:47 pm
The next big Me Too scandal should be pointed towards Miranda. Preying on weak opening country acts…
August 27, 2018 @ 3:14 am
Evan needs to put the old Marty Robbins song Devil Woman on their next record…
“I told Staci about us, told her about our great sin……”
August 30, 2018 @ 11:28 am
Been following this story closely. They cancelled the show tonight in Wayne, NE due to a medical emergency. I know because I had tickets.
Like many of you, Turnpike’s music has had a big impact on my life. Please show some respect and let’s hope, whatever it is, that Evan gets the help he needs.