Morgan Wallen plays 1. Camp Randall -Concert in Madison since 1997

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In October, Coldplay was the first major concert announced for Madison’s Camp Randall Stadium in almost 30 years.

But that is it Morgan Wallen In fact, there will be overwriting the first concert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Football Stadium since 1997.

On Friday, the country’s superstar announced his “I’m the problem 2025 Tour”, which brings him to Camp Randall June 28, with Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley opening.

The tour is named after his upcoming fourth album, “I’m The Problem”, which Wallen also announced Friday. A release date has not been revealed, but the title track was released Friday.

A spokesman for the concert’s Madison-based promoter FPC Live confirmed the Camp Randall show after a teaser message about the concert Reveal on Thursday night.

The Madison Stadium concert will be facing another major music event in Wisconsin – the second Saturday by Summerfest in Milwaukee, led by Megan Thee Stallion on American family insurance amphitheater.

Wallen – whose career was temporarily hindered in 2021, after he was caught on the camera and said a racial sling for which he apologized – has continued his ascension to becoming one of the music’s most bankable stars.

In 2023, he was the first artist to exceed a Wisconsin Stadium in two consecutive nights at American Family Field, kickoff for one of the year’s top-gross North American trips.

By 2024 he had two of the top 10 albums of the year Billboard 200 -Diagram – “One thing at a time” and “Dangerous: The Double Album” – though they came out in 2023 and 2021 respectively. He was also on the fourth greatest song On the Year Billboard Hot 100 diagram, “I had a little help” with Post Malone and won this year’s entertainer of the country Music Association Awards.

And now Wallen will play one of the greatest venues in Wisconsin with a capacity of just over 80,000 for Wisconsin Badger’s football matches.

Camp Randall returns to host of concerts after long hiatus

Despite its size and stature, Camp Randall has rarely hosted concerts. A handful of A-List actions-Rolling Stones, U2, Pink Floyd and Genesis-playing shows there from 1988 to 1997. There have been no Camp Randall concerts since.

But last summer, alcohol sales were approved for events in the general seating of the stadium. Alcohol sales were banned at former Camp Randall concerts, a spokesman for UW ATTERTIK confirmed.

“For these big stadium shows, to some extent (alcohol sale) is a prerequisite of Wisconsin Athletics, told the magazine Sentinel in October.” When it began to become clear, we would be able to sell (alcohol) in Camp Randall, as honest spoken opened some doors for us. ”

In October, Coldplay announced a 19th of July Camp Randall concert, part of the band’s Blockbuster “Music of the Spheres World Tour.” (Both the Madison concert and the trip sold out quickly.) The concert will be the band’s first Wisconsin show since 2009 and its first show ever in Madison.

How to get tickets to Morgan Wallen’s Camp Randall concert

Fans can sign up for preliminary access to Wallen’s June 28 -concert at Camp Randall, and any of the 19 stadium shows in 10 North American cities announced Friday, through its website, Morganwallen.comthrough January 28th. Tickets will then be sold to the public, which begins at 1 p.m. January 10 at. 31 January at Uwbadgers.com. Prices have not yet been announced.

This story was updated to add new information.