US country megastar says British fans are very different
US country star Luke Combs spoke to BBC News about why Country Music’s moment, how British fans are different, and the excitement of bringing Nashville to London.
Country Music reaches new summits in the UK – now the fastest growing genre among British listeners.
This was not noticed by the largest artists, including US Country Star Luke Combs, with more than 25 million listeners and 7.5 million Instagram followers at Spotify.
Increased interest for combs descends to the country’s universal attractiveness. Grammy candidate singer 35, “only a place where country music can go,” he says.
“When I started, there was not much action to come to the United Kingdom and do not have much action to make a club or arena tours and work. So we always tried to do it. If we invest our time and energy here, fans will appreciate it.”
The combs, known for the raining, traveled to London from Tennessee from Tennessee’s famous Grand Ole Opry for a special performance at Royal Albert Hall on Friday.
Opry is the world’s longest live radio show and is known as the home of the world’s music.
All stars such as Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton took the stage on the iconic scene. The show will now be published in the world for six nights a week, but on Friday, the historical 100th anniversary performance in London will leave the United States for the first time.
Combs says it would be something special.
“There are too many scams. They’ve never done anything like this before. Playing in Royal Albert Hall will be a bucket list for me and playing the OPR in Royal Albert Hall. It’s like two epic things united to someone.”
A OPRY performance consists of every artist who performs four songs as well as surprise collaborations. The London show, including US country artists Darius Rucker and Marty Stuart and the British band Mumford and Sons, was sold in a few minutes when it was announced in May.
According to Combs, England was the right choice. “This is my sixth or seventh time in the UK and the fans here love the country music. This is the appetite here. When we started to come here … It was very nice to see that there were so many countries.”
He says that the flow is effective in introducing more people to the genre and that there is a big difference between US fans and the UK -based ones.
“Country music has become available for more people than when it was terrestrial radio. In the United States, we have singles that we introduce to the radio that attracts people.
“But when you come to England, everyone has already consumed the album. It is really great to come here and ask for songs that can’t even make the set list of fans in the states.”
“I can say that the fans of the UK are a very listened crowd, I think properly.
“The energy here is great, but everyone listens to the music. They focus on what you say and what lyrics are.”
ASHLEY MCBYDE, the award-winning US singer-Söz writer, will join Combs on the invoice for the historical show on Friday. He says that other artists moved to the genre also help to grow.
“There have been many things that expanded the fan base like people like Post Malone and Jelly Roll.
“There is no other city on the planet that I will give a name to make Grand Ole Opry before London.”
Combs said that in 2016, the first time to play on the Grand Ole Opry scene in 2016, it would never forget.
“You make your output and come to the town of your mother, your father and the grandmother, and this is the linhpini of your entire career,” he says.
“You remember these certain moments, and your OPRY output is one of these moments that put a feather on your cover, and you remember forever.”
According to Opry Boss Colin Reed, London’s one -time show can lead to others in the future if it succeeds.
“I think the royal Albert Hall will be the perfect place to host this show, and I know everyone in OPR has been really excited for a long time.
“They’ve never done such a thing before, but I think they chose the right place.”
