Ole 60 Makes Their Grand Ole Opry Debut
365 days after making their debut as a band to 100 people in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Kentucky six-piece Ole 60 debuted on the Grand Ole Opry stage this weekend, playing to over 4,400 people on Saturday night (1/25).
The boys from Hawesville delivered, meeting the moment with a packed-out crowd hanging on their every word, starting with “Thoughts of You” from their November-released second EP, Songs About You, and finishing with the song that ignited the band’s rapid rise, “smoke & a light,” from their debut EP, three twenty four.
“We’re Ole 60 from Hawesville, Kentucky. This weekend marks one-year since our first weekend out on the road, and if you’d have told us back then we’d be making our Opry debut a year later, we’d have called you crazy,” lead singer Jacob Ty Young shared from the Circle. “We see a lot of familiar faces out in the crowd tonight, we can’t thank y’all enough for coming out and watching us. It’s pretty cool to see, I think our whole hometown’s here. Thank y’all so much.”
See photos from the night HERE.
Known for their live show, “solid musicianship, a willingness to experiment with sounds from psychedelic-tinged rock to more stripped-down fare, and a penchant for detailed storytelling” (Billboard), Ole 60 will embark on their nearly sold-out spring headline Outta My Way Tour this weekend in Boston (1/30), New York (1/31), and Raleigh (2/1). See full list of tour dates below.
OLE 60 2025 TOUR DATES
Thu Jan 30 – Boston, MA – Royale
Fri Jan 31 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Sat Feb 1 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
Wed Feb 12 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Thurs Feb 13 – Flagstaff, AZ – The Orpheum Theater
Sat Feb 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Mon Feb 17 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
Tue Feb 18 – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
Thurs Feb 20 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Fri Feb 21 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
Thurs Feb 27 – Fort Myers, FL – The Ranch
Fri Feb 28 – Gainesville, FL – Vivid Music Hall
Sat March 1 – Jacksonville, FL – Bulls, Bands, & Barrels 2025
Thurs March 6 – Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
Fri March 7 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns
Sat March 8 – Huntsville, AL – VBC Mars Music Hall
Fri – Sun March 21 – 23 – Willowbank, Aus – CMC Rocks 2025
Sat March 29 – Hattiesburg, MS – Bulls, Bands, & Barrels 2025
Thurs April 3 – Fayetteville, AR – JJ’s Live
Fri April 4 – Somerville, TX – Chilifest
Sat April 5 – Ardmore, OK – Heritage Hall
Sun April 6 – Georgetown, TX – Two Step Inn
Thurs April 17 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
Fri April 18 – Columbia, SC – The Senate
Sat April 19 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
Wed May 7 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
Thurs May 8 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Fri May 9 – Jordan, NY – Kegs Canalside
Sat May 10 – Mckees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre
Fri – Sun May 16 – 18 – Gulf Shores, AL – Sand In My Boots
Fri – Sat May 30 – 31 – West York, PA – Rock The Country
Sun June 1 – Lexington, KY – Railbird Music Festival
Fri June 13 – Beaver Dam, KY – Beaver Dam Amphitheatre
Thurs June 19 – Lewisburg, WV – State Fair of West Virginia
Fri June 20 – Cullman, AL – Rock The South
Wed July 9 – Fort Loramie, OH – Country Concert
Thurs July 10 – Milwaukee, WI – Harley Davidson Homecoming
Thurs July 24 – Three Forks, MT – Headwaters Country Jam
Sun July 26 – Yerington, NV – Night in the Country Nevada
Outta My Way Tour headline date
About Ole 60
Made in Hancock County, Kentucky, Ole 60 is not your father’s country band. Caught in the crosshairs of indie rock sonics, folk songwriting, and country sensibilities, the six-piece from Hawesville shot to notoriety in 2024 with “smoke & a light,” topping Spotify’s U.S. Viral Top 50 chart with the on-fire single and the Apple Music Country Albums chart with their debut EP, three twenty four, surpassing genre titans Zach Bryan and Morgan Wallen in the process. In September, they did it again with sophomore EP Songs About You and breakout hit, “Thoughts of You,” topping TikTok’s all-genre Viral 50 Music chart. Heavily influenced by Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Radiohead, John Prine, and Nicholas Jamerson, and surpassing over 400 million global career streams, the band delivers with “solid musicianship, a willingness to experiment with sounds from psychedelic-tinged rock to more stripped-down fare, and a penchant for detailed storytelling” (Billboard). Headlining their nearly sold-out Outta My Way tour and opening select dates for Zach Bryan throughout 2025, the boys from Kentucky are in the studio now recording their forthcoming full-length debut album.
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