Brooks & Dunn brought their Neon Moon Tour ’26 to Grand Rapids Friday night, and for a few hours, the new Acrisure Amphitheater basically became one big country honky tonk.
Let’s be real. What else would you expect?
Brooks & Dunn Celebrate 35 Years of ‘Brand New Man’
The tour celebrated the 35th anniversary of Brooks & Dunn’s debut album, Brand New Man. That was the album that gave us “Brand New Man,” “My Next Broken Heart,” “Neon Moon,” “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” and “Lost and Found.”
Not a bad way to introduce yourselves to country music.
Brooks & Dunn has gone on to become one of the most successful duos in country music history, piling up 20 #1 singles, CMA and Grammy Awards and the 1996 CMA Entertainer of the Year honor.
Willow Avalon Opens Brooks & Dunn’s Grand Rapids Show
Willow Avalon, from Carlton, Georgia, got the evening started for those who showed up early at Acrisure Amphitheater.
Her country-pop driven set pulled from her two Atlantic Records albums and included “Hickest Woman,” “Work to Do,” “Cardinal Sin,” “Easy on the Eyes,” “Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell,” and “Pink Pocket Pistol.”
David Lee Murphy Brings the ’90s Hits
After Willow Avalon, ’90s hitmaker David Lee Murphy and his band cranked things up with an hour-long set featuring his own hits along with songs he co-wrote for some pretty familiar names in country music…