Tim McGraw was heartbroken to have to cancel his Here on Earth Tour, which was to include Midland and Ingrid Andress as his opening acts. Although Tim hopes to be able to tour next year, he admits he is unsure if he, or anyone else, will hit the road in 2021, and if they do, what the touring landscape might look like while the country recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
“I don’t know is the answers that all of us have I think for these things,” Tim told SiriusXM‘s Storme Warren. “I hope that it gets back next year. Hopefully sooner. I’m counting on next year, but I’d love to be surprised. I hope it’s the same. Hopefully, it’s not different. But we will do whatever’s the safest way to do it. We’re going to look out for our fans and look out for the public first and foremost, and do the safest thing that we can when it’s the right time to do it.
“I do hope it gets back to the days where we’re jammed in there and we’re packed in there, and we’re all slinging sweat and having a great time getting lost in the music,” he continued. “That’s what artists do. That’s what we love to do. That’s why we got into this business. We didn’t get into this business to be in a studio by ourselves singing our song. We got into this business to be on stage in front of thousands of people letting the guitars rip and turning the music up and having a great time. Singing these songs for people in public, and hearing everybody sing those songs back to us. That’s what we hope it gets back to.”
Although Tim is eager to return to the concert stage, he is willing to wait until attending a live music venue doesn’t put anyone’s health in jeopardy.
“We want to do it in the safest way we possibly can,” Tim said. “If it’s a new way to do it that’s safer, we’ll figure out the new way to do it that’s safer. But I don’t want it to change too much, because I really love being in the middle of the crowd having a great time.”
Tim just announced the release of his upcoming Here on Earth record, which includes “I Called Mama.”
Here on Earth will be released on August 21. Pre-order the album via Amazon