Friday night saw the first
of three road trips, the first of three days of music – and the last night of
Maren’s tour after the release of her second album “Girl”
Opening for Maren Morris was
Rae Lynn. Hailing from Texas, and a former contestant on the US Voice, Rae can
be described as “proper country”. Her songs are about life in a small town, and
you can easily picture her in that town, you can see that town, and to be fair
you can imagine her being known to everyone in that small town – she is a rebel
through and through in true Country style – she even sings a song about her “Racing
Red Ford 150 truck”. Man, if that tailgate
could tell tales…. Rae Lynn is the pretender to..., no, the rightful heir to the throne that Kacey
Musgraves has chosen to vacate.
To the strains of her single
“Girl” Maren Morris appeared via a lift and trapdoor at the top of a set of
stairs, and so the final night began.
Most of the set was to be from the second album, but favourites from
Hero were promised and warmly received. It seemed like Maren and her whole band
wanted to have a party. A cello for “”I could use a love song”, Niall Horan on
stage for a duet, a whole string quartet because she could and a set that was
reminiscent of a retro disco with dry ice, bubbles, strobe lights and even
mirror balls! Let’s face it, she’s an 90s baby (in her 80’s Mercedes)! Rae Lynn returned to the stage, cheekily
using Marens’s lift and trapdoor. Told you
she was a rebel! The two clearly enjoy
performing together!
In an era where there is
constant debate about what is and isn’t “Country”, Maren Morris doesn’t just
walk the line between Country and Pop Country – she stomps all over it in her
sequinned boots. Maren does what Maren does – and we love hearing it as much as
she loves doing it.
The set ended with two of
Maren’s biggest tracks - Cash (which involved the whole of the RAH singing
along and shouting out a mildly rude word) and then My Church, before returning
for an encore and a promise that as long as we keep coming, she’ll keep touring
We will Maren. We will.
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