Acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Wyatt Flores shares his highly anticipated new song, “Runnin’ On E,” today via MCA/Island Records; Listen/share HERE. The track is the first brand new release from Flores this year, with more music to come soon.
Of the track, Flores shares, “‘Runnin’ On E’ is a part of the story of my last two years, being old enough to know better, too young to care. As my world back home changes, I’ve been working through my own story of not settling down yet. Like a lot of themes coming on my album, this touches on my feelings of not being deserving and trying to hide that I struggle with self-worth. I’m excited to start this new chapter with a new sound that I took over a year to find. I’ve never been more proud of the direction I’ve gone with the fellas.”
Produced by Charlie Handsome (Post Malone, Morgan Wallen), Gian Stone (Justin Bieber, Maroon 5) and Jacob Kasher Hindlin (Charlie Puth), the new track arrives as Flores kicks off his extensive “Drive All Night Tour” this month, which includes stops at Nashville’s The Truth, Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s, St. Paul’s Palace Theatre, Grand Rapids’ GLC Live at 20 Monroe, Charleston’s The Refinery and Phoenix’s The Van Buren among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary.
In addition to the headline dates, Flores will join Turnpike Troubadours and Cross Canadian Ragweed for their “The Boys From Oklahoma” show at Stillwater, OK’s Boone Pickens Stadium on April 11, George Strait and Cody Johnson for a special show at Clemson, SC’s Memorial Stadium on May 2 and Koe Wetzel for select dates in the fall.
The performances add to a breakout year for Flores, who released his first live album, Live At Cain’s Ballroom, last spring (stream/purchase here), following his full-length debut album, Welcome to the Plains (stream/purchase here). Produced by Beau Bedford (Orville Peck, Shane Smith & The Saints), the album was released to overwhelming critical acclaim and led Flores to be featured on NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk Concert” series, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS Mornings’ “Saturday Sessions” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
Born and raised in Oklahoma, the Mexican-American artist has established himself as one of country music’s most vital voices. His debut album, Welcome To The Plains, received widespread critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone praising the record as “full of enough musical and lyrical range to be the defining album of the 23-year-old Flores’ career,” while NPR called it “some of the most powerful music I’ve heard in a very long time,” and The Bluegrass Situation naming it “one of the most remarkable records of 2024.”
Flores has also been recognized as one of Rolling Stone’s 25 “Future of Music” artists, was awarded the PLUS1 Rising Star Award, received a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards, was selected as Amazon’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year, included in Spotify’s Hot Country Class of 2024 and CMT’s Listen Up class, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut. Additionally, Flores has garnered over 325 million streams to date, saw his breakout single, “Please Don’t Go,” scale the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and had his song, “Before I Do,” with Jake Kohn featured on the soundtrack for the Twisters movie.
WYATT FLORES CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
March 20—New York, NY—An Evening with The Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall
March 25—Austin, TX—Rodeo Austin
March 26—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s Texas
March 27—Lubbock, TX—Cooks Garage~
March 29—Little Rock, AR—The Hall*
March 31—Sioux Falls, SD—The District†
April 1—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre‡
April 3—Grand Rapids, MI—GLC Live at 20 Monroe‡
April 4—Columbus, OH—KEMBA Live! – Indoor Music Hall‡
April 11—Stillwater, OK—Boone Pickens Stadium – The Boys From Oklahoma
April 14—Greensboro, NC—Piedmont Hall‡
April 15—Charleston, SC—The Refinery‡
April 16—Statesboro, GA—The Blue Room‡
April 18—Georgetown, TX—Two Step Inn
April 22—El Paso, TX—Lowbrow Palace+
April 23—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren+
April 26—Indio, CA—Stagecoach Festival
May 2—Clemson, SC—Memorial Stadium#
May 28—Panama City Beach, FL—Gulf Coast Jam
June 13—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 18—North Lawrence, OH—The Country Fest
June 19—Bloomington, IL—Tailgate N’ Tallboys
June 25—Bonner Springs, KS—Azura Amphitheater
June 26—South Greenfield, MO—Baker Spain Stampede
July 10—Quebec City, QC—Festival d’été de Québec
July 17—Petersburg, IL—Menard County Fair
July 18—Hastings, NE—Adams County Fairgrounds
July 19—Cheyenne, WY—Cheyenne Frontier Days
July 21—Deadwood, SD—Deadwood Mountain Grand
July 23—Three Forks, MT—Headwaters Country Jam
August 7—Oshkosh, WI—Xroads41 Music Festival
August 8—Elkhorn, NE—The Club at Indian Creek‡
August 22—Helix, OR—Wheatstock Music Festival
September 17—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre||
September 18—Columbia, SC—University of South Carolina||
September 19—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union LIVE! At Richmond Raceway||
September 24—Pikeville, KY—Appalachian Wireless Arena||
September 25—Huntsville, AL—The Orion Amphitheater||
September 26—Brandon, MS—Brandon Amphitheater||
November 15—Pittsburgh, PA—Citizens Live at The Wylie
November 21—Nashville, TN—The Truth
~with special guests Taylor Hunnicutt and Lance Roark
*with special guest The Droptines
†with special guest Pepe Lil Burro Jr.
‡with special guest Kashus Culpepper
+with special guest Noah Rinker
#with George Strait and Cody Johnson
||with Koe Wetzel
