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Larry Fleet On Going Overseas & Connecting With Fans Who Don’t Even Speak English As A First Language: “They Really Listen, They Care”
Music really is the universal language.
Larry Fleet joined the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk new music, faith, sobriety, and to dive into some downright wild stories. He shared what to expect from his upcoming February record, how he connects with fans around the world, and why he still writes drinking songs despite stepping away from alcohol. Larry also opens up about the role God plays in his music… and tells us about the UFO he saw, his ghost encounter, and why he believes in Bigfoot (it gets really interesting at the end of the episode).
It’s honestly surprising that he even had the time to talk about conspiracies with how much he’s out on the road. Fleet says he played 90 or more shows in 2025, and that he’s already got 90 to 100 shows lined up in 2026. The country music artist knows that getting out in front of fans is the best way to grow his reach… and Larry Fleet has even been able to connect with fans overseas in recent years.
Back in 2022, the “Where I Find God” singer took his first trip across the pond to open for Morgan Wallen for one show in London, England. Ever since then, he’s taken pride in growing his fanbase overseas. In 2024, he acted as an opener for Wallen on an entire European tour, and that opened the door for him to go back in 2025 for a tour of his own, as he explained:
“This year, we put our own tour together to kind of see where, without Morgan, where I stand over there. It went awesome. Everything was selling out, it was really fun. It’s a different crowd, but they are there for it, and they’re listening. Some of these countries… we headlined a festival in Amsterdam, and English is not really their native language.
When I go out and try to tell jokes and stuff, they’re just kind of like (staring blankly and saying), ‘Okay, just sing the song.’ They really listen, and they care, and they really like the storytelling. And if you can sing, they really like a powerful kind of singer over there.”
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Based upon Fleet’s experience in 2025, where he played in places like Ireland and the United Kingdom, he now knows that he’d like to have international legs on every future tour. He believes that will be more commonplace for artists, as the United States become so saturated with talented acts touring all across the country.
Larry Fleet doesn’t mind the travel, but it wasn’t easy for him at first. He had to get used to flying in an airplane (he didn’t fly until he was 24 years old) and was also forced to grapple with his fear of heights. But the more he flew, the more he got used to it… which eventually led to a long flight and a long trip to Australia.
The “Land Down Under” was incredibly welcoming to him, and there were moments where he was overwhelmed with gratitude while he played in front of the Aussie crowd. He told us about one particular instance where the audience’s energy led him to partake in an Australian tradition known as a “shoey,” and detailed the thought process that led him to use his own boot rather than a clean one:
“I did it the way a man should do it. I wasn’t going to, because I don’t drink. They had a bunch of new boots with a tag on them, and people would be like, ‘Yeah!’ and they’d pour a beer in there and they’d do it out of a new boot. I was like, ‘I’m not doing that.’
So I started singing ‘Where I Find God’ and 23,000 people started singing it. For some reason, I just got fired up. I kicked off my own boot and I had a non-alcoholic beer, poured it in there and drank out of my own boot, then put it back on. I had a wet sock the rest of the time.”
A worthy sacrifice, I’d say.
While the “shoey” itself was something that Fleet wishes he could forget, the cool moment of realization for himself and his band that they experienced in Australia was something that he’ll cherish forever. The country singer felt a rush of gratefulness when 23,000 people in Australia were singing his hit song:
“It was just one of those moments where I was just looking around and kind of got choked up. It was a really cool moment, and we had that a couple of times over in Europe too. Just remembering back to what it was like, and now it’s way different.”
And I’ll speak for everyone when I say that Larry Fleet deserves every bit of the success that he’s currently experiencing… both at home and abroad.
To hear more from Larry Fleet, make sure to download the podcast on Apple Podcasts by searching “Whiskey Riff Raff” or by clicking here.
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Cheers, y’all.
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