Luke Combs appreciates the country music fans across the pond. In recent years, we’ve seen the country music genre grow to new heights. Part of that is the outreach that has happened by country artists to areas outside of the United States, like the UK. In the United Kingdom, country music is on the rise, with over 3 billion streams coming from there in total just last year. And artists are really starting to recognize that, and setting out on tours in the friendly, foreign land. Post Malone and Jelly Roll just recently finished a run over in the United Kingdom, and other artists like Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs himself (among others) have also played in front of grateful, British crowds. The “Hurricane” singer takes pride in taking his music over to the UK, and Combs does believe that he helped play a role in inspiring other big country acts to tour across the pond, as he explained to BBC: “I just think country music is a place that everybody can go and enjoy. When I started out, there weren’t a lot of acts coming over to the UK and doing club or arena tours and putting in the work. So that was what we always tried to do. It was like, if we invest our time and our energy into coming over here, the fans over here will appreciate that.” And Combs has been able to see in real time – as he continues to go back to the UK – that fans of the genre are certainly responding well to the presence of country music. The artist hailing from North Carolina says that he can tell fans in the United Kingdom are listening to full albums rather than just singles. Combs isn’t holding that against his fans from the United States, but there’s a different connection that he feels with how fans “listen” when the country star plays in front of those that reside in the UK: “Country music has become available to more people compared to when it was just terrestrial radio. In the States, we have singles that we promote to radio, which become the songs that get people drawn in. But when you come the UK, everyone has consumed the whole album already. It’s really awesome to come here and have the fans ask for songs that maybe wouldn’t even make the set list in the States. I would say the UK fans are a very listening crowd, which I think is neat. In the States, our shows are very loud, a bit of a melee. The energy over here is great but everyone’s listening to the music. They’re focused on what you’re saying and what the lyrics are.” Interesting… is Luke calling out the American attention span? Maybe so. Though it does seem more so that he just cherishes how he’s been able to connect to British fans. Here’s a couple of songs that Combs performed live in London as a part of the Country 2 Country (C2C) country music festival that’s been taking place in Europe every year since 2013. Check it out and see if you can tell if British fans are better listeners than us Americans: “She Got The Best Of Me” & “Hurricane” And just in case you didn’t know, they love Luke Combs so much over there that there’s a “Luke Combs UK” tribute band that stays active in the United Kingdom when the actual country star is busy in the states: Luke Combs UK The post Luke Combs Praises British Country Music Fans & Suggests They Listen To The Music More Than Americans: “Everyone Has Consumed The Whole Album” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.