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“The List Goes On”: Lainey Wilson Reveals The Two Country Icons She’d LOVE To Work With
Hopefully, this means one of them will be on her next album… we need it.
Lainey Wilson already has tons of shows booked for 2026, while she also tries to plan a wedding, so we’ll probably be lucky if we get a new album… but considering how Lainey never seems to stop working, I won’t be surprised if she does put out some sort of project.
During interview with People a little while back, she spoke about her dream collaboration, which included Miley Cyrus at the top of her list, because Lainey was of course a Hannah Montana impersonator back in Louisiana.
But in terms of country artists, she says working with Eric Church or Chris would be a dream come true:
“There’s so many people on my list. I would love to do something with Miley Cyrus, of course. I mean, I used to impersonate Hannah Montana. So, I always say Miley, and I’m going to keep saying it until we do something together.
When it comes to country, I’d love to do something with Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, the list goes on and on.”
Lainey has said before that Church is her and fiancé Duck’s favorite artist to listen to together, and she was recently added as an opener on Chris’ All-American Road Show tour, and I think either one of them would be a natural fit for a future project.
During that same interview, she revealed that she has been working on new music, though she’s just now coming off an insanely impressive run with her 2024 Whirlwind album, including Grammy nominations, as well as winning the CMA Album of the Year award with the record, as well as the ACM Album of the Year and ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year with it too.
She says the next project is a work in progress still:
“I have been writing some songs. It has been so much fun. Even in the past couple weeks, I’ve been feeling very inspired. We’re trying to figure out which direction we are going, but the more songs that I write for the project, it seems like it’s going to happen.
I’m not the type of artist to write 12 or 15 songs, and that’s what makes the record. I want to write 100 songs, and then we find the 12 or 15.”
It’s pretty surprising that Lainey hasn’t done a song with Church or Stapleton yet, because they’re two of the absolute best in mainstream country and I think either one of them would be a perfect fit for Lainey’s style.
It remains to be seen if this will happen anytime soon, but a girl can dream…
Lainey also just scored her ninth career #1 at country radio with her single “Somewhere Over Laredo”:
“Somewhere Over Laredo”
LAINEY WILSON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
December 7—Las Vegas, NV—Lainey Wilson: Wildflowers & Wild Horses
December 10—Nashville, TN—Grand Ole Opry
February 6—Auckland, New Zealand—Spark Arena*
February 8—Christchurch, New Zealand—Wolfbrook Arena*
February 11—Brisbane, Australia—Brisbane Entertainment Centre*
February 12—Brisbane, Australia—Brisbane Entertainment Centre*
February 14—Newcastle, Australia—Howlin’ Country*
February 16—Sydney, Australia—Qudos Bank Arena*
February 19—Melbourne, Australia—Rod Laver Arena*
February 20—Melbourne, Australia—Rod Laver Arena*
February 22—Adelaide, Australia—Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena*
February 26—Perth, Australia—RAC Center*
March 20—Thackerville, OK—WinStar World Casino & Resort
March 21—Thackerville, OK—WinStar World Casino & Resort
April 10—Florence, AZ—Country Thunder Arizona
April 11—Laughlin, NV—Laughlin Event Center
April 25—Indio, CA—Stagecoach Festival 2026
July 10—Chicago, IL—Windy City Smokeout
August 6—Detroit Lakes, MN—WE Fest
August 7—Oshkosh, WI—Xroads41
August 9—Canton, OH—Concert for Legends
August 12—Sturgis, SD—The Sturgis Buffalo Chip
August 15—Springfield, IL—Illinois State Fair
* with special guests Flatland Cavalry and Kaitlin ButtsThe post “The List Goes On”: Lainey Wilson Reveals The Two Country Icons She’d LOVE To Work With first appeared on Whiskey Riff.