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Tim McGraw To Headline The First Ever Concert At Iowa’s Field Of Dreams
The son of an MLB legend playing at the Field of Dreams.
Chances are everybody's familiar with Field of Dreams, the 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner as a farmer from Dyersville, Iowa, who builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield after being visited by the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson in the famous "if you build it, he will come" scene.
The movie has become a cult classic, and is widely recognized as one of the greatest sports movies of all time. And the site of the "Field of Dreams" has become famous itself, with the owners of the farms containing the 193-acre field initially setting up souvenir stands for visitors who made the pilgrimage to the movie site.
In 2012, the field was purchased by a private partnership called Go the Distance Baseball, which has held various events at the site honoring the film.
In 2021, Hall of Famer Frank Thomas, a five-time MLB All-Star who spent 15 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, purchased a majority interest in Go the Distance Baseball. And that same year, the MLB held a game between the Yankees and the White Sox at the Field of Dreams, a game that was originally scheduled to be played in 2020 but was rescheduled due to COVID.
Thomas has indicated that it's possible more MLB games could be held at the Field of Dreams in the future. But it looks like they're also ready to bring other kinds of entertainment to the iconic field.
Announced today, the Field of Dreams will host its first ever all-day concert this summer - and it's being headlined by Tim McGraw, the son of an MLB legend himself.
If you somehow didn't know, Tim is the son of Tug McGraw, who played 19 seasons as a pitcher for the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. Tim's mother moved to Louisiana while she was pregnant, and he didn't find out his father was the star pitcher until he discovered his birth certificate in his mother's closet at the age of 11.
When Tim turned 18, he began to form a relationship with his father, and the two remained close until Tug McGraw passed away in 2004.
The concert at the Field of Dreams is set to take place on August 30, 2025, and the events company behind the show, US Concert Agency, says holding the concert at the iconic field will pay tribute to not only country music but also to Tug McGraw and America's pasttime:
"We always strive to curate memorable and impactful events, and this tribute to Tug McGraw’s legacy is no exception. It’s a huge moment not only for the fans but for Tim as well, and it’s just the beginning of something truly special."
Tickets for the Field of Dreams concert will be available for pre-sale through StubHub on January 20, with the general onsale beginning January 24. Additional artists for the all-day event will be announced soon, but it sounds like this one will be a bucket list concert for anyone who's a fan of both country music and baseball.