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Koe Wetzel Takes Inspiration From Tracy Lawrence For Tour Prank, Unleashes Crickets On Kolby Cooper’s Tour Bus
A good tour prank never goes out of style.
I am here for a funny tour prank, like Zach Top pranking Lainey Wilson by coming out on stage dressed as Kermit the Frog. Or Megan Moroney riding out on a tractor dressed as the leader of No Shoes Nation to round out her tour with Kenny Chesney.
However, the pranks that occur on tour that are not seen from the stage are even better. There is only so much that can be done on stage, so the tour pranks that take place off stage are much more extreme and also highlight the level of how close artists are with each other based on how hard they f**k with each other.
Koe Wetzel and his camp are rowdy, so it's no surprise that he and his band pulled an epic prank on his fellow East Texas brother, Kolby Cooper. During the Damn Near Normal Tour, Kolby Cooper joined Koe Wetzel for some dates, and sadly for him, he was the victim of Koe bringing back tour pranks.
Koe doesn't do much in life, so it's no surprise he went all out on this prank. He was inspired by Tracy Lawrence, who told him a story about pranking Tracy Byrd during their TL's Road House Podcast episode together.
"I got the code to his bus, and I sent my guys to every bait store in town, and we got over 1,000 crickets. I strode crickets from back to front, all over that bus. Those sons of b*tches were everywhere."
Lawrence told Wetzel during their conversation. While Koe couldn't find 1,000 crickets, he did find 150 and spent a thousand dollars on packing peanuts to pull off a Tracy Lawrence-inspired prank.
"Kolby, we're sorry. We love you."
In the background of Koe's apology before executing the prank, his guitar player, Odis Parrish, hilariously says he's not sorry.
"They're not sorry, but I'm sorry. We appreciate you being on tour, buddy."
With that, Koe and his crew got to work while Kolby was on stage for his opening set. After unleashing chaos on their bus, they bumped into Kooper after his set as Koe and his band were walking backstage to make their call time. As they passed each other, they were all hugging each other and thanking one another for being on coming on the tour and thanking Koe for having them on the tour.
But they have no idea what waits for them behind that bus door...
When Cooper and his band get back to the bus, they are met with quite the surprise. The guys are in shock about the packing peanuts, and I'm not even sure if they realized there were live crickets let loose in the bus, too, but they are heartbroken to see a painting of a tiger they bought in St. Louis is missing from the kitchen/dining area of the bus.
After assessing the damage, Cooper looks at the camera to give one final reaction.
"Well...thanks."
Given Cooper is a dad to three young ones, this is probably light work for him. I also get the impression that it takes a lot to get under Cooper's skin, and he's all around a chill dude, so I am sure he thought this was well executed and appreciated the planning that went into this versus being mad.
Koe better watch his back on the next tour, though.... you know what they say, "Karma's a b*tch."
@koe_wetzel Prank wars feat. @Kolby Cooper ♬ original sound - Koe Wetzel