WILMINGTON — In support of a new album, “American Romance,” Lukas Nelson will be stopping over in downtown Wilmington this fall.
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Tickets go on sale online to his Oct. 12 show at Live Oak Pavilion on Friday, July 25. But on Wednesday, July 23, locals can purchase tickets in-person first at the Riverfront Park downtown box office starting at 4 p.m.
Nelson has been performing in Wilmington for more than a decade, starting in small clubs and working up to Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. He last performed locally with his band Promise of the Real in 2023; this is Nelson’s first performance at downtown’s 7,000-seat pavilion.
“American Romance” is the ninth album from Nelson, though not with Promise of the Real. It was produced by Shooter Jennings and includes country, Americana, folk and blues sounds and features collaborations with Sierra Ferrell, Anderson East, and Stephen Wilson Jr.
Wilson will join Nelson on the tour. Experiencing a rise in popularity, due to his prodigious guitar playing, Wilson has coined his clever amalgamation of grunge, indie rock, and country into “Death Cab for Country.” (Check out his cover of Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me.”). Special guest The Band Loula also will perform as part of the American Romance Tour.
The tour kicks off in New York this week and wraps in Denver, Colorado, on Halloween. Wilmington is Nelson’s only stop in North Carolina — a place he has championed in the past and even visited to perform a post-Hurricane Florence fundraiser at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater in 2019, after the superstorm devastated Wilmington.
The son of country icon Willie Nelson, Lukas has performed at his father’s Farm Aid concerts and collaborated with numerous artists, from Neil Young to Lady Gaga — the latter of whom he worked with on 2018’s soundtrack for the hit film “A Star is Born.” Nelson scored a Grammy and BAFTA for his work on the film.
Tickets to his October show can be accessed online here, with a presale happening Thursday, July 24.
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