Corey Kent at Gramercy Theatre

The Black Bandana Tour

“'What's the opposite of a black bandana? A white flag,'" Kent says. “Then it took on this whole meaning of staying the course and keeping on, even when everyone else quits. This is for when you want to wave a white flag, it encourages you to raise a black bandana.”

The 2024 album's title “Black Bandana,” out now, represents how he intends to double down on dreams he has not just for himself but also that he shares with his family. “This album is about how it isn't always easy not to wave the white flag when life gets tough,” said Kent in an interview. He also noted that the album was originally to be called Bixby, in a nod to his Oklahoma hometown.

After realizing “Black Bandana” served as the fulcrum and centerpiece for the project, the album's other songs, such as “Rust,” “Ain't Gonna Lie,” and “This Heart,” were written around themes of grit, tenacity, love, faithfulness, and hard-fought triumph - music for those whose lives have been seasoned by rocky times.

When asked about his own Black Bandanna moment, Kent had this as an answer;
“I got a piece of cardboard out of the trash, found a Sharpie from a lady at the concession stand, and wrote, ‘It's my dream to play a song with you,'” Kent recalls to Billboard. Kent continued holding up the sign until Nelson called him onstage - and at Kent's request, they sang Bob Wills' “Milk Cow Blues.”

“From that point on, I knew I was never going to stop until I got where I wanted to go - but that [had been] the closest I ever got to throwing in the towel,” he says. “But Willie was there for me, and he probably didn't even realize just how much that moment meant to me.”

A genre with a multi-billion-dollar market value, country music has dominated the charts for more than a century. Only a few of artists have managed to do as good a job as Corey Kent, famous for their soulful vocals and up-tempo rhythms that can convert anybody into a die-hard fan.

Whether you’re a country novice or an avid fan, you’re in luck. Corey Kent is coming to New York, New York on Wednesday 16th October 2024 and there’s a night out waiting just for you. An evening of pining ballads and memories of country life awaits as Corey Kent takes you through their back catalog of hits. And if that wasn’t enough, they may just have some new songs off Black Bandanna too.

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