WYATT FLORES’ NEW SONG “WELCOME TO THE PLAINS” OUT TODAY

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM WELCOME TO THE PLAINS OUT NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM OUT THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

LATE-NIGHT TV DEBUT ON “THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT” TOMORROW

EXTENSIVE FALL HEADLINE TOUR UNDERWAY

October 16, 2024—Rising country artist Wyatt Flores’ new song, “Welcome To The Plains,” is out today. Listen/share HERE.

Reflecting on the song, Flores shares, “For my debut album, I wanted folks to know where I come from. Oklahoma has long been called a flyover state, but it’s far more than that to me. It’s filled with the kindest people, a dark history, and a resilience that’s like nowhere else. I hope ‘Welcome to the Plains’ brings a little curiosity to not only the Red Dirt sound but the culture that defines it.”

“Welcome To The Plains” is the title track of Flores’ highly anticipated full-length debut album, which will be released this Friday, October 18 on Island Records (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, Flores has shared three additional songs: “Little Town,” “Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight,” and “Oh Susannah,” of which NPR praises, “it just speaks to his power as this young songwriter in the country lane, doing what I think is some of the most powerful music I’ve heard in a very long time.”

In celebration of the new music, Flores will make his late-night television debut on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” tomorrow, October 17 and will continue to tour through the end of this year with his “Welcome To The Plains Tour.” The extensive run includes Flores’ largest headline shows to date, with upcoming stops at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Paramount, Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom (two nights), Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Atlanta’s The Eastern, Chicago’s Vic Theatre, Pittsburgh’s Stage AE, Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s Texas among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.wyattfloresmusic.com/tour.

Produced by Beau Bedford (Orville Peck, Shane Smith & The Saints) and recorded between Los Angeles and Asheville, Welcome To The Plains details Flores’ journey as he balances the struggle of leaving his hometown of Stillwater, OK with the highs and lows of life on the road. Across these 14 tracks, including songwriting collaborations with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor and Aaron Raitiere, Flores delivers the grounded and sincere storytelling he’s celebrated for, seamlessly blending traditional country and folk sounds.

Of the project, Flores reflects, “It’s an album about home and a search for happiness. It’s an album about Stillwater, Oklahoma, and all the other little towns that have raised people like you and me. It’s an album about my family, and the people and places in my life who have defined who I am today. This album is happy on one side and heartbreak on the other, and whoever you are, I hope you find something you love in here.”

Further adding to his breakout year, Flores is the latest addition to Apple Music’s Up Next program—their global artist initiative geared towards identifying, showcasing and elevating rising talent. Additionally, Flores is one of Rolling Stone’s 25 “Future of Music” artists, was selected as Amazon’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year, included in Spotify’s Hot Country Class of 2024 and CMT’s Listen Up class, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut. Additionally, Flores has garnered over 325 million streams to date, saw his 2022 breakout single, “Please Don’t Go,” scale the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and had his song “Before I Do” with Jake Kohn featured on the soundtrack for the new Twisters movie.

Born and raised in Oklahoma, the Mexican-American artist has established himself as one of country music’s most vital voices with his three previous EPs, including Half Life, which was released earlier this spring. Receiving widespread critical attention, The New York Times praised, “Wyatt Flores…Has a Superpower: Tapping Emotions,” while NPR Music declared, “a fantastic record…he is making a big splash out there” and Holler proclaimed, “Flores at his gloriously life affirming, existential best.”

For more information, please contact Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

Erika Clark at Island Records.

WELCOME TO THE PLAINS TRACK LIST
1. Welcome To The Plains
2. When I Die
3. Oh Susannah
4. Only Thing Missing Is You
5. Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight
6. Habits
7. Right Here with You
8. The Truth
9. Forget Your Voice
10. Angels Over You
11. Little Town
12. Stillwater
13. Falling Sideways
14. The Good Ones

WYATT FLORES CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
October 17 /// Atlanta, GA /// The Eastern+
October 18 /// Raleigh, NC /// The Ritz+
October 19 /// Charlotte, NC /// The Fillmore+
October 20 /// Simpsonville, SC /// Greenville Country Music Fest
October 24 /// Oxford, MS /// The Lyric*
October 25 /// Birmingham, AL /// Avondale Brewing Company*
October 26 /// Little Rock, AR /// The Hall#
October 29 /// Minneapolis, MN /// First Avenue#
October 31 /// Chicago, IL /// The Vic Theatre#
November 1 /// Rosemont, IL /// Joe’s Live#
November 2 /// Madison, WI /// The Sylvee#
November 12 /// Cincinnati, OH /// Bogart’s*
November 13 /// Royal Oak, MI /// Royal Oak Music Theatre*
November 15 /// Pittsburgh, PA /// Stage AE*
November 16 /// Cleveland, OH /// Agora Theatre*
November 17 /// Toronto, Ontario /// Danforth Music Hall~ (SOLD OUT)
November 20 /// London, Ontario /// London Music Hall~
November 22 /// Montreal, Quebec /// Theatre Beanfield~
November 23 /// Ottawa, Ontario /// Bronson Centre Music Theatre~
December 2 /// Washington, D.C. /// 9:30 Club**
December 3 /// Richmond, VA /// The National**
December 4 /// Philadelphia, PA /// The Fillmore‡‡
December 6 /// Brooklyn, NY /// Brooklyn Paramount‡‡
December 7 /// Boston, MA /// MGM Music Hall at Fenway‡‡
December 9 /// Nashville, TN /// Grand Ole Opry
December 13 /// Nashville, TN /// Ryman Auditorium††
December 14 /// Nashville, TN /// Ryman Auditorium++ (SOLD OUT)
December 27 /// Fort Worth, TX /// Billy Bob’s Texas
December 30 /// Tulsa, OK /// Cain’s Ballroom##
December 31 /// Tulsa, OK /// Cain’s Ballroom~~
March 7 /// Berlin, Germany /// C2C Festival
Berlin – Uber Eats Music Hall
March 8 /// Rotterdam, Netherlands /// C2C Festival
Rotterdam – RTM Stage
March 14 /// London, U.K. /// C2C Festival – The O2
March 15 /// Belfast, U.K. /// C2C Festival – SSE Arena
March 16 /// Glasgow, U.K. /// C2C Festival – OVO Hydro
March 21-24 /// Brisbane, Australia /// CMC Rocks 2025

*with special guest Noeline Hofmann
+with special guest Kaitlin Butts
#with special guest Bo Staloch
~with special guest Zandi Holup
**with special guest Jake Kohn
‡‡with special guest Evan Honer
††with special guests The Great Divide and Lance Roark
++with special guests Evan Honer and Bo Staloch
##with special guests JR Carroll and Wyatt Baker
~~with special guests The Damn Quails and Lance Roark

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