Luke Combs had a number of surprises up his sleeve for his headlining set at Stagecoach.
On Sunday, April 27, the “Hurricane” singer closed out the nation music pageant in Indio, Calif. with a particular efficiency of “Buddies in Low Locations” — and he had some assist from his good buddy Garth Brooks!
The duo took turns singing the lyrics to Brooks’ 1990 hit and got here collectively for the refrain as the gang sang alongside.
“‘Trigger I’ve bought buddies in low locations / The place the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away / And I will be OK,” they sang. “Yeah, I am not large on social graces / Assume I am going to slip on all the way down to the oasis / Oh, I’ve bought buddies in low locations.”
Earlier than Combs, 35, introduced out Brooks, 63, he performed a sequence of career-spanning hits — and had a number of extra surprises in retailer. At one level within the present, Good Charlotte appeared on stage to sing their 2002 hit “The Anthem.”
After they carried out the music — which Combs sang alongside to — Madden brothers Joel and Benji caught round to assist Combs with “The place the Wild Issues Are,” off Combs’ 2023 album Gettin’ Outdated.
Good Charlotte shared a video of their “hyperlink up” on Instagram, and referred to the nation singer as “cousin Luke” within the caption part.
Along with Brooks and Joel and Benji Madden, Combs additionally introduced out Bailey Zimmerman to debut their new music “Backup Plan,” which they beforehand teased on Instagram. Earlier than they kicked off the music, Combs revealed they might be filming the music video on stage and placed on an brisk efficiency for the roaring crowd.
Combs’ headlining efficiency got here solely three years after he headlined in 2022. This time round, his fellow headliners included Jelly Roll and Zach Bryan.
Nevertheless, the headlining set on the Mane Stage wasn’t the tip of Combs’ performances at Stagecoach. After his set, the “One Quantity Away” singer joined Backstreet Boys on the Palomino Stage for a efficiency of their hit “I Need It That Means.”
Stagecoach had various shock company this yr. Jelly Roll introduced out a whopping 9 company throughout his headlining set, together with MGK, Shaboozey, Wiz Khalifa and Lana Del Rey.
Combs launched his newest album, Father & Sons, in 2024. The album follows 2023’s Gettin’ Outdated, 2022’s Growin’ Up, 2019’s What You See Is What You Get and 2017’s This One’s for You.
Later this yr, he is scheduled to carry out at a sequence of festivals, together with New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Pageant, Boots within the Park, Newport People Pageant, Lollapalooza and Boston Calling.
