# Morgan Wallen Celebrates Album Release at Multi-Genre Inaugural SAND IN MY BOOTS FESTIVAL

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- Published: 2025-05-19T12:28:04-04:00
- Author: EAN

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On the heels of his fourth studio album, I’m The Problem, becoming the most-streamed
country album of the year so far on Apple, Spotify and Amazon within hours of its
release on Friday (May 16), Wallen debuted seven of the albums’ tracks live for 
the first time last night in Gulf Shores, Alabama for his inaugural Sand In My Boots
Festival.

With an entire news vertical from Gulf Coast Media Group dedicated to the sold-out,
multi-genre festival, curated by Wallen and produced by AEG Presents, the weekend
featured an eclectic mix of more than 30 of his favorite artists and inspirations,
including Post Malone, Brooks & Dunn, [HARDY](http://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/4256257/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fhardy-tickets%2Fartist%2F2555869),
The War On Drugs, T-Pain, Three 6 Mafia and more. Wallen concluded the festival,
his first show of 2025, with a 23-song setlist, taking the stage on the final night
with his signature “Broadway Girls” walk out.

“Me and a couple of my closest friends and teammates, we’ve been throwing the idea
of doing a festival around for a long time now, and we just happened to run into
the right partner and the right people to work with. With a lot of hard work, and
a lot of really great artists to come out here, we got to make that happen,” Wallen
stated, as 40,000 fans flanked the 1980s-inspired 160 feet wide by 70 feet tall 
stage, a fully custom build designed by Clio Award-winning studio Raw Cereal and
marking their largest festival build to date. “We’ll try to do it again sometime,”
he grinned, before diving into the rest of his setlist.

From there, Wallen toggled between certified hits, while testing the waters with
live debuts of title track “I’m The Problem;” the Grammy.com-praised “deceptively
smooth-sounding” “Kick Myself;” “Don’t We,” declared an “arena-ready track” by Billboard;“
I’m A Little Crazy,” noted as “a gorgeous paranoiac ballad” by Washington Post; “
I Got Better;” “Superman” and “Just In Case.”

Bailey Zimmerman and [ERNEST](http://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/4256257/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fernest-tickets%2Fartist%2F2592425)
each joined Wallen on-stage halfway through his set, the former to perform Wallen’s
5x-Platinum hit “Up Down,” hailing from his debut album If I Know Me; the latter
joining for the duo’s Platinum-certified “Cowgirls” off One Thing At A Time.

Concluding the night with his breakthrough 2018 hit, “The Way I Talk,” Wallen thanked
his fans for their continued support, “Thank each and every one of you guys for 
making this possible… for supporting me, for supporting my new album. I love each
and every one of y’all!”

Dubbed a “self-examining storytelling extravaganza” by Billboard, I’m The Problem
features 37 tracks, and combines Wallen’s country, cross and dirt-rock influences,
underscored by collaborations with pop superstars Post Malone and Tate McRae, plus
close friends Eric Church, ERNEST and HARDY. The fusion of influences left Grammy.
com lauding, “[Wallen] remains as eclectic as ever, shifting easily from R&B-inflected
slow jams to rough-and-ready outlaw country stomps.”

While Wallen co-wrote 22 of the tracks, he tapped into 49 songwriters, curating 
a tracklist that’s both deeply personal and resonant, viewing life events through
a different lens than he’s used in the past. Hits Daily Double observes that the
result is “a 37-song cycle of self-reckoning,” adding, “he doesn’t sugarcoat or 
make excuses.”

Wallen’s coinciding 2025 I’m The Problem Tour kicks off June 20 at NRG Stadium in
Houston, Texas. The 20-show run will include stops in Seattle, Washington; Foxborough,
Massachusetts; Toronto, Ontario and more. With a second stop added in Madison, Wisconsin,
Wallen’s appearances will mark the first time an artist has played two consecutive
nights at Camp Randall Stadium.

A rotating lineup of guests including Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett
and Koe Wetzel join in direct support with Gavin Adcock, [Corey Kent](https://www.ticketmaster.com/corey-kent-tickets/artist/2144006),
Ella Langley and Anne Wilson as first-of-three across select dates. Coupled with
last weekend’s Sand In My Boots Festival and a special one-night-only album release
celebration show on May 28 at Roundhouse in London, these 22 shows are the only 
place to see the superstar in 2025.