Hold onto your cowboy hats, the Liquored-Up Tour is making a stop in Lloyd.
Aaron Pritchett and crew will be at the Vic Juba Community Theatre on Feb. 12.
“It’s been five years since the last tour we did, and with COVID happening it was kinda scary, you know, we didn’t know whether or not we’d ever play a show again—let alone go on tour,” said Pritchett.
“I couldn’t be more excited. My energy level is even more than it was back in 2019.”
Alongside Pritchett are Canadian country artists Matt Lang and Cory Marks, who will accompany him on the entire tour, featuring 29 shows across the country.
“It’s cool. Those guys (Pritchett and Marks) are incredible as humans and also their talent, you know. It’s going to be super fun, and there’s a lot of big venues too,” said Lang, adding one of the songs he will definitely be singing on tour is the title track from his newest album, coming out May 10 titled All Night Longer.
Pritchett is also introducing a new album later this year titled Demolition. The digital version isn’t out yet, but he’s offering it up to fans in a different form while on tour.
“It’ll be out probably in the summertime, but we do have vinyl albums available on tour. The only way you can get the full album at this point is by buying it at the show,” said Pritchett.
He said one lucky fan will get more than just a record if they get their hands on the right album.
“I came up with an idea I kind of stole from Willy Wonka. In the 300 albums that are for sale … one of them is a gold record.
“So, whoever finds the gold record wins themselves a home concert. I’m going to actually fly to the town or city they managed to buy it in and do a home concert for them.”
Pritchett says although Lloydminster won’t be the biggest show on the Liquored-Up Tour, he’ll be bringing the same heart to the stage he does every time he performs.
“My grandma taught me that years ago. When I was playing in the bars, she came out a few times and it would be like a Tuesday night. There would be like two people in the bar, and one of them was her,” laughed Pritchett, who now has almost 30 years experience as a country artist.
“She came there, and she said, ‘Why don’t you smile more when you’re on stage?’ and I was like, well nobody’s here,” he said.
“She said ‘doesn’t matter, you put on a show every night you go out there.’ So, I kind of learned that from her, it was a really good point. You’ve got to go out there with the same energy and excitement and try and entertain as much as you possibly can.”
Tickets to the show are going fast, but there are still some available at vicjubatheatre.ca and at the box office.
