Rock The Country - Hastings, MI
Barry Expo Center, 1350 M-37, 49058 Hastings Kort
lau. 08.08.2026 14:30
Flytjendur
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Kid RockCowboy, Baby.
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Brantley Gilbert
Listen to my new song “GOOD DAMN” and get tickets for tour! ⤵️
link.rivetapp.co/brantleygilbert
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Ashley Cooke
Ashley Cooke has weathered the storm and is ready to open her heart and shed the armor as
she looks to her next chapter. With new music on the horizon and after a year filled with some of
the highest highs and lowest lows, breakout country sensation Ashley Cooke has dug deeper
than ever into her songwriting and storytelling to reveal her strongest, most vulnerable, and
most honest work yet.
After winning Belmont's prestigious Country Showcase and releasing her debut album on Big
Loud/Back Blocks Music 'shot in the dark,' Cooke went on to win her first CMT Award for
Breakthrough Female Video of the Year in 2024 and has been nominated twice for ACM's New
Female Artist of the Year, as well as Best New Country Artist at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music
Awards. Cooke also notched her first #1 hit at Country radio with her breakthrough track, "your
place." As her career started to thrive and take flight - something she had been working towards
since penning her first song at the age of eleven - the silky songstress' personal life seemed to
be spiraling. Cooke and her family navigated severe health issues, losses, heartbreak, and
struggles with mental health - all while putting on a smile night-after-night on stage to deliver
unforgettable moments with her fans and showing gratitude for the amazing accolades she
began to stack up. Those experiences and hardships have fueled Cooke more than ever to
throw herself completely into her music - and what's to come is a testament to that.
Cooke has made debuts at the Grand Ole Opry and Ryman Auditorium; national TV
appearances on ABC’s The Bachelorette and NBC’s TODAY Show; collaborations and tours
with Ne-Yo, Rascal Flatts, Joe Jonas, Marshmello, Luke Bryan, Jordan Davis, Cole Swindell,
Brett Young; an opening slot on Kane Brown’s stadium and arena tour, and direct support for Parker McCollum.
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Uncle Kracker
No matter what he does or where he goes, Uncle Kracker adheres to a simple, yet rather timeless philosophy. “I really subscribe to this mindset of just having fun,” he affirms. “That’s what it’s always about. It’s the train that I’m forever on. The way I feel is if I’m enjoying it, it’s really worth doing.”
Now he’s having more fun than ever. Last year Uncle Kracker joined Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra and Eve 6 for the Under The Sun Tour 2015 hitting sheds across the country throughout the summer. Uncle Kracker will be back on the road in 2016. His live show continues to get bigger and better with every tour. "It's very interactive," he says. "It's meant to be a party, and I want everybody involved. Each time we go on stage, I want people to leave smiling."
That outlook has served him well over the years. After vaulting to stardom as a charismatic presence and chief collaborator in Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker Band, the Michigan singer, songwriter, and performer, also known as Matthew Shafer, kicked off a stunning solo career of his own.
His 2000 major label debut, Double Wide, fittingly went double-platinum and yielded #1 smash “Follow Me”. Its 2002 follow-up No Stranger To Shame reached gold status and spawned cross-format hits such as “In A Little While” and the powerful cover of Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away”, which set a Billboard record for most weeks at #1 on any chart, topping their #1 run on the Adult Contemporary radio charts for a staggering 28 weeks. Country superstar Kenny Chesney tapped him for “When The Sun Goes Down”, which impressively spent five weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart. Throughout, he played sold out shows across the country and appeared everywhere from the American Country Music Awards to Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Then, 2012 saw him fully embrace his country side with his critically acclaimed fifth outing, Midnight Special.
Uncle Kracker is still having a blast, and fans worldwide undoubtedly will too when they see him on the road. “When I’m up onstage, I don’t feel removed from the people coming to hear the music,” he leaves off. “You can feel it, when they identify with you. Sometimes when I’m up there, I wanna tell’em ‘I’m not any different than you are.”
