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25 Sep Dierks Bentley Leaves Crowd Feeling Like “Gold” in the Quad Cities
Gravel and Gold Tour
Dierks Bentley
Chase Rice
Ella Langley
Vibrant Arena
Moline, IL
Friday, September 20th, 2024 at 7pm
Despite Dierks Bentley’s tour coming to an end, fans entered the arena buzzing, lining up for merchandise and drinks, awaiting the start to an incredible night of country music. The lineup for the night was something not worth missing as fans went to their seats.
Ella Langley kicked off the night of country music with a slight hiccup. As she walked up to the mic to start of her set, there seemed to be some technical problems, as the arena was unable to hear her. Langley handled the microphone problem very professionally and moved over to her guitarist’s mic until hers was able to be fixed. Born in Hope Hull, Alabama, Langley started her career performing locally until moving to Nashville in 2019. She has released her first studio album, entitled Hungover, on August 2nd of this year, which features her first single “You Look Like You Love Me” featuring Riley Green. In addition to performing her new single on stage with Chase Rice, Langley sang a few other songs from her new album, including “Paint the Town Blue.”
Fans cheered as the lights dimmed indicating Chase Rice was about to take the stage. This was his last night joining Bentley on his tour, so fans were excited for his final tour performance. Rice is a country singer, songwriter, and reality television personality. He has released seven studio albums, including his new album Go Down Singin, which was released that same night, September 20th. Two of Rice’s songs have hit number one on the charts, which are “Eyes on You” and “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen,” as well as “Cruise” recorded by Florida Georgia Line, which he was a co-writer on. Rice performed many other songs in addition to his number ones, including “Ready Set Roll,” “Lonely If You Are,” and a song off his new album, “Haw River.”
During his second song set, Rice brought a fan on stage who was celebrating his 12th birthday. They sang a song together and Rice signed young man’s baseball hat. Towards the end of his set, Rice told a story on how his best friend was struggling and wanted to end his life, but his own dog saved him. This sparked Rice to get his own dog, Jack, who joined him on stage. Rice left his heart out on the stage and had fans captivated the whole set.
As the lights dimmed, fans stood cheering for Dierks Bentley to take the stage. Bentley entered the stage and jumped right into his first song of the night while working across all aspects of the stage. Singer-songwriter Dierks Bentley has been releasing music since 2003, with 10 studio albums. He has been nominated for over 70 awards, with his most recent being for Video of the Year in 2021 at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Bentley was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2005, where he stands as the third-youngest member after Carrie Underwood and Josh Turner.
Bentley had the fans captivated the minute he stepped foot on stage and held their attention for the rest of the night. During the 7th song in his set, he brought out Ella Langley to sing his duet “Different for Girls” with him, which was originally sung with Elle King. “I Hold On,” “5-1-5-0,” and “Burning Man were just a few of the songs that Bentley performed throughout the night. He covered “American Girl” in his set as well, which was originally sung by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Later in the set, Bentley brought out Chase Rice to help him sing his song “Gone.” Upon the completion of the song, the whole crowd, along with Bentley, sang “Happy Birthday” to celebrate Chase Rice’s belated birthday, which was September 19th.
The performance was full of laughs as Bentley and his band had fun bantering and having fun with each other throughout the evening. Bentley and his guitarist, Ben Helson, had fun fighting for the crowd’s attention in certain parts of the stage. When Helson won over the crowd while at one spot on stage, Bentley went to Helson’s mic stand and threw out all his guitar picks to the crowd. Later in the night, guitarist Charlie Worsham took over the mic from Bentley and sang a cover of “Callin’ Baton Rouge.” As Worsham was basking in the cheers from the crowd from all over the stage, Bentley chased him around and tried to cover him from the crowd’s view with his guitar. This fun, light-hearted banter and comedic behavior kept the fans laughing and engaged.
Bentley closed out his set with his widely popular song “What Was I Thinkin,” and had the crowd cheering for an encore. After Bentley and his band exited the stage, they reappeared to perform “Drunk on a Plane,” where Bentley was dressed in a pilot’s jacket and hat with a pair of sunglasses. Fans appreciated he way he immersed himself fully in the theme of his song.
The band then left and reappeared for a second encore dressed in the costumes of their characters in the Hot Country Knights, which is their country music parody music band. The Hot Country Knights were created in 2020 and intended to be a satirical tribute to the country music in the 1990’s. The band consists of Dierks Bentley, which he portrays as lead singer Douglas “Doug” Douglason, and the other members of his band under various names. They performed various covers, such as “I Like It, I Love It,” “Achy Breaky Heart,” and “T-R-O-U-B-L-E.”
As the band left the stage for the final time of the night, fans began exiting the venue carrying with them the energy from the show. Bentley brought an arena of fans together and left them feeling overjoyed and fully entertained.
For additional information on these artists and events coming to the Vibrant Arena, please visit:
Dierks Bentley- https://dierks.com
Chase Rice- https://www.chaserice.com
Ella Langley- https://ellalangley.com
Hot Country Knights- https://www.hotcountryknights.com
Vibrant Arena- https://www.vibrantarena.com
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Photographs and writing by Jaclyn Duske
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