Luke Combs review – regular Joe megastar brings the arena-sized party home
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- Luke Combs, the highest-selling country artist of all time, drew nearly 70,000 fans to a UK stadium show, walking through the crowd to a saloon-themed stage with three opening acts, lashings of pyro and celebrity cameos.
- The My Kinda Saturday Night tour spans seven dates across England, Scotland and Ireland this week, reaching more than half a million fans — despite Combs never having scored a Top 10 single in the UK.
- The setlist packed almost 30 songs into two hours, ranging from 2016 breakout Hurricane to Twisters soundtrack closer Ain't No Love in Oklahoma, with a sing-along to Where the Wild Things Are that endured as fans walked home.
- Sound-mix problems muddied Combs' spoken interludes and intimate fiddle-laced tracks like 5 Leaf Clover, though the review says his hardest-hitting songs powered through and his 'torn-up roar' overcame the production flaws.
Why it matters: Combs draws more than half a million fans across seven UK and Ireland dates as the highest-selling country artist of all time, despite never landing a UK Top 10 single — a crossover the reviewer says his sound mix and pacing don't fully serve.
