Following in the footsteps of artists like Kellie Pickler, Sara Evans, Danielle Bradbery, Avery Anna, and yes, even Taylor Swift, Hannah Harper has just been announced as the latest addition to Brad Paisley’s Live 2026 Tour.
The American Idol season 24 winner announced on her social media just this morning that she would be the next country female artist to kickstart her career alongside Paisley on the road. For any devout Idol fan who’s seen the 26 year old mothers journey to fame throughout the past few months, this opening gig comes as no surprise, given the two’s on-air coaching relationship.
Throughout this year’s show, Paisley returned as an Idol mentor, working closely with Harper before her auditions at the Hawaii rounds and beyond, with him expressing his admiration early on, telling her, “Your voice is everything I love about this style of music.” Since the Missouri mom’s big win at the Idol finale on May 11, she has since made her Grand Ole Opry debut, announced a lineup of fall dates opening for fellow Idol alum, Lauren Alaina, and will continue to keep the ball rolling, joining Paisley for 6 tour dates.
Kicking things off on August 27 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Harper will travel across the East Coast for the remainder of the weekend in Massachusetts and Maine and return to the road later in September for a string of dates in Pennsylvania, another Massachusetts stop, and Virginia. Paisley’s tour will end soon after that for three final stops with Jake Worthington across Texas, the weekend of October 8 to 10.
Tour Dates:
- June 17- Gothenburg, Sweden
- June 19- Copenhagen, Denmark
- June 20- Grolloo, Netherlands
- June 23- Munich, Germany
- June 24- Zurich, Switzerland
- July 4- Provo, UT
- July 10- Fort Collins, CO
- August 4- Davenport, IA
- August 6- West Chester Township, OH
- August 27- Bridgeport, CT
- August 28- Boston, MA
- August 29- Bangor, ME
- September 2- Fargo, ND
- September 4- Milwaukee, WI
- September 17- Estero, FL
- September 18- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- September 19- St. Augustine, FL
- September 25- West Springfield, MA
- September 26- Richmond, VA
- October 8- Houston, TX
- October 9- Corpus Christi, TX
- October 10- Ennis, TX