Morgan Wallen’s Hyde Park Debut Sets Record For Largest U.K. Country Concert

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Morgan Wallen during his record-setting debut at London’s Hyde Park. Photo: @jrcmccord

Morgan Wallen performed for 50,000 fans during his sold-out debut at London’s Hyde Park yesterday (July 4)—marking the largest country concert ever held in the United Kingdom.

The show marked Wallen’s first U.K. appearance since performing for a sold-out crowd at The O2 in December. His 24-song set featured a solo rendition of he and Post Malone’s history-making collaboration, “I Had Some Help,” and an acoustic performance of his new single, “Lies Lies Lies.” Wallen then closed out the milestone evening with “The Way I Talk” from his 2018 debut album, If I Know Me.

Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At A Time cover art projected onto the Welling Arch. Photo: Jos Newbold

Written by Jessie Jo Dillon, Josh Miller, Daniel Ross and Chris Tompkins, and produced by Joey Moi, the superstar timed the release of “Lies Lies Lies” to his return to the city where it was originally recorded as a part of his Abbey Road Sessions, which he released on March 3 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of One Thing At A Time. As Wallen prepared to take the stage, the record-breaking collection’s cover art was projected throughout Camden and Southbank as well as onto Tate Modern and the Wellington Arch. He also surprised fans with the drop of a U.K.-exclusive “Lies Lies Lies” physical CD.

With a portion of every ticket purchased to his live shows benefitting the Morgan Wallen Foundation (MWF), which operates on the core belief that all children deserve a chance to thrive, play and create through sports and music, the MWF earmarked $20,000 to support London Youth Choirs (LYC), whose mission is to improve access to music for disadvantaged youth.

Wallen will travel overseas once again to kick off his first-ever European tour in Stockholm, Sweden on Aug. 28. The seven-show run will include stops in Copenhagen, Denmark; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Glasgow, U.K. and more before concluding with two back-to-back nights in Dublin, Ireland.

Pictured (L–R): Big Loud’s Seth England, EMI UK’s Rebecca Allen, UMG’s Lucian Grainge, Morgan Wallen, UMG UK’s David Joseph, Big Loud’s Brianne Deslippe and The Neal Agency’s Austin Neal. Photo: David Lehr

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