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After selling out her special “PATTERNS” release show at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden in minutes, Kelsea Ballerini has turned her focus to making 2025 the “Year of Live” as “PATTERNS” release comes this Friday! Taking her already captivating live show to another level, the four-time Grammy nominee and multiple Country Music Association Award-winner is calling her 30-city, three-month arena tour “Kelsea Ballerini Live On Tour.”
Promoted by AEG Presents, “Kelsea Ballerini Live On Tour” kicks off Jan. 21 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the Van Andel Arena, and runs through most of America’s rock halls. Joining Ballerini on this very personal tour are openers MaRynn Taylor and Maisie Peters.
Ballerini will perform at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Feb. 6.
Tickets for the “Legends” presale will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29. Tickets for the artist presale go on sale at noon Tuesday, Oct. 29. A KeyBank Center presale will be held Thursday, Oct. 31. The general on-sale begins at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. An array of VIP packages are available, including meet-and-greet and photo opportunities, priority check-in, crowd-free merch shopping, VIP tour gifts, and more.
Fans can register now for access to the “Kelsea Ballerini Live On Tour” presale at kelseaballerini.com.
To honor that soul connection, Ballerini is donating $1 from every ticket sold to her Feel Your Way Through Foundation. With a commitment to supporting mental health charities, FYWT was designed to lessen the stigma around the conversation of mental health, as well as finding a way to get people the tools they need to get help they may not have access to currently.
To celebrate the Oct. 25 release of “PATTERNS,” Ballerini is kicking off the morning with “Today,” at Rockefeller Plaza, for NBC’s “Citi Concert Series.” Release week festivities will continue as Ballerini brings her forthcoming album to life for the very first time on Oct. 29 joined by a sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd before making appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” and rounds out the week with “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Oct. 31).
Pre-save “PATTERNS” here and preorder exclusive “PATTERNS” on vinyl and CD here via Black River Entertainment.
" ‘PATTERNS’ is an album about taking inventory of self and life as it is, moving through the things that need changing, and celebrating the wins along the way," Ballerini said. "Writing this record really was just one big, beautiful conversation with myself, Alysa (Vanderheym), Karen (Fairchild), Hillary (Lindsey) and Jessie Jo (Dillion). THAT is what I want to bring into my show … a night (well, a lot of nights) where we come together and have the greatest night dancing while unpacking all of it. With confetti and costume changes, of course."
Hailed for the level of intimacy and empowerment her “HEARTFIRST Tour” delivered, Ballerini is once again setting the bar as high as possible when it comes to sharing with her fans. With “PATTERNS” moving on from “Rolling Up The Welcome Mat,” not only does Ballerini’s upcoming tour continue sharing the story of her life, but ticketholders will see her emerging stronger, wiser and grappling with making (new) love work as she comes into her own as a true headliner.
As “Rolling Up The Welcome Mat” and “Rolling Up The Welcome Mat (For Good)” near half a billion streams, Ballerini wanted to give this next chapter of her life a strong live presentation. With her CMA "Musical Event" nominated “Cowboys Cry Too (with Noah Kahan)" continuing to climb at country radio and closing in on 95 million streams, the honey-colored blonde Knoxville girl is finding a new level of living, and she’s hitting the road to let everyone who’s loved – and lived – this journey join the party.
Kelsea Ballerini, “PATTERNS” (Cover art courtesy of Black River Entertainment)
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More about Kelsea Ballerini
Ballerini has consistently made history. With the release of her debut album, “The First Time,” she became the only female country artist to hit No. 1 with the first three consecutive singles from a debut album. This history-making feat earned her a “Best New Artist” Grammy nomination. She has logged five back-to-back Top 10 entries on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, including the Platinum-selling “The First Time” (2015), Gold-selling “Unapologetically” (2017), Gold-selling “kelsea” (2020), “ballerini” (2020) and “Subject to Change” (2022). With seven No. 1 singles and 33 certifications from the RIAA to date, her catalog boasts a string of essential smashes.
Among dozens of accolades thus far, Ballerini has garnered four Grammy nominations, won two ACM Awards, picked up two CMA Awards, took home the iHeartRadio Music Awards honor for Best New Artist, and received multiple career nominations from the ACM Awards, American Music Awards, CMA Awards, CMT Awards and People’s Choice Awards.
Ballerini was also inducted as a member of the famed Grand Ole Opry in 2019. At the time, she notably became the Opry’s youngest member in its nearly 100-year history since being founded in 1925.
Expanding her sphere of influence, Ballerini authored her first original book of poetry, “Feel Your Way Through” (2021), and Dolly Parton tapped her to star in the audiobook of “Run, Rose, Run” (2022). This same year, the multi-Platinum country superstar was named the newest face of CoverGirl. She entered into a multi-year partnership and launched a cosmetic collaboration with the brand in 2023.
Ballerini’s fourth album, “Subject to Change,” arrived in 2022. The Gold-certified first single, “Heartfirst,” earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Country Solo Performance. She went on to surprise fans five months later with the release of the intimate, six-song “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat,” which earned her a Grammy nomination for “Best Country Album.” “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat,” along with an accompanying short film written and directed by Ballerini, marked the multi-Platinum star’s most honest work to date and led to her “Saturday Night Live” debut, universal acclaim from critics including The New York Times, Variety and Rolling Stone, as well as the honor of gracing the cover of TIME Magazine.
Ballerini's highly anticipated next studio album, “PATTERNS,” is set to debut Oct. 25 (Black River). On the album, she enlisted Best New Artist Grammy nominee Noah Kahan to appear on the tender and beautifully crafted – and CMA-nominated Musical Event of the Year – single “Cowboys Cry Too,” following the pair’s incandescent performance on the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards.
In addition to her new music, Ballerini currently serves as the face of CoverGirl and Pantene, and recently announced she is set to serve as coach on season 27 of NBC’s “The Voice,” premiering in spring 2025.
With these accolades, it is no wonder NPR proclaimed, “Kelsea Ballerini is definitely one of the most influential women in country right now ... she’s defining the sound of the genre.”