Nashville, TN – (January 21, 2025) – 2024 CMA Award winner and multi-platinum selling artist Cody Johnson launched his “Leather Deluxe Tour” over the weekend with shows in Newark, New Jersey and Charlottesville, Virginia. The 2025 tour kicked off just a few short weeks after Cody wrapped his 2024 touring schedule in mid-December playing 30 sold-out concerts. He capped off last year with two sold-out shows in Las Vegas at the MGM Garden Arena with a surprise appearance by country music superstar Lainey Wilson.
The tour will make back-to-back stops in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena on February 14 & 15. His last visit to the arena took place one year ago achieving the most tickets sold by a male country artist in their Bridgestone debut. The Tennessean glowingly claimed, “Cody Johnson achieves headlining country superstardom at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena” and “Cody wears his heart on his sleeves and bears his soul for the world to witness.”
Additional media reviewers have touted his high energy, leave it all on the stage performances:
Cody commanded the capacity crowd’s attention with a captivating performance that lasted nearly two hours and featured over 20 songs that spanned his impressive career.
Johnson’s impressive set solidified his place as an arena headliner in country music, and further established him as a future icon in the genre.
Cody Johnson proves he’s a country music icon in the making.
A few songs in it was clear, Johnson’s got all the goods of an Entertainer of The Year. The crowd never took their eyes off of him during his 90-minute set.
He’s assuredly part of a new era of arena and stadium-headlining country superstars.
Johnson’s greatest victory of his evening was establishing himself as country music’s latest dependable arena headliner of the 2020s.
LEATHER DELUXE TOUR DATES
Jan 24 – Enterprise Center – St. Louis, MO **
Jan 25 – TaxSlayer Center – Moline, IL **
Jan 31 – Fiserv Forum – Milwaukee, WI **
Feb 1 – Ford Center – Evansville, IN **
Feb 14- Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN ***
Feb 15 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN **
Feb 21 – KeyBank Center – Buffalo, NY **
Feb 22 – Heritage Bank Center – Cincinnati, OH **
Mar 14 – SSE Arena Belfast – C2C Festival – Belfast, Northern Ireland +
Mar 15 – The OVO Hydro- C2C Festival – Glasgow, Scotland +
Mar 16 – The O2 – C2C Festival – London, England +
Mar 20 – Rac Arena- Perth, Australia =
Mar 23 – Willowbank Raceway – CMC Rocks – Ipswich, Queensland +
Mar 25 – Qudos Bank Arena- Sydney, Australia =
Mar 27 – Rod Laver Arena- Melbourne, Australia =
Mar 29 – Spark Arena – Auckland, NZ =
Apr 25 – CAJUNDOME – Lafayette, LA
Apr 26 – CAJUNDOME – Lafayette, LA
May 2 – PNC Music Pavilion – Charlotte, NC ^ (rescheduled date)
May 3 – Credit One Stadium – Charleston, SC ^ (rescheduled date)
May 17 -Boots In The Park – Albuquerque, NM +
Jun 14 – Tailgate N Tallboys – Bloomington, IL +
Jun 20/21- Frost Bank Center – San Antonio, TX
Jun 26 – Country Jam – Mack, CO +
Jul 12 – Party In Pendelton- Pendelton, OR +
Aug 7- XRoads41festival – Oshkosh, WI +
Aug 9- We Fest- Detroit Lakes, MN +
Aug 15- Country Thunder Alberta – Calgary, Alberta +
**Ashley McBryde & Drew Baldridge support
***Randy Houser & Chayce Beckham
+ Festival Line Up
^ Ashley McBryde & Walker Montgomery support
= Cole Swindell, Ashley Cooke & Wade Forster
ABOUT CODY JOHNSON
Cody Johnson has established a following of passionately loyal fans who regularly sell out shows across the country. The artist that media has touted “just might be the future of real country music” has skyrocketed success with numerous celebrated albums: Leather Deluxe Edition, Leather, Human The Double Album, A Cody Johnson Christmas, Cody Johnson & The Rockin’ CJB Live, and Ain’t Nothin’ To It plus an award-winning feature-length documentary “Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story.” Cody has 42 Gold and Platinum certifications, 8.5 Billion career global streams and three #1 singles.
Cody’s #1 single “Dirt Cheap,” written by Josh Philips, was recently awarded as Storyteller of The Year at the “People’s Choice Country Awards” and “The Painter” was awarded as the NSAI 2024 Song of The Year for writers Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins and Ryan Larkins. Both #1 hits are included on Cody’s newly released Leather Deluxe Edition.
His numerous industry honors include recognition as a CMT Artist of The Year, three CMT Music Awards wins, four CMA Awards including Album of The Year (2024) for Leather, and being named “Best New Country Artist” at the iHeart Music. His television appearances have entertained fans on the Today Show, the Kelly Clarkson Show and the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in addition to outstanding live tv performances at the iHeart Music Awards, the ACM Awards, CMA Awards, CMT Music Awards, CMT Giants honoring Vince Gill, and the CMT Artist of the Year Special and more.
