Last month, Midland had the opportuntiy to open for Garth Brooks in Pittsburgh, and while they knew that was going to be a "pinch me" moment, it turned out to be even more wild than they'd imagined....thanks not only to Garth, but also the weather.
"We've done one show with Garth so far in Pittsburgh," recalls the guitarist Jess Cason in a statement from the trio's label. "It was the largest ticketed event in the history of Pittsburgh as a city, 75,000 people, Heinz Field. It was absolutely insane.
"The show actually got delayed about an hour and a half because of a thunderstorm," he continues. "So, when we went on, it was like for the full 75,000 people. So, it was nuts, and Garth is just so gracious. And one of the coolest parts of the whole thing for me was he was sound checking, and then we were waiting to soundcheck and he was like comin' up on stage. So I'm standing like from me to you, next to him, and he's playing 'The River' and 'Thunder Rolls'. He's like going through all these songs. You know, I'm just like standing right next to him. It's crazy."
They'll drop their next album, Let It Roll, on August 23rd, just a few weeks after they open for Dwight Yoakam at the OC Fair's Pacific Amphitheatre on Sunday, July 28th.
