Kane Brown Wembley Arena Review
It has been ten years since Kane Brown released his debut EP Closer and the Chattanooga, Tennessee native following a buildup of fans by posting covers and originals across social media. Fast-forward to March 2025 and Kane kick started his High Road tour at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego before hitting 23 cities across North America, followed by European stops in Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland and the UK where the final night took place on Friday at London’s OVO Wembley Arena.
Wembley has been the name on many UK country fans lips this week with Luke Combs’ announcement that he would be playing in the stadium next summer, but the cowboy boots and hats were on show for Kane as country music begins its takeover of this corner of the capital. The Wembley area showed why it is a good spot for any kind of live entertainment as the pre-show party kicked off at Box Park on Wembley Way with a country DJ and a country karaoke to get the Friday night vibes going – not to mention plenty of food and drink options too.
For this leg of the tour, Kane bought with him both Dasha and Dylan Schneider as his opening acts and both did their job in getting the crowd ready for Kane’s arrival. Dylan would celebrate his birthday on the London stage, while Dasha unsurprisingly would close out her set with hit track Austin.
As Kane came to the stage he appeared at the top of scaffolding on the stage – which if he didn’t want to take back to America with him, I’m sure Woking Council would give him a good price for it – and launched straight into the high energy I Am with pyrotechnics going off around the Wembley stage. As the crowd grew into the up-tempo start to the night, it only took till the third track (Like I Love Country Music) to have the seated areas on their feet for the evening.
Wembley has been the name on many UK country fans lips this week with Luke Combs’ announcement that he would be playing in the stadium next summer, but the cowboy boots and hats were on show for Kane as country music begins its takeover of this corner of the capital. The Wembley area showed why it is a good spot for any kind of live entertainment as the pre-show party kicked off at Box Park on Wembley Way with a country DJ and a country karaoke to get the Friday night vibes going – not to mention plenty of food and drink options too.
For this leg of the tour, Kane bought with him both Dasha and Dylan Schneider as his opening acts and both did their job in getting the crowd ready for Kane’s arrival. Dylan would celebrate his birthday on the London stage, while Dasha unsurprisingly would close out her set with hit track Austin.
As Kane came to the stage he appeared at the top of scaffolding on the stage – which if he didn’t want to take back to America with him, I’m sure Woking Council would give him a good price for it – and launched straight into the high energy I Am with pyrotechnics going off around the Wembley stage. As the crowd grew into the up-tempo start to the night, it only took till the third track (Like I Love Country Music) to have the seated areas on their feet for the evening.
The tempo for the evening would slow as Kane climbed back up the scaffolding steps and taking a seat at the top for Homesick, Haunted and Heaven, which did see a few people retake their seats or head to bars, but the drop in energy didn’t last long as soon Dasha and Dylan would return to the stage as the three would perform Famous Friends.
As the night, and the High Road Tour, was coming to a close Kane would take to FaceTime – after discovering how bad phone signal is in UK venues – to call his family partway through Thank God. As the final verse comes around, it would be his daughter who would close out the final lyrics for the Wembley crowd to the loudest cheer of the night. As everyone recovered from the heartwarming on stage moment, Kane would blast through the final few tracks before finishing the night with Miles On It and bring to a close the 43rd and final night of the High Road Tour.
As the night, and the High Road Tour, was coming to a close Kane would take to FaceTime – after discovering how bad phone signal is in UK venues – to call his family partway through Thank God. As the final verse comes around, it would be his daughter who would close out the final lyrics for the Wembley crowd to the loudest cheer of the night. As everyone recovered from the heartwarming on stage moment, Kane would blast through the final few tracks before finishing the night with Miles On It and bring to a close the 43rd and final night of the High Road Tour.
Since his first London show at the beginning of 2020, Kane Brown has exploded in popularity as a headline act in the UK and gone from Kentish Town Forum, about 1/5 of the size of Wembley, to one of the biggest stages in the capital. This tour marked his fourth visit to these shores, and you can only wonder how many more visits it will take till he is headlining our biggest outdoor venues as he has certainly conquered the UK arenas.
1. I Am 2. I Can Feel It 3. Fiddle in the Band 4. Like I Love Country Music 5. What Ifs
6. Lose It 7. Be Like That 8. Homesick 9. Haunted 10. Heaven 11. Backseat Driver 12. Famous Friends
13. 2 Pair 14. Good on You 15. Thank God 16. Bury Me in Georgia 17. One Thing Right 18. Miles On It
1. I Am 2. I Can Feel It 3. Fiddle in the Band 4. Like I Love Country Music 5. What Ifs
6. Lose It 7. Be Like That 8. Homesick 9. Haunted 10. Heaven 11. Backseat Driver 12. Famous Friends
13. 2 Pair 14. Good on You 15. Thank God 16. Bury Me in Georgia 17. One Thing Right 18. Miles On It
