There are cruises for outlaw country, classic country and american country. Now, the country of 2000 finally has its due. In 2025, the Boots on the Water cruise will bring together some of the biggest names from the Aughts for a five-day trip to the Bahamas.
Big & Rich – the duo of Big Kenny Alphin and John Rich – will headline with special guest Gretchen Wilson in a mini-reunion of the hard-hitting mid-2000s Muzik Mafia. Other Aught-shots on board include Craig Morgan (“That's What I Love About Sunday”, 2004), Lonestar (“I'm Already There”, 2001), Jo Dee Messina (“My Give a Damn's Busted”, 2005) and Montgomery Gentry with Eddie Montgomery (“Something to Be Proud Of”, 2005).
Pam Tillis, Little Texas, Suzy Bogguss and Nashville honky-tonk queen Sarah Gayle Meech round out the lineup, which also features a rich lineup of songwriters with Liz Rose, Brett James, Kelly Archer, Wendell Mobley and more. There's also a planned tribute to Toby Keith, who was just announced as one of the new inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Presented by Sixthman, the festival-at-sea company, and Live Nation's Vibee, the five-day voyage begins on February 8, 2025, from Miami to Nassau in the Bahamas and returns to port on February 13. Pre-sale registrations are now open, with a public offer for April 5 on the cruise Website.
Holiday cruises are booming. Next year, the ninth Outlaw Country Cruise will enlist Old Crow Medicine Show, Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle for the first trip since the cruise's de facto emcee, Mojo Nixon, died earlier this year. And on April 1, Midland will set sail on their first-ever signature trip, the Last Resort Cruise, with Flatland Cavalry, Orville Peck, Kaitlin Butts and the newly renamed Silverada (formerly Mike and the Moonpies) on the lineup.
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