DRAKE MILLIGAN

Country music star DRAKE MILLIGAN is coming BACK and ready to sell out the W again… GRAB EM WHILE YA CAN!! Texas native Drake Milligan’s latest album, Tumbleweed, arrives as the seasoned traditionalist is growing as comfortable with a globetrotting slate of arena tour dates as he is in confidence with his well-regarded skills as a crooner of songs and composer of music. “It’s a record that, because it takes chances and has so many different influences, is the type of album I always wanted to make,” Milligan says. The artist, 27, who appeared on “American Idol” in 2018 and “America’s Got Talent” in 2022, has grown past those successes and time as a teenage prodigy cast as Elvis Presley in CMT’s 2017 TV series “Sun Records.” He’s now a performer sharing a billing with Brooks & Dunn at 2026’s European C2C mega-festival, following a 2023 No. 1 hit at Canadian country radio (“Honky Tonkin’ About” with The Reklaws). Beyond also sharing stages with artists including Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan, and Blake Shelton, he’s also set to evolve into a headlining country artist. His latest album shows how Milligan has used a decade of worldwide exposure to develop a sound that very effectively uses country music’s numerous traditions to navigate a clear path to modern era renown. At present, that looks like gleaning inspiration from four decades of country superstars including George Strait and Cody Johnson. Similar to those hitmakers, he understands how to write, sing, and play on recordings that are rooted in Texas’ classic stylings, but also appeal to Nashville’s industry and fans around the world. Growing up in the Dallas area, Drake and his brother would help work the family scrap yard business on weekends. The story goes; Drake was often nowhere to be found as he either had a guitar in his hands, was enjoying the outdoors, or listening to his favorite country heroes. “Blending the attitude and flavor of Texas’ identity with the gift of Nashville’s musicians,…