Sugarland brings the 'Enjoy the Ride' anniversary tour to Bangor on Nov. 11

The Ride or Die Tour marks 20 years of a landmark Sugarland album and stops at Cross Insurance Center a week from Wednesday, with Payton Sullivan opening.

Some albums last long enough to get their own tour. Sugarland's *Enjoy the Ride* is one of them, and the duo's 20th-anniversary run for it comes up Main Street on Wednesday, November 11, when the Ride or Die Tour plays Cross Insurance Center at 7 p.m. Payton Sullivan opens.

That's a week from next Wednesday, so if you've been waiting, it's time to decide. Tickets are on the Cross Insurance Center event page and on Ticketmaster. They went on sale back in August, after WABI reported the Bangor date on August 11. One thing to watch for on Ticketmaster: the artist page sells a VIP upgrade that does not include a ticket. If you want the extras, buy a seat first.

Sugarland announced the Ride or Die Tour in August as a fall run celebrating two decades of *Enjoy the Ride*. As announced it was a 26-date tour, opening October 1 in St. Augustine, Florida, and ending November 21 in Grand Prairie, Texas. Bangor comes late in the run, so the band will be well into it by the time it gets here. The Ticketmaster tour page puts Bangor between a November 7 show in Duluth, Georgia, outside Atlanta, and a November 12 stop in Uncasville, Connecticut. That makes Bangor the easiest stop of this stretch for most of Maine to get to.

An anniversary show is a promise to play the record people actually remember.

That's the appeal of an anniversary tour. Nobody is asking you to learn a new album at the door. The point is the songs that made the band, played by the people who made them, for a crowd that has had twenty years to live with them. For a lot of people in the building, those songs come with memories attached.

We have no record of an earlier Sugarland show in Bangor, so for many fans this may be the first chance to see the duo without a long drive south.

The room is the region's big one. Cross Insurance Center, at 515 Main Street, holds about 8,500 for concerts, and for a country show on a weeknight that means a real crowd. A few house rules are worth knowing before you leave home, per the venue's Ticketmaster page: large bags are restricted, and there's no re-entry at any event. So eat first, leave the big bag in the car, and once you're in, plan to stay. The venue's directions and parking page covers the lots. With a 7 p.m. start on a school night, getting there early beats circling the waterfront at 6:55.

Payton Sullivan gets the first slot, and opening an arena tour is a good way for a newer name to win over a room. Come in time for the set.

Mid-November in Bangor usually means a cold walk from the car. On this night it ends in a warm arena, and a big chunk of the crowd will know every word.

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