49 Winchester brings the Change of Plans Tour to Charleston Music Hall

The band's Dave Cobb–produced album gets a John Street Saturday on April 3, and presale has already started.

Charleston Music Hall is a room where people go quiet for a ballad and still stomp along for the fast ones, which is about the best place a band like 49 Winchester could ask for. Next spring the band brings its latest record to John Street.

49 Winchester plays Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St., on Saturday, April 3, 2027, at 8 p.m. The date was announced Oct. 20 as part of the Change of Plans Tour. Tickets are through Ticketmaster, and the Music Hall's page has the details. The room seats 965, and a Saturday night in April for a band with this following isn't a ticket to leave until the week of.

The tour is named for Change of Plans, the band's latest album, released on New West Records and produced by Grammy winner Dave Cobb. According to the band's About page, they cut it with Cobb in just eight days, and the quick turnaround comes through on the record: ten songs that sound like a band playing together in one room, from "The Window" and "Bluebird" to "Changes," "Slowly," "Oh Savannah" and "Heavy Chevy." Whiskey Riff, quoted on the band's site, called it the best, and perhaps most important, record in its catalog so far.

That catalog has grown steadily. *Change of Plans* follows *Fortune Favors the Bold* (2022), *III* (2020), *The Wind* (2018) and the self-titled debut from 2014, more than a decade of records that mix country, rock and folk without fully settling on any one of them. That mix suits a room built for both listening and hollering.

The Music Hall makes sense as the Charleston stop. It's big enough to feel like an event and small enough that the people in the balcony still feel close to the stage. A 965-seat room is the right size for this band. A Charleston crowd that likes its country with some grit should fill it.

The Carolinas get two chances on this tour. The Ticketmaster artist page also lists the Fillmore in Charlotte on Feb. 20, 2027, about six weeks before Charleston. If April feels too far off, that's an option, but it's a long drive for a show that's coming to John Street anyway.

Ten songs recorded in eight days, and now a Saturday night on John Street.

Spring in Charleston fills up quickly with festivals, weddings and visitors. Put April 3 on the calendar now, get the tickets, and spend the next five months learning the words to "Heavy Chevy."

Sources: Charleston Music Hall — 49 Winchester (charlestonmusichall.com); Ticketmaster — 49 Winchester tour dates (ticketmaster.com); 49 Winchester — Change of Plans (49winchester.com); 49 Winchester — About (49winchester.com); New West Records — 49 Winchester, Change of Plans (newwestrecords.com)