Vincent Mason books a Friday night at Billy Bobs next spring

The ACM-nominated newcomer behind 'There I Go' headlines the Stockyards honky-tonk on April 30, 2027, with Jacob Hackworth.

Every young country singer working the road eventually gets a Friday night in the Stockyards. For Vincent Mason, that night is now on the calendar. Mason announced on Nov. 3 that he'll headline Billy Bobs in Fort Worth on Friday, April 30, 2027, with Jacob Hackworth on the bill.

The details: doors open at 6 p.m. and Mason is listed for 10 p.m., the classic Billy Bobs schedule that leaves the early evening for dinner, a few drinks and the dance floor before the headliner. The room holds about 6,000. Tickets are through AXS.

Mason comes in on a fast rise. His debut studio album, *There I Go*, came out on Nov. 7, 2025) through Interscope, MCA Nashville and Music Soup. He spent this year working its songs. "Damned If I Do") went out as the album's second single in July, and he cut "Something to Lose" as a duet with Stella Lefty. That release came right after he earned a 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards nomination for New Male Artist of the Year.

He's also been on a lot of stages this year. Mason headlined his own run, the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents: Vincent Mason — There I Go, and was announced as a guest on Morgan Wallen's 2026 tour. Playing in front of stadium crowds and then heading back to rooms like this is how a newcomer turns into a headliner, and next April's Fort Worth crowd will be seeing a singer a year and a half past his debut album.

Forty-five years of Friday nights in an old cattle barn, and next spring one of them is his.

The room needs little introduction around here, but it's worth remembering what it is. Billy Bob's Texas opened on April 1, 1981, in a 1910 building that started as an open-air barn for prize cattle at the Fort Worth Stock Show. It has about 100,000 square feet inside and calls itself the world's largest honky-tonk. Live country and bull riding share the bill. The Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association have named it Club of the Year a combined 12 times. Next April it turns 46, and Mason's show lands one night before that anniversary.

For anyone planning: a 6 p.m. door and 10 p.m. headliner make for a long night, so pace yourself and eat early. A Friday in the Stockyards in late April means traffic and a crowd beyond the club. Leave extra time for parking off Exchange Avenue. Jacob Hackworth fills the slot before Mason, so arrive in time for him.

Billy Bobs has watched a lot of country singers come up. Mason is the latest, and a spring Friday is a fine time to see one.

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