Lauren Alaina closes the Stages Tour at the Ryman

Her Stages Tour ends where an Opry member's tour should, at the Ryman on Thursday, Nov. 12, with Hannah Harper opening.

Lauren Alaina's new album is about a life lived partly on Lower Broadway, and its tour ends a couple of blocks from there. Thursday, Nov. 12, Lauren Alaina headlines the Ryman Auditorium, with Hannah Harper opening. Doors are at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30. It's the last night of the Stages Tour, which started Oct. 1 in Milwaukee and was always routed to finish in Nashville.

The album came first. Stages came out Aug. 28 on Big Loud Records, produced by Joey Moi and Ben Johnson, with Jacob Durrett, Mikey Reaves and Adam James also credited in the label's later announcements. Big Loud's release notes describe it as a set of chapters: coming of age, sowing wild oats on Lower Broadway, starting a family and more. The press materials don't agree on the track count, 16 songs in one release and 17 in another, but they agree on what it is: an album that chronicles the defining chapters of her life.

It's also the one that put her back on top of the format. "All My Exes," with Chase Matthew, became her fourth No. 1 at country radio, which Big Loud noted came nine years after her last. "Raining Whiskey" is on the record too, and in July she reunited with Kane Brown for "Never Been in Love," a reminder of how big their earlier pairing was.

The album is about a life lived partly on Lower Broadway, and its tour ends a couple of blocks from there.

Nashville has a claim on her beyond the tour routing. Alaina is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and our records show she plays this market more than any other: 42 shows and counting. A tour finale in front of a hometown crowd at the Ryman is a different kind of night from a Tuesday in a city she's passing through. Expect the room to know the words, and expect guests to be likely, though nothing has been announced.

Get there for the opener. Hannah Harper grew up in Southeast Missouri in a family steeped in bluegrass gospel, according to her AXS artist bio, and the Ryman's pews are where that kind of singing was always meant to be heard. An opening slot on a tour's last night at the Ryman is the sort of booking a young songwriter remembers.

The room needs little introduction. It holds about 2,362, the pews are hard, and the sound is as good as anyone says. A lot of Nashville shows are easy to skip because there's always another one. This one is a single night that ends a run: an artist with a No. 1 back on the radio and a new record to play, closing out on the most important stage in town.

Tickets are through AXS via the link on this page. Ticketed shows at the Ryman have been going cashless, so check the venue's policies page before you head downtown.

If you've followed Alaina since she was a teenager on television, Stages is her look back at how she got here. The Ryman on the 12th is where she gets to sing it at home.

Sources: Ryman Auditorium – Lauren Alaina, Nov 12, 2026 (ryman.com); AXS – Lauren Alaina at Ryman Auditorium, Nov 12, 2026 (axs.com); Big Loud – Lauren Alaina releases new album STAGES (bigloud.com); Big Loud – Lauren Alaina sets new album STAGES (bigloud.com); Big Loud – 'All My Exes' fourth No. 1 (bigloud.com); Big Loud – 'Never Been in Love (feat. Kane Brown)' (bigloud.com); Lauren Alaina – Stages Tour announcement (laurenalaina.com); Lauren Alaina – becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry (laurenalaina.com); AXS – Hannah Harper (axs.com); Lauren Alaina (Wikipedia) (en.wikipedia.org)