Wynonna Judd brings The Hard Truth Tour to Hammons Hall in February

Her first Springfield date since a December 2021 show at the Gillioz comes with her first solo album in a decade.

The last time Wynonna Judd played Springfield was December 8, 2021, at the Gillioz Theatre. She returns in February with a new record and a bigger room. Wynonna Judd plays Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts on Friday, February 19, 2027, at 7:30 p.m. The date was announced October 30. Tickets are through Hammons Hall.

The biggest change since 2021 is the music. On October 2, Wynonna released *The Hard Truth* on ANTI- Records, her first new solo album in 10 years and her first release for the label. The lead single was "Kentucky Queen." The record includes a collaboration with Patterson Hood and a track featuring Iron & Wine, and producer Cactus Moser, her partner in music and in life, is a major contributor. One early review called it an excellent country-pop record with a more rustic, organic sound.

The album came with a tour. The Hard Truth Tour opened October 8 in New York, a fall run of 15 dates across North America. On October 26 she announced a 2027 leg, adding 16 concerts that take her headlining schedule through March, with dates across the South, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. That leg starts in February, and Springfield is part of it.

That 2027 run also includes a milestone: Wynonna's first-ever headlining shows at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, back to back on March 26 and 27. The Springfield date falls a few weeks before that, during the early part of the run.

Then there's the room. Hammons Hall holds 2,220, a big step up from the Gillioz. It's a performing-arts hall, seated and built for listening, and that suits a tour built around a new set of songs that people will want to hear clearly.

The 7:30 p.m. start on a Friday makes for an easy evening out. Tickets are on sale through the hall, and for a return after more than five years, with a new album behind it, it's worth getting seats sooner rather than later.

For longtime fans, February is a chance to hear *The Hard Truth* songs in a room built for that kind of show. For newer listeners who came in through the Patterson Hood and Iron & Wine collaborations, it's an opening to the rest of her catalog.

Five years is a long time between Springfield shows. This time she's bringing new material to go with the old.

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