{"id":365549,"date":"2026-08-07T19:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/365549\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T19:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:40:14","slug":"ashley-cooke-announces-pop-up-tour-ahead-of-sophomore-album-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/365549\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Cooke announces pop-up tour ahead of sophomore album release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley Cooke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/bwwmusic\/article\/ASHLEY-COOKE-to-Launch-THE-CITIES-THAT-MADE-ME-TOUR-20260806\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has announced<\/a> a special weeklong series of intimate acoustic performances titled \u201cThe Cities That Made Me Tour\u201d to celebrate the release of her self-titled sophomore album, <a href=\"https:\/\/ashleycooke.ffm.to\/ashleycooke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ashley cooke<\/a>. The pop-up tour will feature live acoustic sets, fan meet-and-greets, and exclusive merchandise across a series of locations that played key roles throughout her life and upbringing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicrow.com\/2026\/08\/ashley-cooke-to-celebrate-album-release-with-the-cities-that-made-me-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The limited run<\/a> is scheduled to launch on Aug. 14 in Nashville, Tennessee, coinciding directly with the arrival of her 15-track record. Following her kickoff in Music City, Cooke will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin\u2014her birthplace\u2014before visiting Pleasanton and Studio City, California, where she spent years during her youth. Her itinerary also includes stops in Parkland and Sarasota, Florida, where she resided later in life, before wrapping up on Aug. 22 in West Lafayette, Indiana, the location where her parents first met.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the upcoming project and release-week journey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dbqu417CaLH\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on social media<\/a>, Cooke reflected, \u201cthis album was built on the memories and moments that shaped me into who I am, and I couldn\u2019t think of a better way to spend release week than taking a trip down memory lane with you. each of these cities have impacted my life growing up in different eras and are truly the fabric of my tapestry so far \u2013 I want you guys to become part of it.\u201d The upcoming self-titled release follows Cooke\u2019s acclaimed 2023 debut, Shot in the Dark, which featured hit singles including the chart-topping \u201cYour Place\u201d. The new project showcases her growth as a songwriter through recent tracks like \u201cFamous to Frances,\u201d \u201cJohnny \u2018n June,\u201d and her current country radio single \u201cBaby Blues\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after concluding the acoustic run, Cooke will transition to a broader stage schedule with her upcoming \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Baby Blues World Tour<\/a>\u201c. That 28-date global headlining tour is set to launch on Sept. 17 in Cleveland, Ohio, traveling across the United States and the United Kingdom before concluding at Nashville\u2019s historic Ryman Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket info for \u201cThe Cities That Made Me Tour\u201d can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/cities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ashleycooke.com\/cities\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Editorial credit: Geoffrey Clowes \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ashley Cooke has announced a special weeklong series of intimate acoustic performances titled \u201cThe Cities That Made Me&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-365549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}