{"id":12603,"date":"2025-10-20T18:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/12603\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:25:06","slug":"drake-milligan-tumbleweed-album-release-and-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/12603\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Milligan Tumbleweed Album Release and World Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a certain swagger that comes with being a Fort Worth native \u2014 and Drake Milligan<\/a> has it in spades. But for Milligan, it\u2019s not just heritage or hometown pride; it\u2019s experience.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like that\u2019s the wind behind the tumbleweed, if you will,\u201d he says of his new album\u2019s title track, which captures his life on the road over the past three years, playing more than 300 shows. \u201cSometimes you feel like you\u2019re just kind of rolling around with no clear direction, but there\u2019s really a reason behind it all, and I\u2019ve got a great support system around me \u2014 family, friends, my band, my fans.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Milligan<\/a> is stepping confidently into the next chapter of his career with the announcement of his sophomore album, Tumbleweed, set for release Nov. 7, and the drop of its first single, \u201cOld Flames, Old Whiskey,\u201d released in Sept. Produced by Trent Willmon, the album spans 14 tracks that marry traditional Texas country, Western swing, and modern Nashville stylings. The title track, released last month, hit #12 on the UK Country Radio Airplay chart in only its second week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Written by Brett and Jim Beavers, \u201cOld Flames, Old Whiskey\u201d leans into Milligan\u2019s smooth baritone, telling a story of heartbreak and regret. \u201cIt\u2019s just a fun honky-tonk,\u201d Milligan says. \u201cBy the end of the song, I knew exactly where I wanted to go with it. I could see us playing this at Billy Bob\u2019s, and everybody\u2019s singing along. It harks back to that really traditional honky-tonk sound that was so popular in the nineties.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

2025 has been a whirlwind for the young artist. Milligan has opened for Lainey Wilson, Blake Shelton, and Luke Bryan, absorbing lessons in performance and showmanship along the way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI try not to steal anything, but definitely stay inspired,\u201d he admits regarding sharing the stage with so many iconic names. \u201cYou pick up on little things, just by seeing what makes them unique, and how maybe I can approach my show differently.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Milligan kicks off \u201cThe Tumbleweed World Tour\u201d with a headlining show at Nashville\u2019s Brooklyn Bowl on Nov. 11, which doubles as the album release party. The tour includes international dates in Paris and Brussels in March 2026, along with appearances at the C2C Festival in Rotterdam, Berlin, London, Glasgow, and Belfast. There\u2019s also an intimate pop-up performance at Ole Red in Orlando on Nov. 8, offering fans a preview of the reimagined live show ahead of the tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Milligan first made waves with his debut album, Dallas\/Fort Worth, which entered the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart at #5 and topped multiple iTunes charts. His 2024 EP, Jukebox Songs, featured \u201cI Got A Problem,\u201d a #1 hit on Australian Country Radio charts. Over 230 million streams later, Milligan has earned an international following, but he hasn\u2019t let that number go to his head.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI really didn’t see that coming,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s just crazy to see people singing along to every song when you\u2019re that far from home. They really get behind the music and appreciate that traditional sound, which is really exciting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Touring has also given Milligan perspective. \u201cIt\u2019s great to have a support system around me \u2014 my team, my fan base, my band \u2014 that keeps me grounded,\u201d he explains. \u201cOn the road, you can kind of get in your own head, but that support keeps me sane.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tumbleweed represents more than a set of songs \u2014 it\u2019s a statement of intent. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople will hear that I\u2019m serious about this music,\u201d Milligan says. \u201cIt\u2019s my life. It\u2019s what I listen to 24\/7. This isn\u2019t a phase \u2014 this is something I want to be doing for the rest of my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the \u201cTumbleweed World Tour\u201d on the horizon, Milligan is a tumbleweed in motion \u2014 guided, grounded, and unstoppable.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a certain swagger that comes with being a Fort Worth native \u2014 and Drake Milligan has it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2635,889,2633,2172,116,118,117,10618,1012,2324,92],"class_list":["post-12603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-artist","tag-arts-and-culture","tag-celebrity","tag-country-music","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-singer","tag-stephen-montoya","tag-style","tag-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}