Can you believe Justin Moore hasn’t headlined a show at the historic Ryman Auditorium? In fact, he’s also never headlined any show in Nashville. Well, he fixed both of those problems last night by headlining a show for a sold out crowd. “You can literally grow up in a town of 300 people and play Ryman Auditorium,” he said.
Oh, and like many shows in Nashville, there were some pretty great surprise guests. Chris Janson, David Lee Murphy, and Ricky Skaggs with the Whites all joined Justin at the Mother Church of Country Music, along with openers Tyler Rich and Travis Denning.
You can bet it was a rowdy night in Music City, and Justin promised fans they’d get their money’s worth. And they did. Check out Justin performing Hank Williams, Jr’s “Country State of Mind” with Chris Janson here and tell me you’re not a teensy bit sad that you weren’t there.

Stevie Stone & JL hit the slacker radio studio to discuss their latest collabo album "Kontra-Band," their experience working with Tech 9 and more. Check it out!

Let’s go back to 2006. For my birthday, my sisters got me a ticket to the Family Values Tour. If you are unfamiliar with that notorious tour, let me catch you up:

The Family Values Tour was created by one of my favorites bands, Korn, in 1998 to be an annual rock and hip hop tour. Korn enlisted the likes of Rammstein, Ice Cube, Linkin Park, DMX, Stone Temple Pilots, Mobb Deep, and Limp Bizkit join them on these tours.  As you might imagine, crazy combination of bands equals crazy stories coming from the Family Values Tour. For instance, crazy-weird like Rammstein celebrating Halloween by coming out on stage naked and getting arrested… AFTER the show. Or crazy-awesome, like when Korn and Limp Bizkit were on a rotating stage and performed the track "All in the Family."

With that knowledge now in you’re head, you can understand what fueled my excitement to attend the next available Family Values Tour. Lo and behold, that opportunity would become reality when my aforementioned sisters purchase the three of us tickets for the Family Values Tour 06. The lineup consisted of 10 Years, Dir en grey, Stone Sour, Deftones, and Korn.

I was beyond ready.

On the day of the concert, my sisters picked me up and we began the journey from San Diego to San Bernardino. After 2 hours of going through literal wasteland to reach the amphitheater, my excitement reached peak level. Not only was I going to see my favorite band Korn, but I could say that I was there… I was at the Family Values Tour! However, as we approached the amphitheater, we were welcomed with... nothing. I said it. Nothing.

Empty. No show. No Bands. Just a dusty marque reading:

“THE FAMILY VALUE TOUR

Korn

Deftones

Stone Sour

Flyleaf

10 Years

Deadsy

Bury Your Dead

Dir En Grey

Aug 19, 2006”

The day we arrived was August 20th. We had missed the show by one day. I had missed the Family Values Tour.

So take this as a lesson, if you take someone to a show… make sure you take them on the right damn day. Or else they may point the finger at you rather publicly at some point in the ensuing 10-12 years.