Megan Moroney Remembers Being ‘Blown Away’ by Her Fans Ahead of Sold-Out Shows

Nashville’s Megan Moroney is riding high after winning the first-ever country music award at the VMAs for Best Country.

Returning to Texas in October for three headlining shows in Grand Prairie to end the Am I Okay? Tour, Dallas holds a special place in the singer-songwriter’s heart. In 2024, she won the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Award for New Female Artist of the Year. She described the crowds during her previous performances here as “exceptionally rowdy.”

The Am I Okay? Tour will mark Moroney’s first headline show in Dallas since The Bomb Factory in November 2023 for The Lucky Tour. Ahead of the 2023 Dallas show, the singer-songwriter had just achieved success with her debut album, Lucky, and her breakout single “Tennessee Orange,” which now has over 420 million streams on Spotify alone.

The Lucky Tour was a pivotal moment in the rising star’s career as she gained a whole new fanbase and greater experience performing for bigger crowds. 

“I remember being blown away when [fans] were not just singing ‘Tennessee Orange’ and ‘I’m Not Pretty’ and they were singing the deep cuts from the album and begging me to sing ‘Why Johnny’ from Lucky. These fans don’t just care about the radio songs; they care about my artistry,” Moroney said.

In the two years that have passed, Moroney has comfortably settled in her place as one of the most popular figures in the resurgent country genre, with the success of her sophomore album, Am I Okay?, winning Country Music Association’s New Artist of the Year and collaborations with Kenny Chesney and Brooks and Dunn.

“So much has changed [since the last time I was in Dallas.] Even on the Lucky Tour, [fans] would sing every word to all of my songs but it has just gotten so much more intense now. Since then, ‘Tennessee Orange’ went #1, ‘Am I Okay?’ went #1,” Moroney said. “I don’t do my own laundry anymore, that’s the biggest win for me in terms of lifestyle changes because I’m never home long enough to do it. I have trucks with my face on them now, which is crazy. I always dreamed of having trucks back when I was in the church van and the U-Haul, I always thought it’d be cool to have at least one truck.”

Moroney added, “Everything has gotten significantly bigger and more intense and the fanbase keeps growing, which is the goal.”

Despite not headlining a show in Dallas for two years, she has still performed in the city as she supported Kenny Chesney on his huge headline show at the AT&T Stadium as part of his Sun Goes Down Tour in 2024.

“That show meant a lot to me and him. That was a bucket list thing. I remember going up to the nosebleed seats with him because he records a video up there before every stadium show that he plays before he goes on stage. Just to be up there in the nosebleeds and realize how big that place was, I was like, ‘Wow, there’s going to be so many people here tonight!’ It was very surreal,” she said.

This experience performing on the biggest of stages was invaluable to Moroney, who said that “her confidence grew a lot” and that her performance has “leveled up” since the last time she was in Dallas. 

After she wraps up her biggest headline tour to date, the singer-songwriter will carry her momentum into the later months of 2025 and into 2026.

This starts with the upcoming 2025 CMA Awards, as she received six nominations, including Single of the Year and Song of the Year for “Am I Okay?”

The country superstar also had exciting news for her fans as she teased that she’s currently working on new music.

“It’s the most confident I’ve ever been. This next set of music is very fun and that’s the vibe of the next project,” she said. “Not only am I pulling from real inspiration in my life, but sonically, I want people to have a good time at my shows. Just making sure there are fun sing-along songs that are also emotionally a little bit deep. [It’s about] checking all of those boxes, but it’s also fun for me when we have fun songs to play live.”

The desire to write songs made for live performances started when she wrote “Am I Okay?” as she was preparing to tour with Kenny Chesney. 

“I knew I was touring with Kenny Chesney, so I wanted a song that would sound good in stadiums. So, I told my writer, who was creating the track,  that I wanted it to sound really big; this isn’t a sad acoustic song, this needs to get people in the stadium up out of their seats,” Moroney said.  

She remarked that her strong fandom motivates her when she’s making new music, and she’s not afraid to take risks. 

“That’s a great feeling as an artist. At that point, you’re not worried because you know they’ve got your back. You’re not trying to go for a certain vibe to impress them because they all stick with you,” Moroney said. “I’ve released some rock country, pop country, or straight up traditional country, and they’ve loved all of it, which is an honor as an artist to get creative within country.”

After the U.S. leg of her tour, Megan Moroney will perform at festivals and concerts across Australia.

The shows Down Under reflect the growing influence of country across the globe as it’s becoming a mainstream genre with artists headlining festivals in the U.K., topping the charts across Europe or headlining stadium shows in Australia. 

“People crave honest lyrics. There’s a lot of that in country music, so I think that’s what makes the genre so attractive to a lot of people,” Moroney said. “People actually are listening to what the songs are saying. There’s lot of good stuff over here.”

Megan Moroney will perform on Friday, Oct. 10, Saturday, Oct. 11 and Sunday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. at Texas Trust CU Theatre, 1001 Texas Trust Way, Grand Prairie. Resell tickets are available starting at $244.54 on axs.com.