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LeAnn Rimes announced the first seven stops on her 2026 tour on Tuesday (November 18). The Grammy-winning icon will headline her “30 Years of Blue Tour,” celebrating three decades of her unforgettable 1996 album.
Rimes, 43, said she’s “taking a walk down memory lane,” as she plans her shows for the 30th anniversary of Blue. The Mississippi-born country star was 13 years old when she released the 11-track studio album in July 1996. She turned 14 the following month. Rimes made history by becoming the youngest individual Grammy winner at age 14 in 1997, taking home Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
“I have something big to announce. It is the 30th anniversary of the release of the Blue album next year, and to celebrate, we are kicking off a '30’ Years of Blue Tour,'” Rimes said on Tuesday. “I’m so excited to announce that we have seven dates at the beginning of the year to announce, which we’ll be adding a ton more as the year goes on. …Please come out and see us. It’s gonna be an absolute blast. We’re going to be playing most of the Blue record and also some of my favorite songs throughout my career.”
The first run of shows on the “30 Years of Blue Tour” includes:
April 19 — Dallas, TX
April 30 — Spokane, WA
May 1 — Seattle, WA
May 8 — Waukegan, IL
May 9 — Wilmington, OH
May 15 — Washington, D.C.
May 17 — Wilmington, NC
“I look back at that. It’s so nostalgic,” Rimes said of Blue's upcoming 30th anniversary in a recent conversation with Entertainment Tonight. “I’ve been fortunate to have, not one song like that, but multiple in my career. And that just — it will never get old. It will never get old.” Rimes added that she would tell her 13-year-old self “so many things. I think the one thing I always go back to is, listen to your inner voice because there’s so many freaking opinions coming at you and you kind of lose track of that along the way. So, always listen to that because it never steers you off.”
The 9-1-1: Nashville star recently debuted her Greatest Hits Christmas album. She’ll kick off her holiday tour in early December. Rimes said on Tuesday that pre-sale tickets to her “30 Years of Blue Tour” begin on Wednesday (November 19) at 10 a.m.