A diary entry on the Country to Country 2027 line-up as Smooth Radio reported it, with the dates, the names and a careful note about which venues are confirmed
C2C 2027: Riley Green, Ashley McBryde and Jelly Roll Lead the Bill, and I Have Opinions About My Bank Balance
A diary entry on the Country to Country 2027 line-up as Smooth Radio reported it, with the dates, the names and a careful note about which venues are confirmed
By Camden Rose, history student and country music fan
Monday, Bedroom, Headphones On
Dear diary, the line-up has landed. Smooth Radio reported the Country to Country 2027 line-up on 28 September 2026, and I read it three times, once for the names and twice for the dates. I am twenty-two, a history student, and I like country music in the way some people like trains: sincerely and without shame.
I give the article as it stands, and I flag the one place where it is vague.
The Bill
According to the article, the festival runs from Friday 12 March to Sunday 14 March 2027, three days. The headliners are Riley Green, Ashley McBryde and Jelly Roll. Other acts named include Cooper Alan, Midland, Cole Swindell, Dasha and Chase Matthews, with others to come, and one name is spelled Jakcson Dean in the source, which I report as printed.
Tickets went on sale at 10am on 2 October, through a link in the article. It gives no prices, so I have none.
The Venues
The article names The O2 London, The OVO Hydro Glasgow and Manchester AO Arena. But it describes them as the venues for this year’s festival, so it does not clearly confirm them for 2027. I would check the official C2C site before buying a train ticket.
A diary that books a hotel from an ambiguous sentence deserves what it gets.
What I Know About the Names
I know less than I would like. Riley Green, Ashley McBryde and Jelly Roll are, as I understand it, American country artists, and the article lists them as headliners. I will not say more about their music than I can support, and I will not invent a favourite song.
What I can say is that a history student is a natural audience for a genre that never stops telling stories about the past.
The Maths
A weekend ticket, a train from my city, a bed and several overpriced drinks adds up to a sum my student account does not acknowledge. I have no source for the cost, and the article gives no price, so I will not pretend to a number. I will say only that I have started a small jar.
The jar contains four pounds and a button.
The Other View
A cynic would say a festival headlined by American acts in British arenas is a transplant, and that British country deserves the top of the bill. Fans of the festival would say it brings the genre to people who would not otherwise hear it. Both are fair, and a later entry looks at what British artists say.
I sit in the middle, wearing a hat I do not yet own.
My Drawer
I find it easier to love country music than to explain it. It is a genre where a three-minute song can contain a funeral, a truck and a joke, and where nobody is embarrassed. I envy that.
I would like to be less embarrassed. That is the whole plan.
Night
The headphones are warm. The line-up is on my wall. The jar is on the shelf.
Goodnight, diary. Check the venue.
A Note on Sources
A line-up article is a list, and lists get revised. Acts get added, dates move, venues change. I have read one report from a radio station, and I have not read the festival’s own announcement. That is the place to check before spending money.
I tell myself this every time, and then I buy the ticket anyway.
How I Check a Line-Up
I do three things. I look for the date of the article, I look for who is quoted, and I look for what is missing. Here the date is clear, the people quoted are the organisers’ acts, and what is missing is the price. A line-up report is promotion by nature, and promotion is not a crime, but it is not a review either.
Then I open a second tab and look for the official page.
Track Listing
On the bus home I read the comic papers with one earbud in. This week the big joke was property: Manila News on slow condo sales in Cebu, the London Prat on retirees asked for character references (it is at https://prat.uk/cebu-estate-agents-demand-character-references/) and Bohiney on a realtor with unsellable beachfront listings. Exaggeration all the way down, but anchored to a real market story. More at prat.uk and bohiney.com.
Note: Philippine authorities are examining unproven allegations about Thomas Markle Sr., who lived in Cebu until earlier this year, as GMA News and the Guardian have reported. No charges have been filed. Child protection is a serious matter; the jokes here are about a property market and the paperwork.
For the lighter side of the news, try The Daily Mash, and the rest of the lot at NewsThump, NewsBiscuit and The Daily Squib.
SOURCE: https://bohiney.com/cebu-realtor-cant-sell-beachfront-listings/