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Wynonna Judd Announces Special Guests For 2023 The Judds: The Final Tour

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After announcing an extension to The Judds: The Final Tour, Wynonna Judd has shared the line-up of fellow country icons slated to join the celebration in 2023.

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Names on the star-studded line-up include Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town and Tanya Tucker. Martina McBride is set to continue her run as a special guest on all upcoming tour dates.

“What I can think of to say is that I am looking so forward to being out on the road again, and that I am absolutely thrilled to have my friends joining me for this next tour,” said Wynonna in a statement. “I’m so grateful to the fans that they want more and I’m anxious to be with everybody again.”

Wynonna started the tour in honor of her late mother, Naomi, earlier this year. After an overwhelming demand from fans, she decided to add 15 more dates to the run.

“I have never felt so overwhelmed by this much love and support!” Wynonna said at the time. “The emotions that flow while listening to the different generations of fans sing back to me each night has been other-worldly. I am so humbled by every artist that has come to sing with me on this tour. They’ve all managed to bring something so unique to The Judds music and I can say that no two shows are the same.”

She continued, “It has been so life-giving! The decision to add 15 more shows was a no-brainer for me. The fans have been such a gift during my time of grieving and honoring my mother in song. What an amazing season this is. I look so forward to continuing the celebration of the music that has changed my life forever.”

Tickets for the shows are on sale now . Find the full run of 2023 dates below.

The Judds: The Final Tour Dates

January 26, 2023 GIANT Center Hershey, PA January 28, 2023 Total Mortgage Arena Bridgeport, CT January 29, 2023 DCU Center Worcester, MA February 2, 2023 BOK Center Tulsa, OK February 3, 2023 T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO February 4, 2023 Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO February 9, 2023 CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE February 10, 2023 Vibrant Arena at THE MARK Moline, IL February 11, 2023 WSU Nutter Center Dayton, OH February 16, 2023 Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC February 17, 2023 EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA February 18, 2023 Charleston Coliseum Charleston, WV February 23, 2023 Enmarket Arena Savannah, GA February 24, 2023 Amalie Arena Tampa, FL February 25, 2023 Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Hollywood

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Wynonna Judd Confirms “The Judds: The Final Tour” New Special Guests

New 2023 dates have been added to “The Judds: The Final Tour” along with new special guests. Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile , Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, and Tanya Tucker will join Wynonna Judd on select dates of the tour celebrating the life and legacy of Naomi Judd.

Martina McBride is also confirmed to return as a very special guest for all 2023 tour dates. Tickets are currently on sale at TheJudds.com .

“What I can think of to say is that I am looking so forward to being out on the road again and that I am absolutely thrilled to have my friends joining me for this next tour,” stated Wynonna. “I’m so grateful to the fans that they want more, and I’m anxious to be with everybody again.”

The Judds: The Final Tour 2023 Dates:

January 26, 2023 – Hershey, PA at Giant Center with Ashley McBryde January 28, 2023 – Bridgeport, CT at Total Mortgage Arena with Ashley McBryde January 29, 2023 – Worcester, MA at DCU Arena with Ashley McBryde February 2, 2023 – Tulsa, OK at BOK Center with Kelsea Ballerini February 3, 2023 – Kansas City, MO at T-Mobile Center with Kelsea Ballerini February 4, 2023 – St. Louis, MO at Chaifetz Arena with Kelsea Ballerini February 9, 2023 – Omaha, NE at CHI Health Center Omaha with Little Big Town February 10, 2023 – Moline, IL at Vibrant Arena at THE MARK with Little Big Town February 11, 2023 – Dayton, OH at Wright State University Nutter Center with Little Big Town February 16, 2023 – Greenville, SC at Bon Secours Wellness Arena with Tanya Tucker February 17, 2023 – Fairfax, VA at EagleBank Arena with Tanya Tucker February 18, 2023 – Charleston, WV at Charleston Coliseum with Tanya Tucker February 23, 2023 – Savannah, GA at Enmarket Arena with Brandi Carlile February 24, 2023 – Tampa, FL at Amalie Arena with Brandi Carlile February 25, 2023 – Hollywood, FL at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood with Brandi Carlile

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Wynonna Judd Announces Special Guests for 2023 'The Judds: The Final Tour'

Returning as a very special guest on all upcoming tour dates, is Country music powerhouse, Martina McBride.

ountry music icon, Wynonna Judd, recently announced that The Judds: The Final Tour, produced by Sandbox Live and Live Nation, will be continuing on in 2023 thanks to the overwhelming love and support of fans.

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The explosive 11-date first run of the arena tour saw generations of Judds fans singing along to the duo's most enduring and beloved hits. Wynonna has once again enlisted the talents of some of Nashville's brightest stars - joining her for the 2023 run include Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, and Tanya Tucker.

Also, returning as a very special guest on all upcoming tour dates, is Country music powerhouse, Martina McBride.

"What I can think of to say is that I am looking so forward to being out on the road again, and that I am absolutely thrilled to have my friends joining me for this next tour," says Wynonna. "I'm so grateful to the fans that they want more and I'm anxious to be with everybody again."

The Judds: The Final Tour 2023 Dates

Wynonna and Naomi Judd brought a fresh acoustic sound to country music, with unmistakable harmonies surrounding Wynonna's powerful lead vocals and Naomi's unshakeable creative drive.

The Judds are often celebrated for a rarely-interrupted stretch of 14 No. 1 hits when every single of theirs released by RCA landed in the Billboard Top 10; and a career that defined what it means to be individualists in the music business. The Judds dominated touring in the 80s with 20 Top 10 hits, have sold more than 20 million albums and blazed a trail for duos and women who have followed them.

Together, The Judds have 16 Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum albums and longform videos, led by 2x Platinum albums Why Not Me and The Judds Greatest Hits. Their stripped-back style revived the popularity of acoustic sounds in country music and opened up the genre for more traditional approaches.

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How Wynonna Judd’s ‘Judds Final Tour’ Resulted in a Celebratory, All-Star Concert Special… and a Doc That Deals With Grief

Filmmakers behind Paramount+'s 'Between Hell and Hallelujah' and CMT's 'Love Is Alive — The Final Concert' tell how two specials came out of a tour that had Wynonna joined by Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley McBryde, Little Big Town and Martina McBride

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No one will be punished for picking their own viewing order, but CMT’s Margaret Comeaux, one of the executive producers of the concert film, suggests starting with the doc and saving the live show for dessert. “I think that’s probably the preferred order,” Comeaux says, “because I think the story that the doc is telling of the whole year leads us to the final story we’re telling in the concert special, with the culmination in Murfreesboro.” That’s the Tennessee city where Judd and all the guest stars who appeared along last fall’s tour routing converged for a show that was meant to more or less recreate the Judds’ famous original farewell concert back in 1991, shot on the same stage.

Both projects will prove enticing not just to fans of the Judds but to followers of the performers who are seen joining Wynonna as co-frontwomen: Brandi Carlile , Kelsea Ballerini, Martina McBride, Ashley McBryde, Faith Hill and Little Big Town. (Make that co-frontwomen and -frontmen in the case of the latter co-ed vocal quartet.)

Says Jason Owen , the head of Nashville media powerhouse Sandbox Entertainment and an exec producer on both projects: “I’m being honest when I say I could not have done this tour without her. I mean, she was a confidante. She and I talked through a lot as we were talking through songs and making sure everyone was healthy and happy. And her energy is just infectious. From the very beginning, she felt very strongly that Wynonna should do the tour, and she was very vocal about that with all of us. And we all started building this idea of the tour with a guest (each night) off of Brandi, and that’s how it started. But throughout the process, she was there. It was very important for me that she be the first guest — and it was very important to me — because I knew that she cared so much about the music and cared so much about Wynonna. Not that all of them did not, because they did, but she was like a beacon, and wanted to make sure everything was really right and perfect for Wy, mostly musically.”

Even before Naomi died and plans changed in the biggest possible way, there had always been a plan to film a documentary about what had been booked as the Judds’ second farewell tour. Owens’ Sandbox had hooked up with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine — specifically Sara Rea, who runs the unscripted division — at about the time the Judds appeared on the 2022 CMT Music Awards to sing “Love Will Build a Bridge” and promote the coming reunion tour.

After Naomi died, virtually everything that had been planned went on — including the filming projects — albeit always with a check-in to Wynonna and her team to make sure they were on board, and with obvious constant acknowledgements of the void at the center of things, or at a half-center. Unforgettably, Wynonna showed up to accept the duo’s Country Music Hall of Fame medallion at a ceremony just two days after the death. At a musical memorial televised by CMT from the Ryman Auditorium, Wynonna announced the tour would go on, with Carlile — a key duet partner at the eulogistic event — seen in the third row literally leaning forward in her seat with enthusiasm for the idea.

Probably the most talked-about scene comes mid-tour, when deepening anxiety about staging issues leads Wynonna to get on an emergency Zoom call with her therapist to deal with the real underlying issues. She says that every time she drives by her mother’s house, which is often, she flashes back to the day she was called over, and the traumatic imagery of being in the room with her dying mom. Her biggest regret, she says feistily, is that she didn’t punch the cop who held her back from kissing her mother before she passed, and that it was only after Naomi was declared dead that she was able to kiss her on the forehead.

“That was a hard day of filming,” says Patty Ivins Specht, the director of the “Between Hell and Hallelujah” doc. “It was a fascinating day, because that (therapy session) was not scheduled. She woke up that day and sincerely needed to have a session with David Kessler for her grief therapy because she was just feeling it so deeply. First of all, the entire crew is crying on some level, because it’s very emotional to listen to somebody relive their worst day of their life. And then it was another moment where she went into that very personal trauma of replaying the driving over (to the house), every time. She’s like, ‘I just can’t stop that loop in my brain.’ Sometimes when you’re making a movie like this, it is such a trust fall, and Wy just trusted that we were gonna capture the process and was free with how she felt, and I think everyone in the room filming it feels that responsibility when someone trusts you with their vulnerability.

“I look at that scene and she’s a woman who’s legitimately in a painful hour in time and she’s asking for help. And she’s kind of trying to ignore that these cameras are here. But watching somebody model processing their grief is also really empowering, because in our society, we don’t talk about death. You do the funeral, you move along, and then you still live with that grief for years. And so I think in a powerful way, her modeling how she’s processing this grief is really one of the gifts of this film.”

The anxiety for Judd comes about in a somewhat symbolic way, at first, starting with the very practical matter of the artist having difficulty with the opening gambit of the tour. She would be snuck out each night in a rolling equipment cabinet to start each concert on a “B stage,” apart from the band or any guests back on the main stage — and, in some kind of deeply Freudian way, separated from the union with her mother that the main stage represents. It doesn’t help that Judd is described by others as being more claustrophobic than anyone else they know even on an elevator.

As for capturing Wynonna’s first visit to her mother’s home after the tragedy, says Ivins Specht, “It illustrates this thing that happens with Wynonna, where I think she has this kind of unspoken contract with her fans that she just gives it up. Because even when she said yes to us, that we could go with her that day, I mean, we weren’t so sure she’d say yes, but no, she was all for it. … The sensitive thing is, leading with your intuition a little bit in those times, but really our job is to always ask. That actually is our job, to ask — in humility and kindness — to ask the uncomfortable questions all the time. There’s so much give and take, and she gives so much. There’s a moment (in the film) where she goes, ‘OK, I think I did it.’ Like, ‘That’s all I can do today.’ But she generally tries to say yes, and then she’ll find a boundary at some point.”

One reason Owen bonded so well with Carlile is that he, too, was a Judds megafan since childhood. He will allow that a VHS tape of the 1991 Judds farewell special was one of his most prized, if not worn-out, possessions. (Naomi Judd said that she was retiring at the time, after their run of ’80s smashes, because of her hepatitis-C diagnosis, although she participated in short or one-off reunions over the following three decades.) That farewell show had been filmed at Middle Tennessee State University, and it was Owen’s idea to recreate the show back at that original site — though it was not the original plan.

“I remember Margaret and I having a phone conversation as we were trying to plan this concert special,” Owen recalls, “and the original plan was that we were going to do it in Lexington, Kentucky,” where the last show was to take place on the original fall 2022 tour routing. “Kentucky made sense because they were obviously from Kentucky, and that was where we were going to wrap the tour. We had blocked off seating for it, we had done camera holds, we did everything. Long story short, Wynonna wanted to continue the tour and continue to do another run of dates,” which would extend the actual finale to months down the line. “And then, with Margaret and I brainstorming on the phone, I said, ‘What if we do it there, at MTSU?’ Within eight hours, we had that.. … At the college, there was tons of faculty and people that worked there for a long period of time that were all there when they shot that special, believe it or not. And when we pitched them on this idea, they went through every hoop imaginable to make sure it happened.

It wasn’t just Carlile among the guests who was able to have an emotional impact on Judd. Comeaux remembers a spontaneous moment in rehearsal, captured in the doc, when Faith Hill began serenading Judd on stage with an a cappella version of “You Are Not Alone,” with the band eventually joining in. The documentary crew was on the opposite side of the venue, filming an interview with Tim McGraw, but they had made contingency plans to leave one camera near the star at all times, and a producer was able to pick it up and capture the moment. “Wy, at the beginning of every show, is very much in a zone of ‘I want to service all the fans who are coming,’ and as anyone is, you’re in game mode — you’ve gotta see the vision of the end. And so when Faith begins this beautiful rendition, I mean, everybody on stage had a lump in their throat, and Wynonna pulls out a funny and says, ‘Don’t you ever do that again.’ But it’s a beautiful moment in the movie.”

But it’s hard to overstate Carlile’s impact, even on the tour dates that came after her initial appearance at the first ones. Says Ivins Specht, “At the kickoff concert, it was one day of load-in, a little bit of rehearsal that late afternoon into the evening, and then the next day was another rehearsal, and then the first show was that Friday night. So it’s Thursday, 4 or 5 o’clock, and it’s a big freaking day — stressful, everything’s getting built, and things aren’t coming together as quickly as possible, as with every production you ever work on.” Owen concurs, “That first weekend of shows was very stressful. Things go wrong. We have to change things; I’m yelling at some lighting guy. It’s tough.”

And then, says the director, “I can tell you, the moment Team Brandi rolled in, Wy was like, ‘OK, I’m gonna be good.’ Like, ‘I have Brandi on stage. She’s as invested in this being a success for me, as an individual woman, as she is for all the fans who love the Judds so much.’ And I think the planning of Brandi being first is kind of an unspoken tribute to why this is such a success. It transcended being about all the anxiety around what Wynonna was about to do, and it went back to the place of celebration and joy, and Brandi helped Wy access that peace in herself. That’s what I witnessed.” Adds Owen, “She helped me too, honestly, because I was very emotional through it, because I cared so much and it was such a rollercoaster of a year. Again, I really would say wholeheartedly, I could not have done this without her.”

“I have a petition to get her to the Greek” in Los Angeles, says Comeaux. “I want to see Wynonna at the Greek.”

Maybe that will happen eventually, but not under this banner. “There’s nothing (further) scheduled for that,” Owen says. “I think that that was the end of the Judds tour. Unfortunately for all of us.”

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“The Judds: The Final Tour” To Carry On As An Epic, Star-Studded Tribute This Fall

Wynonna Transforms “The Final Tour” Into the Ultimate Girls Night Out With Addition of Fellow Music Greats:     Brandi Carlile, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Ashley McBryde, Trisha Yearwood & More To Be Announced

Superstar Faith Hill to Join Wynonna Judd Onstage at Newly Added Kentucky Hometown Show, to Serve as a Final Bow To a Beautiful Lifetime of Timeless Music

Country Music Hall of Famer and global superstar  Wynonna Judd  has announced that the highly anticipated, previously announced “The Judds: The Final Tour” will move forward after the tragic passing of her mother and musical partner Naomi Judd.  “I am humbled, once again, by the loyalty of the fans who have been with us for 38+ years, who continue to show up for me when I need them the most.  I am grateful that we will continue to honor The Judds legacy, together,” Wynonna shared.  Larry Strickland, Naomi’s longtime husband adds, “I am so happy that in this time of grief for us all, Wynonna has agreed to move forward with this tour as my sweet wife Naomi would have wanted her to do.”

Country music icon  Martina McBride  will kick off select nights with a full set of her own classic hits before Wynonna takes the stage to sing some of her own hits and songs by The Judds.

The tour has added a final stop in Lexington, KY at Rupp Arena on October 29 th , a homecoming celebration where it all began.  Superstar  Faith Hill  will join Wynonna onstage at Rupp Arena to perform some of the classic songs and honor one of Country music’s most important catalogues.  “What a full-circle moment it will be to end the tour in Kentucky where it all began.  It means so much to have my sisterfriend, Faith, join me for this musical celebration.” Wynonna adds “It is pretty amazing – all of the people who have come forward to offer up their time and their gifts.  I am feeling extra grateful.”  Wynonna has chosen to honor her mother’s legacy by inviting some of music’s biggest stars to join her onstage to perform some of the timeless hits that earned The Judds multiple Grammy, CMA, and ACM awards over a span of 30+ years.  Each night, Wynonna will welcome a selection of special guests onstage, including  Brandi Carlile ,   Faith Hill ,   Little Big Town ,   McBride ,   Ashley McBryde ,   Trisha Yearwood,   and others to be announced.

The 11-date arena tour, produced by Sandbox Live and Live Nation, will commence this Fall in Grand Rapids, MI at Van Andel Arena on September 30 th  and run through October, wrapping up with the newly announced performance in The Judd’s home-state of Kentucky – Lexington, KY on October 29 th  at the Rupp Arena.

As one of the most successful duos in Country music history, The Judds captured the hearts of fans all over the world with their unmistakable harmonies and powerhouse lead vocals from Wynonna. The iconic mother-daughter pair are celebrated for their 15 #1 hits and having the astounding achievement of each of their RCA released singles landing in the Billboard Top 10. These true musical individualists dominated touring in the 80s with 20 Top 10 hits, selling more than 20 million albums, amassing 16 RIAA Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum albums and longform videos – led by 2x Platinum albums  Why Not Me  and  The Judds Greatest Hits . The Judds will forever be immortalized in music history and their tremendous trailblazing impact will continue to inspire generations of female artists. 

THE FINAL TOUR 2022 DATES:

Tickets for The Judds’ “The Final Tour” are currently on sale.  Tickets for the Saturday, October 29 th   hometown show in Lexington, KY at Rupp Arena go on-sale this  Saturday, May 21 st .To purchase tickets, please click   here .

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Wynonna Judd Announces Additional Dates for The Judds: The Final Tour In Celebration Of The Life And Legacy of Naomi Judd

Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, Martina McBrideAre All Returning For Newly Added Dates

Pre-sale tickets available to citi card members beginning monday, october 24 th at 10am local time, tickets go on-sale to the general public starting friday, october 28 th  at 10am local time at thejudds.com.

Country music icon , Wynonna Judd,  appeared on the  TODAY Show  this morning with a special announcement  –  The Judds: The Final Tour   will be continuing on in 2023 thanks to the overwhelming love and support of fans. The explosive first run of the tour saw generations of Judds fans singing along to the duo’s most enduring and beloved hits. Wynonna, along with the help of many of her musical friends, including  Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile,  Kelsea Ballerini,  Little Big Town, Martina McBride  – who will all be returning for the second run, packed out the initial 11date arena tour with shows that encapsulated a lifetime of timeless music and heart. Fans can also expect more special guests to be announced in the coming weeks.

Citi is the official card of The Judds: The Final Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Monday, October 24th at 10 AM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit   www.citientertainment.com . The Judds artist presale for fans begins at 12 PM local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday, October 28th at 10 AM local time at   TheJudds.com .

“I have never felt so overwhelmed by this much love and support!,” says Wynonna. “The emotions that flow while listening to the different generations of fans sing back to me each night has been other-worldly.

I am so humbled by every artist that has come to sing with me on this tour. They’ve all managed to bring something so unique to The Judds music and I can say that no two shows are the same. It has been so life-giving!

The decision to add 15 more shows was a no-brainer for me. The fans have been such a gift during my time of grieving and honoring my mother in song. What an amazing season this is. I look so forward to continuing the celebration of the music that has changed my life forever. 

In my 39 years of performing, these shows have truly been some of my absolute favorite experiences ever and I look forward to making new memories with the fans and guest artists in 2023.”  

The Judds: The Final Tour  Dates :

January 26, 2023             GIANT Center                                Hershey, PA                   

January 28, 2023             Total Mortgage Arena                   Bridgeport, CT   

January 29, 2023             DCU Center                                   Worcester, MA               

February 2, 2023             BOK Center                                    Tulsa, OK

February 3, 2023             T-Mobile Center                           Kansas City, MO

February 4, 2023             Chaifetz Arena                                St. Louis, MO

February 9, 2023             CHI Health Center Omaha            Omaha, NE

February 10, 2023          Vibrant Arena at THE MARK        Moline, IL

February 11, 2023          WSU Nutter Center                       Dayton, OH

February 16, 2023          Bon Secours Wellness Arena        Greenville, SC

February 17, 2023          EagleBank Arena                             Fairfax, VA

February 18, 2023          Charleston Coliseum                      Charleston, WV

February 23, 2023          Enmarket Arena                              Savannah, GA

February 24, 2023          Amalie Arena                                   Tampa, FL

February 25, 2023          Hard Rock Live at Seminole           Hollywood, FL 

About The Judds :

Wynonna and Naomi Judd brought a fresh acoustic sound to country music, with unmistakable harmonies surrounding Wynonna’s powerful lead vocals. The Judds are often celebrated for a rarely-interrupted stretch of 14 No. 1 hits when every single of theirs released by RCA landed in the Billboard Top 10; and a career that defined what it means to be individualists in the music business. The Judds dominated touring in the 80s with 20 Top 10 hits, have sold more than 20 million albums and blazed a trail for duos and women who have followed them. Together, The Judds have 16 Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum albums and longform videos, led by 2x Platinum albums Why Not Me and The Judds Greatest Hits. Their stripped-back style revived the popularity of acoustic sounds in country music and opened up the genre for more traditional approaches. 

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The Judds Reveal 'The Final Tour' Dates With Special Guest Martina McBride

By Kelly Fisher

April 11, 2022

Naomi and Wynonna Judd are headed out on their final tour later this year. The iconic mother-daughter duo made the announcement about “The Final Tour” on Monday morning (April 11), revealing the list of tour dates with special guest Martina McBride (and others to be announced at select venues). The Judds captioned their Instagram post: “We are so excited to announce The Final Tour. Can’t wait to see y’all on the road! 🎶”

McBride took to her own Instagram to announce the tour, sharing in her caption : “I am so beyond excited to be joining the iconic duo [The Judds] on this very special tour. Being asked personally by [Country Music Hall of Fame] members and friends, [Wynonna Judd] and [Naomi Judd], is a true honor and I feel very blessed. We are going to have some fun, that’s for sure!”

The Judds were announced as Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum inductees in August 2021. “As a daughter — 20 years — it’s about damn time ,” Wynonna said at the time. “That’s what everyone has said, including relatives. As an artist, it’s wonderful to be included in the family of country…and as a believer, I thank God for my gift, and as an American it’s just wonderful to celebrate anything, to show up and say ‘thank you.’”

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The Judds Are Getting Together for One Last Tour

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The Judds are set to reunite and make their first awards show appearance in 20 years Monday night at the 2022 CMT Music Awards. Rather than a one-off, it’s the precursor to the mother-daughter duo’s first tour in a decade, which gets underway in late September.

Dubbed “The Final Tour,” the trek will kick off Sept. 30 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and make stops in Green Bay, Wisconsin; Biloxi, Mississippi; and Ft. Worth, Texas. To conclude the 10-show run, the Judds will return home to Nashville and perform at the city’s Bridgestone Arena on Oct. 28.

“What I’m looking forward to most is celebrating Judd music with the fans. Mom and I have had quite the journey over the last 38 years, and the fans have been with us through it all. This tour is a celebration for them!” Wynonna said in a statement.

Tickets for “The Final Tour” will go on sale April 15 at 10 a.m. local time in most markets. “Independence Day” singer Martina McBride will join the trek as a special guest on most of the dates.

The Judds Final Tour Dates: Sept. 30 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena Oct. 1 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center Oct. 7 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center Oct. 8 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center Oct. 14 – Duluth, GA @ Gas South Arena Oct. 15 – Huntsville, AL @ Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center Oct. 21 – Durant, OK @ Choctaw Grand Theater Oct. 22 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena Oct. 27 – Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum Oct. 28 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

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Country Music Hall of Famer and global superstar Wynonna Judd has announced that the highly anticipated, previously announced “The Judds: The Final Tour” will move forward after the tragic passing of her mother and musical partner Naomi Judd.  “I am humbled, once again, by the loyalty of the fans who have been with us for 38+ years, who continue to show up for me when I need them the most.  I am grateful that we will continue to honor The Judds legacy, together,” Wynonna shared.  Larry Strickland, Naomi’s longtime husband adds, “I am so happy that in this time of grief for us all, Wynonna has agreed to move forward with this tour as my sweet wife Naomi would have wanted her to do.”

Country music icon Martina McBride will kick off select nights with a full set of her own classic hits before Wynonna takes the stage to sing some of her own hits and songs by The Judds.

The tour has added a final stop in Lexington, KY at Rupp Arena on October 29 th , a homecoming celebration where it all began.  Superstar Faith Hill will join Wynonna onstage at Rupp Arena to perform some of the classic songs and honor one of Country music’s most important catalogues.  “What a full-circle moment it will be to end the tour in Kentucky where it all began.  It means so much to have my sisterfriend, Faith, join me for this musical celebration.” Wynonna adds “It is pretty amazing – all of the people who have come forward to offer up their time and their gifts.  I am feeling extra grateful.”  Wynonna has chosen to honor her mother’s legacy by inviting some of music’s biggest stars to join her onstage to perform some of the timeless hits that earned The Judds multiple Grammy, CMA, and ACM awards over a span of 30+ years.  Each night, Wynonna will welcome a selection of special guests on stage, including Brandi Carlile , Faith Hill , Little Big Town , McBride , Ashley McBryde , Trisha Yearwood, and others to be announced.

The 11-date arena tour, produced by Sandbox Live and Live Nation, will commence this Fall in Grand Rapids, MI at Van Andel Arena on September 30 th and run through October, wrapping up with the newly announced performance in The Judd's home-state of Kentucky - Lexington, KY on October 29 th at the Rupp Arena.

As one of the most successful duos in Country music history, The Judds captured the hearts of fans all over the world with their unmistakable harmonies and powerhouse lead vocals from Wynonna. The iconic mother-daughter pair are celebrated for their 15 #1 hits and having the astounding achievement of each of their RCA released singles landing in the Billboard Top 10. These true musical individualists dominated touring in the 80s with 20 Top 10 hits, selling more than 20 million albums, amassing 16 RIAA Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum albums and longform videos – led by 2x Platinum albums Why Not Me and The Judds Greatest Hits . The Judds will forever be immortalized in music history and their tremendous trailblazing impact will continue to inspire generations of female artists.

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The Judds ‘ Naomi and Wynonna Judd are set to hit the road for their first tour in more than a decade, the duo announced Monday (April 11). Their 10-show trek, The Final Tour, launches Friday, Sept. 30, in Grand Rapids, Mich., at the Van Andel Arena.

Produced by Sandbox Live and Live Nation, the tour will include stops in Green Bay, Wis.; Duluth, Ga.; Biloxi, Miss.; and more, before wrapping Oct. 28 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Martina McBride will join the tour as a special guest on select dates.

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“The fans have always been my family of choice. I love them dearly, so I’m chompin’ at the bit to belt out our hits and reconnect with them once again. The cherry on top is singing with my beloved, wild and extremely talented daughter … the best singer of any genre, Wynonna!” Naomi said in a statement. “She asked me if I was still going to twist, twirl and crack jokes. I answered, ‘Heck yeah! I’m too old to grow up now!’”   “What I’m looking forward to most is celebrating Judd music with the fans. Mom and I have had quite the journey over the last 38 years, and the fans have been with us through it all,” Wynonna added. “This tour is a celebration for them!”    “The Judds were my very first concert and this is a full circle moment for us,” Sandbox Entertainment president/CEO Jason Owen said via a statement. “Launching Sandbox Live with The Judds The Final Tour makes perfect sense. We are so proud to produce their epic return to live concerts with our partners at Live Nation and Leslie Cohea and the incredible team at Sandbox.”

Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public beginning April 15.

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Monday’s (April 11) CMT Music Awards also features The Judds performing their signature hit “Love Can Build a Bridge,” with Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum as their background. The pre-taped performance took place on March 23. In addition to the tour and CMT Music Awards performance, the duo will be officially enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in May.   See a full list of The Judds’ The Final Tour dates below:

• Sept. 30: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
• Oct. 1: Huntington Center, Toldeo, OH
• Oct. 7: Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, SD
• Oct. 8: Resch Center, Green Bay, WI
• Oct. 14: Gas South Arena, Duluth, GA
• Oct. 15: Propst Arena at The Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL
• Oct. 21: Choctaw Grand Theater, Durant, OK
• Oct. 22: Dickies Arena, Ft. Worth, TX
• Oct. 27: Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS
• Oct. 28: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN

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Wynonna Announces All-Star Lineup For “The Judds: The Final Tour”

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Wynonna Judd announced Sunday night (May 15) during a televised memorial service for her late mom, Naomi Judd , that she was going to honor the tour dates that the pair had scheduled prior to Naomi’s death on April 30. Not only will Wynonna be going on tour later this year for “The Judds: The Final Tour,” but she has enlisted some of country music’s biggest female names to join her.

“I am humbled, once again, by the loyalty of the fans who have been with us for 38+ years, who continue to show up for me when I need them the most,” Wynonna said in a statement. “I am grateful that we will continue to honor The Judds legacy, together.”

Naomi’s widower, Larry Strickland, stated that he is happy that the tour is going forward. “I am so happy that in this time of grief for us all, Wynonna has agreed to move forward with this tour as my sweet wife Naomi would have wanted her to do.”

During the 11-city tour, Martina McBride will open the concert with a set of some of her own biggest hits before Wynonna takes the stage to perform some of The Judds’ classics.

Brandi Carlile, Little Big Town , Ashley McBryde and Trisha Yearwood will also be joining Wynonna, with more special guests promised to be announced soon.

Faith Hill will join Wynonna on the final tour stop on The Judds’ home turf in Lexington, Kentucky.

“What a full-circle moment it will be to end the tour in Kentucky where it all began,” Wynonna said of the concert. “It is pretty amazing – all of the people who have come forward to offer up their time and their gifts. I am feeling extra grateful.”

Wynonna shared the news of the tour’s special guests in a social media post that read, “It may look a little different now, but we WILL continue to honor The Judds’ legacy! It’s amazing to me, all of the artists who have come forward offering their time and their gifts. I am feeling so grateful.”

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“The Judds – The Final Tour” Announces Special Guests

The Judds Final Tour has warped into a tour by Wynonna with special guest Martina McBride and a different additional guest each night.  See the list below to see who’s coming to a town near you!

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As Wynonna Judd has promised, the show will go on for the Judds' previously announced Final Tour after the death of her mother and duo partner, Naomi Judd . A press release Thursday morning (May 19) reveals that a slate of all-star female guests will join Wynonna Judd to complete the tour in tribute to the Judds' enduring legacy, calling it the "ultimate girls night out."

Brandi Carlile , Faith Hill , Little Big Town , Martina McBride , Ashley McBryde and Trisha Yearwood are set to join Judd for the tour, with more guests to be announced.

“I am humbled, once again, by the loyalty of the fans who have been with us for 38-plus years, who continue to show up for me when I need them the most," Wynonna Judd states. "I am grateful that we will continue to honor the Judds legacy, together."

Naomi Judd's husband, Larry Strickland, adds, “I am so happy that in this time of grief for us all, Wynonna has agreed to move forward with this tour as my sweet wife Naomi would have wanted her to do.”

Martina McBride will take the stage on select nights of the Judds: The Final Tour to perform an entire set of her own hits, while Judd will wrap up each night by singing some of her solo hits, as well as the Judds' classic hits.

Carlile, Hill, Little Big Town, McBryde, Yearwood and more will join Judd on various nights of the tour, culminating in a newly added performance at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., where Hill will join Judd for performance that will wrap the Judds' career where they began their musical journey together before ever making the journey to Nashville.

“What a full-circle moment it will be to end the tour in Kentucky where it all began. It means so much to have my sister-friend, Faith, join me for this musical celebration," Judd states, adding, “It is pretty amazing — all of the people who have come forward to offer up their time and their gifts. I am feeling extra grateful.”

The 11-date tour is slated to launch in Grand Rapids, Mich., at Van Andel Arena on Sept. 30, and run through October, wrapping up at Rupp Arena on Oct. 29. Tickets are currently on sale at the Judds' website . Tickets for the new date in Lexington will go on sale on Saturday (May 21) via Ticketmaster .

The Judds rose to fame beginning with the release of their debut single, "Had a Dream (For the Heart)," in 1983. Their second single, "Mama He's Crazy," gave them their first of 14 No. 1 hits, and they would go on to become one of the most successful and awarded country acts of all time.

Naomi Judd died on April 30, and her daughters issued a statement attributing her death to her long struggle with mental illness. Ashley Judd later revealed that the cause of her death was a self-inflicted firearm wound.

During a private memorial service in Nashville on May 7, Wynonna Judd revealed that she intended to honor the duo's Final Tour dates.

The Judds' 2022 The Final Tour Dates:

Sept. 30 — Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena (with Brandi Carlile) Oct. 1 — Toledo, Ohio @ Huntington Center (with Brandi Carlile) Oct. 7 — Sioux Falls, S.D. @ Denny Sanford Premiere Center (with Ashley McBryde) Oct. 8 — Green Bay, Wisc. @ Resch Center (with Ashley McBryde) Oct. 14 — Duluth, Ga. @ Gas South Arena (with Little Big Town) Oct. 15 — Huntsville, Ala. @ Propst Arena @ the Von Braun Center (with Little Big Town) Oct. 21 — Durant, Okla. @ Choctaw Grand Theater (with Kelsea Ballerini) Oct. 22 — Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena (with Trisha Yearwood) Oct. 27 — Biloxi, Miss. @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum (with Ashley McBryde) Oct. 28 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena (with Trisha Yearwood) Oct. 29 — Lexington, Ky. @ Rupp Arena (with Faith Hill)

* Update : Tour dates were updated to include special guests on Sept. 8.

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15 New Dates Extend The Judds' Final Tour Into 2023

The Judds: The Final Tour has been extended into 2023 with the announcement of 15 additional dates, stretching from Jan. 26. to Feb. 25. Tickets for the new gigs go on sale via the Hall of Fame duo's website on Fri., Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. local time.

"The decision to add 15 more shows was a no-brainer for me," Wynonna shared in a press release. "The fans have been such a gift during my time of grieving and honoring my mother in song. What an amazing season this is. I look so forward to continuing the celebration of the music that has changed my life forever. In my 39 years of performing, these shows have truly been some of my absolute favorite experiences ever and I look forward to making new memories with the fans and guest artists in 2023."

Wynonna is currently honoring fall tour dates she had planned to go on with her mother, the late Naomi Judd . Wynonna made the announcement during Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration , which was held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on May 15.

"The show must go on, as hard as it may be, and we will show up together, and you will carry me as you've carried me for 38 years," Wynonna said, referencing support from the fans. "I didn't know if I could go on without her. Life is so strange. It's so devastatingly beautiful what happened here tonight so we will continue. That's what she would want, right?"

The Judds initially announced the 10-date string of arena gigs billed as The Final Tour on April 11. Naomi and Wynonna Judd were set to be joined by special guest Martina McBride.

A selection of additional special guests will appear with Wynonna at each tour stop, including Brandi Carlile, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde and Trisha Yearwood. On Sept. 8, Kelsea Ballerini was added to the Final Tour lineup.

On April 11, The Judds performed on an awards show broadcast for the first time in over two decades. A rendition of "Love Can Build a Bridge," introduced by Kacey Musgraves, aired during the CMT Music Awards. It would be the duo's final public performance.

The Kentucky-formed act's original Farewell Tour took place in 1991. Its final date, held Dec. 4 at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., was filmed for TV special The Judds: Their Final Concert . On Oct. 17, 1990, Naomi announced her forthcoming retirement at age 44 due to a Hepatitis C diagnosis.

Naomi and Wynonna hit the road twice since then: the Power to Change Tour in 2000 and the Last Encore Tour in 2010. In addition, the duo reunited in 2015 for Girls Night Out, a nine-show Las Vegas residency.

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Sept. 30 -- Grand Rapids, Mich. (Van Andel Arena) Oct. 1 -- Toledo, Ohio (Huntington Center) Oct. 7 -- Sioux Falls, SD (Denny Sanford Premier Center) Oct. 8 -- Green Bay, Wisc. (Resch Center) Oct. 14 -- Duluth, Ga. (Gas South Arena) Oct. 15 -- Huntsville, Ala. (Propst Arena @ The Von Braun Center) Oct. 21 -- Durant, Okla. (Choctaw Grand Theater) Oct. 22 -- Ft. Worth, Texas (Dickies Arena) Oct. 27 -- Biloxi, Miss. (Mississippi Coast Coliseum) Oct. 28 -- Nashville, Tenn. (Bridgestone Arena) Oct. 29 -- Lexington, Kent. (Rupp Arena) Jan. 26 -- Hershey, Penn. Jan. 28 -- Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 29 -- Worcester, Mass. Feb. 2 -- Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 3 -- Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 9 -- Omaha, Neb. Feb. 10 -- Moline, Ill. Feb. 11 -- Dayton, Ohio Feb. 16 -- Greenville, S.C. Feb. 17 -- Fairfax, Va. Feb. 18 -- Charleston, W.V. Feb. 23 -- Savannah, Ga. Feb. 24 -- Tampa, Fla. Feb. 25 -- Hollywood, Fla.

"Coal Miner's Daughter"

The Judds Final Tour returned on Oct. 7 in Sioux Falls, S.D., which fell three days after the death of Loretta Lynn . To celebrate her musical forbear's life and lyrics, Wynonna  sang one of Lynn's signature songs with tour mates Ashley McBryde and Martina McBride.

Naturally, the makeshift trio delivered a powerful performance while swapping Lynn's familiar verses about her climb from Butcher Hollow, Kent. to the big time. As the performance reached its end, Wynonna said that "we mustn't forget where we come from in country music"-- a spirit already captured in a tour that honors the late Naomi Judd.

"Love Can Build a Bridge"

Wynonna began the tour on Sept. 30 in Grand Rapids, Mich. along with Brandi Carlile. Fan footage captures Wynonna's show-closing and gospel-inspired rendition of "Love Can Build a Bridge."

"Thank you, Mama, for writing this song," Wynonna said during her emotional performance. "I'll continue to sing it for all the days of my life."

Such an amazing night!! I hope everyone is reminded of how amazing The Judds legacy was and also how amazing Wynonna Judd is!! @Wynonna She is a force of nature with a voice to move mountains!! ?? pic.twitter.com/T9btALP3zH — Katie Gardner aka RealRebaLove (@realrebalove) October 1, 2022

Wynonna and Ashley Judd Share Stories About Their Late Mother

During a The Judds' Final Tour stop on Oct. 1 in Toledo, Ohio, Wynonna surprised her captive audience by bringing sister Ashley Judd onstage.

Ashley told the crowd that it's good to share the spotlight with Wynonna, whom she referred to as "the G.O.A.T., the greatest of all time." The siblings then revealed that they'd just been swapping stories about childhoods spent on a tour bus with their late mother, Naomi Judd.

After Wynonna said that the family spent years "[living] in the back of a U-Haul trailer," Ashley reminisced about their mother's hospitality.

"It meant so much to her when we got together as a family to have supper, and she always had colorful salt and pepper shakers at every place setting," Ashley explained. "Someone in the family just got salt and pepper shaker tattoos to remember that. She always had everybody's favorite beverage set out at their place setting. She wanted everything to be just right and perfect."

Beforehand, Wynonna addressed past rumors of family drama.

"I'll tell you one dang thing," Wynonna said. "I'm so sick and tired of the press saying a bunch of crap about us. We love each other."

Ashley closed the video below with words of encouragement for anyone facing a mental health crisis.

"We just wanted to remind everybody that we don't have to be alone. If you're hurting, you can always call 988," Ashley said. "We might feel like we're alone, but we're in community like we are tonight."

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Naomi Judd’s Daughter Wynonna Will Perform With Country Royalty for The Judds’ Final Tour: Everything to Know

The show must go on. Wynonna Judd is moving forward with The Judds’ fall tour as scheduled following her mother and bandmate Naomi Judd’s death in April.

Wynonna, 57, made the announcement during Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration , a live televised memorial for the late country legend .

“I made a decision and I decided to share it on national television. After a lot of thought, I am gonna have to honor her and do this tour. I’m just gonna have to. Because that’s what you would want,” she said during the Sunday, May 15, service, gesturing to the crowd.

The Judd’s fall tour was announced on April 11, just a few weeks before Naomi died by suicide on April 30.

“ Bono once told me, ‘Give [the fans] what they want — not what you want,'” the “I Saw the Light” singer explained during the CMT special. “The show must go on. As hard as it may be. And we will show up together. You will carry me — as you carried me for 38 years — once again, because I honestly didn’t think I could do it.”

Wynonna and Naomi first formed The Judds in 1983. The mother-daughter duo went on to release six studio alums together, winning five Grammy Awards. The country group was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on May 1, one day after Naomi died at the age of 76 . Both Wynonna and Naomi’s youngest daughter, Ashley Judd , spoke at the emotional event .

“It’s a strange dynamic to be this broken and this blessed … But though my heart is broken, I will continue to sing,” Wynonna said during her speech.

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In a statement about the tour announcement, the “She Is His Only Need” singer said, “I am humbled, once again, by the loyalty of the fans who have been with us for 38-plus years, who continue to show up for me when I need them the most. I am grateful that we will continue to honor the Judds’ legacy, together.”

Larry Strickland , Naomi’s husband of 33 years, also released a statement, saying, “I am so happy that in this time of grief for us all, Wynonna has agreed to move forward with this tour as my sweet wife Naomi would have wanted her to do.”

Wynonna will be joined by a rotation of special guests — some of whom are country royalty — as she honors her mother at The Judds’ final shows. Scroll down for everything to know about the tour so far:

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Naomi Judd's Daughter Wynonna Will Perform With Country Royalty for The Judds' Final Tour: Everything to Know

The show must go on. Wynonna Judd is moving forward with The Judds’ fall tour as scheduled following her mother and bandmate Naomi Judd’s death in April. Wynonna, 57, made the announcement during Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration , a live televised memorial for the late country legend . "I made a decision and I decided to share it on national television. After a lot of thought, I am gonna have to honor her and do this tour. I'm just gonna have to. Because that's what you would want,” she said during the Sunday, May 15, service, gesturing to the crowd. The Judd’s fall tour was announced on April 11, just a few weeks before Naomi died by suicide on April 30. [sendtonews type="float" key="iNReK7MlwI-2833701-14453"] " Bono once told me, ‘Give [the fans] what they want — not what you want,'" the "I Saw the Light" singer explained during the CMT special. “The show must go on. As hard as it may be. And we will show up together. You will carry me — as you carried me for 38 years — once again, because I honestly didn’t think I could do it." Wynonna and Naomi first formed The Judds in 1983. The mother-daughter duo went on to release six studio alums together, winning five Grammy Awards. The country group was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on May 1, one day after Naomi died at the age of 76 . Both Wynonna and Naomi’s youngest daughter, Ashley Judd , spoke at the emotional event . "It's a strange dynamic to be this broken and this blessed ... But though my heart is broken, I will continue to sing," Wynonna said during her speech. In a statement about the tour announcement, the “She Is His Only Need” singer said, “I am humbled, once again, by the loyalty of the fans who have been with us for 38-plus years, who continue to show up for me when I need them the most. I am grateful that we will continue to honor the Judds’ legacy, together.” Larry Strickland , Naomi’s husband of 33 years, also released a statement, saying, “I am so happy that in this time of grief for us all, Wynonna has agreed to move forward with this tour as my sweet wife Naomi would have wanted her to do.” Wynonna will be joined by a rotation of special guests — some of whom are country royalty — as she honors her mother at The Judds’ final shows. Scroll down for everything to know about the tour so far: [podcast_block]

When is the Tour?

The tour will kick off as scheduled on September 30 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It will conclude on October 29 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, after a total of 11 performances.

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Where is the Tour?

The Judds’ final tour will make stops in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Toledo, Ohio, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Duluth, Georgia, Huntsville, Alabama, Durant, Oklahoma, Fort Worth, Texas, Biloxi, Mississippi, Nashville, Tennessee and Lexington, Kentucky.

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Special Guests

Martina McBride will open most of the performances on the tour with a set of her country hits. Wynonna will also be joined by a rotation of country acts including Faith Hill , Little Big Town , Brandi Carlile , Ashley McBryde and Trisha Yearwood .

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A New Final Show Was Added

The tour was originally supposed to be comprised of 10 shows, but following Naomi’s death , an 11th and final show was added in Kentucky, where both Naomi and Wynonna were born. 

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How Wynonna Judd’s ‘Judds Final Tour’ Resulted in a Celebratory, All-Star Concert Special… and a Doc That Deals With Grief

In an ultimate show-must-go-on moment in country music history, Wynonna Judd was not about to let the legacy of the Judds slip quietly into the sunset, rather than go out as spectacularly as intended, after her mother, Naomi Judd, died by suicide in April 2022. And so the Judds farewell tour that had been scheduled for last fall did proceed, against all probabilities, with a bevy of top stars trading places as Naomi’s stand-in each night. The emotional end of that road was captured for not just one but two new specials premiering on different Paramount platforms — “Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah,” a feature-length documentary that debuted Wednesday on Paramount+, and “The Judds: Love Is Alive — The Final Concert,” a two-hour performance special bowing tonight on CMT at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

With the on-air premieres of the doc and concert special being spaced a few days apart, Judds fans don’t have to consume them both in one fell swoop, but the biggest devotees of the history-making mother/daughter duo may well make a “Girls Night Out” binge out of the two programs anyway.

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No one will be punished for picking their own viewing order, but CMT’s Margaret Comeaux, one of the executive producers of the concert film, suggests starting with the doc and saving the live show for dessert. “I think that’s probably the preferred order,” Comeaux says, “because I think the story that the doc is telling of the whole year leads us to the final story we’re telling in the concert special, with the culmination in Murfreesboro.” That’s the Tennessee city where Judd and all the guest stars who appeared along last fall’s tour routing converged for a show that was meant to more or less recreate the Judds’ famous original farewell concert back in 1991, shot on the same stage.

Both projects will prove enticing not just to fans of the Judds but to followers of the performers who are seen joining Wynonna as co-frontwomen: Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, Martina McBride, Ashley McBryde, Faith Hill and Little Big Town. (Make that co-frontwomen and -frontmen in the case of the latter co-ed vocal quartet.)

Carlile, who has characterized herself as one of the Judds’ all-time megafans since childhood, was particularly instrumental in being a sort of spiritual cheerleader for Wynonna, before and during the tour.

Says Jason Owen, the head of Nashville media powerhouse Sandbox Entertainment and an exec producer on both projects: “I’m being honest when I say I could not have done this tour without her. I mean, she was a confidante. She and I talked through a lot as we were talking through songs and making sure everyone was healthy and happy. And her energy is just infectious. From the very beginning, she felt very strongly that Wynonna should do the tour, and she was very vocal about that with all of us. And we all started building this idea of the tour with a guest (each night) off of Brandi, and that’s how it started. But throughout the process, she was there. It was very important for me that she be the first guest — and it was very important to me — because I knew that she cared so much about the music and cared so much about Wynonna. Not that all of them did not, because they did, but she was like a beacon, and wanted to make sure everything was really right and perfect for Wy, mostly musically.”

Even before Naomi died and plans changed in the biggest possible way, there had always been a plan to film a documentary about what had been booked as the Judds’ second farewell tour. Owens’ Sandbox had hooked up with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine — specifically Sara Rea, who runs the unscripted division — at about the time the Judds appeared on the 2022 CMT Music Awards to sing “Love Will Build a Bridge” and promote the coming reunion tour.

After Naomi died, virtually everything that had been planned went on — including the filming projects — albeit always with a check-in to Wynonna and her team to make sure they were on board, and with obvious constant acknowledgements of the void at the center of things, or at a half-center. Unforgettably, Wynonna showed up to accept the duo’s Country Music Hall of Fame medallion at a ceremony just two days after the death. At a musical memorial televised by CMT from the Ryman Auditorium, Wynonna announced the tour would go on, with Carlile — a key duet partner at the eulogistic event — seen in the third row literally leaning forward in her seat with enthusiasm for the idea.

Wynonna may come off as the ultimate super trouper, but the documentary reveals chinks in that armor along the way, or at least moments where the singer plainly owns up to not yet having come to terms with her mother’s death. One of the first scenes has Wynonna entering a room in her mother’s house full of gold records and other career artifacts for the first time since Naomi died. Later, there’s a scene on a bus where she and sister Ashley Judd look at some old pictures, with the latter sibling admitting she hadn’t been able to look at family photos until then.

Probably the most talked-about scene comes mid-tour, when deepening anxiety about staging issues leads Wynonna to get on an emergency Zoom call with her therapist to deal with the real underlying issues. She says that every time she drives by her mother’s house, which is often, she flashes back to the day she was called over, and the traumatic imagery of being in the room with her dying mom. Her biggest regret, she says feistily, is that she didn’t punch the cop who held her back from kissing her mother before she passed, and that it was only after Naomi was declared dead that she was able to kiss her on the forehead.

“That was a hard day of filming,” says Patty Ivins Specht, the director of the “Between Hell and Hallelujah” doc. “It was a fascinating day, because that (therapy session) was not scheduled. She woke up that day and sincerely needed to have a session with David Kessler for her grief therapy because she was just feeling it so deeply. First of all, the entire crew is crying on some level, because it’s very emotional to listen to somebody relive their worst day of their life. And then it was another moment where she went into that very personal trauma of replaying the driving over (to the house), every time. She’s like, ‘I just can’t stop that loop in my brain.’ Sometimes when you’re making a movie like this, it is such a trust fall, and Wy just trusted that we were gonna capture the process and was free with how she felt, and I think everyone in the room filming it feels that responsibility when someone trusts you with their vulnerability.

“I look at that scene and she’s a woman who’s legitimately in a painful hour in time and she’s asking for help. And she’s kind of trying to ignore that these cameras are here. But watching somebody model processing their grief is also really empowering, because in our society, we don’t talk about death. You do the funeral, you move along, and then you still live with that grief for years. And so I think in a powerful way, her modeling how she’s processing this grief is really one of the gifts of this film.”

The anxiety for Judd comes about in a somewhat symbolic way, at first, starting with the very practical matter of the artist having difficulty with the opening gambit of the tour. She would be snuck out each night in a rolling equipment cabinet to start each concert on a “B stage,” apart from the band or any guests back on the main stage — and, in some kind of deeply Freudian way, separated from the union with her mother that the main stage represents. It doesn’t help that Judd is described by others as being more claustrophobic than anyone else they know even on an elevator.

“I really fought for that B stage and wanted this epic opening,” says Owen. “You know how I love a production. I wanted this really big kind of reveal at the beginning, and we sort of played with that idea through rehearsals, and she was really game for it. But ultimately it became, for the beginning of the tour, this thing of, is she going to be able to do this or not? I kept saying, ‘We can kill it, if it’s causing this much stress on whether or not the lift works, or worried about going up and down in the dark. Because it is scary, to her credit. Ultimately she realized that it was really working for the emotion she was finding with the fans by herself in that moment, before everything was on the main stage. But it was a constant battle, and I’m not a therapist, but I think a lot of the anxiety was really coming from a different place than just the B stage.”

As for capturing Wynonna’s first visit to her mother’s home after the tragedy, says Ivins Specht, “It illustrates this thing that happens with Wynonna, where I think she has this kind of unspoken contract with her fans that she just gives it up. Because even when she said yes to us, that we could go with her that day, I mean, we weren’t so sure she’d say yes, but no, she was all for it. … The sensitive thing is, leading with your intuition a little bit in those times, but really our job is to always ask. That actually is our job, to ask — in humility and kindness — to ask the uncomfortable questions all the time. There’s so much give and take, and she gives so much. There’s a moment (in the film) where she goes, ‘OK, I think I did it.’ Like, ‘That’s all I can do today.’ But she generally tries to say yes, and then she’ll find a boundary at some point.”

One reason Owen bonded so well with Carlile is that he, too, was a Judds megafan since childhood. He will allow that a VHS tape of the 1991 Judds farewell special was one of his most prized, if not worn-out, possessions. (Naomi Judd said that she was retiring at the time, after their run of ’80s smashes, because of her hepatitis-C diagnosis, although she participated in short or one-off reunions over the following three decades.) That farewell show had been filmed at Middle Tennessee State University, and it was Owen’s idea to recreate the show back at that original site — though it was not the original plan.

“I remember Margaret and I having a phone conversation as we were trying to plan this concert special,” Owen recalls, “and the original plan was that we were going to do it in Lexington, Kentucky,” where the last show was to take place on the original fall 2022 tour routing. “Kentucky made sense because they were obviously from Kentucky, and that was where we were going to wrap the tour. We had blocked off seating for it, we had done camera holds, we did everything. Long story short, Wynonna wanted to continue the tour and continue to do another run of dates,” which would extend the actual finale to months down the line. “And then, with Margaret and I brainstorming on the phone, I said, ‘What if we do it there, at MTSU?’ Within eight hours, we had that.. … At the college, there was tons of faculty and people that worked there for a long period of time that were all there when they shot that special, believe it or not. And when we pitched them on this idea, they went through every hoop imaginable to make sure it happened.

“And then Wynonna, it had been a long time since she had seen that special. I said, ‘I really need you to go back and watch that special. Please.’ She was like, ‘It’s gonna be really hard, but I will.’ She said later to me that she was really grateful that she did that, because when she walked in those hallways, and especially backstage in those corridors, it brought back so many memories. And when she saw the Judds sign in lights (a la 1991), I think that was really emotional for her, too.”

It wasn’t just Carlile among the guests who was able to have an emotional impact on Judd. Comeaux remembers a spontaneous moment in rehearsal, captured in the doc, when Faith Hill began serenading Judd on stage with an a cappella version of “You Are Not Alone,” with the band eventually joining in. The documentary crew was on the opposite side of the venue, filming an interview with Tim McGraw, but they had made contingency plans to leave one camera near the star at all times, and a producer was able to pick it up and capture the moment. “Wy, at the beginning of every show, is very much in a zone of ‘I want to service all the fans who are coming,’ and as anyone is, you’re in game mode — you’ve gotta see the vision of the end. And so when Faith begins this beautiful rendition, I mean, everybody on stage had a lump in their throat, and Wynonna pulls out a funny and says, ‘Don’t you ever do that again.’ But it’s a beautiful moment in the movie.”

But it’s hard to overstate Carlile’s impact, even on the tour dates that came after her initial appearance at the first ones. Says Ivins Specht, “At the kickoff concert, it was one day of load-in, a little bit of rehearsal that late afternoon into the evening, and then the next day was another rehearsal, and then the first show was that Friday night. So it’s Thursday, 4 or 5 o’clock, and it’s a big freaking day — stressful, everything’s getting built, and things aren’t coming together as quickly as possible, as with every production you ever work on.” Owen concurs, “That first weekend of shows was very stressful. Things go wrong. We have to change things; I’m yelling at some lighting guy. It’s tough.”

And then, says the director, “I can tell you, the moment Team Brandi rolled in, Wy was like, ‘OK, I’m gonna be good.’ Like, ‘I have Brandi on stage. She’s as invested in this being a success for me, as an individual woman, as she is for all the fans who love the Judds so much.’ And I think the planning of Brandi being first is kind of an unspoken tribute to why this is such a success. It transcended being about all the anxiety around what Wynonna was about to do, and it went back to the place of celebration and joy, and Brandi helped Wy access that peace in herself. That’s what I witnessed.” Adds Owen, “She helped me too, honestly, because I was very emotional through it, because I cared so much and it was such a rollercoaster of a year. Again, I really would say wholeheartedly, I could not have done this without her.”

The Judds-celebrating tour stuck mostly to the middle of the country, even with the added dates, missing the coasts. Could there be any rectifying that?

“I have a petition to get her to the Greek” in Los Angeles, says Comeaux. “I want to see Wynonna at the Greek.”

Maybe that will happen eventually, but not under this banner. “There’s nothing (further) scheduled for that,” Owen says. “I think that that was the end of the Judds tour. Unfortunately for all of us.”

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