
Rising country star Lainey Wilson, recently named to this year’s Time magazine Time100 Next list of future newsmakers, is ready to serenade Tampa.
The young singer already has a Grammy under her belt for Bell Bottom Country, and the sky seems the limit for this bold and boisterous singer. Wilson winds down her lengthy Whirlwind World Tour, a going concern since the summer, with a final date in Orlando this weekend. So spirits, musical and otherwise, should be high when she gets to Benchmark International Arena for the penultimate stop.
“She’s a legend already,” says Miranda Lambert. We believe her.
This post first appeared at our sibling publication Orlando Weekly.
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This article appears in Nov. 6 – 12, 2025.

