Kacey Musgraves’ “Asshole” hubby, Ruston Kelly, is coming to Tampa, and it’s a big get for country music fans (“Asshole” is the title of a song the 31-year-old wrote after spending a January 2018 night in jail after being arrested for an outstanding warrant he received for driving with an expired license three years earlier.)
It’s fitting that the set happens at Orpheum—the same room which hosts Emo Night Brooklyn parties—because Kelly’s latest project, Dirt Emo Vol. 1, is an eight-song release featuring Kelly’s favorite emo songs including a rendition of Dashboard Confessional’s “Screaming Infidelities” (featuring the band’s lead singer Chris Carrabba), a live cover of Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag” and new versions of The Carter Family’s “Weeping Willow” and Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well.”
Ruston Kelly. Sat. Feb. 15, 7 p.m. $15-$18. Orpheum, Ybor City. eventbrite.com
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This article appears in Feb 13-20, 2020.