Credit: Chrisyoungmusic/Instagram

Credit: Chrisyoungmusic/Instagram

Pop country star Chris Young can hang his hat on being tapped to open for Garth Brooks at the University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, but he and his Instagram-famous German shepherd Porter get to be the main attractions on Friday when the 34-year-old arrives with another Chris (Janson, who sings “Good Vibes”) in tow.

Chris Young w/Chris Janson. Fri. Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m. $20 & up. MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa. livenation.com.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...