Dwight Yoakam plays Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on March 5, 2017. Credit: Kamran Malik

Dwight Yoakam has been praised by the likes of Johnny Cash and Chris Isaak, it’s no secret that the man behind “Please, Please Baby” knows what he’s doing when he puts pen to paper. The country icon stops in Tampa Bay for the first time since November of 2019.

There’s still a healthy amount of tickets left, but if you can’t swing Clearwater on a Thursday night, Yoakam also has stops in Jacksonville, Ft. Meyers, and Melbourne. At all four dates, outlaw rocker Rob Leines is set to open the show. Sorry you asked?

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