Fans with tickets to Luke Combs’ Friday night concert at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium got a little wet thanks to a baby rainstorm (at least they didn’t have to endure Riley Green, who opened the night two on Saturday), but the fast-rising, Tracy Chapman-covering, country superstar made it all worth their while alongside openers Lainey Wilson and Gary Allen.

Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Luke Combs plays Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on July 7, 2023. Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
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Lainey Wilson Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
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Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
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Credit: Annabella Vivero / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
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Gary Allen Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero
Credit: Photo by Annabella Vivero

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...