Ernest, Nate Smith to headline first two 2025 NASCAR Busch Light Summer Music Series concerts

Ernest, Nate Smith to headline first two 2025 NASCAR Busch Light Summer Music Series concerts

The duo join Zac Brown Band for the 2025 multi-city series

NASCAR, Speedway Motorsports and Anheuser-Busch have announced that Ernest and Nate Smith will headline the first two Busch Light Summer Music Series events of the year at Texas Motor Speedway and Michigan International Speedway, respectively. The announcement comes on the heels of the news that Zac Brown Band will perform as part of festivities at the Chicago Street Race on Saturday, July 5th, the third event of the five-concert Summer Music Series.

To kick off the Busch Light Summer Music Series, top-selling Nashville artist Ernest has earned 13 No. 1 hits as a songwriter, and several No. 1 hits on country radio. Ernest will be performing hits from his critically acclaimed albums Flower Shops (The Album) and Nashville, Tennessee, leading up to the green flag of the Sunday, May 4th WÜRTH 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Ernest also recently co-penned the Hot 100 record-breaking single, “I Had Some Help” by Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen that earned him a 2025 Grammy nomination.

Country vocal powerhouse and California native Nate Smith will perform his biggest hits for fans prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Firekeepers Casino 400 on Sunday, June 8th at Michigan International Speedway, including multi-week No. 1 records “Whiskey on You,” “World on Fire” and “Bulletproof.” Smith has accumulated over two billion career streams, garnered multiple gold and platinum records, sold-out shows across the U.S. and received numerous nominations for best new artist from the CMA Awards, ACM Awards, CMT Awards, and iHeart Radio Awards. Most recently, Smith received the award for ACM New Male Artist of the Year, Billboard’s Rookie of the Year and Amazon’s Breakthrough Country Artist for 2024. Smith’s sophomore album, California Gold, debuted Top 15 on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart. His current release, “Nobody Likes Your Girlfriend” featuring Hardy is out now.

The performances at Texas Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway and the Chicago Street Race will be the first three of five full-length concerts at NASCAR races throughout the country, as a part of the first-ever Busch Light Summer Music Series – an exciting new fan experience born from the renewal of the long-time partnership with the Official Beer Sponsor of NASCAR. Since the 1990s, the Anheuser-Busch family of brands has created countless opportunities for 21+ NASCAR fans to get closer to the sport they love.

This summer, the final two electrifying pre-race performances will take place at Iowa Speedway on August 3rd, and Busch Light’s hometown of St. Louis at World Wide Technology Raceway on September 7th. Artists and details on these concerts will be announced at a later date.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn

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