New version of “Country Outta My Girl” available now
Say it is so – after sharing a Weezer-approved cover of their 2001 hit “Island in the Sun” to social media earlier this year, rising singer/songwriter Morgan Evans received a video response from the iconic band’s front man, Rivers Cuomo, that blew his mind. On Thursday, Cuomo took to his own social media to offer a new verse on Evans’ current single, “Country Outta My Girl.” The comment section exploded with requests from delighted fans for a full version of the song and, all of their country/alt-rock collab dreams have come true with the release of “Country Outta My Girl” featuring Rivers Cuomo.
Evans also just announced his own headlining show overseas, performing at the Lafayette in London on July 14th and marking his first UK show since 2019. He will then join Brad Paisley for additional European dates. Also this summer, the Warner Music Nashville recording artist is also set to headline Australia’s biggest country festival, CMC Rocks 2022. The 15th anniversary show will serve as a homecoming performance for Evans, who was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The festival will run Friday, September 23rd to Sunday, September 25th in Willowbank, Ipswich, and the full line-up will be announced later this year.
Evans will be performing fan-favorites along with songs off his new EP, The Country and the Coast: Side A. After years of touring as a solo artist with a loop pedal, Evans teamed up with award-winning producer Dann Huff and returned to his roots by building his sound around a full band experience. The project’s lead single, “Love Is Real,” spent nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Australian country radio. The new music builds outward and upward from the foundation Evans created with his debut album Things That We Drink To, which arrived Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and was awarded Best Country Album at Australia’s ARIA Music Awards. The LP’s track list includes his first No. 1, Gold-certified US single, “Kiss Somebody” and the fan favorite song “Day Drunk,” which spent 25 weeks at No. 1 in Australia.
Evans has forged a path as one of the genre’s most promising and wide-reaching stars, earning nearly 700 million global career streams to date. Chosen as one of Country Radio Seminar’s renowned New Faces of Country Music in 2020, he has also been named to People’s elite “Ones To Watch” list, MusicRow’s “Next Big Thing” list and Bobby Bones’ “Class of 2018,” with additional recognition from CMT, SiriusXM, Pandora, and more.
Already established as a global country force, the singer/songwriter and entertainer has teamed up with Apple Music to share his global perspective on the genre and showcase performers from all over the world on Country Wide Radio with Morgan Evans. He has toured with artists including Taylor Swift, Dan + Shay, Cole Swindell, Brett Eldredge, Old Dominion, Rascal Flatts and Chris Young in addition to sharing his own one-of-a-kind headlining show with sold-out audiences spanning eight countries across three continents.
