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At the age of 16, with the viral success that Batson has seen so far, there will surely be some people that try to make money off of his fame and maybe promise him things that they can never commit to, due to the fact that they think he is young and they can take advantage of him.
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Read More:Post Malone’s Big A– Stadium Tour Set List Is Here! [PICTURES]
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Batson says “He’s [Malone] been in it a long time, so he gave me some great advice for sure.”
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Who Has Maddox Batson Opened For?
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Even though Batson is only 16 years-old, he has already opened for Lainey Wilson, Tucker Wetmore and Gabby Barrett. But now he has jumped to a headliner on his own.
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@maddoxbatson The Live Worldwide Tour has been absolutely incredible so far🙏 Cant thank y’all enough. A few more US dates left then off to EU!! #maddoxbatson #blessed #tour #artist #viralvideo
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Batson’s I Need a Truck Tourin 2025 washis first headlining tour, including stops in Boston, Chicago, and Birmingham, Alabama.
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In April of 2026, Batson kicked off his Live Worldwide Tour, which was hisis first international headlining tour, launching in April 2026, going across America, Canada, the U.K., Europe, and Australia.
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The tour includes 22 U.S. dates and dozens of international shows.
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One thing is for certain, if Batson continues on the trajectory that he is on, he will likely be giving other country artists advice sooner than later, as opposed to taking advice from his peers in country music.
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Everyone knows Post Malone (Austin Richard Post) was born in 1995, lived in Texas and serves up originally pleasing pop, hip-hop and country music. These 11 facts about the “I Had Some Help Singer” dig deeper and reveal the man beneath the tattoos and music.
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In 2020, Post Malone told GQ about his $3 million Bugatti Chiron and three other cars we valued at nearly $1.5 million. There’s the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the Lamborghini Aventador SV and a McLaren 720S Spider.
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It’s not enough to say country stars are supportive of Post Malone’s genre-blending new album. Everyone we asked to react to the new music praised the pop-crossover artist and then took time to explain why.
This isn’t polite adulation. Below you’ll find honest responses from eight stars who’ve worked with him or watched as he broached the topic of a country album. They’re young and old, progressive and traditional. Unless noted, all quotes came from interviews with Taste of Country.
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“It was an old friendship, immediately,” Brad Paisley told the Zak Kuhn Show. “I was his first concert. He went and saw me when he was six years old in Darien Lakes, N.Y. with his dad.I keep reminding myself he’s young because he seems so much more mature than that.”
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