Crushin’ It: Brad Paisley at Boots & Hearts 2015!

On Friday night a bonafide country music super star took over the Boots and Hearts main stage and put on a show that we’re very, very happy we saw.

Brad Paisley began his headlining set with River Bank before telling the crowd of 30,000+ that it was “great to be back in the land of Tim Hortons” – which drew a nice cheer, but nothing compared to what his songs earned and deserved.

Note: Don’t forget that this guy is a killer guitar player. The talent level there is outrageous and makes me want to pick up a 6 string. Brad was also generous with his guitars at Boots and Hearts, handing an acoustic to a teen boy in the front row, telling him to practice, and that he’d see him up on the stage in 10 years or so. Pretty classy.

Earlier in the day we heard a rumor that Brad was going to have a special guest with him, maybe Carrie Underwood, whose husband Mike Fisher was at the festival… sadly, that wasn’t the case. BUT, we did get to see Justin Moore return to the stage to help Paisley with I’m Still A Guy, and that was fun.

Carrie did show up on the video board to sing her part of Remind Me, so all was not lost.

With 10 albums and 18 #1 hits, and a ton of other fan favourites… there is no shortage of material for the picker to choose from. But he had to pick 20. So he did. And the huge crowd, spread from the front row, to deep in the field, sang and danced and cheered along to each and every one of them.

Here’s the set list. Under that will be some more pictures. Enjoy.