Texas Music News — July 25, 2026
Charley Crockett capped a wild six months with a sold-out hometown show at Dallas’s Sons of Hermann Hall Friday night. The gig closed out a three-city run for his album Clovis. A label fight had kept Clovis off shelves for months. Fans packed the century-old dance hall on Elm Street. Before the sold-out nights, Crockett busked for spare change just blocks away. The show sold out fast, and so did stops in Denver and Clovis, New Mexico.
This year tested Crockett like few others. It threw him around like a mechanical bull, one minute climbing, the next flat on his back. First, Canada denied him entry over an old marijuana charge. He then split from Island Records and rushed out Clovis on his own. Vague legal issues yanked the album from streaming in May. But it returned July 3 through a new deal with Atlantic Outpost. Soon after, Crockett dropped opener Twin Temple over their satanic imagery, and the backlash sent him off social media entirely.
Charley Crockett Sticks to His Guns
But Crockett doesn’t stay quiet for long. He resurfaced this week with a photo, a joke about Metallica, and a defiant message. “PSA: The internet can never be held accountable,” he wrote. “Therefore the internet must never make a management decision. Stick to your guns.” Days later, all three Clovis release shows sold out.
Crockett’s story runs straight through Deep Ellum. He landed his first Dallas gigs at Adair’s Saloon, where he met a young Leon Bridges. He also left free CDs in the men’s room, hoping someone would listen. That scrappy hustle built the fanbase that filled Sons of Hermann Hall Friday night. Whatever headlines follow him next, Dallas still turns out when Charley Crockett comes home.
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