Oliver Anthony Music

In the organizer's words:

European Tour 2025

With his hit "Rich Men North Of Richmond", OLIVER ANTHONY was the first artist to enter the Billboard charts at number one without any previous placement. On September 22*, the American country-folk singer and songwriter will be performing at Im Wizemann in Stuttgart.

OLIVER ANTHONY is a voice that shakes things up. With a raw emotionality marked by deep personal struggles, the American country-folk singer and songwriter embodies a musical phenomenon that has never existed before. His rise to the top of the American music scene was as unexpected as it was impressive. Born and raised in Virginia, OLIVER ANTHONY initially led a life that at first glance had nothing to do with that of a musician. After dropping out of high school, he worked in the industry back home. In 2013, he moved to North Carolina for a job in a paper mill. It was there that he had a serious accident at work that changed his life forever. A fractured skull forced him to take a six-month break to recover - a time during which he began to focus intensively on his mental health. Music became an outlet for him to cope with his depression.

He began writing his first songs in 2021. In August 2023, he released the song "Rich Men North of Richmond" on YouTube, which reached an incredible 17.5 million views in the USA in its first week, catapulting it to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 - the first artist without a previous chart position. An unprecedented success that shows how deeply his music touches the hearts of many people. His album "Hymnal Of A Troubled Man's Mind", produced by Grammy winner Dave Cobb, was released in April 2024. The ten songs on the album take the listener on a journey through the last ten years of OLIVER ANTHONY'slife. "It's the story of my life from 2013 to 2023," he explains. "Every note and every word is deliberately placed to give the purest and most transparent insight into my heart and soul." The album's sound is characterized by acoustic guitar, double bass and fiddle - a minimalist instrumentation that perfectly underscores the raw, unpolished character of his voice. The songs speak of the personal and universal struggles of the modern working class and with them OLIVER ANTHONY hits a nerve that goes far beyond the borders of the USA.

*Catch-up concert: Tickets purchased for February 8 at LKA longhorn remain valid.