Mason Ramsey will make Oxford the first of many stops on his “Falls Into Place Tour Pt. 2” on Thursday, Sept. 19. This tour is set to begin one day before the release of Ramsey’s debut album, “I’ll See You In My Dreams.”
“I am super excited to be kicking off the tour in Oxford. I haven’t been there in a long time, so I feel like it’s a great place to start my tour again,” Ramsey said. “We are putting out a new album on (Sept.) 20. I will be doing my new songs on the whole tour, so (the audience) doesn’t have to worry about me going and then just doing my old songs.”
Ramsey’s rise to stardom commenced when he sang “Lovesick Blues” by Hank Williams in a Harrisburg, Ill., Walmart. The “yodeling kid” has grown up, but his passion for singing has remained.
“If I had to put myself in his shoes again, I think he would just be doing what he was doing then. If the timing for everything didn’t work out, he’d probably still be doing what he did, going to nursing homes and singing at gas stations and Walmarts and wherever else he might have been singing at the time,” Ramsey said.
In addition to his event at the Lyric, Ramsey held a competition for a private concert among sororities at UM, and Alpha Delta Pi won.
“Our members are really excited,” Alpha Delta Pi Vice President of Marketing and junior journalism major Erika Fontana said. “I know they really want to hear him sing and get to take pictures with him, too.”
The chapter won by having the greatest number of members text Ole Miss’ name to a number he listed on an Instagram post and commenting their sorority’s username under the post.
“We had the most girls comment ‘@olemissadpi,’ and he posted an Instagram story saying we had won,” Fontana said. “… We only found out about it because girls in our chapter saw the post and started to tag us!”
Law student and Franklin, Texas, native Zoe Barnes, is a “super fan” of Ramsey. She has been following his musical journey since he began yodeling as a pre-teen.
“I comment on all of his TikToks. He’s replied to one and liked a couple of my other comments,” Barnes said. “He posted a TikTok of all of the tour dates he had for the fall, and I said, ‘Mason, you have to do the Hotty Toddy chant in Oxford,’ and he replied and said, ‘Teach me.’”
The concert at The Lyric will not be Barnes’ first appearance at a Mason Ramsey show. Last spring, Barnes drove to, Starkville, Miss., to listen to Ramsey perform at Rick’s Cafe.
“I think (the concert in Oxford) will be different for sure,” Barnes said. “I feel like it’s gonna be really good energy because he’s dropping (his) new album at midnight. We’ll probably still be there, so I think it’ll be really good energy.”
Ramsey promises to deliver on Barnes’ expectations.
“I think (the audience) can expect a high energy performance. … In person, I’m a calm human being, but on stage it’s like flipping a light switch,” Ramsey said. “Something shocks me, I guess, (and) I just pull out the energy.”
The Lyric’s doors will open at 7 p.m. for the concert with a performance by Halle Kearns at 8 p.m. before Ramsey takes the stage at 9 p.m.
“I want people to go in there and just forget about all their worries and whatever (and) just have a good time, just vibe, and we’re all there to have a good time and have fun,” Ramsey said.
