{"id":108982,"date":"2026-01-28T05:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/carrie-underwood-will-not-be-touring-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:36:42","slug":"carrie-underwood-will-not-be-touring-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/01\/carrie-underwood-will-not-be-touring-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Underwood Will Not Be Touring In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The judges from\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;American Idol&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0stopped by\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Carrie Underwood<\/strong>\u00a0shared some disappointing news for her fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Near the end of the interview, Jimmy asked Carrie,\u00a0<strong>Luke Bryan<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Lionel Richie<\/strong>\u00a0about their tour plans for 2026. \u00a0Luke already has dates on the books, and Lionel teased something big coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Jimmy turned to Carrie and asked, &#8220;No tour?&#8221;&nbsp; And she said, &#8220;No. &nbsp;Nah.&#8221; She then laughed and said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll go see them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was it. \u00a0No explanation. \u00a0Carrie has no new album announced, so it makes sense, but fans were still holding out hope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie &amp; Carrie Underwood on American Idol in Nashville &amp; Lionel&#039;s Crazy Stories\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fn0WPHhOsCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the American Idol season 24 Nashville auditions, Luke Bryan, with Brad Paisley\u2019s help, pranked Carrie Underwood by repeating lines he was fed through an earpiece.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryan\u2019s fake rudeness, bizarre comments, and interruptions to a fake contestant left Underwood baffled until Paisley appeared on set to reveal the joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prank! 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