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Carrie Underwood Would Do A Four-Hour Show If She Could

Carrie Underwood has been in rehearsals all week for her “Denim and Rhinestones Tour,” which kicks off this fall. She even shared a behind-the-scenes look at the tour with her…

Carrie Underwood Would Do A Four-Hour Show If She Could
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Carrie Underwood has been in rehearsals all week for her "Denim and Rhinestones Tour," which kicks off this fall. She even shared a behind-the-scenes look at the tour with her fans on her socials.

Carrie tells us, "I definitely like putting set lists together, but it is very difficult because there's just not enough time. If it were up to me and up to my voice holding out, I'd probably do like a four-hour show."

She added, "It's just really hard to figure out what songs you're not going to do, and there's always ones that it's like, 'Aw, but I love that song!' but it doesn't work with the flow or whatever. It's fun, but it's hard, but then you definitely want it to flow and for people just to be able to listen and have a great time and to sing along and for everything to make sense."

Underwood's 2022 / 2023 tour will kick off October 15 in Greenville, South Carolina, making stops in 43 U.S. cities, including New York's Madison Square Garden, Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, and L.A.'s Crypto.com Arena, before concluding in Seattle, Washington on March 17, 2023. On all dates, Carrie will be joined on tour by special guest Jimmie Allen.

She recently posted a couple of times about rehearsing; in her latest post, she wrote along with a photo of her shoes with another set of shoes, "Guess who showed up at rehearsals today? #DenimAndRhinestonesTour."

Fans were pretty quick to make guesses, with most saying it was Jimmie Allen; one fan remarked, "YES YES YES nobody better for this tour!!!!" Another fan wrote, "Can't wait to see what song y'all sing together on tour!"

Carrie Underwood turns the big 4-0 today (3/10) as she continues the 2023 leg of her "Denim & Rhinestones Tour." While she has a day off on her birthday, she is back on stage at a concert in Glendale, Arizona, tomorrow night (3/11).

Carrie has created her own music legacy already in country music in the last 15 years and is the most-awarded star in country music. She was most recently nominated for a 2023 CMT Music Award for Video of the Year for her video "Hate My Heart." She has won the CMT's top award (Video of the Year) a total of ten times through the years and is the show's top winner with a total of 23 wins.

As we celebrate all things Underwood on her big day, we take a look at 22 of what we believe are her best songs ranked.

22. "I Told You So" (featuring Randy Travis) (2009)

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21. "Drinking Alone" (2019)

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20. "Little Toy Guns" (2015)

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19. "Ghost Story" (2022)

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18. “Temporary Home” (2009)

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17. "Hallelujah" (with John Legend) (2020)

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16. "All-American Girl" (2008)

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15. "Cowboy Casanova" (2009)

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14. "Undo It" (2010)

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13. "Hate My Heart" (2022)

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12. "The Champion" (featuring Ludacris) (2018)

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11. "Good Girl" (2012)

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10. "Church Bells" (2016)

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9. "Last Name" (2008)

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8. "If I Didn't Love You" (with Jason Aldean) (2021)

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7. "Somethin' Bad" (2014)

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6. "Something in the Water" (2014)

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5. "The Fighter" (2017)

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4. "Two Black Cadillacs" (2012)

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3. "Before He Cheats" (2006)

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2. "Jesus, Take the Wheel" (2005)

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1."Blown Away" (2012)

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.