Luke Combs Brings Out Miranda Lambert For Surprise Performance Of “Outrunnin’ Your Memory” At Bonnaroo

The best surprise ever.

Last night, Luke Combs headlined Bonnaroo Music Festival, where he brought out a very special surprise guest in Mrs. Miranda Lambert to sing their duet “Outrunnin’ Your Memory,” which was included on his 2022 third career studio record Growin’ Up.

The pair wrote it alongside Dan Isbell, and Luke told Billboard that they were inspired by the general idea of “when it rains in Seattle”:

“When me and Miranda were tossing song ideas back in forth, I ended up on this ‘When it rains in Seattle thing,’ and she was like, ‘I love that idea.’”

Then, when it came time to actually record the song in-studio, Luke knew they had no other option but to get Miranda in on the vocals, too:

“When we were going in the studio, I was like, ‘I gotta cut this song. It was never like, ‘Man, it’s gonna be this duet, and we’re gonna do this.’ It was like, ‘We gotta have her on this song, right? It’s too good, and she’s too good, not to do it.’”

It’s a good old fashioned country breakup tune, where both parties find themselves unable to move on, as they hit the bars and go out in search of respite from the pain, only to be reminded of their ex by almost everything they see.

Of course, I love the George Strait reference on the opening hook, as they each come to the realization throughout the song that no matter what they do, the memory of the love they once shared is always there:

“You’d love this bar I stumbled on
They play George Strait and they pour their doubles strong
I’ve been gone for two weeks now
There’s some missing you in every little town
Ain’t sure what I thought I’d find riding these yellow lines

Outrunnin’ your memory is like outrunnin’ the wind
I can’t get where I’m going if I can’t leave where you’ve been
I see you in every sunset, every star in the sky
I hear you callin’ my name in the middle of the night
The longer gone I get on down the road
Reminds me, baby, that there just ain’t no”

The crowd went wild when Miranda walked out, and I think I would’ve had the same reaction as this girl if I was there in person too… to my knowledge, it’s the first time they’ve ever performed it live together, which makes it all the more special:

@festiverse Miranda Lambert is the special guest at Luke Comb’s headlining set @bonnaroo @Luke Combs @Miranda Lambert #bonnaroo #bonnaroo2025 ♬ original sound – Festiverse

In addition to Luke, The Red Clay Strays, Marcus King, Treaty Oak Revival, Jessie Murph, Flatland Cavalry and Alexandra Kay will represent country music across different days, in addition to plenty of other acts from a range of genres.

But I don’t know how they’re going to top this:

Miranda also treated the crowd to a little bit of her hit “Kerosene,” and yes, I’ll admit I’m jealous of everyone who got to see this entire set live in person:

@gabydeimeke such a fun surprise at @bonnaroo day 1! @Luke Combs brought out @Miranda Lambert Read More