Miranda Lambert To Play Concert Ahead Of The Daytona 500 As NASCAR Season Gets Underway Next Month

The perfect way to kick off the NASCAR season.

With the Daytona 500 just over a month away, race fans are getting excited to welcome the 2026 season at the iconic Daytona International Speedway, and country star Miranda Lambert will be part of the pre-race festivities.

She will play a concert ahead of the green flag dropping on Sunday, February 16th, and while it won’t be her first time doing a NASCAR concert, lovingly called The Great American Race, it’s one of the biggest of the year and I know she’ll put on a great show:

“We already don’t wanna go home. Welcome to The Great American Race, Miranda Lambert! See her live at the 2026 DAYTONA 500 Pre-Race Show. Get tickets using the link in our bio.”

Tickets for the race are on-sale now:

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Speaking of Miranda, in terms of touring and putting out new music last year, she was pretty quiet, spending her time doing a limited run of shows and focusing on helping artists like Ella Langley write, produce and record, as Miranda was a huge part of Ella’s current single that’s headed to the top of the charts at country radio, “Choosin’ Texas.”

And she also recently delivered a beautiful performance of “Run” at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony for George Strait’s induction, which it’s one of my all-time favorite songs, so I was very excited to see that was the song Miranda got to perform during such an important evening for one of the genres most beloved and important artists.

Of course, “Run” was the lead single from Strait’s 2001 album The Road Less Traveled. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Country Charts three separate times, but was never able to claim the number one spot.

Miranda and George have performed them together before, but that was years ago and part of his 2014 The Cowboy Rides Away Tour: Live from AT&T Stadium, and I couldn’t think of a more perfect occasion for her to do it again.

And if you watched the TV special of it on CBS, or have seen clips on social media of Miranda onstage, my guess is that a gorgeous piece of jewelry caught your eye, which was the absolutely stunning, diamond encrusted bolo tie she had on with her black outfit and cowboy hat. Designed by Whitehouse Brothers jewelers, the bolo tie is a whopping 62 carats total, which for comparisons sake, it three times bigger than the bee bolo Beyoncé wore for some of her Cowboy Carter promotion.

“It very well may be the most impressive diamond bolo necklace ever created. The emerald cut diamond center stone is just over 15 carats. A pave’ halo surrounds the center diamond, followed by bezel set 0.50ct diamonds to create a stunning framework. The openwork allows the piece to be airy in the negative space and appear as an all diamond focused look.”

I always love seeing what the ladies of country music where for big events like this, and of course if you’re going to honor The King on such a special night, then you have to go BIG. Really big. I mean, everything really is bigger in Texas, and it certainly has to be massive if you’re going all out for George Strait.

The emerald-cut center diamond weighs just over 15 carats, surrounded by a pavé diamond halo and framed by bezel-set diamonds, and in total, the bolo features over 62 carats of diamonds.

It’s absolutely gorgeous, the whole performance was spectacular, and you can watch it here:

@cbs @Miranda Lambert pays tribute to “the king of country” George Strait, with a powerful rendition of “Run” Don’t miss her full performance tomorrow on The Kennedy Center Honors at 8pm ET/PT on CBS and streaming on @Paramount+ #KennedyCenterHonors #KCHonors #SneakPeek ♬ original sound – CBS

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