Schrödinger’s Luke Combs at Lincoln Financial Field: A concert that both happened and didn’t happen
Country-pop singer Luke Combs’ weekend stopover in Philadelphia got off to a rocky start Friday night, thanks to inclement weather and a massive breakdown of communication between the organizers and ticket holders.
Combs, who recently shot up the country charts with a cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit “Fast Car,” was scheduled to take the stage at Lincoln Financial Field at 9 p.m., following sets by openers Brent Cobb, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Turnpike Troubadours. In the heady hours before the headlining set, fans tailgated, splashed bean bags across slanted cornhole boards, and consumed heroic quantities of light beer. Spirits were high.
The mood was soured considerably by a passing storm and a warning handed down by the National Weather Service, minutes before Combs was slated to take the stage. Thousands of de-sleeved, cowboy-hatted concertgoers filed toward the main concourse, seeking shelter as per an announcement blasted over the public address system. Others chose to stay put.
Combs is due back at the Linc Saturday night for his planned second show of the tour. The Inquirer will post a review of that show — weather permitting, of course. Thunderstorms are in the forecast for the area, primarily between 2 and 8 p.m.,
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