David Nail’s journey from Kennett, Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee has been told and retold on a music industry machine wash spin cycle. He’s been labeled with nearly every adjective imaginable—praised publicly by the press and fellow artists, and more critically, if quietly, by some on the business side. He’s a complicated human being, like so many, but he’s no longer afraid of that word – complicated. The adult version of the country music singer/songwriter is flipping his career on its head this year, doing something few have done before in the modern music world; stripping it Down to the Studs.

David Nail, a guitar, and a couple hundred fans. No band, no road crew, no frills. Just a man, journeying across the country in his own car with a guitar and some songs. The shows on his 2026 “Down to the Studs Tour” will be more intimate than any he’s ever played, he’ll meet honest music lovers, share stories with them, laugh, cry, truly experience human moments in a world cluttered by manipulation. And he’s never been more excited. Tickets go on-sale on Friday, January 16 at 10 a.m. CST at DavidNail.com.

“In what has been the most challenging year of my career, both personally, and professionally, it became clearer, and clearer, as I got closer to the end of 2025, that if I were going to continue in 2026, I had to clean the slate so to speak, and start fresh. What better way to start fresh, than to start over. This dream began with me, a guitar, and the songs. Just me, as raw, and real as the music can be. No band to hide behind, or to carry me each night. It’s just me, and I’m as excited as I’ve been in a decade…” said David Nail.

“Down To The Studs Tour” 2026 Dates
January 17 – New Haven, Ky. – The Amp at Log Still Distillery
February 26 – Hagerstown, Md. – Live at Hub City Vinyl
February 27 – Bay Shore, N.Y. – Boulton Center For The Performing Arts
March 1 – Boston, Mass. – City Winery Boston
March 5 – Portland, Maine – One Longfellow Square
March 6 – Fall River, Mass. – Narrows Center For The Arts
March 8 – Fairfield, Conn. – StageOne at FTC
March 10 – Sellersville, Pa. – Sellersville Theater
March 11 – Lancaster, Pa. – Tellus 360
March 12 – Pittsburgh, Pa. – Crafthouse Stage & Grill
April 8 – The Woodlands, Texas – Dosey Doe
April 9 – Fort Worth, Texas – Tulips
April 10 – Austin, Texas – The 04 Center

About David Nail
Hailing from Kennett, Missouri, David Nail is well-respected up and down Music Row. Some might even call him a “tour de force” as his songs pull no punches in evoking the demons with which he has wrestled through much of his life. The GRAMMY-nominated multi-platinum singer/songwriter’s early releases, I’m About To Come Alive, The Sound Of A Million Dreams, I’m A Fire and Fighter, ignited his reputation as an innovator and creative risk-taker yet left Nail feeling restless. This led to the departure of the only record company home he’d ever known, MCA Nashville, where he’d formed friendships that endure even now. Through dealing with his own journey of mental health and the feeling of needing to “rebel against what people expect you to be,” Nail began making his most “organic” work to date, David Nail & The Well Ravens, with Jason Hall and Andrew Petroff. That project liberated Nail and propelled him into his next adventure. Writing solo for the next few months led to his debut solo independent EP Oh, Mother, a reflective piece of work. Of the title track, Rolling Stone noted that “the song creeps in like a sunrise — quiet, restrained cello and keys are the only underpinning for Nail’s powerful vocals at first. But then it slowly builds to something more massive and majestic.” That release was followed by Bootheel 2020 and Bootheel 2021, projects dedicated to the singer/songwriter’s hometown in the “bootheel” of Missouri. Nail released an EP titled Best of Me in 2023 and the title track has seen heavy press support and country radio airplay. 2024 and 2025 brought more touring than ever, two great single releases “If I Could Call” and “Why” featuring Aubrie Sellers. Nail plans on releasing the start of an excitingly different and elevated album project this year leaving behind any self-imposed restrictions. In Nail’s own words, “My philosophy has always been, I just hope to have a good enough year that I can have a next year while staying as true to myself as I possibly can.” Find more at www.davidnail.com.

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 David Nail’s journey from Kennett, Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee has been told and retold on a music industry machine wash spin cycle. He’s been labeled with nearly every adjective imaginable—praised publicly by the press and fellow artists, and more critically, if quietly, by some on the business side. He’s a...