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Thomas Rhett Coming To Tampa In December

Thomas Rhett is coming to Tampa in December and it’s all to celebrate the return of sports betting. Thomas will be performing at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino…

Thomas Rhett Coming To Tampa

Thomas Rhett Coming To Tampa

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Thomas Rhett is coming to Tampa in December and it’s all to celebrate the return of sports betting. Thomas will be performing at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on December 8. He will be performing to to celebrate the return of sports betting, craps and roulette. The tickets for the show go on sale this morning Wednesday, November 22 at 10 a.m. 

The show will be performed in the Hard Rock event center which holds 1,500 people. Sports betting returns the day of the concert. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a compact, which is a $2.5 billion deal between the Seminole tribe and the state of Florida. That decision allowed sports betting in Florida.

Thomas Celebrates His Wedding Anniversary

Last month (10/12), Rhett and his wife Lauren celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary.

Sharing three photos of the couple with their arms around each other, Thomas wrote in the post on Instagram, "11 years married to this amazing woman. I can still remember what she looked like in first grade. I still remember how much taller than me she was at church camp in 6th grade."

He continued, "I still remember picking her up on our first date at 16. I still remember how fast my heart was beating when she walked down the aisle. Basically, I remember it all so vividly. I can't believe how much life we have gotten to share together. @laur_akins, you have been and always will be my best friend."

He concluded the post, "I thank God for you every single day. I love you so much. Thank you for loving me and everyone you know so well. Happy Anniversary (raised hands emoji) you+me+4."

See that post here.

Thaoms has released 21 songs to country radio with 17 of those going to #1. He has released six studio albums with the latest being Where We Started, which was released in 2022.

Thomas Rhett: 14 Songs That Show Why He Is A Superstar

Thomas Rhett celebrates his 33rd birthday today (3/30) and is also celebrating the first anniversary of his Where We Started album on Saturday (4/1). Thomas reflects on where he and his wife Lauren started over a decade ago.

Rhett told us, "Just kinda looking back at the last decade of our lives … Shoot, 2012, when I was playing 600 shows a year, and Lauren was with me on the tour bus with nine other dudes, it felt like we were never going to get out of that. And my wife, being like, 'Man, how many times have we been to Wisconsin this year?'"

He continued, "I wake up now, and I'm like, we have four children; so much has changed in my career from just success to bigger rooms to getting to do neat collaborations with people. And sometimes you wake up, and you're like, man, today is tough. And you look back at your past, and you're like, yeah, but think about where we were. And I think whether you do music, or whatever you do, I think anyone can look back at their past, and be like man, looking at where we are now, compared to where we were, the future looks pretty bright."

14. "What's Your Country Song" - (2021)

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His 17th number one song. Rhett said of the song, “We wrote this song on the road last year in Dallas, Texas. It’s really about how I was noticing that no matter where you live or where you’re from, everyone has a little bit of country inside their bones.”


13. "Beer Can't Fix" - (2020) - Duet with Jon Pardi

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The song's thesis is that, regardless of the nature of one's life problems, there ain't nothing that a beer can't fix.


12. "Sixteen" - (2018)

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Thomas said that he wrote the song when he was 25, and that it was one of the first he wrote for the ‘Life Changes’ album.


11. "Look What God Gave Her" - (2019)

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Rhett said he wanted the video of the song to "highlight amazing women in Nashville for all of the amazing things they've done around the world." The video features his wife Lauren and their daughters.


10. "Unforgettable" - (2017)

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The song examines a day at the start of a relationship with the hindsight of a few years. It sounds like a classic the first time you hear it.


9. "Beer With Jesus" - (2012)

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The follow up to his debut single. Rhett wrote the song with Rick Huckaby and Lance Miller.


8. "Something To Do With My Hands" - (2012)

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Thomas' debut single. A great introduction to an amazing career.


7. "Life Changes" - (2018)

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The video for the song features his wife Lauren and two daughters Willa and Ada James on tour, along with him performing with his band on stage.


6. "Marry Me" - (2017)

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This song is so beautiful. The song’s chorus samples the melody of Taylor Swift’s 2014 song “Style” from her fifth studio album 1989.


5. “Craving You ( with Maren Morris)” - (2016)

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Thomas said of the collaboration with Maren Morris: "I think me and my wife and my team were just collectively like ‘Wow, she adds such a crazy element to the song.’”


4. "Crash and Burn" - (2015)

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It’s one of many songs that Chris Stapleton co-wrote for other artists (in this case, he co-wrote it with Jesse Frasure). On a personal note, this was me and my then 8-year-old son's favorite song and what made him love country music.


3. "Remember You Young" - (2019)

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A truly touching song. Thomas said that "We wrote this song about the people in life that we love, and always remembering them in their youth, no matter how much time passes and we all change." The song's accompanying music video features a group of elderly people who reminisce on their lives.


2. "Die a Happy Man" - (2015)

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What so many, myself included, call the "love song" of a lifetime. "Die a Happy Man" topped the Hot Country Songs chart on November 14, 2015. The song remained on top for seventeen weeks.


1."Be a Light" (featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, and Keith Urban) (2020)

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A song that can lift anyone’s spirits. Thomas said that he wrote the song in 2019 and held on to it, but chose to release it because he thought its message would be well received in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Kevin is a member of Tampa Bay‘s Hometown Morning Krewe on 995 QYK. He has been with the station for 25 years, is a Tampa native, and went to Jesuit High School and USF. Go Bulls!. He is passionate about all things Tampa Bay. Kevin writes articles on the ongoing road projects around the Tampa Bay area, awards that Tampa Bay cities and businesses have won and country music happenings around the Bay area. He is always doing many things with his wife and kids. He loves to read books and play video games in his spare time.