{"id":1386,"date":"2025-03-07T22:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2025-03-07T22:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:38:54","slug":"country-music-legend-reba-mcentire-brought-the-house-down-at-rodeohouston-kicking-off-the-event-with-a-genre-blending-surprise-that-no-one-saw-coming-a-powerful-cover-of-dua-lipas-hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=1386","title":{"rendered":"Country music legend Reba McEntire brought the house down at RodeoHouston, kicking off the event with a genre-blending surprise that no one saw coming\u2014a powerful cover of Dua Lipa\u2019s hit song! Fans were left cheering in disbelief as McEntire put her own country twist on the pop anthem, proving that she can take on any genre and make it her own…..Watch the video below \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reba took the rodeo stage for the first time in 11 years.\u00a0Courtesy of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reba McEntire made her long-awaited return to\u00a0RodeoHouston\u00a0on Tuesday, March 4. The country legend kicked off this year\u2019s Houston\u2019s crown jewel cultural event in grand fashion in front of 69,934 fans with a cadre of hits and heart after 11 years away. Before Tuesday night, she hadn\u2019t played RodeoHouston since 2014.<\/p>\n

McEntire \u2014 who turns a spritely 70 years old later this month \u2014 is on everyone\u2019s classic female country Mount Rushmore alongside the likes of Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Patsy Cline. Her multi-generational longevity and enduring pop-culture impact spanning six decades is only comparable to Parton\u2019s. However, McEntire\u2019s vibe has always skewed slightly more sassy denim diva than Backwoods Barbie. (RodeoHouston could use a Dolly Parton appearance sometime soon, for what it\u2019s worth.)<\/p>\n

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McEntire\u2019s RodeoHouston story began in 1984 when she co-headlined the Astrodome with Charley Pride, back when a weekend double bill matinee could still be a reality, attracting over 77,000 fans across two shows. Tickets topped out at a whopping $8. Throughout the late \u201880s and \u201890s, she was a mainstay each year as her star continued to rise and the hits began to pile up on the charts. She had played in front of one million Houstonians at RodeoHouston by 1991 \u2014 before several of this year\u2019s headliners such as Post Malone, Parker McCollum, and Lauren Daigle were born.<\/p>\n

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McEntire is also the only performer on this year\u2019s RodeoHouston schedule who can boast that she played the original Gilley\u2019s in Pasadena. She was inducted into the rodeo\u2019s Star Trail of Fame in 2007, joining the likes of George Strait and Elvis Presley. A burgeoning acting career, which famously included fighting subterranean worms in the desert, has only added to her legend.<\/p>\n

McEntire kicked things off just before 9:30 pm with 2010\u2019s \u201cTurn On The Radio\u201d decked out like a rodeo queen in black satin, silver spangles, rhinestones, and a belt buckle fit for a New York strip steak. She quickly took the crowd back to 1986 with \u201cOne Promise Too Late,\u201d followed by \u201cYou Lie\u201d with an epic saxophone solo on the back end. She pulled out the thundering \u201cMaggie Creek Road\u201d from 2009, cut from the same cloth as \u201cThe Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m A Survivor,\u201d the theme song from her hit 2000s sitcom, brought down the house. Her current NBC sitcom,\u00a0Happy\u2019s Place<\/em>, was just renewed by the network for a second season, proving that McEntire still has the magic touch on the small screen.<\/p>\n

A disco-soul interpolation saw McEntire slide in a cover of Dua Lipa\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now,\u201d showing that the gap between country queens and current Gen-Z pop idols \u2014 witness Parton\u00a0recently teaming up<\/u>\u00a0with Sabrina Carpenter \u2014 is growing forever thinner. Last year\u2019s \u201cI Can\u2019t\u201d shows that McEntire can still do righteous condemnation with the best of them, complete with its crying guitar solo.<\/p>\n

McEntire closed out the show with a victory lap of some of her most enduring standards. \u201cIs There Life Out There\u201d remains as devastating as ever, and the chugging country-soul swing of \u201cWhy Haven\u2019t I Heard From You\u201d has always been a bridge between Memphis and Nashville. The promise of the fiery \u201cFancy\u201d kept everyone in their seats until the night\u2019s end, with the stage bathed in red light and the tune\u2019s ominous opening hook hanging in the stadium air.<\/p>\n

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For a few minutes around 10:30 pm on Tuesday, NRG Stadium rightfully became the world\u2019s largest karaoke bar.<\/p>\n

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Turn On The Radio
\nThe Fear of Being Alone
\nOne Promise Too Late
\nI\u2019m Gonna Take That Mountain
\nYou Lie
\nMaggie Creek Road
\nI\u2019m A Survivor
\nHappy\u2019s Place
\nGoing Out Like That<\/p>\n

Disco-Soul Mix:
\nRespect (Aretha Franklin cover)
\nDon\u2019t Start Now (Dua Lipa cover)
\nYou Keep Me Hangin\u2019 On (The Supremes cover)<\/p>\n

Consider Me Gone
\nThe Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
\nI Can\u2019t
\nBack To God
\nIs There Life Out There
\nWhy Haven\u2019t I Heard From You
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