Fresh off her 2024 UK tour, the country sensation tells NME about her rocky road to Nashville and how Kacey Musgraves was “the reason” she wanted to write songs I t’s 6pm on a rainy Thursday evening in Cambridge but, aside from the characteristically dreary English weather, the mixed-age crowd waiting outside 850-capacity venue the Junction are dressed as if they’re going to a Nashville rodeo. Stetson hats, cowboy boots, denim shorts, check shirts and homemade signs signify that country fever among the mile-long queue is at boiling point ahead of tonight’s gig: a sold-out performance from American country star Megan Moroney . READ MORE: Miranda Lambert – ‘Postcards from Texas’ review: feisty, funny and free As the Hannah Montana classic ‘Best Of Both Worlds’ booms out of the speakers, the Georgia-born singer-songwriter walks on stage with a glittery guitar and an all-male band sporting matching black vests with “emo cowgirl country” printed on them; the same slogan tops and caps are being snapped up at the merch stand.
Midway through her singalong-filled set, which follows summer support slots for genre legend Kenny Chesney at American stadiums, she beams, “Y’all have made my dreams come true”. Despite the comparatively intimate venue, she’s equally appreciative of her enthusiastic British fanbase, which spans parents and their children, twenty-something friends and older couples. “It’s crazy to be able to come so far from home and have y�.