Margo Price Kicks Off Her Wild at Heart Tour in St. Louis
— by Carrie Zukoski
Margo Price’s highly anticipated (and now extended) Wild at Heart tour to support the August release of her Hard Headed Woman album kicked off in St. Louis on October 23, at Delmar Hall. Eliza Thorn opened the night.
Fans continued to saunter in during Eliza Thorn’s 35-minute opening set that was full of fun and flirty classic-sounding country tunes. Thorn noted there were already several firsts for her on this tour, including her first time performing in St. Louis. With just her and her guitar, along with accompanying guitarist Cole Ritter, Thorn received a few hoots and hollers in recognition of her songs from the growing crowd. Amid orange hues, Thorn performed the title track from her 2024 album, Somebody New, as well as “Nobody But You,” which included some impressive yodeling by Thorn. She covered Hank Williams’ classic “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and Willie Nelson’s “Night Life” before ending on her newer song “Away Too Long.”
The mostly seated crowd, except for the packed floor, cheered when Grammy-nominated Margo Price appeared on stage following her new band’s entrance. Outfitted in a short puff-sleeved, white eyelet dress with a single red ribbon banding, Price launched into the aching, autobiographical “Hands of Time.” The next two songs performed were from her newest album: The catchy, boot stompin’ “Red Eye Flight” and, playing the tambourine, she came out from behind the microphone for “Wild at Heart” and lit up the room with her smile. She continued to feature songs from Hard Headed Woman throughout the 90-minute performance for the rapt audience, including the slower, sweeter “Love Me Like You Used to Do,” “Nowhere is Where,” and “Don’t Wake Me Up.”
After an outfit change, Price performed the lofty “Hurtin’ (On the Bottle)” and ended the night on a high with the harmonic, high-energy, knee-slapping, fan-favorite “Maggie’s Farm.” Price, who acknowledges being free of rules and cherishing tradition, had a ball on this first night of their tour.
This Rolling Stone August interview sums up Price’s turn into a more traditional country sound with her new work: “the singing, harmonies, and heavy layer of strings … are straight out of the oldest-school honky-tonks around.”
If you’re a fan of classic country music, be sure to check out the Wild at Heart tour that runs through November of 2025 and picks back up between February and March 2026 in what’s sure to be a US town near you.
Check out more photos from the night here: https://bit.ly/MargoPrice25cz
