The Sunset Stage Series: Ty Myers Is Country Music’s Most Exciting 18-Year-Old in 2026

For this week’s Sunset Stage Series, we dug into Ty Myers, and the more we researched, the harder it got to put this one down. Myers is 18 years old. He is already on his second album for RECORDS Nashville/Columbia. He is opening arenas for Luke Combs on the My Kinda Saturday Night Tour through August. And he recorded his new album at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the same room where Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Etta James made some of the most important recordings in American music history. We found a lot here, and here is the full story.

From TikTok Viral to Muscle Shoals: How Ty Myers Got Here

When we started pulling the thread on Ty Myers, the first thing that jumped out was how early he figured it out. He was not discovered through a talent show or handed a deal because of a famous last name. He started posting his music to TikTok and built a real audience the honest way, song by song, video by video. His 2023 single “Tie That Binds” was the tipping point, going viral on TikTok and landing him his deal with RECORDS Nashville and Columbia Records. His debut album “The Select” followed, went gold, and generated a platinum single in “Ends of the Earth.” He was 16 years old.

What sets Myers apart from the wave of young artists who build a social media following and then struggle to translate it to actual music is the depth of what he brings to the instrument. Rolling Stone profiled him noting that he cites John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan as primary influences, and you can hear it. His guitar playing has vocabulary that most artists twice his age have not developed. That is not hype. That is just what the recording shows.

Heavy on the Soul: The Album That Could Break Everything Wide Open

We spent time with “Heavy on the Soul,” Myers’s sophomore album released March 27, 2026, and what we found is an 18-year-old artist who understands something that takes most people years in the industry to learn: the room matters. He chose to record at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, the legendary Alabama facility where the Muscle Shoals Sound was born and where some of the most celebrated records in blues, soul, and country were made. That is not an accident. That is an artist making a deliberate statement about the kind of music he wants to make and the lineage he sees himself connecting to.

Variety described “Heavy on the Soul” as a record that brings John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan influences into the country lane in a way that feels natural rather than forced. Our team agrees. The album is not trying to be something it is not, and that authenticity comes through in every track. He also debuted at Stagecoach and the C2C: Country to Country Festival in 2026, two of the most prestigious festival stages in the genre, which tells you exactly what the industry thinks of where he is heading.

Opening Arenas for Luke Combs Through August 2026

We tracked his current tour commitments and found something that almost never happens at this stage of a career: Ty Myers is opening stadium-size shows for Luke Combs on the My Kinda Saturday Night Tour from March through August 2026. If you want to understand what that means, Combs routinely draws 50,000 to 70,000 people per night. Myers is performing for those audiences every single night, developing the kind of stage presence that simply cannot be taught in any other way. By the time this tour wraps in August, he will have played in front of more people than most artists see in their first five years. That experience is going to show up in everything he does afterward.

Ty Myers Career Highlights

• 2023: “Tie That Binds” goes viral on TikTok, earns RECORDS Nashville/Columbia deal
• Debut album “The Select” goes gold; single “Ends of the Earth” goes platinum
• Named one of Taste of Country’s RISERS: 2026 Artists to Watch
• March 27, 2026: Sophomore album “Heavy on the Soul” released, recorded at FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals
• 2026: Debut performances at Stagecoach and C2C: Country to Country Festival
• March to August 2026: Opening act on Luke Combs’s My Kinda Saturday Night Tour
• Featured in Rolling Stone and Variety profiles in 2026

Frequently Asked: Who is Ty Myers and where can I hear his music?

Ty Myers is a country singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Nashville signed to RECORDS Nashville/Columbia Records. At 18, he is on his second studio album, “Heavy on the Soul,” released March 27, 2026. He gained his initial following through TikTok, earned a gold album and a platinum single from his debut, and is currently opening for Luke Combs on the My Kinda Saturday Night Tour through August 2026. His music is available on all major streaming platforms, and tour information can be found through his official social channels and Ticketmaster.

Ty Myers is exactly the kind of artist the Sunset Stage Series was built to follow. He writes real songs, plays real guitar, records in rooms with real history, and performs in front of real audiences who are already responding. Sunset Country Fest is the voice of country music in Central Florida, and we built this platform to track artists like this one before the rest of the world fully catches up. Ty Myers is exactly the kind of act that belongs on a festival stage. Watch this name for 2027.

Sources & References

• Taste of Country — RISERS: 2026 Artists to Watch: Ty Myers Is Country Music’s Youngest Triple Threat
• Variety — Ty Myers on Going “Heavy on the Soul” With His New Album
• Wikipedia — Ty Myers
• Rolling Stone — Ty Myers Says He Writes Real Music and Country Drinking Songs. He’s 18

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Last updated: July 10, 2026 · Sunset Country Fest Editorial Team · Contact Us