Five No. 1 singles later, the man who once wrote "Yours" on pure faith is still giving it everything.
Russell Dickerson kicked off May the right way. The Tennessee-born country star took the stage at the 2026 iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One on Saturday night, May 2, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas - and delivered exactly what his fans have come to expect: high energy, big hits, and a crowd that did not want to go home.
Dickerson opened his set with "Worth Your Wild," the lead anthem from his latest album Famous Back Home, before taking the audience on a greatest-hits ride that included "She Likes It," his road-trip classic "Blue Tacoma" - his first-ever No. 1 single, written for his wife Kailey - and "Happen To Me," now reimagined as a collaboration with the Jonas Brothers after the two acts debuted it together to a roaring crowd on tour. He closed out the night by making his way through the crowd for the finale, earning the kind of send-off that headliners dream about.
Backstage at the festival, Dickerson was also asked to name his four picks for the country music equivalent of Mount Rushmore - the artists whose legacies deserve to be carved in stone. Without hesitation, he named Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, George Strait, and Shania Twain - then immediately double-checked: "How many's on Mount Rushmore? Four? Okay cool, yeah!"
The 2026 iHeartCountry Festival, hosted by Bobby Bones, also featured performances from Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Carly Pearce, Parker McCollum, Riley Green, Shaboozey, Dylan Scott, Gretchen Wilson, Lauren Alaina, Chase Matthew, and special guest George Birge. The full show streamed live on Disney+ and Hulu, with a replay available on Hulu through May 3.
For those who have followed Dickerson's journey from the beginning, Saturday night's performance was one more chapter in a story built entirely on faith. Raised in a Bible-believing home in Union City, Tennessee, Dickerson has spoken openly about the years he spent broke and dropped from his label, saying "I've always seen God's faithfulness even through trying times - God has always given me the zeal to keep going." That same faith carried him from writing "Yours" in a lean season to five Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 singles and a sold-out arena tour. Austin was just the latest stop on a road he never stopped believing in.
