Highways Festival 2023

Excitingly, the 2024 line-up for Highways Festival has now been confirmed, with The Cadillac Three, Brett Young, The War and Treaty and more set to perform across the two-day event.

On May 17, The Cadillac Three will take care of the headlining duties, with an array of fast-emerging artists joining the much-loved Southern rockers on the bill, including Shane Smith and The Saints, Tanner Usrey and BOWEN * YOUNG.

On the subsequent evening, Brett Young will serve as the headliner, with the ‘Lady’ hitmaker set to serenade a packed-out crowd with fan-favourites such as ‘Here Tonight’, ’In Case You Didn't Know’, ‘Mercy’, ‘Like I Loved You’, ‘Not Yet’ and ‘Catch’. 

Also set to take the Royal Albert Hall stage on May 18 is Holler favourites, The War and Treaty, as well as two Canadian country prodigies, Josh Ross and William Prince. 

Here, we'll have all the up-to-date news on line-up announcements, the latest ticket and festival pass details, and any further exciting info and details for the 2024 event. 

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 in May 2023, with the likes of Kip Moore, Morgan Wade, Jackson Dean and Stephen Wilson Jr. all delivering memorable performances.

The fact that Highways Festival takes has settled at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall once again underlines the burgeoning popularity of country music across the UK.

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Country music, at its core, has always been a menagerie of other genres mixed and swirled together, with a dollop of compelling storytelling plopped right on top.

While some try to confine and contain the genre to a certain list of criteria, there is a wide swathe of artists that seemingly exist to push the boundaries and take country music into places its never been before.

Among that group of trailblazing creatives is The War And Treaty, composed of husband and wife duo of Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter (née Blount).

The powerhouse vocal pairing first appeared in mainstream country music in April of 2021, when they joined Dierks Bentley for a performance of U2's 'Pride (In the Name of Love)' at the 56th ACM Awards, which helped them secure a recording deal with UMG Nashville in May of 2022.

Later that year, they would once again enter country music fans' living rooms as they performed a cover of 'It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)' alongside Brothers Osborne at the 56th Annual CMA Awards in November, making history as the first Black husband-and-wife duo to grace the CMA stage.

However, their story goes back further than those fateful performances.

The War and Treaty, originally know as Trotter & Blount, formed in Michigan in 2014. The pair met years earlier at a musical festival as Michael, an army veteran who had used music as a source of solace, was performing. They quickly joining forces to work on songs together, and thus, magic ensued.

With an impassioned delivery and fiery conviction, the duo draws on folk, country, R&B, gospel, rock 'n' roll and everything in between, often combining them all into a scrumptious cocktail dripping in talent.

That talent shown brightly on their early independent label releases, including 

. The latter two landed spots on both the 

 Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts, and earned them the Emerging Act of the Year Award from the Americana Music Association.

After signing with UMG Nashville and later winning the Americana Music Association's 2022 Duo/Group of the Year Award, The War and Treaty's talent was elevated even further as they surprise released their debut EP for the label, 

, on the night of their history-making CMA performance.

Expanding it into their 2023 full-length debut, 

, the duo effortlessly straddle the thin line between Americana and country as they explore just under a dozen genre-blending songs about love, its intentions and their many lessons learned throughout their relationship.

Looking to etch their names among the iconic musical partnerships – think Ashford & Simpson, Johnny Cash and June Carter & Sonny and Cher – The War and Treaty also aim to help people feel again, which is a mission that they fulfill without fail.

If The War and Treaty have any say, there's a revival coming to country music and beyond. Strap in.

Home of all the latest news, information and coverage of The War and Treaty on Holler.

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With an impassioned delivery and fiery conviction, The War And Treaty draw on folk, country, R&B, gospel, rock 'n' roll and everything in between, often combining them all into a scrumptious cocktail that's dripping in authenticity.

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Maxim is a Country Music Journalist and Holler’s News Editor based in London, UK. 

After gaining a Masters with Merit from the University of Oxford, he wrote 

, which will be published on Mud Pie Books. 

During lockdown, Maxim created the Happiness x Music Project and co-founded Mindful Melody magazine in 2020, both of which explored the intersection between music and wellbeing. H

e’s written for publications such as Country Music People and has served as Music Editor of the Cherwell Newspaper and Phaser Magazine, during which time he set up Phaser’s first podcast series. 

Over the past few years, Maxim has interviewed some of his favourite artists, including Kelsea Ballerini, HARDY, Riley Green, Bailey Zimmerman, Midland, Ernest, Molly Tuttle and more. 

Since joining Holler towards the end of 2022, he has expanded the news output and introduced new article formats such as Lyrics & Meaning pieces, Exclusive Q&As and Album Hub Pages. 

Maxim enjoys staying on the pulse of the latest releases, and is a country aficionado and avid listener of anything by Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, George Strait, Florida Georgia Line, Niko Moon, Megan Moroney and Zach Bryan, as well as keenly covering Post Malone’s transition into country music. 

Above all, Maxim considers himself Kenny Chesney’s No. 1 fan.

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