Chris Young is the latest country star to stake out his own bar.
The multi-platinum artist is opening Famous Friends, named after his chart-topping smash with Kane Brown, in Nashville’s Midtown neighborhood later this year.
“I’m very excited for Famous Friends to be open in Nashville! I have been working on this as a passion project for a while now,” Young tells Billboard. “A sports bar that will be Nashville famous for a reason. Something completely different where you can bring all your friends for a great time!”
The bar, which will be owned by a corporation Young is part of, will be located on Demonbreun Street, near the popular Tin Roof nightclub. The area is becoming a popular spot for celebrity bars as the Lower Broadway neighborhood becomes oversaturated with nightspots. Riley Green’s Duck Blind is also in Midtown.
Famous Friends already has its own social pages for fans to follow its progress on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
Young and Brown took the genial “Famous Friends” to No. 1 on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart in 2021 and was Billboard’s No. 1 Country Airplay single of the year. It was also nominated for single, musical event and music video of the year at the 2021 CMA Awards.
Young, who was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2017, has been one of Nashville’s most consistent hitmakers over the past 20 years, landing eight albums in the top 10 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart, including No. 1s, I’m Comin’ Over and Losing Sleep. In addition to “Famous Friends,” he’s taken 10 songs to the top of the Country Airplay or Hot Country Songs chart, including “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song),” “You,” “I’m Comin’ Over” and “Losing Sleep.”
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