Ella Langley Knoxville Setlist & Recap: The Dandelion Tour at Food City Center

Rocky Top got a night it won't forget on Thursday, and not entirely for the reasons Ella had planned. The Dandelion Tour rolled into Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center with Kameron Marlowe and Laci Kaye Booth opening, and the room was loud from "Dandelion" on. But the moment everyone's replaying this morning landed late in the set, when Ella got to "Choosin' Texas" and 21,000 Tennessee fans made it very clear they were not, in fact, choosin' Texas.

We've got this one verified song-by-song from a setlist.fm capture off the floor, so the order below is the real Knoxville set. She opened the way she has all fall, straight into "Dandelion," then "I Gotta Quit" and "Bottom of Your Boots," with the Morgan Wallen collab "I Can't Love You Anymore" at the four-spot.

Ella Langley Knoxville setlist (September 24, 2026)

1. Dandelion
2. I Gotta Quit
3. Bottom of Your Boots
4. I Can't Love You Anymore
5. Girl You're Taking Home
6. 20-20
7. You & Me Time
8. Here for the Party (Gretchen Wilson cover)
9. Last Call for Us
10. Somethin' Simple
11. Butterfly Season
12. Broken
13. Be Her
14. you look like you love me
15. Loving Life Again
16. Choosin' Texas
17. weren't for the wind

(Order per the verified setlist.fm capture from Knoxville, logged by one attendee. If an encore followed "weren't for the wind" the way it has on other Dandelion nights, we'll update this as more fans check in.)

The moments

Let's start with the one that's everywhere this morning. Ella hit "Choosin' Texas" at number 16, and the timing could not have been spicier: the top-ranked Texas Longhorns are in Knoxville this weekend to play the No. 14 Volunteers, with kickoff Saturday afternoon. So when she got to the part about a heart that still belongs to the Lone Star State, the arena turned on the song, a wall of boos went up, and a whole lot of Vol fans threw the "Horns Down." A few Ella's Fellas die-hards in the crowd fired back with "Hook 'Em," but they were badly outnumbered. Per The Big Lead, it was exactly the kind of petty, all-in SEC-country moment you can only get in a college town on a rivalry weekend. If you're keeping score, "Choosin' Texas" just broke Mariah Carey's record for most consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 earlier this week, so booing it is quite the flex.

The rest of the set was pure Dandelion Tour muscle. "Here for the Party," the Gretchen Wilson cover, has become the mid-set party-starter, and the back half is the reason you buy the ticket: "Be Her" into "you look like you love me," the Riley Green duet that broke her wide open, into "Loving Life Again" before that "Choosin' Texas" showdown, and then "weren't for the wind" to bring it home.

Were you there?

Did you catch the Knoxville show? Tell us the stuff the setlist can't, whether that's how loud the "Horns Down" got, whether Ella said anything back about it, or how "you look like you love me" sounded in that arena. Sign up for the Ella Fellas daily newsletter and send us your take. We round up the best fan reports from every stop on The Dandelion Tour, and we want the Knoxville boo-birds on record.

Want the exact running order to share? Here's the full Knoxville setlist page, and if you're curious what all the fuss is about, read the story behind Choosin' Texas, the single that's owned 2026. Pulling together a fit for your own arena night? Our Arena Night picks are built for exactly this kind of room.

Next up: Columbus, OH (September 25)

No rest for Ella. The tour turns right back around for Schottenstein Center in Columbus on Friday, September 25, with Laci Kaye Booth and Kameron Marlowe along again. If you're anywhere near Ohio State, grab tickets and set details on the Columbus tour page. And Buckeyes: no notes on how you handle "Choosin' Texas" is our only ask.