Wynonna Judd reveals she is going back on tour on her own – 16 months after her mother Naomi’s suicide aged 76: ‘I’ll be shedding a tear for my mom’

Wynonna Judd has revealed she will be touring alone again to celebrate 40 years in the music industry – 16 months after her mother and music icon Naomi Judd committed suicide.

Wynonna, 59, who made music history with Naomi as country music duo The Judds from 1993 until her death in 2022 – said she would “shed a tear” for her mom when she performed All of That Love From Here on the 15th date Back to Wy theater tour which starts on October 26.

The tour will feature performances from her first two solo albums, she released her self-titled debut solo album in 1992 and released second album Tell Me Why in 1993. This came after a hugely successful eight-year spell with Naomi in the duo.

Naomi Judd died from a single gunshot to the head, leaving a suicide note with her body on April 30, 2022. According to an autopsy report, Judd suffered from “significant” anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder.

Speak against People Wynonna said, “I’ve been on the road since ’19 and ’83. So do the math – and touring is one of my absolute favorite things to do. When I got out of The Judds tribute tour for me, it was time to get back to intimacy. It’s been years celebrating not only my 40 years in country music, but me as a soloist – I have so much to celebrate.

“(At the time) I was coming from years on the road with my mom, and I just think back to that period in my life when I was alone and felt all the feelings you feel when you leave home and go to school.

“That song (All of That Love From Here) was a personal favorite of my mother’s. That will be one of those moments where I will probably shed a tear because that song was for my mom. And now that she’s gone, it brings even more emotion.

The star added that the pressure has eased on her and she is determined to enjoy the concerts with her fans. “Especially now that mom is gone, I trust the fans more than ever.”

The 15-city tour kicks off October 26 at the Murat Theater at Old National Center in Indianapolis, Indiana and concludes December 1 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The star plays both albums all the way through and ends the evening with some Judds classics.

Pre-sale tickets will be available for purchase for Wynonna’s fan club on August 22, while general sales begin on August 25.

In the wake of Naomi’s death, Wynonna continued The Judds’ The Final Tour in Fall 2022 – joined by Brandi Carlile, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Ashley McBryde and Trisha Yearwood.

Two weeks before her shocking death, Naomi took the stage with her daughter Wynonna in a surprise reunion at the Country Music Awards in April 2022.

They sang a powerful song of reconciliation written by Naomi – “Love Can Build A Bridge” in what was her last public appearance before her suicide.

A toxicology report concluded that the singer had several drugs in her system at the time of death.

The autopsy report stated, “She had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was transported to Williamson Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

“Per family, the deceased has had previous suicidal thoughts and recent life stressors.

“A weapon and a note with suicidal connotations were found at the scene of the deceased.”

According to the report, “the gunshot pierced the right side of the scalp and entered the skull through an entry-type gunshot wound.”

The Judd family said in a statement: “Our beloved mother and wife have succumbed to mental illness. Anyone who has lived through this tragedy understands that in the depths of a mental health crisis, thinking is deeply twisted. Moreover, the worst days are never representative of the comforts and pleasures of the days free from the disease.

“In the aftermath of this tragedy, our family has sought to grieve along with our community, and more importantly, with the privacy that anyone who loses a family member deserves.

“We have always been a sincere and open family about both our hardships and the depth of our love for each other. In this specific case, however, we ask for privacy, because a death with privacy is a death with more dignity.’

The Judds were the most successful country singers of the 1980s, winning five Grammys, nine CMAs and selling 20 million records.

In the immediate aftermath of their mother’s death, Ashley and Wynonna supported each other in their loss and attended her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on May 1, the day after their mother’s suicide.

Naomi had a tumultuous upbringing – and in part, she attributed her depression to the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of an uncle when she was just three.

When she was 22, Naomi was raped and beaten by an ex-boyfriend, a trauma that led her to flee Los Angeles to rural Kentucky, where she lived on welfare with her children while she trained to become a nurse.

They lived in a house with no electricity, telephone, television or indoor plumbing.

Naomi moved to Nashville when she qualified and eventually became a chief nurse in an intensive care unit.

There she learned that a patient’s father was in the music industry. She made a tape on which she sang with Wynonna, which launched him and ‘The Judds’ career in music.

On May 29, a month after her mother’s death, Wynonna wrote an emotional Instagram post in which she spoke of her unbearable grief and her fear that she would never be able to “surrender to the truth” about the way her mother lived this life. left.

She wrote of “personal healing,” her feeling of being “helpless,” and the few things she knew in the face of so much despair and drama.

She said she would continue to fight for her faith, herself and her family, to keep “showing up and singing.”

And she vowed to break “the cycle” of addiction and dysfunction that has stalked the Judd women and, with Grace’s incarceration, threatens to tumble into yet another generation.