Move over, Taylor Swift - the King of Country is back in town. And he’s breaking records while he’s at it.
Country legend George Strait just smashed the record for the largest attendance at a U.S. concert in history, played to a sold-out crowd of 110,905 fans in at Kyle Field at Texas A&M in College Station on Saturday. Videos and images from the show reveal just how massive the event was.
What a moment in Texas A&M lore: George Strait sings “Amarillo By Morning” before more than 110,000 fans in Kyle Field on Saturday night, June 15, 2024. pic.twitter.com/FEfi59H7UD
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Concert-goers numbered nearly 4,000 more than the previous record-holding show, which was a Grateful Dead concert in 1977 that boasted 107,019 attendees. Strait, whose hit songs include “Check Yes or No,” “All My Exes Live in Texas,” and “Write This Down,” has been toping the charts and selling out shows since 1981, when his first single “Unwound” hit the radio and launched his four-decade, record-shattering career.
Since then, Strait has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time - and it doesn’t look like he’s slowing down anytime soon. If people are still flocking to see a George Strait show, maybe there’s hope for music, after all.
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