PITTSBURGH - George Strait continues to prove why he's been dubbed the King of Country, setting a record for the largest single ticketed concert in U.S. History and a new record for Texas A&M Kyle Field for a single event with 110,905 fans in attendance for George Strait: The King at Kyle Field. The record-breaking performance was one of only 10 live shows from Strait last year including a supersized stop at Allegiant Stadium for his 37th Strait to Vegas show.
The country music icon along with eleven-time GRAMMY winner Chris Stapleton will continue the excitement with five shows in 2025. Joining Strait and Stapleton for this run of one-off stadium dates will be special guest Parker McCollum for the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Foxborough dates.
"I keep trying to slow down a bit but you keep calling me back. Please don't ever stop. I still love it just as much as I always have," shares Strait. "Thank you for an amazing year last year and I can't wait to see you for a few more again this year. Chris will be back and we've added Parker M. to the show which will be outstanding. Can't wait to see you!!"
Of his stop at New Jersey's Metlife Stadium last year The Associated Press opined, "Strait turned a space of tens of thousands across many demographics into something resembling the intimacy of those honky tonks he's always singing about." Bringing "a big band and a lot of heart" for what AP describes as the "closest a person can get to levitation…singing along to 'Amarillo by Morning' in a stadium of tens of thousands."
While Pollstar opines, "Strait remains the most worthy inheritor of Merle Haggard or Willie Nelson's mantle of country icon through the meaningful fluidity with which he moves through country's various sub-strains with the same ease and enjoyment that marked both men's Country Music Hall of Fame careers."
Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. local time via GeorgeStrait.com. American Express is providing Card Members access to Amex Presale Tickets™, available for purchase HERE starting Thursday, February 20, before the general public on-sale, while supplies last. Terms apply.
It's been 15 years since The New York Times praised Strait as "a country superstar in complete command of his gift," and with the arrival of his 31st studio album for MCA last year, Cowboys And Dreamers, that statement rings just as true. Filled with classic country honky-tonkers about drinkin' and not thinkin' as well as sad songs and ballads about loss and cheatin', listen to the album Cowboys & Indians Magazine notes is "a cornucopia of trad-country-arrangement beauty," HERE.
The follow-up to Honky Tonk Time Machine, Strait's 27th No. 1 Billboard Country album, Cowboys And Dreamers was named "album of the week" by Associated Press, and features 13 new songs, including "Three Drinks Behind," "MIA Down in MIA," "The Little Things," "Honky Tonk Hall Of Fame" featuring Chris Stapleton and Strait's rendition of Waylon Jennings' "Waymore's Blues" which all have made appearances in his live set.
