Zach Bryan has made history.
The country music star set a new record for the largest ticketed concert audience when he performed for 112,408 fans at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday night, Sept. 27, Variety reported citing AEG Presents.
Bryan was also the first artist ever to play the stadium, which is the largest in the U.S. and the third-largest in the world, according to TODAY.
“Last show of the year at Michigan stadium this week,” Bryan wrote in an Instagram post ahead of the record-breaking show.
“Been the worst and best few years of my life. So ready for the chapter to end,” he wrote. “Gotta go make music fun to myself again so excited to see everyone there, I love everyone that’s been here this whole time so much and I’m gonna try to give it my all justa’ one more time.”
The record was previously held by George Strait, who in June 2024 drew an audience of 110,905 to his concert at Kyle Field in Texas. Before Strait, the record was by the Grateful Dead, Billboard reported. The rock band had 107,019 fans attend their 1977 show at Raceway Park in New Jersey.
Bryan’s most recent album, “The Great American Bar Scene,” was released on July 4, 2024 and charted nearly all 19 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The album’s lead single, “Pink Skies,” topped the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart while peaking at No. 3 and 6 on the Hot Country Songs Chart and Billboard Hot 100, respectively.
Bryan split from his ex-girlfriend, Barstool Sports personality Brianna LaPaglia, (a.k.a.Brianna Chickenfry) last October. LaPaglia later revealed that she turned down a $12 million NDA from Bryan after they broke up.
