Luke Bryan lit up the sky over Los Angeles Saturday night when he sold out Dodger Stadium and became the first-ever country music artist to headline there. This was Lukeâs eighth stadium show out of 13 planned on his What Makes You Country Tour XL Stadium Sized tour.
âStadiums are a lot of work,â Luke said before the Dodger Stadium show. âYouâve gotta try to make 50,000 people feel like [theyâre in] an intimate setting and an intimate environment. When youâre playing a 15,000-seat amphitheater, everybodyâs right in front of you. When I get done with a stadium, I feel like I ran a marathon. Thereâs no just getting up there and nonchalantly making a stadium show happen. You gotta work hard at it.â
Backstage before the concert, BMI presented Luke with eight âMillion Air Awardsâ for his radio airplay. TheMillion-Air Award is given to songwriters, composers, and publishers whose songs accumulate over one million U.S. broadcast performances. Luke was awarded for âMoveâ (1 million), âFastâ (1 million), âHuntinâ, Fishinâ and Lovinâ Every Dayâ (1 million), âI See Youâ (2 Million), âSomeone Else Calling You Babyâ (2 million), âKiss Tomorrow Goodbyeâ (2 million) âThis Is How We Rollâ (2 million) and âGood Directionsâ (4 million- Luke wrote this #1 hit for Billy Currington). The combined airplay total on these singles is 15 million equaling 85 years of continuous play.
The What Makes You Country Tour plays in Arkansas and Nebraska this week then Luke heads to Denver to perform at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Saturday, Aus. 4. Luke first headlined this stadium in 2015 and in 2016 he played back to back stadium dates in Denverâs Dickâs Sporting Good Park.