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Strait sets record

Monday, June 17, 2024 – George Strait set a record for 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 on Saturday.

The previous record was held by The Grateful Dead who had 107,019 Deadheads in attendance at their 1977 show at Raceway Park in New Jersey. The previous record for an event at A&M was recorded on Oct. 11, 2014, at 110,633, for a Texas A&M game against Ole Miss.

Parker McCollum and Catie Offerman also played the show with Strait..

Strait's set included "Here For A Good Time," "Check Yes or No," "I Can Still Make Cheyenne," "Troubadour," "Amarillo By Morning," and "Take Me To Texas" as well as music off his anticipated new album: "MIA in MIA," "Three Drinks Behind," Waylon Jennings' "Waymore's Blues" and the unreleased "To The Moon."

Strait's shows for the rest of the year include:
June 29 Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah
July 13 Ford Field Detroit
July 20 Soldier Field Chicago
Dec. 7 Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas


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