George Strait sets new US concert attendance record

The assemblage topped astatine 110,905 people, which broke an all-time attendance grounds acceptable by the Grateful Dead successful 1977.

All of George Strait's fans, friends and exes indispensable unrecorded successful Texas.

The state euphony prima performed astatine Kyle Field astatine Texas A&M successful College Station, Texas implicit the play and acceptable a caller grounds for the largest US ticketed amusement successful history.

The assemblage topped astatine 110,905 people, which broke an all-time attendance grounds acceptable by the Grateful Dead astatine New Jersey's Raceway Park successful 1977. A small implicit 107,000 concertgoers were successful attendance astatine that Dead show.

According to Billboard, Straight told the crowd, "We got immoderate Aggie's retired there? Oh yeah! I'm ashamed to accidental this, but this is my archetypal clip to ever beryllium successful Kyle Field... damn. Just invitation maine back, I'll come!"

Strait debuted 2 caller songs, "MIA successful MIA" and "The Little Things," from his upcoming album, "Cowboys and Dreamers."

Straight has sold much than 120 cardinal records worldwide, and is 1 of the bestselling euphony artists of each time.