Zach Bryan Breaks U.S. Concert Attendance Record

Zach Bryan (photo: Jason Kempin / Getty Images for Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival).

Although official numbers are still being confirmed, Zach Bryan broke the record for largest U.S. concert last night (Sept. 27) in front of 112,000 fans at Michigan Stadium on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mi., just edging out the 110,905 mark set by George Strait in 2024 in College Station, Tx.

“This might be the craziest thing I’ve ever done,” Bryan told the audience from his in-the-round stage at the first concert ever held at the legendary venue. The 27-song set also featured a guest turn by opening act John Mayer on the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” and area natives the War & Treaty on their 2023 collaboration “Hey Driver.”

Bryan previously said he would no longer tour in a traditional manner and would instead play special shows like in Ann Arbor from time to time. The artist was also in the news of late for attempting to confront fellow country act Gavin Adcock backstage at an Oklahoma festival.

“Been the worst and best few years of my life,” he wrote on Instagram earlier this week. “So ready for the chapter to end. Gotta go make music fun to myself again. Each day I pray people understand I will never regret a thing and I am proud of myself, my family and my friends. there could be a million assholes who have never had a unique thought in their life preaching a million pounds of negativity and bullshit and it wouldn’t be worth a single soul who’s found strength and shelter in true songwriting and good live performances.”