Not only did Luke Combs become the first act to play back-to-back shows at Lambeau Field, he also set a record for the highest attendance for a concert by a single artist in stadium history.
The Green Bay Packers announced a crowd of 51,981 packed Lambeau for the second night of his My Kinda Saturday Night Tour on Saturday, May 16. Combined with attendance of 40,559 for the first concert on Friday, May 15, the two shows drew a total of 92,540 fans.
Combs is only the fifth touring act to play the Green Bay Packers stadium. Both nights also featured guest artists Dierks Bentley, Ty Myers, Jake Worthington and Thelma & James.
Kenny Chesney was the first major act to play the stadium in 2011 for a joint show with co-headliner Zac Brown Band. Attendance was 45,446 that night. Chesney returned in 2015, again for a co-headlining show, this time with Jason Aldean, before a crowd of 53,363. That remains the largest concert crowd ever at Lambeau Field.
Attendance for Billy Joel in 2017 was 45,602. Paul McCartney played to nearly 50,000 in 2019.
Combs played in-the-round shows on all of his previous U.S. stadium dates on the current tour, which allow for bigger crowds, compared with Lambeau’s concert setup of having the stage in the end zone to minimize impact on the playing field.
He set the record for the largest indoor attendance for any concert or event in Nevada history when he played to 70,921 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in March. His April 25 concert at Ohio Stadium in Columbus was the largest single-night concert attendance ever at the stadium with 97,367 fans.
Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or kmeinert@greenbay.gannett.com. Follow her on X @KendraMeinert.
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