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Morgan Wallen just proved you can go home again by taking over Neyland Stadium in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, for a two-night run (9/20-21) that broke the all-time attendance record for a concert.
Wallen paid his respects to the #5 Tennessee Volunteers football team, who usually take center stage at the stadium, by bringing out Super Bowl-winning alum Peyton Manning, as well as the Vols’ current coach and star players.
Naturally, the shows featured musical walk-ons as well, including Eric Church (EMI Nashville), who joined Wallen on his acoustic stage on night one for the Dangerous Church-penned cut “Quittin’ Time.” Darius Rucker (Capitol) turned up on Saturday night for a duet on the diamond-certified “Wagon Wheel,” while HARDY and ERNEST repped Big Loud on both nights with guest performances.
The sold-out two-nighter drew 156,161 across both nights, surpassing the record previously held by The Jackson 5 across three shows in 1984 (148,407). “When me and the boys first started playing shows, we started out playing bars, real small venues. Worked our way up to places like Cotton Eyed Joe. Then we worked our way up to clubs, theaters, arenas and amphitheaters. We pretty much played any kind of venue there is, and all of a sudden you guys went and sold out Neyland today," Wallen said. "Thank you.”
The “Lies Lies Lies” singer has three shows remaining on his One Night At a Time 2024 tour, including at Tampa, Florida’s Raymond James Stadium on 10/4, and another two-nighter at Charlotte, North Carolina’s Bank of America Stadium on 10/18-19.
HITS will be packing the cocktail shaker and the hangover cure before hitting the road for that finale.