Not The Time For Quittin’: Zach Bryan Continues Top Turn Momentum Into 2025

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Not The Time For Quittin’: Zach Bryan Continues Top Turn Momentum Into 2025
STADIUM STAR: Zach Bryan, pictured at a packed Nissan Stadium in Nashville in June, continues his momentum as one of the biggest live artists in the US after setting attendance records at arenas across the country and headlining major festivals including Bourbon & Beyond and Stagecoach.
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2024 Top 10 Worldwide Tours
no. 8 Zach Bryan
Gross: $199,163,146.90
Average ticket price: $189.34
Average tickets sold per show: 21,467
Total number of tickets: 1,051,893
Average gross: $4,064,554

Headlining major music festivals, stadiums and arena doubles and triples, Zach Bryan’s ceiling has yet to be found, although there’s only so much higher anyone can possibly go.

When he lands as no. 8 on Pollstar’s Year End Top 100 Worldwide Touring Artists, Bryan is clearly more than the next country headliner, having shot to the top of the industry on his own terms and without the usual supporting role that sees many career artists rise through the ranks. the rows gradually.

His heartfelt storytelling of rural Americana brings an earnest and relatable feel to a genre sometimes criticized for a lack of substance, which translates to core country audiences while expanding into mass appeal as popular music sees an overall trend toward country as everyone from Beyoncé to Post Malone to even Yung Gravy releasing country-specific projects or even tours.

This year’s “Quittin Time Tour,” produced by AEG Presents, grossed just $200 million at 49 shows reported to Pollstar. Bryan’s average ticket price is $189, all the more impressive considering that for much of the summer he regularly broke attendance records at arenas, headlining stadiums and music festivals at will, including Bourbon and Beyond in Louisville, which drew 60,000 on Saturday. that included his closing headline set.

The multi-genre festival had a decidedly Americana bent this year, reflecting trends in popular music in general, and perhaps Bryan specifically, joined by contemporaries including Whiskey Myers, Cody Jinks, Tyler Childers and more. Another Planet Entertainment recently announced a special one-off event with Bryan and Kings of Leon at Golden Gate Park this August, billed as a live concert at Golden Gate Park, essentially making a special Bryan-sized event specifically for Bryan.

It follows Bryan’s April headline set at Stagecoach, the festival he was a late addition to in 2022 as his live career exploded.

“I was an early fan,” Goldenvoice’s Stacy Vee, who is credited with much of Stagecoach’s growth, previously told Pollstar. “It was really wonderful to work with Zach in the festival field as long as I have and then turn that into a touring business.”
This summer, an in-the-round configuration saw record-breakers at arenas, including the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on August 25, beating a record set by U2 with more than 18,000 fans. It followed another record, at Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, with 19,000 tickets sold. Venue manager Antony Bonavita said Aramark’s food and beverage per cap for that show was $31.56, demonstrating further fan enthusiasm.

“It’s hard to put into words how amazing Zach’s ‘The Quittin’ Time’ tour was,” said Rich Schaefer, president of global touring at AEG Presents. “From a massive onsale to high drop numbers at every incredible show, this was the perfect tour. How else can you describe over 1.8 million tickets sold at 81 shows, including 16 sold-out stadiums and 65 sold-out arenas? Working with Zach , his management team and his WME team were a true partnership, a huge team effort, from marketing to box office to production, all working in sync to launch and manage this gigantic tour. Zach is a true artist and has a connection with his fans that few others do. That, along with an incredible band, crew and production, led to an amazing fan experience and shows that people will be talking about for years to come truly honored to be involved in this groundbreaking tour and can’t wait to see what Zach and the team have in store for the future.”

Highlights include three nights at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, which moved a combined 49,175 tickets and grossed $8.5 million, and doubles at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ($7.75 million) and the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio ( 6.57 million dollars).

These are clearly not isolated incidents, as the dates continue into December at markets and venues Bryan already hit earlier this year, including two nights at the Desert Diamond Arena, three nights at the BOK Center in his native Oklahoma, and two nights at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn before closing at the end of the year.

He has also seen success in stadiums, with US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia getting into the mix as part of “The Quittin Time Tour”. “, to name a few.

In July 2025, he played three nights at MetLife Stadium, surely a feat for any artist, especially one who just played New York the previous winter.

However, there is room for growth overseas, where he is also entering stadium-sized venues, with BST Hyde Park and Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland, on the books for the summer of 2025, both sprawling outdoor venues with capacities for 65,000. It doesn’t sound like it’s time to stop for us.