George Strait tour

Lame

Teaming up with Stapleton yet again is bad move.

Chris was much better with the Steeldrivers. He’s a shell of that as a solo artist.

Also, stadium shows can die.

Random George Strait question. He had that show at Jerry World about 7 or 8 years ago that they promoted at his last show that Jerry said was the largest ticketed event ever at Jerry World(until Metallica broke the record in 2023). He has been playing shows ever since then. Was this show just a Jerry Jones slick promotion with George’s help? I remember it was a big deal around here & tickets were off the charts expensive.

I saw his setlist for his Kyle Field show and it looked pretty weak. Made stop being bummed I missed it. His setlist at Bayou Country Superfest in the Superdome was way better.

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I saw him was his original farewell tour in 2013

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Why does he keep doing this?

He's extremely popular and doesn't need to rely on gimmicks.

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Also, stadium shows can die.

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Yes. I will never attend another stadium show. Any venue with more than 15-20k is too big, and I prefer something much smaller than that.

Also Bossier

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Why does he keep doing this?

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Strait never said the shows in 2012/2013 were a farewell or retirement tour. It was just the end of the 100+ dates a year he had been playing for most of his career.

Since then he has done a Vegas residency and then plays 5-10 stadium shows a year.

I think the reason Stapleton continues to open for him is that they do have a collaboration with Honky Tonk Hall of Fame, plus the tour schedule is small enough that Stapleton can continue to do his own headlining shows without either impacting the other.

He never said he was going to stop performing, he was just not going to do national 150 date a year shows. He picks and chooses when and where he wants to perform now so he's not on the road every night.