LUKE BRYAN CELEBRATES FANS AND MUSIC ROW DURING CMA FEST
June 11, 2018
Nashville – June 9, 2018 – Country music superstar Luke Bryan spent a full day celebrating his fans and Music Row during CMA Fest yesterday.
His day began hosting a fan club party for his Nuthouse fans where he celebrated their 10th year and performed a private acoustic concert.
At midday, Luke was the CMA Artist of the Day at Xfinity Fan Fair X on the CMA Close Up Stage. Luke talked about his award-winning “What Makes You Country Tour” with Live Nation’s Brian O’Connell as well as the first season of American Idol with iHeartRadio personality and Idol mentor Bobby Bones. American Idol winner Maddie Poppe also joined the panel and surprised the crowd with a performance.
Luke ended his day with a triple #1 party co-hosted by BMI, ASCAP and Global Music Rights. Luke celebrated his three recent #1 singles with his co-writers on “Move” (Luke Bryan, Michael Carter and Jay Clementi), “Fast” (Luke Bryan, Rodney Clawson and Luke Laird) and “Light It Up” (Luke Bryan and Brad Tursi).
“Hard to believe you can have this much fun chasing a dream,” said Luke during the #1 party. “I’m so lucky to wake up every day and be surrounded by this community of Nashville. This is the stuff memories are made of!”
After a show in Myrtle Beach, SC tonight, Luke will be back in Music City on Sunday, June 10 to cap-off the final nightly CMA Fest concerts with his performance at Nissan Stadium.
About Luke Bryan
Country music superstar Luke Bryan is a two-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, a five-time host of the ACM Awards, a NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year and he was named a CMT Artist of the Year six consecutive years. Luke has more certified digital singles than any other country artist with 40 million tracks and 12 million albums with three Billion music streams and he was the most-streamed country artist from 2012 to 2016. Luke has placed 20 singles at #1, 11 of which he co-wrote, and has headlined arena tours and sold-out stadiums across the U.S. and performed for 1.5 Million fans in 2017. Luke’s “What Makes You Country Tour,” named the Billboard Music Awards “Country Tour of The Year” will play 13 stadiums during its run through the end of October. And it was recently announced, Luke, along with Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, will return to the judges table for a second season on ABC’s American Idol.