Bryan was honored with a variety of plaques on stage

Country music superstar Luke Bryan sold out his sixth consecutive concert in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena last night (Sat, Aug 12th). He last headlined the venue in 2021 and played two back-to-back sold out dates in both 2013 and 2017. Chayce Beckham, Jackson Dean and Ashley Cooke were the special guests.

The magic was given back to Bryan ten-fold last night as the entire arena rallied around their super star as he fought hard through vocal cord congestion “because I was not going to cancel Nashville under any circumstance,” he said on stage. He kept them on their feet and the longer he played the taller they stood. Bryan adapted the show’s setlist throwing in tunes from some of his heroes like Lionel Richie and Ronnie Milsap and offered the crowd a powerful 100% committed performance. He told them in the early days of his career he would drive around the city of Nashville hoping to get the chance to play Bridgestone someday. “Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I could come into this arena and play whatever the hell I want for two hours.”

Before the show, Bryan was presented with the SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award in recognition of his standing as one of the most streamed artists in SoundExchange’s 20 year history. He joins R&B superstar Usher and Music Fairness Award recipient Dionne Warwick among those most recently honored by SoundExchange, an organization that collects and distributes digital performance royalties on behalf of more than 650,000 music creators and has distributed more than $10 billion to date.

Bryan was also presented with multi-Platinum and Gold plaques for RIAA certifications that have accumulated in the last few years, including his first No. 1 single “Do I” receiving four-times platinum certification, his most recent No. 1 single “Country On” receiving gold status, and his last album Born Here Live Here Die Here going gold and its five No. 1 singles. His overall RIAA certifications total 98.5 million.

After having been forced to cancel several shows prior to Nashville due to vocal cord congestion, Bryan is unable to perform his Brandon, Mississippi show tonight (Sun, Aug 13th). The country star shared the news on social media, writing, “Under doctor advisement after taking six days off to heal, I attempted to sing at both shows Thursday and Saturday and it was a struggle. Every show I sing I’m setting my voice back. I will continue to do everything I can to get better.”

Last week, Bryan released a new song last week from his forthcoming album, “Southern and Slow.” The song was written by Matt Dragstrem, Josh Thompson and Chase McGill and co-produced by Jeff Stevens and Jody Stevens.