Eric Church Sets New Attendance Records

Latest stop in Lincoln, Nebraska continues star’s history-making run in the ‘flyover states.’

With a simple promise that no two nights of his The Outsiders World Tour shows would ever be the same, Eric Church continues to impress fans nationwide with packed, sold-out shows from coast to coast. The in-the-round performances feature the star behind “Give Me Back My Hometown” displaying why Stereogum called him “our greatest working rock star” (though he’s country music star).

Last night in Lincoln, Nebraska, Church set the record — his fourth — for Pinnacle Bank Arena’s attendance records by breaking Sir Elton John’s 14,368 number from November 23, 2014. Church’s Choir was 15,823 strong for the event last night.

With his fervent band backing him the majority of the night, Church performed over two hours of original music with hits "Give Me Back My Hometown" and "Smoke A Little Smoke" interspersed by deeper album cuts like "Longer Gone" and "Livin' Part of Life" emerging from his vast arsenal.

"I'm humbled by the success this tour has had," Church adds. "The records it has set, by some of my muses and heroes, it's [all] very surreal. As an avid music fan, I'm not sure it's deserving in comparison to those I adore musically.  I can only say this happened because, in my opinion, our fans are second to none."

The Outsiders World Tour topped Billboard's Hot Tours last month after Church set a new attendance record at Chicago's Allstate Arena on March 20 with over 18,626 present. Church also shattered Nashville's Bridgestone Arena attendance on January 10 with an unprecedented 18,411 fans assembled for what has now become the first of three sold out shows in 2015 in Music City (Church is opening Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater with two back-to-back sold out shows July 30 & 31). On April 7, he also broke the attendance record in North Dakota's Ralph Engelstad Arena, which was previously set by Sir Elton John's 2012 show. Since launching his tour in September of 2014, Church has performed to over 800,000 fans in more than 65 cities with nearly 20 stops continuing through September 2015.

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