Luke Bryan flipped the switch to turn the Grand Ole Opry’s signature barn backdrop pink in honor of the Opry’s 11th annual Opry Goes Pink show in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. He also performed during the show.
While Luke hasn’t had anyone in his immediate family with breast cancer, he does have several friends and extended family go through this terrible disease. “Thankfully, no one in my close proximity of my family has had breast cancer, but we’ve had friends down in Georgia and obviously in Nashville, since I’ve been here, that have dealt with it,” says Luke. “But, you know, the big thing that I always notice is the fans at my concerts that have the signs up, you know, they have a pink sign, ‘LAST CHEMO TREATMENT TODAY. BEATING CANCER,’ and that always is something that, that visual is always something that I leave the show with.”
The show also featured performances by Sara Evans, Craig Morgan, Travis Tritt, Anita Cochran, Joe Diffie and the Oak Ridge Boys.
Audio / Luke Bryan talks about performing at the Opry with just a guitar and being able to flip the switch at the Grand Ole Opry.
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“When we got the opportunity to partner up with Opry goes Pink, and the Opry obviously doing breast cancer awareness, I was like, ‘Heck yeah! Let’s do it!’ And my first Opry show, Vince Gill stopped by unannounced and he just walked out and brought a guitar. And I’ve wanted to do that for years. I’ve just wanted to not have my band, just have guitar or piano, and so I’m just gonna go play guitar and piano tonight, no band, and it just felt like a fun night to do that kind of show for me, and then obviously, partner up with Opry Goes Pink.”
Audio / Luke Bryan talks about his connections to breast cancer.
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“Thankfully, no one in my close proximity of my family has had breast cancer, but we’ve had friends down in Georgia and obviously in Nashville, since I’ve been here, that have dealt with it. But, you know, the big thing that I always notice is the fans at my concerts that have the signs up, you know, they have a pink sign, ‘LAST CHEMO TREATMENT TODAY. BEATING CANCER,’ and that always is something that, that visual is always something that I leave the show with.”
