Nashville – March 18, 2013 – ACM Entertainer of the Year nominee and co-host Luke Bryan headlined the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ this past Saturday night before a crowd of 75,242 fans. This was Luke’s second performance at the Rodeo, his first as a headliner, and the largest crowd of his career. At the close of this Saturday’s show, the rodeo also reported this was the second-largest crowd in their history.

“I may have said it last year,” Luke said from the rodeo stage, “but I grew up dreaming of playing the Houston Rodeo. To sell this place out on a Saturday night is a country boy’s dream!”

In additional touring news, Luke’s headline tour, the “Dirt Road Diaries Tour,” will continue this week with shows in Florence, South Carolina, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Charlottesville, Virginia and Morgantown, West Virginia.