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Michigan Stadium to hold first-ever concert: Zach Bryan, John Mayer coming in September

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Sep 16, 2023; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; General view of the kick off between the Michigan Wolverines and the Bowling Green Falcons in the first half at Michigan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Iconic college football venue Michigan Stadium will host its first-ever concert on Sept. 27, 2025 featuring Zach Bryan with special guest John Mayer along with Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen and Joshua Slone, according to a release from U-M Athletics on Wednesday afternoon.

Tickets for the historic concert will go on sale Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased here. The concert takes place on U-M’s first football bye week before it returns to host Wisconsin on Oct. 4.

AEG Presents is promoting the show, featuring the multi-platinum, Grammy-award-winning Bryan, who just wrapped “The Quittin’ Time Tour” across 85 arenas and stadiums across North America.

“We are excited to have award-winning artist Zach Bryan perform the very first concert at Michigan Stadium,” athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement. “I would like to thank the Board of Regents, President Ono, the Executive Officers of the University and many of our athletic department staff as well as AEG Presents, for all the work that has brought us to this point in the process. We have been studying and evaluating what it takes to host a concert at Michigan Stadium for a couple of years and today marks that next step in the venture with great partners.”

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The concert event is a landmark announcement for Michigan, which has said it would explore other types of events and experiences to enhance revenues at the university. A concert of this magnitude essentially serves as another Saturday event date for the venue, which is limited to only 6 home football games this season after hosting 8 of them last year. It should serve as an additional revenue stream with NIL payouts and athletic department revenue sharing coming for college athletes.

Michigan Stadium has a listed capacity of 107,601, but has hosted crowds in excess of 115,00 people. A stage layout for the show has yet to be revealed, would affect the potential attendance numbers. It has a chance to break the North American attendance record for a concert, which was set in June 2024 when George Strait played a show to 110,905 people at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field.

Bryan’s last show in the area played to more than 46,000 fans at Detroit’s Ford Field.

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