{"id":39814,"date":"2025-11-07T17:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/39814\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T17:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:04:34","slug":"country-music-legend-george-strait-to-perform-in-lubbock-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/39814\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music legend George Strait to perform in Lubbock next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans can sign up for presale access before tickets go on sale<\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; George Strait performs at the iHeartCountry Festival on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett\/Invision\/AP, File) (Jack Plunkett,  2021 Invision)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 George Strait announced that he will be playing in Texas next year for one night only.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1D3wN46CiV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1D3wN46CiV\/\">In a Facebook post on Friday morning<\/a>, the country singer said he will be performing in Lubbock at the Jones AT&amp;T Stadium on Saturday, April 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The concert will be the first time in over a decade since his last concert in Raiderland, the post said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The performance is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Miranda Lambert and Hudson Westbrook are also slated to perform. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Tickets are not yet on sale, but you can sign up on his website to receive <a href=\"https:\/\/georgestrait.com\/shows?fbclid=IwY2xjawN6-gZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFNdHBQVXUzT0lwMVN4OXlNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHn0Hxr_igNxNnp3NfO-hCukjYaLvmQBGdVMpfg4xG9hMgKXZFYxn1OnH-uvz_aem_UFXVDMCoS21HN8X-6y_Dwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/georgestrait.com\/shows?fbclid=IwY2xjawN6-gZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFNdHBQVXUzT0lwMVN4OXlNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHn0Hxr_igNxNnp3NfO-hCukjYaLvmQBGdVMpfg4xG9hMgKXZFYxn1OnH-uvz_aem_UFXVDMCoS21HN8X-6y_Dwg\">presale access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">George Strait is known as the \u201cKing of Country Music.\u201d He has 33 platinum or multi-platinum-selling albums to his name, more than any country artist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He has the highest indoor concert attendance record in North America, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/georgestrait.com\/about-george\/georges-biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/georgestrait.com\/about-george\/georges-biography\/\">his website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/11\/george-strait-announces-benefit-concert-for-those-impacted-by-texas-hill-country-floods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/11\/george-strait-announces-benefit-concert-for-those-impacted-by-texas-hill-country-floods\/\">performed at an intimate benefit in Boerne<\/a>, raising $2.6 million for Hill Country flood victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorAvery Meurer headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/AMTB4591BVPLGTHZXBVLNM1AMS\/\" title=\"View Avery Meurer&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Meurer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Avery Meurer is a Content Gatherer for KSAT 12. 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