Luke Bryan On Las Vegas Residency & Being A Mentor | Country Heat Weekly I Amazon Music

It's a really magical moment when you know in your heart that I'm going to play

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for the rest of my life and this is going to be my deal forever, so just for all of you who are in front of us right now, so you know. You're about to be part of our live podcast recording. They are ready? Well, let's all begin. We have a five-time artist of the year joining us. He has won 50 major awards, sold nearly 13 million albums and had 29 number one hits. He has also earned 68.5 million RIAA-certified digital singles, which is more than any other

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artist, but who's counting?

Us and him too. He just wrapped up his fifth season as a judge on American Idol and then went straight into his Rise Upright tour that he kicked off. Thursday night you know his

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, you know his story, you know his dance moves, please welcome Luke Bryan, like the hair hug and the makeup hug, you're like, okay, I love it, do you? what's happening? tell us about some of your earliest memories of cma fest Well, you know, one memory that stands out for me is that I moved to the city in 2001 and I would say in 2002, when I was at the Tian Roof, it was around three o'clock and you know, there were a lot. of friends and it was the cma festival and, you know, I met this group of girls and they said: hey, we have something extra, we have an extra ticket for cma and, so, we left henry, we went, we went to the gas station, TRUE? there we bought beer sitting in the parking lot that was when uh martina martina mcbride was there that night and where would you be?

It was their big hit at the time and we had seats on the floor and I just sat there, taking it all in to go. From that moment on, literally

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a fan, you know, caught up in the magic of the cma music festival and then

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, you know, here today, I mean, I remember getting the first call when I was playing the stages of River to where I had to cross. I told someone it's a long swim across the Cumberland River to get to that big stage. 2007 you did river stages, yeah, and then Nissan stadium, it wasn't Nissan stadium at the time, but it was the state lp field for that lp, it's changed quite a bit. a little bit, yeah, yeah, so when you took that leap, did you feel like you'd made it when you walked onto the stadium stage that year?

You know, with me I felt like I had made it. I always felt like with every new little accolade or accomplishment that made me feel like I made it, you know, when I got to the stadium, I mean, I think you know,

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girl, shake it for me, I was out and the back doors and city ​​lines, that album was out and I mean, it was just a weird, crazy, um weird box, you know when I see artists like um, obviously, Luke Combs is on, you know, completely on fire and then when I see Morgan, you know, every time I see Morgan, I'm like you're in the middle. of madness right now and he knows it and it's a really magical moment when you go from when you know in your heart that no matter what you're going to be able to do this for the rest of your life.

It's like there's no backup plan anymore, like I'm going to play music for the rest of my life and that's the most satisfying thing you could have when you know this is going to be my deal forever, that's the kind of advice What you give to these artists who are reaching these moments as if they are playing in the stadium for the first time is to really take it in and know that you revel in the point of success that they are at because it is such a special moment that yes, With me it's the first thing I like when these kids, I mean, when I have a minute with them on American Idol, you know, even when I watch Hunter Girl and Noah Thompson, I mean, the first thing I tell them is really make sure you have fun. and enjoy because it's all fun, I mean every different level, I mean when you're on a tour bus and there are 13 nasty, smelly, sweaty guys that are sleeping on the tour bus, there are so many different levels, but everyone The process is fucked, I had fun, it was fun and last night at the Carolina Country Music Festival was fun.

And as long as as an artist you can make sure you have fun along the way, you can make sure you can. Really, trust your heart and your instincts where you want to go musically, that's the main thing I mean, but have people in your world that you trust and keep it real, but there's a lot of things I want to say and you know they never go away . Which means making albums and putting out singles and going on tour, you have to be like you can't just go, oh it will be, you know you have to wake up every day and be like it's going to be.

There is a lot of work today, but it is worth it when you know that even walking in this room and I mean, 15 years ago I would have dreamed that my biggest dream would have been to be in a situation where so many people were in a room to hear me sing or do anything good, good, so this is this, it's always amazing. I want to talk about Las Vegas because it seems like, yes, it seems like when you're there it seems like you're having the best time. What is it about doing something in Las Vegas?

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that's different and special for you good with

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um first of all you know the setting is huge in the resort world and you have to think about it it's a great look there's a lot of people in the room um that's what you know They're in Las Vegas for a convention, they don't necessarily know anything about me, they just sit in the seat and I can tell them that I can look at the fans from my country and say, "Oh, okay, then I can look at a fan." and being like that guy has no idea who the hell I am entertainment is entertainment people resonate with someone who just has fun entertaining and that's what's great about Las Vegas is going out and trying to, you know, really create entertaining moments and visual moments really. creatives. and it's a cool thing to be a part of and I think that's why I want to say that's what's so unique about you, you've got Las Vegas and you're going to crush my beach and then you've got a farm tour so you've got these different elements he's like he can't even think about it so what's the readiness to change like?

I mean, I love that you said it's pretty much the entertainment value because you're just there to connect with the audience. so it doesn't really matter what you're right, what your place is and it's always a party. I really can't think of another artist who can play in a stadium, go to someone's farm and play in a w

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field, then go to Las Vegas and then go to Mexico, which we haven't been invited to yet because of the way that we have been trying to get a hot player, yes we have been trying to get it right, this is your invitation, thank you all, everyone keeping that good, okay, but you.

I know here's the thing, seriously, what you're saying, how do you plan each of them? Because you are very versatile and you make everything work. Oh well, thanks, you're welcome. I'm also on television, that's right. You know, what's interesting about Vegas is that my show in Vegas has to be different contractually than my show on the road, so I have two concerts, two different shows in my brain right now and yeah, that's not going to happen. go well like I said. I mean, you know the fans over the years. I've done a lot of shows and I've had some gigs where I'm sick and I had to fight and when at the beginning of my career I came off stage I thought my career was over. i literally thought like you just bombed jacksonville you'll never be able to go back to jacksonville you'll never sell out and then we put jacksonville on the market after i had a bad show and then jacksonville so you're what i mean country music fans, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, They, they, they, they, they, they, they, they we're going to stay on the beach and I mess up a couple of songs, it's not the end of the world, it's Mexico, everyone's drunk anyway and then with the tour around the farm, the main thing is always to be real in the moment, never go out there. and and and um don't be spontaneous you don't know like last night I mean last night we went out with a margarita and you know I have my big margarita and I'm like and I'm waving my margarita on the edge of the stage and I looked down and I literally threw my margarita over the head of a policeman.

It was a fun moment. I was apologizing to him this morning, like all the local social media and stuff, they've got me throwing my margarita at that guy and you know, no one commented. about what my voice was like, you know, no one, no one ever said, oh, that was vocally the most surprising thing, you know, I was there with Chris Stapleton, I didn't understand any of that, he's got a great story to tell now, although he really does. . live by that thank you so much for doing this it's so much fun it's amazing mister

luke

bryan

once again thank you