University of Michigan officials wanted two things from their first concert at Michigan Stadium: a sellout and a record.

They'll get both when Zach Bryan, the Oklahoma-bred country powerhouse, performs at the Big House in Ann Arbor on Saturday. With a reported 112,000 tickets sold, the show is set to notch an attendance record for the single largest ticketed concert in U.S. history, surpassing George Strait's 2024 concert at Texas A&M, which packed a reported 110,905 into Kyle Field.

"Michigan Stadium is special, and we knew the first one had to be big," says Rob Rademacher, chief operating officer at Michigan Athletics and UM's executive senior associate athletic director.

He says UM officials have come close to hosting concerts at the nearly 100-year-old stadium in the past, but they

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