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It must be hard to be humble when you\u2019re standing in front of 55,000 music lovers, seemingly all of whom know every word to every single one of your songs.<\/p>\n
Yet, Zach Bryan<\/a> made a pretty good show of it on Friday at the Polo Field in San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Park.<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought I would be playing after Noeline Hofmann, the Turnpike Troubadours and Kings of Leon \u2014 some of the best bands of all time,\u201d said the pride of Oologah, Oklahoma, naming the three other acts on Friday\u2019s bill. \u201cYet, here we are \u2014 because of you.\u201d<\/p>\n Make no mistake about it, Bryan<\/a> is a massive superstar \u2014 one of the biggest not just in the country genre, but in all of music. His career has absolutely skyrocketed since his major label debut, \u201cAmerican Heartbreak,\u201d was released in 2022, and he\u2019s now able to fill multi-night stands at stadiums all around the U.S. and beyond.<\/p>\n Yet, Bryan<\/a> has certainly not lost sight of how far he\u2019s come in such a short time. And he brings a refreshing sense of humility and gratitude to everything he does on the live stage, routinely introducing songs with his \u201cI hope you don\u2019t hate it\u201d tagline and repeatedly telling attendees that \u201cwe don\u2019t deserve any one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n On the flip side, Bryan has courted more than his share of controversy during his relatively brief time in the spotlight, drawing the massive ire of Swifties for comparing Tay-Tay unfavorably to Kanye West<\/a> in a (what he later explained was a drunken) social media post and garnering tons of headlines for his very messy and public breakup with podcast star Brianna LaPaglia (complete with diss tracks from LaPaglia\u2019s camp).<\/p>\n However, Bryan kept the focus on the music \u2014 and, again, being thankful \u2014 as he performed a terrific two-hour set of country-rock tunes for the huge crowd assembled for the seventh concert held at Golden Gate Park in just under two weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bryan\u2019s performance immediately followed the previous weekend\u2019s Outside Lands Music Festival<\/a>, a three-day event featuring top hip-hop acts Doechi, Doja Cat<\/a> and Tyler, the Creator<\/a>, as well as other artists. And, of course, the whole Golden Gate Park party started with a trio of Dead & Company concerts<\/a> celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n Obviously aware of those Dead anniversary shows<\/a>, as well as the band\u2019s long history with the park and the area, Bryan donned a cool Grateful Dead<\/a> shirt for this performance \u2014 representing quite possibly the sole spot of tie-dye in a sea of denim in the park. (Actually, a couple of his bandmates appeared to be wearing Grateful Dead<\/a>\u00a0garb as well.)<\/p>\n Following Kings of Leon\u2019s well-received set \u2014 which included an appearance by Bryan and the live debut of their collaboration \u201cWe\u2019re Onto Something\u201d \u2014 the headliner took the stage right before 7:30 p.m. and hit the crowd with the rowdy and rocking \u201cOvertime.\u201d<\/p>\n The 55,000-strong crowd immediately broke into song as well \u2014 intently and purposefully singing along as if each lyric had come from their own diaries \u2014 and they would continue to do so through basically every number of this 20-plus song set.<\/p>\n Backed by an excellent band, which included string and horn sections, Bryan kept right on powering through such fan favorites as \u201cGodspeed\u201d and \u201cOklahoma Smokeshow.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI hope everyone is having the best Friday night of their entire lives,\u201d he told fans. \u201cHere\u2019s to you, San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n It was a first-tier party atmosphere throughout the night, as Bryan kept things fresh and rolling along, stopping on occasion to show his gratitude for this chance to play in Golden Gate Park.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and we are really glad to be here,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel really, really blessed this evening.\u201d<\/p>\n The music didn\u2019t register as country or rock \u2014 or, even, what we commonly think of as country-rock \u2014 but rather Bryan\u2019s own unique hybrid of the three. The tunes are far more reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen than, say, Kenny Chesney \u2014 and, not coincidentally, it doesn\u2019t sound out of place at all when you hear The Boss\u2019 voice on the track \u201cSandpaper\u201d from Bryan\u2019s latest album. As far as modern country music goes, Bryan probably registers closer to the great Eric Church than to most of his other contemporaries.<\/p>\n The headliner proved to be very generous with the spotlight during his winning main set \u2014 calling Noeline Hofmann back to the stage for a duet on \u201cPurple Gas\u201d (which Hoffman wrote) and then bringing up Kings of Leon\u2019s Caleb Followill to share vocals on \u201cBowery.\u201d<\/p>\n But the best of the unexpected collaborations came when he invited a cancer survivor up on stage, after seeing the man holding up a sign requesting the chance to perform with him. They\u2019d do \u201cHeading South\u201d \u2014 Bryan\u2019s self-released first viral hit, recorded while he was still in the Navy \u2014 and they\u2019d knock it right out of Golden Gate Park.<\/p>\n Bryan brought the main set to a close in uproarious fashion with the appropriately titled \u201cQuittin\u2019 Time.\u201d But, of course, he wasn\u2019t quite done yet and would return for an encore of \u201cRevival\u201d that was punctuated with a massive firework display in the foggy skies of San Francisco.<\/p>\n Originally Published: August 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mercurynews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It must be hard to be humble when you\u2019re standing in front of 55,000 music lovers, seemingly all of whom know every word to every single one of your songs. 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