For the first time in<\/span> 13 years<\/span>, live music returned to the stage at<\/span> Sanford Stadium on April 25 at 6 p.m.<\/span> Georgia natives\u00a0<\/span>Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan were joined by fellow award-winning artists Zach Top<\/span> and<\/span> Lauren Alaina<\/span> for the first<\/span> Live Between the Hedges concert,<\/span> presented by<\/span> PruittHealth.<\/span><\/p>\n Bryan and Aldean first played Sanford Stadium in 2013 as part of Aldean\u2019s \u201cNight Train\u201d tour,<\/span> which marked the only concert ever held at the venue. Georgia Athletics partnered with<\/span> Dugas-Jackson Consulting and Does Entertainment<\/span> to bring them back to the stage once again.<\/span><\/p>\n Fans with pit tickets waited at the gates hours before the concert began with hopes of making it to the front row.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lauren Alaina<\/span> opened the concert with<\/span> \u201cThicc As Thieves,\u201d<\/span> drawing a wave of cheers and excitement from the crowd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During her set, she performed<\/span> \u201cLittle Things\u201d as a meaningful tribute to her father who unexpectedly died in July 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf you’re here tonight and you’ve lost someone, you know what I mean,\u201d Alania said during her set. \u201cLife is so short and life is so precious. Call your family. Make sure that you focus on the things that matter.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Taylee Hixon,<\/span> an attendee of the concert, traveled from Charlotte, North Carolina, to come to the show. She said she was most looking forward to seeing Jason Aldean perform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve loved Jason Aldean for so many years and it was my birthday week last week \u2026 we [made] a four hour drive,\u201d Hixton said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Co-headliners Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan took the stage together, opening their set with<\/span> \u201cMy Kinda Party\u201d<\/span> by Aldean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Noah Jordan, a sophomore mechanical engineering student at the University of Georgia and longtime fan of Aldean, said he was most looking forward to hearing him perform \u201cWhy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt’s a great time getting to be in Sanford with the second concert,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cI think they should do it more in Sanford, other SEC schools get it a lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As the night began to come to a close, Aldean and Bryan welcomed Kirby Smart to the stage to call the Dawgs and give his request: \u201cShe\u2019s Country\u201d by Aldean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Aldean and Bryan concluded the concert side by side, and the packed stadium made it clear that live music is welcome back between the hedges.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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.redandblack.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the first time in 13 years, live music returned to the stage at Sanford Stadium on April 25 at 6 p.m. Georgia natives\u00a0Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan were joined by fellow award-winning artists Zach Top and Lauren Alaina for the first Live Between the Hedges concert, presented by PruittHealth. 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