Cody Johnson sold-out his first-ever headline stadium concert on Saturday night playing for 40,643 fans at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Specials guests included Jon Pardi, Tracy Byrd, and Ella Langley. To announce this show, Cody attended batting practice and threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a home Texas Rangers game this spring and returned to the field to perform the National Anthem at the 2024 MLB All-Star Game in July.
Cody has performed before massive stadium crowds as a special guest on tours with Zac Brown Band, Luke Combs, and Miranda Lambert, at Nissan Stadium as part of CMAFest, and many rodeos and more. Among the rodeos were multiple appearances at the Houston Rodeo where in 2023 Cody became the third performer ever to sell out opening night following records set in previous years by Garth Brooks (2018) and George Strait (2017), with a crowd of 70,554 cheering fans.
Cody will be attending “The 58th Annual CMA Awards” on November 20th where is he is nominated as Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for Leather, Single of the Year for “Dirt Cheap” and two nominations in Music Video of the Year for both “The Painter” and “Dirt Cheap.” The CMA Awards will be broadcast live on ABC and the next day on Hulu.
