George Strait breaks US concert attendance record in Texas
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George Strait continued to make history for country music when he broke the U.S. concert attendance record on Saturday, a mark previously set by the Grateful Dead in 1977.
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The "Amarillo By Morning" singer played to a crowd of 110,905 fans in eastern Texas, breaking an all-time attendance record previously set by the Grateful Dead nearly 50 years ago.
In 1977, 107,019 fans packed into New Jersey's Raceway Park to catch the Dead show. Strait bested that number on Saturday by nearly 4,000 tickets sold, according to Billboard.
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