Country star and ‘American Idol’ judge Luke Bryan set to headline Xcel Energy Center in October

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Country star Luke Bryan will headline St. Paul’s Xcel Energy center for the first time in nearly a decade on Oct. 14.

Tickets, at prices to be announced, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Citi cardholders have access to a presale that runs from 10 a.m. Wednesday through 10 p.m. Thursday. Chayce Beckham, Conner Smith, Hailey Whitters and DJ Rock are also on the bill.

A native of rural Georgia, Bryan moved to Nashville after graduating from Georgia Southern University in 1999. He found his first success as a songwriter, penning hits for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington. That led to a recording deal with Capitol Nashville and a gold-selling debut single, “All My Friends Say,” in 2007.

But Bryan’s career really took off with 2009’s “Do I.” In the time since, 25 of the 29 singles he has released landed in the Top 5, with 10 hitting No. 1. In December, Bryan issued the compilation album “Prayin’ in a Deer Stand.”

Bryan has been named Entertainer of the Year five times combined from the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association. In 2018, he joined Katy Perry and Lionel Richie as a judge on the rebooted “American Idol.” (His opener Chayce Beckham won the show’s 19th season.)

Locally, Bryan claims a large audience. In 2015, he played TCF Bank Stadium and was the first musical act to headline U.S. Bank Stadium the following year. Bryan became the first artist to headline all three stadiums in the metro in 2018 when he played Target Field. Combined, those three concerts drew a total of nearly 125,000 fans.

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