Cody Johnson Sells Out Hometown Stadium Show
Over the weekend, Cody Johnson got the chance to play a hometown show in Arlington, Texas. Cody sold-out his first-ever headline stadium concert on Saturday (11/9) night playing for 40,643…
Over the weekend, Cody Johnson got the chance to play a hometown show in Arlington, Texas. Cody sold-out his first-ever headline stadium concert on Saturday (11/9) night playing for 40,643 fans at Globe Life Field in his native Arlington.
Special guests included Jon Pardi, Tracy Byrd, and Ella Langley. To announce this show the singer 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 told us before the hometown show, "I haven’t got a chance to play in Texas a whole lot, you know, obviously home is where the heart is, and that’s my heart’s always in Texas. The one date I’m looking forward to the most, the baseball stadium in Arlington. And I think that’s just going to be amazing. I got to play it once in 2020 when the Wrangler NFR was there in Arlington, and it’s a pretty big deal."
He added, "So, I’m looking forward to that…but those are easy. Anytime we’re playing in Texas, I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll just come in that day and skip sound check and I’ll play the show and just go home.’ And actually in Arlington, the day after I’ve got a team roping I’m going to right there in Fort Worth. So, it’s double good for me."
Johnson recently released the Deluxe edition of his Leather album with 13 new songs, including his duet with Carrie Underwood, "I'm Gonna Love You," which is already climbing the charts.
Cody understands how important music is to him and releasing an album full of new songs is something he’s quite proud of.
He recently told us, "I’ll try not to get emotional, but like it means the world to me because at the end of the day, you know, we’re all human, and we all have our struggles, and I do too…a lot, you know, as a person, as a dad, as a husband, as a CEO, but getting to bring music to people is what I do it all for."
Johnson takes creating, recording, and playing music for fans very seriously. He compares it to an addiction.
He says, "I’m not addicted to any drug in the world except that, and I’m very, very addicted to that. I cannot imagine my life without being able to create music and put it out to people to go play it live. It just does something for me, it’s like the only time when I’m in the studio, and I’m creating like, the whole world’s perfect. There are no problems. I sleep so good, like I just sleep so good after the day in the studio."
