On Thursday morning, Experience Notre Dame, a branch of University Operations, Events, and Safety, announced that country star Luke Combs will perform at Notre Dame Stadium April 18.
Combs will perform alongside country artists Dierks Bentley, Ty Meyers, Jake Worthington and Thelma & James.
The University’s press release stated, “The upcoming tour adds to an already historic career for Combs, who recently became the highest RIAA certified country artist ever with 168 million units sold (surpassing Garth Brooks) and made history as the first country artist to headline both Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza.”
Combs is also the two-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, has been nominated for several Grammy awards and announced a world tour titled “My Kinda Saturday Night,” with additional stops at stadiums across North America and Europe.
The University events teams hopes the evening is an opportunity to gather as a community. “Moments like these allow us to come together not only as a University, but as a community, and to celebrate the partnerships that make the South Bend-Elkhart region such a remarkable place to call home. We are excited and are looking forward to a great evening with Luke,” Michael Seamon, vice president for University Operations, Events and Safety at Notre Dame, wrote in the press release.
The announcement comes just one month after Zach Bryan performed at the stadium in September.
Combs’ performance will be the fifth at Notre Dame Stadium.
According to the press release, the “stadium’s first concert was Garth Brooks on Oct. 20, 2018. Brooks performed again in May 2022 and was followed by Billy Joel in June 2022, and Zach Bryan, Shane Gillis and Dermot Kennedy in September. Other events held at the stadium include an NHL Winter Classic and multiple international soccer friendlies.”
Lee Sicinski, the executive director of University Events, shared that the team has made it a goal to host large-scale events at the stadium. “We are in continuous, proactive discussions with promoters to align their tour dates to open dates at Notre Dame Stadium. Our goal is to consistently host several large-scale events annually, bringing top-tier talent to the region,” he wrote in a statement to The Observer.
Experience Notre Dame shared in an email to the tri-campus community that presale tickets will be released to students on Thursday, Oct. 16, one day before presale for the general public opens via Ticketmaster. As with the Zach Bryan concert, each student will be allowed to purchase up to eight tickets during the presale.
Students will receive a link to purchase tickets and further presale instructions next Wednesday. Additional information about parking and an event schedule will be published closer to the concert on Experience Notre Dame’s website.
