Zach Top Wraps ‘Cold Beer & Country Music Tour’ With Sold-Out Bridgestone Arena Finale

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Zach Top performs at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Photo: Steve Voss

Zach Top brought his “Cold Beer & Country Music Tour” to a close Friday night (Oct. 30) with a sold-out show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, capping a run that sold 921,820 tickets since its launch.

Dressed sharply in a suit, matching the rest of his band, Top delivered a more-than-two-hour, 30-song set that pulled from across his two albums, mixed in a handful of well-chosen covers and welcomed special guests Brandon Coleman of The Red Clay Strays and Lukas Nelson.

Zach Top with surprise guest Brandon Coleman of The Red Clay Strays. Photo: Steve Voss

Top isn’t one for long speeches between songs. For most of the night, he simply smiled out at the crowd and let the music carry the show. When he did step up to talk, he was humble and grateful.

“I started coming to this town in 2018. Kept my head down, it was close to five years or something, just writing songs and wishing to God I could go out and play some shows and that some people would show up and wanna hear me sing the songs that I’ve been writing,” Top told the crowd. “Roughly two and a half, three years ago, that started happening. It’s been a wild ride ever since then. And I can’t thank each and every one of you enough for being here tonight and making a youthful hillbilly from Sunnyside, Washington’s dreams come true.”

Top opened with “Sounds Like the Radio,” and the arena was on its feet early. Fans danced with each other in their seats through favorites like the Platinum-certified “Bad Luck” and “When You See Me,” along with his current Gold-certified single, “South of Sanity.”

Leo33 celebrates Zach Top’s “Cold Beer & Country Music Tour” conclusion Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Photo: Hunter Hart

One of the night’s most striking moments came without any introduction at all. Top eased into a cover of the late John Anderson’s “Seminole Wind” and let the song speak for itself.

The bluegrass section, a staple of any Zach Top show given his roots in the genre, was a treat. He paid tribute to bluegrass king Bill Monroe with “Big Mon,” played the fan favorite “In a World Gone Wrong” and tore through Keith Allison’s “Freeborn Man.”

The crowd erupted when Coleman joined Top onstage. The pair performed “Use Me” before launching into a cover of Genesis’ “That’s All,” which Top said they had learned that day just for fun. Later, Top brought out Nelson for “Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning,” a song recorded by Nelson’s father, Willie Nelson.

WME celebrates Zach Top’s “Cold Beer & Country Music Tour” conclusion Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Photo: Hunter Hart

As the night built toward its finish, Top’s first No. 1, the four-times Platinum “I Never Lie,” sent the arena into a singalong, followed by the tour’s namesake, “Cold Beer & Country Music.” He returned for an encore of “I Know a Place” and a cover of Shenandoah’s “Two Dozen Roses,” before closing out the tour with its final song, “Things To Do.”

The tour’s conclusion caps a landmark stretch for Top. His Ain’t In It For My Health won Best Traditional Country Album at the 68th Grammy Awards, the inaugural winner in the category. The reigning CMA New Artist of the Year heads into the upcoming 60th Annual CMA Awards with nominations for Album of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, and he is set to headline the 2027 Stagecoach Music Festival.

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