Luke Bryan: Save & Butt Grab

When you go to a Luke Bryan show, you expect to see him put 100% of himself into his performance.  But twice this summer, Luke got so excited, he actually fell off the stage!  Luke talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “Yes, the year of falls for Luke Bryan.  I fell in Indianapolis and called my wife, and said, ‘Baby, I fell again.’  And she goes, ‘People are gonna think you’re drunk up there!’ I told her, ‘I don’t think people will think that.  You can’t be drunk and run around that much.’  But our stage set up is different every night.  During our spring break moment, I wasn’t paying attention, and I fell.  Now I’m going to pay more attention, and watch where I’m at.  I’ve been lucky this year that I haven’t got hurt.”

Is it hard to see the end of the stage? “It is, there’s lights and fans right up to the edge, and a lot of things that change in the amphitheaters.  We can have stages that aren’t level.  It’s just going to take me being more aware.  I need an electric fence so if I get to close, it pops me like a horse.  Wear a little pet collar.”

So do you hit the floor or the fans? “I’ve been lucky, the first time I landed on the bike rail, and both times the fans really helped me and I landed on them.  They help me, and I think they reward themselves by grabbing handfuls of my butt.  So the time I get back on stage, it’s an even trade. Thank you for helping me, and I think they’re happy they got a couple butt-grabs in.”

 

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