For a while now, Zach Bryan has teased a hiatus from touring. Planning to take some time away from the road, the “Pink Skies” crooner has only a handful of shows scheduled for 2025. On Friday (April 25) he returned to Indio, California, for the 2025 Stagecoach Festival—this time as a headliner. And Bryan looked far from done with touring as he treated the crowd to an assortment of his greatest hits.
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Zach Bryan Returns to Stagecoach in the Same Shirt
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Zach Bryan returned to Stagecoach three years after making his debut at the country music festival. This time looked a little different, as “The Great American Bar Scene” singer, 28, closed out the first night on the T-Mobile Mane Stage. However, his wardrobe hasn’t changed much.
“Me and the boys actually played Stagecoach three years ago, and I wore the same shirt. I thought it was cute,” Bryan told the crowd.
If Bryan’s long-heralded retirement from touring does come to pass, it will have been well-earned after his Stagecoach set. The Oklahoma native delivered blistering renditions of hits like “Something in the Orange,” “Whiskey Fever,” and “Hey Driver,” along with a cover of the Warren Zevon song “Lawyers, Guns, and Money”—a tune he dubbed his “favorite song of all time.”
Furthermore, Bryan tipped his hat to Lana Del Rey, who performed earlier in the night. “Never in my life did I think I would be onstage around the same time as Lana Del Rey. She’s the best.”
Noeline Hofmann shared the stage with Bryan for “Purple Gas,” with Willow Avalon filling in for Kacey Musgraves on the Grammy-winning “I Remember Everything.” And of course, Bryan shut down Stagecoach with his signature closer “Revival,” turning the Mane Stage into a cacophony of sound.
“Literally nothing like revival life,” one fan wrote on TikTok. “Life changing!”
Is Time Running Out For ZB Fans?
After a tumultuous year that included a highly publicized breakup from ex-Barstool Sports personality Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia, Zach Bryan may be ready to throw in the touring towel.
The “28” singer revealed last year that he planned to quit music in favor of pursuing a masters degree in Paris. And just recently, Bryan announced that his Sept. 6 show at Notre Dame Stadium will be one of his last for at least the short term.
The U.S. Navy veteran has two New York shows scheduled for May before he heads across the pond in June for a five-show run in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Featured image by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach
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