Strait told the crowd, in that easy, unaffected manner he wears like a cowboy hat, that he had a lot of music to get through and he hoped we didn’t have anywhere to be.

George Strait and Chris Stapleton duet during Strait’s headlining set at SoFi Stadium on Saturday, July 19, 2025. Stapleton and Little Big Town both opened for Strait at SoFi.

In a cowboy hat, flannel and jeans, the 73-year-old was as comfortable onstage as his pedigree would suggest. He enthusiastically ran through more than 30 songs.