Big Tex has seen many acts through the decades, from 'Ol' Blue Eyes' to 'the Pelvis' and Beyoncé.
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“Brooks promised the audience that he, too, would hate it if he went to a concert and all he heard was the new stuff and went straight into his 1991 single ‘Rodeo.’ As rough as the start was, by the time it was ‘bulls and blood ... dust and mud,’ the greatest showman in country music had officially hit his stride,” David Fletcher reported for theBut Brooks wasn't the first artist or the last whose star was rising to draw thousands to the State Fair of Texas.
They were waiting for him to come down the south end of the stadium, where the players came out. When he finally came out, perched on the back of the convertible, you would not believe the response from the crowd. I’d never witnessed anything like that in my life.” Artists such as Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert played the fair several times. Lambert performed six times between 2002 and 2009. Blondie performed at the fair in 2013.In addition to the Chevrolet Main Stage, the fair's other stages include the Bud Light Stage in Cotton Bowl Plaza and the Yuengling Flight Stage. For the past six years, State Fair Records, an East Dallas label, has been working with the State Fair to book and support local performers.
In 2013, Pedigo jammed with Kacey Musgraves on stage at Fair Park. She was only 18 at the time and not a massive star yet, though she would return to the fair as one in 2016.
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