Luke Combs Celebrates Wife And Kids At SoFi Stadium In Los Angeles – And Has A Beer With Luke Wilson And Jimmy Butler Too

Luke Combs has released his new album Fathers & Sons on Friday, and that same night — fittingly, Father's Day weekend — he was in front of 70,000 fans at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., to celebrate his love of family… and his love of beer, too.

Before performing a series of love songs written for his wife of four years, Nicole, Combs said fans often ask him why he records so many romantic ballads.

“I still sing beer-drinking songs. I still like beer-drinking songs,” Combs said to wild applause. “But I love my wife. I love my children. And if it wasn't for her, I'd be about five No. 1s short of where I am right now. So these next two songs are for her.” (For the record, Combs has scored 17 No. 1 hits Advertising signon the Country Airplay chart, so it would obviously be under a dozen without those love songs.)

Combs dedicated his newest song, “The Man He Sees in Me,” to his two young sons: Tex, who was born on Father's Day 2022 and turns 2 next week, and 10-month-old Beau. It's the lead single from his new album and captures Combs' desire to be a great dad while realizing that his kids will grow up and realize he's not Superman (“One day between leaving home and driving on my knee/ Maybe I'll finally be the man who sees in me”). While the song was only released on June 6, he's been playing it since April on his Growin' Up and Gettin' Old tour.

Before the song, he talked about the release of his new 12-track album Fathers & Sons. “Thank you for listening,” he humbly told the crowd, wearing a Los Angeles Chargers hat at the stadium of the NFL's Chargers and Rams. “If you heard that, thank you. If you haven't, I hope you do.”

But as he said on stage, there was plenty of time for beer-drinking songs, too.

The final two tracks before his encore really drove this home, starting with Combs' 2019 Brooks & Dunn collaboration “1, 2 Many.” More than halfway through the song, Combs was joined by actor Luke Wilson and Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler to drink a beer on stage. (Well, at least one of the Lukes shot a beer; Wilson took a few generous swings before tossing a can of Miller Lite into the crowd.) And next up was arguably Combs' biggest party to a song: one of those 17 Country Airplay No. 1, 2019 “Beer Never Broke My Heart”.

Combs returns to SoFi Stadium for Night 2 on Saturday (June 15). On Friday, he was joined by The Avett Brothers, Charles Wesley Godwin, Hailey Whitters and The Wilder Blue as openers, and will have a full new line-up opening Saturday night: Jordan Davis, Mitchell Tenpenny, Drew Parker and Colby. Acuff.

Watch Wilson and Butler's moment below, along with a sneak peek of “1, 2 Many.”