Luke Bryan had a really particular deal with in retailer for followers throughout his Sunday (Jan. 22) headlining set at Crash My Playa: He introduced out Lionel Richie, pop legend and his fellow choose on American Idol, for a multi-song string of duets that appeared simply as a lot to carry out as they had been to observe.
Based on Country Now, Bryan launched his megawatt pal as, “One of many best human beings ever, that is ever lived and certainly one of my finest pals on the planet.”
With that glowing introduction, Richie took the stage, and the 2 carried out a sequence of Richie’s largest hits, each as a solo artist and because the entrance man of funk outfit the Commodores.
Among the many songs they carried out had been “Girl (You Convey Me Up),” “Brick Home,” “Dancing on the Ceiling,” “All Night time Lengthy (All Night time)” and extra. Fan-captured footage exhibits their rendition of two extra songs, “Straightforward (Like Sunday Morning” and “Caught on You,” plus the hilarious commentary that occurred between the 2 artists in between performances.
“If you cannot get laid tonight, you ain’t gettin’ laid,” Bryan joked, nodding to Richie’s romantic, generally steamy music catalog.
“If you cannot get laid tonight, there isn’t any chance of getting laid,” Richie added.
After the present, Bryan posted a carousel of photographs of Crash My Playa’s epic conclusion, that includes snapshots of himself and Richie together with photographs of different performers from the night time, like Dustin Lynch, Brian Kelley, Chayce Beckham and Dylan Scott.
“You simply by no means know what’s gonna occur night time 4,” he wrote within the caption of his publish. “Because of everybody who made it an epic night time that I’ll always remember. [Lionel Richie] becoming a member of me onstage was a bucket checklist second. What a professional!”
For his half, Richie additionally recapped the occasion on social media, sharing a montage video of a few of the highlights of Crash My Playa — together with a blinding fireworks show — and setting the entire thing to Bryan’s present single, “Nation On.”
Crash My Playa 2023 happened Jan. 19-22 in Riviera Cancun, Mexico. The Bryan-helmed seaside pageant simply wrapped its eighth 12 months.