Jake Owen has been on the road this summer with Jason Aldean, who headlined the first-ever country concert at Boston’s Fenway Park last weekend, with Friday and Saturday shows that broke the single-night attendance record set by Paul McCartney, as well as the two-night record held by Dave Matthews. And after playing his share of stadiums, including touring last year with headliners Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, Jake says that a successful stadium show is no easy gig, no matter who you are. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

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  Jake Owen talks about the feel of playing larger venues. (1:04)
“You know, I believe the difference between playin’ a stadium and a small theatre or a club is that you’re still playin’ the same songs, except you can reach out and you can touch the folks — you can see the guy in the back of the room. You know, I can sit there with a guitar, just me and a guitar, and play a song and everybody quiet down and listen and feel the power of that song, whereas when it’s just you and a single guitar on a stage in a stadium in the middle of the hot day, it’s hard to keep people’s attention, you know? And so that’s the challenge that goes along with playin’ a stadium, but other than that, I mean, a show’s a show. I still go out there, I give it my all — the band guys, we all work really hard to be entertaining, but the songs are the same. Our show and our show level and our enthusiasm’s the same, but it’s the challenge of — you know, people think like, whoa, when you get to a stadium and you’re playin’ stadiums, like, you just have it made. Well, it’s a hard job, it’s a hard, hard deal to not only to fill a stadium full of people, but once it’s filled with people, to entertain them. And that’s the challenge to it, so, we all like a good challenge.”