Riley Green has opened up about why he prefers to play arenas over stadiums after his experience on the Luke Combs tour.

“I did a stadium tour with Luke Combs, and that's too big,” the ‘Worst Way’ singer shared during his interview on Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast. He went on to explain why: “There's no way the person in the back top row is getting their money's worth at a concert. You lose sound too - you need two rows of speakers, and there's so much reverb and bounce-back."

Green’s preference for smaller shows isn’t just about his own experience, it’s about his fans, too. “Think about how much of a pain it is to go to that show,” he says, “the traffic to get in for a fan, find a place to park, it’s also an open air stadium, you get weather issues.”

His consideration is all encompassing, including the experience of his support artists, who often start during the daytime at a stadium show, meaning the audience and the artist don’t get the full effect of the stadium lights and show energy.

Green’s sentiment was offered as Von asked whether the venues lose intimacy for a musician. “You still have an intimate show,” the Alabama native shared about his favoured arenas, “you still feel close to everybody, you feel like everybody got their money’s worth, but it’s still 20-25,000 people”.

Riley Green is currently on his As Cowboy As It Gets Tour, hitting arenas across North America through to October 2026.