Nashville, Tennessee just kicked off their first-ever season in Major League Soccer (MLS). Before the game started, Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale became the first person to perform the Gibson Guitar Riff (watch below).
Before the performance, Lzzy took to her Instagram page to show off the guitar she would be playing and explain what the Gibson Guitar Riff is:
“Tonight History is being made. Major League Soccer has finally arrived to the city of Nashville TN! As some of you well know, every team has a tradition to start off the game. So our friends at @mls and our beautiful family at Gibson teamed up to make the team a guitar. Our Nashville tradition? 30 seconds of an original riff on this guitar! What better way to symbolize the very heart of music city?!
And who gets to write and perform the first riff ever tonight? Me!! It’s truly such an honor to be chosen to not only represent myself as a woman and a musician but to represent the amazing Rock n Roll community here in Nashville. The whole thing goes down at 7 cst! Nashville vs Atlanta! See you all tonight!”
Lzzy Hale took to her Instagram page after the riff performance to show off the guitar and announce the auction that will go with it.
“Thank you so much to the @nashvillesc and @mls for having me tonight! We made history and rang this new chapter in with ROCK N ROLL. Thank you to @gibsonguitar for creating this guitar, a piece of art and history. It will be going up for auction at the end of the year, it is signed by me, and will be signed by Walker Zimmerman @thewalkerzim as well! This has been such an amazing night for the Nash family! Love you Nashville!”
