There’s a moment in big arena concerts where the show just seems to “take off” and go to the next level. Some of our favorite country guys literally “take off” from the stage, and this gallery is photographic evidence.

Check out our gallery of some of country’s music’s biggest stars “taking flight.”

-Nancy Brooks

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  INDIO, CA - APRIL 27: Musician Dustin Lynch performs onstage during day 3 of 2014 Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 27, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Stagecoach)

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  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 14: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE) Garth Brooks performs on stage at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards which broadcasted live on FOX at the Microsoft Theater on March 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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  TWIN LAKES, WI - JULY 22: Singer/Songwriter Luke Bryan performs during Country Thunder - Day 4 on July 22, 2018 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Country Thunder)
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  NASHVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 07: Country artist Jason Aldean performs at Bridgestone Arena on September 7, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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  ENTERPRISE, AL - JUNE 03: Singer/Songwriter Dierks Bentley performs during the 2010 BamaJam Music & Arts Festival at the corner of Hwy 167 and County Road 156 on June 3, 2010 in Enterprise, Alabama. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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  EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - AUGUST 11: Musician Tim McGraw performs during the Brothers of the Sun tour at MetLife Stadium on August 11, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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  INDIO, CA - APRIL 27: Musician Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line performs onstage during day 3 of 2014 Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 27, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Stagecoach)

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  LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 15: Chris Janson performs onstage during the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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  NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 04: Justin Moore performs during Rodney Atkins' 3rd annual Music City Gives Back on June 4, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
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  MANHATTAN, KS - JUNE 23: Singer/Songwriter Brantley Gilbert performs during the 2012 Country Stampede - Day 3 at Tuttle Creek State Park on June 23, 2012 in Manhattan, Kansas. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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