“Ride the Lightning” to Serve as Soundtrack for Saturday Night Lacrosse on ABC, ESPN and ESPN+
NEW YORK – June 17, 2025 – The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) powered by Ticketmaster today announced that Warner Records’ artist and former college lacrosse player Warren Zeiders has been named the league’s Music Ambassador for the 2025 season. As part of the multi-faceted partnership, Zeiders’ single “Ride the Lightning” will serve as the soundtrack for Saturday Night Lacrosse, the league’s premier weekly broadcast featuring marquee matchups across ESPN platforms throughout the 2025 season.
“Warren Zeiders brings the same fire we play with — the raw energy, real passion, and that unstoppable mindset,” said Paul Rabil, PLL Co-Founder and President. “His music captures the emotion and excitement of the game. That’s why he’s the perfect ambassador for our Saturday night soundtrack.”
Saturday Night Lacrosse features the league’s most compelling games throughout the 2025 season, with “Ride the Lightning” serving as the signature soundtrack that brings fans into the heart of professional lacrosse’s most electrifying moments.
“Lacrosse is pure adrenaline – the speed, the hits, the skill – it’s everything I try to capture in my live show,” said Warren Zeiders. “Being able to partner with the PLL and have ‘Ride the Lightning’ be part of Saturday Night Lacrosse is incredible.”
Zeiders – whose authentic blend of country, rock and blues has earned him more than 3 billion global career streams – joins the PLL during a pivotal moment for both the artist and the league. His partnership with professional lacrosse’s premier competition underscores the growing cultural crossover between music and sports entertainment.
The 2025 PLL Season continues June 21 and 22 in Baltimore, and a Saturday Night Lacrosse matchup between the Boston Cannons and Maryland Whipsnakes at 7pm ET featuring Warren Zeider’s “Ride the Lightning” on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
About the Premier Lacrosse League
The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) powered by Ticketmaster is a men’s professional lacrosse league in North America, composed of eight teams rostered by the best players in the world. Co-founded by lacrosse superstar, philanthropist, and investor Paul Rabil and his brother, serial entrepreneur and investor, Mike Rabil, the PLL is backed by an investment group composed of Joe Tsai Sports, The Chernin Group, Arctos, Brett Jefferson Holdings, The Raine Group, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), The Kraft Group, Bolt Capital and other top investors in sports and media. The PLL is distributed through an exclusive media rights agreement with ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN+. The PLL was named 2023 Best Place to Work in Sports, and 2020 Sports Breakthrough by the Sports Business Journal, and recognized as a 2021 Best Employer in Sports by Front Office Sports. For more on the league, visit www.premierlacrosseleague.com and follow on social media: Instagram (@PLL), Twitter (@PremierLacrosse), Facebook (@PremierLacrosseLeague), YouTube (YouTube.com/PLL) and TikTok (@pll).
About Warren Zeiders
Warner Records artist Warren Zeiders is one of Country music’s newest and most-promising stars. At just 26, the Pennsylvania native has already made an undeniable mark on the genre, with more than 3.6 billion global career streams, 2 billion TikTok views and 7.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify. In 2024, he won a CMT Award for “Breakthrough Male Music Video of the Year”, earned two, fan-voted PEOPLE’s Choice Country nominations, was featured on the star-studded Twisters Soundtrack, and earned his first No.1 Single with his RIAA Double Platinum Certified “Pretty Little Poison” (which was the No. 2 most-played song on all of Country radio in 2024).
This year, he released his 21-track album Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal, encompassing heartbreak, personal evolution, and emotional healing. The album was featured on NPR All Songs Considered’s New Music Friday playlist, GQ, Cowboys & Indians, Forbes + more. Zeiders was also recently featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Kelly Clarkson Show, GQ’s Real-Life Diet and People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. After starting the year with his first European tour and headlining the Houston Rodeo, Zeiders is currently on his headlining 2025 ‘Relapse’ Tour in the US (30+ show dates) before kicking off his ‘Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal Tour’ this fall.
