Month: April 2021

For Kane Brown, 18-month-old Kingsley is as much his friend as she is his daughter. 

During an appearance on Lindsay Czarniak‘s podcast The Artist and The Athlete, Kane reveals that it took time for him to form a bond with his infant daughter, because she was at first more attached to his wife, Katelyn. 

“It hurt for the longest because…at the very beginning she just wanted her mom all the time. And then just recently, she started saying ‘dada’ with this whisper, which I love,” Kane says.  

Kingsley also enjoys playing outside and has made a habit out of saying “dada” every time he puts her down, raising her arms up “so I can’t say no,” Kane confesses.  

“She’s become my best friend and I’m just ready for her to get old enough so I can get her in the league,” he jokes with fellow podcast guest, Miami Heat player Jimmy Butler. “That’s my little girl. She’s my best friend.” 

Kane and Katelyn welcomed Kingsley in October 2019. She appears in his videos for “Worldwide Beautiful” and “Worship You.” 

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Blake Shelton makes his best attempt to “Drop It Like It’s Hot” in a behind-the-scenes video on the set of The Voice. 

In a clip posted to Instagram, the country superstar can be seen wearing a jacket from Snoop Dogg‘s merch collection that boasts the cover of his 1993 album, Doggystle.  Blake stands in front of a ring light as he busts out his finest dad moves to the hip-hop track, including lots of sliding across the floor in his cowboy boots and some light hip thrusting. He even throws in a few line dancing tricks.

“I think you got it,” Blake quips at the end of the video.

The clip is from a recent promo for The Voice that shows Blake dancing to Snoopr’s 2004 Grammy nominated hit when Snoop himself comes around the corner and catches Blake in the act. Snoop Dogg serves as the Mega Mentor this season during the knockout round.

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Tyler Hubbard‘s wife Hayley Hubbard is sharing how the couple got through the darker moments of 2020.

During an appearance on the Being Bumo podcast, Hayley admits that the couple was taken by surprise when she became pregnant with their third child, Atlas Roy, in January 2020, having given birth to son Lucca five months prior. 

“We were at the point where we thought we would wait to have our third and just have a little time for us and getting used to having two kids, because…it was an adjustment for us,” she explains, adding that she was scheduled to get her breast implants removed the day she found out about the pregnancy. 

“I was excited to get my life back and my body back…When you give birth and you’re a new mom, there’s this new normal you have to get used to and it’s like ‘how do I find myself again?’ So I was really looking forward to that and it was just like a bomb was dropped. So that was a lot emotionally,” she continues. 

On top of the unplanned pregnancy, Tyler experienced a dirt bike accident three weeks before his wife gave birth in September that left him with a ruptured Achilles tendon and broken ankle. Then in November, the singer was diagnosed with COVID-19 and had to quarantine on his tour bus in front of their home. 

In spite of the trials, Hayley says the couple managed to find the humor in it all. “It was just one thing after the next. But everyone I feel like had one of those years where it was just so wild where you almost had to laugh,” she says. “So I feel like laughter really got us through all of that.” 

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Luke Combs is offering an inside look at his wedding to wife Nicole with a teaser for the “Forever After All” video. 

Monday night, Luke shared on Instagram the announcement for the video’s premiere via a mock wedding invitation boasting details of the video, along with a scrapbook of photos from the couple’s wedding day last summer.

A romantic shot of the bride and groom sharing a kiss on the beach, a humorous snap of Nicole smearing frosting from the wedding cake on her husband’s face, and a photo of an emotional Luke watching his bride walk down the aisle all tease what’s to come when the video premieres on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. 

Luke and Nicole married in an intimate ceremony at their home in southern Florida on August 1. A gorgeous photo of the bride and groom on the beach at sunset is the cover shot for “Forever After All,” which is featured on the What You See Ain’t Always What You Get album.

The romantic ballad is the first song Luke wrote after he and his wife moved into their new home in Tennessee. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 in 2020, making for the highest debut on the chart in history for a male country artist.

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Jameson Rodgers has gone platinum. 

During his recent sold-out show at the Listening Room Cafe in Nashville, Jameson was surprised with a plaque commemorating his #1 debut single, “Some Girls,” being certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales topping one million. 

Additionally, all of the proceeds from ticket sales from the writers round featuring Carly Pearce, Jimmie Allen, Jordan Davis and Tenille Townes were donated to Music Venue Alliance-Nashville that supports independent music venues as part of Jameson’s newly formed The Neighborhood Fund.

“2020 and 2021 have been extremely difficult for all kinds of businesses and individuals. I wanted to make sure that I was doing my part and giving back to organizations that I feel align with my principles, which is to leave this world a better place than I found it,” Jameson says in a statement. 

Jameson’s follow-up single, “Cold Beer Calling My Name,” featuring Luke Combs, is currently climbing the country charts.

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Miranda Lambert has been patiently waiting until she could safely perform live before an audience and, over the weekend, that day finally came.

The “Bluebird” singer shared an emotional video of her making that long-awaited return to the stage, where the sound of a cheering audience brought tears to her eyes.

Miranda, who sang before a crowd at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday, said the performance was her “first show back in over a year.”  During the opening notes of “The House That Built Me,” the 37-year-old country star starts crying, which prompts the audience to rise to their feet and cheer even harder.

Touched by the display, paired with a supportive hug from one of her crew members, the country singer expressed, “I missed yall [sic] so much.”

Miranda attempts to sing again and gets through a few more lines before she finds herself fighting back tears once more.

Thankfully, the Grammy winner had the audience helping her out and they took over singing duties while she pulled herself together.

“First show back. Love y'all,” she captioned the video, signing off with a red heart emoji.

The show was among the three sold-out performances she had at the venue over the weekend.  Miranda has yet to lay out her complete list of summer touring plans.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott lifted COVID-19 protections in March, which included doing away with mask mandates and capacity limits at venues.

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