Month: August 2021

Kane Brown is reveling in the precious moments watching his 22-month-old daughter Kingsley grow. 

The country singer notes that while Kingsley is still learning how to talk, she’s able to find other ways to communicate. 

“She is amazing. I might just be biased because she’s my daughter, but I think she’s the perfect baby,” the proud dad gushes to People. “She can’t even talk yet, but she’s just so smart in communicating. She wants to go outside, she’ll bring you her shoes and socks and say like, ‘Yo, put these on. We’re going outside.’ And she just can tell you yes or no, even without talking. She’s just my world.”

Kane says the young tot is so observant that she can even recognize his music and tell when her famous father is on the TV screen.

“Whenever I’m at the house and she’s watching me on TV, and she’s looking at me and then looking at the TV, she’s like, ‘How are you here, and how are you there?'” he explains.

Kingsley, who turns two in October, and Kane’s wife Katelyn will spend time on the road with him on his upcoming Blessed and Free Tour that kicks off October 1 in Sacramento.

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Blake Shelton is ready to defend his winner’s crown from new coach Ariana Grande on The Voice. 

In a new promo video for season 21, Blake is on the defense because it appears there’s favoritism toward megastar Ariana. 

“I’m the returning champion of The Voice, and I plan on winning,” Blake informs a contestant in the opening clip, as Ariana praises the contestant, saying, “I love your voice, someone needs to write you a show.”

“It’s fun to have your own TV show. This is mine,” Blake retorts, eliciting a high-pitched screech from the “7 Rings” hitmaker. “I’ve had this one for years.”  

At one point, fellow coach John Legend advises another contestant not to pick the country star, while Kelly Clarkson tells Blake he has “no chance,” after which he attempts to push his chair back behind Ariana’s. 

“Is everybody in here just obsessed with Ariana?” Blake yells to the audience, preceded by a shot of him taunting the other judges by dancing in front of their seats with a “Blake’s Win Cam” cutout framed around his face.    

Blake is the most winning coach on the popular series, with eight victories to his name, including season 20 winner Cam Anthony. The new season of The Voice debuts on September 20 on NBC.

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Luke Bryan is once again reigning at the top of the charts, as his latest single “Waves” claims the #1 spot at country radio.

This makes a whopping 27 #1 hits for the country superstar and is the fifth consecutive chart-topper off his 2020 album Born Here Live Here Die Here, following “Knockin’ Boots,” “What She Wants Tonight,” “One Margarita” and “Down to One.”

“Woke up this morning as a writer on the number one song in the country. Thank you @LukeBryanOnline and the whole team for making it a hit!” “Waves” co-writer Ryan Hurd writes in a celebratory Twitter post. 

“Waves” is featured on the deluxe edition of Born Here, which reached #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and the top five of the all-genre Billboard 200. 

Luke continues on his Proud to Be Right Here Tour through October. 

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Kacey Musgraves is taking star-crossed on the road. 

The singer will jet across the country on the headlining “star-crossed: unveiled” tour next year, stopping at several arenas in January and February. 

The trek begins on January 19 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota and concludes at the famed Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 20. In between, she’ll perform at Madison Square Garden, Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the TD Garden in Boston and more. 

Pop acts King Princess and Muna join as supporting artists. Tickets go on sale to the public on September 9 at 10 a.m. local time. 

This marks Kacey’s first headlining tour since the Oh: What a Word, Tour in 2018 and 2019 in support of her critically acclaimed album, Golden Hour. That tour included her first arena headlining show in Nashville at Bridgestone. 

The multi-Grammy Award winner is releasing her highly anticipated new album, star-crossed, on September 10. She’s already shared the title track and lead single, “justified.” A corresponding film will premiere on the same day as the album on Paramount+. 

Visit the official tour website for a full list of dates.

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Carrie Underwood is offering fans a taste of her updated Sunday Night Football theme song. 

On Sunday night, the superstar shared a video that finds her singing the theme song, “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night,” a cappella, belting out the signature phrase as clips of NFL games featuring the Tennessee Titans, Los Angeles Rams and Tom Brady hoisting a Vince Lombardi Trophy in the air, alongside shots of her recording the song in the studio. 

“We can't WAIT for #SNF. How bout you, @CarrieUnderwood?” the official Sunday Night Football Twitter account teases. “Been waitin' all year for you to ask me that!” she replies. 

Carrie returns to SNF for her ninth season. This year, the show’s opening number was filmed using state-of-the-art LED technology that casts the singer in front of a virtual tailgate. 

SNF begins on September 12 when the LA Rams face off against the Chicago Bears on NBC at 8:20 p.m. ET.

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Thomas Rhett admits that a picture his five-year-old daughter Willa Gray drew for him has him in tears. 

Thomas shares on Instagram that Willa was instructed at school to draw a picture of a valuable lesson they learned from a friend. The result is a colorful sketch of Willa in a rainbow dress, shoes and hair to match, while her country superstar dad is portrayed in an all-black outfit with a pompadour hairstyle and wife Lauren Akins is merely a head with giant blond hair. 

“I learned from my dad no fear!” Willa writes on the picture. 

“Willa Gray's teacher had her draw a picture of something they learned from a friend. She chose me and I'm borderline crying,” Thomas captions the photo. 

“This is the sweetest and Lauren Akins’ hair is accurate,” Cassie Kelley, wife of Lady A‘s Charles Kelley, shares in the comment section, while fellow friend Hayley Hubabrd simply writes, “Aww.’

Clearly the couple’s eldest daughter is taking after her father, as Willa also recently wrote her first song. 

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