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10.9.26 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. Time once again to catch up with Country Weekly,
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Speaker 1: where we check out news and gossip from that world
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Speaker 1: of country music. I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, as always,
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Speaker 1: and I will be reading from various sources found online. Now,
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Speaker 1: as a reminder, Radio Eye is a reading service intended
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Speaker 1: for people who are blind or have other disabilities that
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Speaker 1: make it difficult to read printed material. We'll begin with
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Speaker 1: the first article dated October 5th. And this is from countrynow.com.
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Speaker 1: Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley, Vince Gill, and more to perform
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Speaker 1: in Dolly Parton tribute. Some of country music's biggest names
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Speaker 1: are coming together to celebrate the life of Dolly Parton
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Speaker 1: and her legendary career. This week, the Country Music Association
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Speaker 1: announced that star-powered lineup of artists who have been tapped
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Speaker 1: to perform in CMA Presents I Will Always Love You,
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Speaker 1: a celebration of Dolly Parton, to our live television tribute
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Speaker 1: to Dolly. After losing such an important figure to the
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Speaker 1: world on August 25th, the Nashville community has shared plans
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Speaker 1: to unite artists from multiple generations and genres in her honor.
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Speaker 1: The lineup includes a mix of fellow Country Music Hall
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Speaker 1: of Fame members, country music superstars, and celebrated bluegrass acts
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Speaker 1: Broadway and beyond, all with the goal of remembering the
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Speaker 1: lasting impact Parton has had throughout her career. The news
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Speaker 1: broke on ABC's Good Morning America, revealing performers Ashley McBride,
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Speaker 1: Bella Fleck, Brad Paisley, Carly Pierce, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker,
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Speaker 1: Ella Langley, Kelsey Ballerini, Kristen Bell, Kristen Chenoweth, Lady A,
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Speaker 1: Laney Wilson, Little Big Town, Lucas Nelson, Molly Tuttle, Reba McIntyre,
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Speaker 1: Ricky Skaggs, Sierra Hull, Vince Gill, and Zach Brown. Additionally,
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Speaker 1: with Amy Grant and Kimberly Williams Paisley, they will join
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Speaker 1: as special guests. With the show being filmed at Belmont University,
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Speaker 1: viewers will also see a student ensemble take the stage
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Speaker 1: as a way to represent the university's ongoing Dolly U
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Speaker 1: programming that seeks to engage students in learning from Parton's career, artistry,
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Speaker 1: and entrepreneurial legacy. The special will also feature surprise tributes
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Speaker 1: from some of Dolly Parton's friends and longtime connections throughout
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Speaker 1: the entertainment industry. The magic of CMA Presents I Will
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Speaker 1: Always Love You, a celebration of Dolly Parton, will unfold
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Speaker 1: on Wednesday, October 21st, 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern on
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Speaker 1: ABC and Disney Plus in the U.S. and internationally. Filmed
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Speaker 1: before a live audience at Belmont University's Fisher Center for
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Speaker 1: the Performing Arts in Nashville, the special will also be
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Speaker 1: available to stream the next day on Hulu. As part
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Speaker 1: of the special, the CMA and Belmont University will donate
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Speaker 1: a portion of the proceeds to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
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Speaker 1: Disney will also support the organization and its mission to
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Speaker 1: inspire children to dream big and develop a lifelong love
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Speaker 1: of reading. Next, Miranda Lambert and Parker McCollum put a
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Speaker 1: country disco spin on Roseanne Cash's Seven Year Ache. Following
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Speaker 1: the October 2nd release of Miranda Lambert's new album Crisco,
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Speaker 1: the country star surprised fans with a new collaboration featuring
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Speaker 1: fellow Texas native Parker McCollum. The pair teamed up for
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Speaker 1: a fresh take on Roseanne Cash's 1981 hit Seven Year Ache,
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Speaker 1: offering a version that celebrates the timelessness of the classic
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Speaker 1: song while also adding a touch of the country disco
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Speaker 1: flair that Lambert has been exploring in this chapter of
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Speaker 1: her career. The Just Drop track is available exclusively when
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Speaker 1: fans download Crisco on iTunes. To me, this song fits
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Speaker 1: right in the sweet spot of the country disco sound,
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Speaker 1: and I love any excuse to sing with Parker McCollum,
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Speaker 1: Lambert admitted on social media. Lambert and McCollum's distinct styles
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Speaker 1: unite effortlessly, depict the story of someone who is struggling
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Speaker 1: to come out of pain of a failed relationship by
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Speaker 1: spending nights out at bars and looking for distractions rather
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Speaker 1: than confronting what they're feeling. This collaboration marked yet another
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Speaker 1: opportunity for Lambert to work alongside McCollum, someone she's already
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Speaker 1: joined forces with on past occasions and projects. The two
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Speaker 1: previously collaborated on Santa Fe from Lambert's postcards from Texas
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Speaker 1: and have performed together several times, including the 2025 Band
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Speaker 1: Together Texas benefit concert, which raised over $ 8. 5 million for
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Speaker 1: flood relief efforts in their home state. I love making
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Speaker 1: music with Parker because he's the real deal, said Lambert.
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Speaker 1: He's such a natural artist and has the thing you
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Speaker 1: can't teach. He is authentically himself, and you can feel
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Speaker 1: that in his music. The Burn It Down singer echoed
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Speaker 1: Lambert's statement, claiming she's always been a big inspiration to
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Speaker 1: him as he's watched her journey from Texas to Nashville.
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Speaker 1: Not only is she one of the most incredible songwriters
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Speaker 1: we've got, but is also hands down one of my
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Speaker 1: favorite country voices ever. I'm honored any time I get
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Speaker 1: the chance to work with and learn from her, he adds.
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Speaker 1: Miranda Lambert will continue celebrating Crisco this week when she
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Speaker 1: returns home to deliver a sold-out album release show at
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Speaker 1: Billy Bob's in Texas. Next, John Party forced to postpone
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Speaker 1: two shows as he fights through illness. John Party is
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Speaker 1: postponing his upcoming shows in Macon, Georgia and Biloxi, Mississippi
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Speaker 1: after revealing he is too sick to take the stage
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Speaker 1: for his remaining shows over the weekend. The country star
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Speaker 1: took to social media on Friday sharing a video message
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Speaker 1: that explains he is feeling very sick and felt rescheduling
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Speaker 1: the two shows was the best option rather than take
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Speaker 1: the stage and risk not giving his best possible performance. Unfortunately,
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Speaker 1: this is news I don't like giving. I'm going to
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Speaker 1: have to reschedule Macon and Biloxi this weekend. I'm very sick,
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Speaker 1: he admitted. Party performed in Wilmington, North Carolina Thursday night,
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Speaker 1: but said he was barely able to make it through
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Speaker 1: the performance. I gave it all I had last night,
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Speaker 1: and I want to be 100% for everybody, so I apologize.
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Speaker 1: I know you've probably got hotels, babysitters, and I want
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Speaker 1: to get the news out as soon as possible to
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Speaker 1: not have you guys drive everywhere. Apologizing once again, Party
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Speaker 1: reiterated how he did not want to take the stage
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Speaker 1: while struggling sick, coughing up music, and blowing my nose.
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Speaker 1: He added that it's been tough trying to overcome the
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Speaker 1: sickness while pushing through on the road. The California native
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Speaker 1: was originally scheduled to bring his gambling man tour to
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Speaker 1: Atrium Health Amphitheater on October 2nd in Macon, followed by
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Speaker 1: the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on the 3rd. I appreciate all
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Speaker 1: of you and thanks for understanding, and like I said,
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Speaker 1: we're working on getting rescheduled dates, so hold on to
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Speaker 1: your tickets. The Gamblin' Man Tour launched on September 17th
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Speaker 1: and is slated to continue through November, with the final
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Speaker 1: show taking place in Independence, Missouri. Joining John Pardee on
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Speaker 1: the run is Alexander Kay and Sadie Bass. Moving along,
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Speaker 1: Wynonna Judd says new album The Hard Truth saved my
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Speaker 1: life and saved my sanity. Wynonna Judd has spent her
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Speaker 1: life telling stories through her music, but with her new
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Speaker 1: album The Hard Truth, she's opening up like never before.
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Speaker 1: It feels both exhilarating and terrifying, Judd shared with Country
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Speaker 1: Now over Zoom a few days before the album's release.
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Speaker 1: I'm telling my story unlike anything I've ever said before.
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Speaker 1: I'm going for it. The Hard Truth is more than
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Speaker 1: just a title. The sentiment embodies the entire record, which
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Speaker 1: marks Judd's first solo album in 10 years and features
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Speaker 1: her first-ever album co-writes. She had a hand in writing
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Speaker 1: nine of the album's 10 songs with her husband, Cactus Moser,
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Speaker 1: and a few other collaborators using the music to confront
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Speaker 1: some of the most painful and defining experiences of her life.
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Speaker 1: The country music icon felt called to tackle the highs
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Speaker 1: and lows of her life through these songs, getting more
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Speaker 1: personal and diving deeper than ever before. The album takes
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Speaker 1: listeners through different chapters of Judd's life, beginning with the
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Speaker 1: complicated relationship she shared with her mother and the process
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Speaker 1: of figuring out who she was outside of that relationship.
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Speaker 1: As the record continues, She turns the focus inward, reflecting
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Speaker 1: on the life she has built for herself and the
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Speaker 1: person she is still becoming. The survivor of a lot
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Speaker 1: of trauma and how many other people can relate to
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Speaker 1: this stuff I wrote about, I don't know, but I'll
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Speaker 1: find out. And I'm not a victim, I'm a victor.
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Speaker 1: After spending time reflecting on what she had been through,
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Speaker 1: Judd explained that making this album felt like a necessary
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Speaker 1: step for her following the death of her mother and
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Speaker 1: duo partner, Naomi, back in 2022. I think this is
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Speaker 1: the next step after Mom Dying, me coming to terms
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Speaker 1: with the issues that are on the record with my daughter,
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Speaker 1: my biological father, my mother, and sometimes I feel like
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Speaker 1: I'm not going to make it if I don't continue
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Speaker 1: to write and do these things. For Judd, writing and
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Speaker 1: recording these songs became a form of therapy, allowing her
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Speaker 1: to process the emotions and experiences she had been carrying
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Speaker 1: with her. It saved my life, really. It saved my sanity,
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Speaker 1: she admitted. The hard truth would not have been possible
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Speaker 1: without her husband, co-writer and producer Cactus Moser, who encouraged
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Speaker 1: her to be more vulnerable than ever before. But allowing
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Speaker 1: herself to be that vulnerable was not always easy. It
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Speaker 1: was hard at times, though, too. I struggled a lot
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Speaker 1: with wanting to be so vulnerable. I was just like, oh,
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Speaker 1: I don't know if I should, is it okay? Okay, God,
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Speaker 1: what do I do with this? This is a lot.
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Speaker 1: And I just tried to do it with grace. Moser, however,
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Speaker 1: never tried to steer Judd away from the difficult places. Instead,
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Speaker 1: he encouraged her to trust herself and tell her story.
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Speaker 1: He was like, honey, this is your story. Tell your story.
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Speaker 1: He was my biggest advocate, she recalled. The two have
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Speaker 1: been partners in both life and music for years, but
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Speaker 1: making the hard truth brought a different level of vulnerability
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Speaker 1: to their relationship. Judd said Moser challenged her at times,
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Speaker 1: but always gave her the space to process her perspective
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Speaker 1: and ultimately make her own decisions. He had a way
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Speaker 1: of saying, this is what I think, and then letting
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Speaker 1: me process that and decide that that's true. In fact,
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Speaker 1: it was Moser who encouraged her to write the deeply
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Speaker 1: personal Girl Who Could Sing. after her biological father's family
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Speaker 1: discovered a drawer full of newspaper clippings about her after
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Speaker 1: his passing. I told my husband that, and he said,
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Speaker 1: that's a song, honey. Judd and Moser co-wrote the song
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Speaker 1: with Clara Calloway, Melissa Ferret, and Brant Colella, After his
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Speaker 1: writing session and about three or four others, Judd recalls
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Speaker 1: sensing a pattern. It just made sense to write these songs,
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Speaker 1: she said. On some level, I just knew that this
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Speaker 1: was the time to do this record. What would you
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Speaker 1: do if you knew you couldn't fail, was my motto
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Speaker 1: about this record. What would I do? I would tell
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Speaker 1: the truth, my truth, my testimony. Ashley's had a book,
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Speaker 1: Mom's had a book, I've had a book, but this
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Speaker 1: is definitely different. Of the album's tracks, Judd says Broken
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Speaker 1: and Blessed is the most vulnerable. That's me standing up
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Speaker 1: in front of the church giving my testimony, literally stripping
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Speaker 1: down naked and just standing there and going, OK, here
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Speaker 1: I am. I'm broken and blessed. I'm somewhere between hell
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Speaker 1: and hallelujah. That's every day of my life. I'm raising
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Speaker 1: a four-year-old with my sweet husband, and we are on tour,
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Speaker 1: and we're working on a book and a cookbook and
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Speaker 1: all the stuff that we're doing, and I'm not going
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Speaker 1: to quit. I'm going to keep on trucking through the storm. Meanwhile,
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Speaker 1: the project's lead single, Kentucky Queen, paints an autobiographical picture
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Speaker 1: of her life. from when she was a young girl
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Speaker 1: growing up in the bluegrass to the woman she is
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Speaker 1: today at 62. I grew up in the dirt. That's
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Speaker 1: really who I am. I grew up in the dirt,
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Speaker 1: and then years later, I'm standing at the Kentucky Derby
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Speaker 1: with my glory outfit on, singing the national anthem at
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Speaker 1: the Derby, and I'm standing there looking at 100,000 people going,
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Speaker 1: how did this happen? So it really is who I am.
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Speaker 1: Kentucky Queen is taking me back to my roots, going
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Speaker 1: back to my childhood, dealing with all that happened there,
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Speaker 1: and then coming up into this who I am today.
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Speaker 1: Throughout The Hard Truth, Judge Resilience truly stands out. Looking back,
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Speaker 1: she says she feels a sense of pride in the
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Speaker 1: fact that she was willing to go places she hadn't
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Speaker 1: gone before and show up when she thought she didn't
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Speaker 1: have it in her. There were days when I thought
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Speaker 1: I couldn't do it, which everybody goes through. Everybody goes through,
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Speaker 1: and I'm no different, so it's not like I have
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Speaker 1: this perfectly planned life. I went through days where I thought,
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Speaker 1: I don't know if I can take this or not.
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Speaker 1: This is so deep, but yet I showed up. Winona
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Speaker 1: Judd will bring the hard truth to fans on her
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Speaker 1: The Hard Truth Tour, kicking off October 8th in New
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Speaker 1: York City. The trek runs through November 21st. Now we
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Speaker 1: slide on over to the Lexington Herald-Leader from an article
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Speaker 1: written by Valerie Honeycutt Spears on October 6th. Billy Ray
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Speaker 1: Cyrus calls singing at slain Kentucky trooper's funeral his highest honor.
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Speaker 1: Country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus on a Monday Facebook
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Speaker 1: post said he had the highest honor ever in my
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Speaker 1: entire life, returning to my home state of Kentucky yesterday
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Speaker 1: to pay tribute to trooper Hayden Phillips and sing Some
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Speaker 1: Gave All. Cyrus posted photos from the day, including before
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Speaker 1: the service when he met Phillips' wife Jordan and their
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Speaker 1: son Knox. Jordan was telling me in that moment that
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Speaker 1: Merle Haggard was Hayden's absolute favorite, She went on to
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Speaker 1: tell me about his tattoo. Heroes get remembered, but legends
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Speaker 1: never die, Cyrus said. Kentucky State Police Commissioner Philip Burnett Jr.
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Speaker 1: read the same line from the sandlot, words Phillips lived by,
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Speaker 1: at the funeral in Western Kentucky University's campus in Bowling
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Speaker 1: Green on October 4th. As we know, Phillips died in
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Speaker 1: the line of duty September 28th during a routine traffic
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Speaker 1: stop on Interstate 65 in Warren County. Louisville Metro police
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Speaker 1: officers arrested Imoni Branch, 51, of Tennessee in Louisville after
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Speaker 1: an extended manhunt. The Warren County Grand Jury indicted Branch
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Speaker 1: October 1st on charges of murder of a first responder,
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Speaker 1: possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, and tampering
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Speaker 1: with physical evidence. Now on to saving country music with
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Speaker 1: the article dated October 4th. Original Flatland Cavalry member Jonathan
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Speaker 1: Saines no longer with the band. Bass player and original
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Speaker 1: member of the three-time Academy of Country Music-nominated Flatland Cavalry
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Speaker 1: is no longer with the band, according to numerous sources.
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Sands does not appear in the recent promotional photos
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Speaker 1: of the band, and he was not on tour with
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Speaker 1: the band when they opened recently for Casey Musgraves. His
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Speaker 1: name has also been moved to past members on the
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Speaker 1: band's Wikipedia page. It appears Sands played his last show
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Speaker 1: with the band on or around August 17th at the
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Speaker 1: Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, Texas. Neither the band nor
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Speaker 1: Sains has addressed the departure publicly. Saving Country Music reached
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Speaker 1: out to representatives of Flatland Cavalry for confirmation or more information,
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Speaker 1: but those requests were not responded to. Cleto Cordero started
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Speaker 1: Flatland Cavalry with drummer Jason Alvarez, guitarist Reed Dillon, fiddle
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Speaker 1: player Laura Jane, and Jonathan Sains back in 2014. Laura
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Speaker 1: Jane left the band in 2018 and was replaced by
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Speaker 1: Wesley Hall. Multi-instrumentalist Adam Gallegos joined the band in 2020.
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Speaker 1: Guitarist John Marlin has also been playing with the band
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Speaker 1: in concert recently. At the shows, Flatland Cavalry played opening
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Speaker 1: for Casey Musgraves at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on
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Speaker 1: September 27th and 28th. Producer Dwight A. Baker was seen
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Speaker 1: playing bass. Baker has produced much of Flatland's music. Flatland
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Speaker 1: Cavalry has just released a deluxe version of their latest
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Speaker 1: album called Work of Heart, Heartstrings. That's on October 2nd.
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Speaker 1: and that includes five new songs. Originally from West Texas,
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Speaker 1: the band continues to receive a lot of national exposure
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Speaker 1: by getting on big opening slots and being nominated for
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Speaker 1: big awards. Now a brief stop at countrycentral.com. First article
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Speaker 1: dated October 2nd, Cameron Marlowe reveals self-titled third album. Cameron
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Speaker 1: Marlowe will release his third studio album, Cameron Marlowe, on
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Speaker 1: January 22nd. Marlowe revealed the project Thursday night with a
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Speaker 1: surprise performance on the rooftop of Luke's 32 Bridge above
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Speaker 1: Nashville's Broadway. He played No Need for Leavin', I Won't,
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Speaker 1: and his newly released single, Take You Down With Me.
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Speaker 1: A 22-foot banner displayed during the performance read, If You
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Speaker 1: Don't Know My Name, Now You Do, Cameron Marlowe. The album,
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Speaker 1: January 22nd. The event was staged as both a live
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Speaker 1: performance and a short film, An announcement film is available
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Speaker 1: on Instagram, and a music video for Take You Down
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Speaker 1: With Me is also out. Marlowe co-produced the album with
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Speaker 1: Austin Goodloe. His team describes it as a statement of
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Speaker 1: redemption and rebirth, with Marlowe's vocals at the center. Influences
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Speaker 1: cited include The War on Drugs, Kings of Leon, Gary
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Speaker 1: Clark Jr., Leonard Skinner, The Allman Brothers Band, and John Mayer.
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Speaker 1: Pre-saves are open. Marlowe is currently on the road with
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Speaker 1: Ella Langley for the second leg of the Dandelion Tour
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Speaker 1: this fall. Next, we stop by Holler.com, October 2nd, for
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Speaker 1: the article, The Country Music World's Healing, Gavin Adcock and
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Speaker 1: Charlie Crockett Finally Squashed Their Beef. After a long-standing feud
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Speaker 1: and a very public war of words, Gavin Adcock and
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Speaker 1: Charlie Crockett have shocked the country music world by announcing
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Speaker 1: they've squashed their beef. The duo have revealed that they
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Speaker 1: met up for a drinkery, seemingly, at the stage on
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Speaker 1: Broadway in Nashville, with Adcock and Crockett both sharing photos
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Speaker 1: of them laughing together. Adcock captioned his post by underlining that,
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Speaker 1: even though they might not agree on every issue, this
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Speaker 1: doesn't mean they can't get along. We might not always
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Speaker 1: see eye to eye, but that don't mean we can't
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Speaker 1: drop our pride and bull and be friends. Crockett kept
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Speaker 1: his caption relatively brief, commenting simply, the country music world's
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Speaker 1: healing you all. alongside the image of he and Adcock
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Speaker 1: drinking and joking around. After Florida Georgia Line's reunion this summer,
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Speaker 1: it seems 2026 is the year of reconciliation. The feud
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Speaker 1: between the two started out of the blue last summer
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Speaker 1: after Adcock shared a video of him criticizing Beyoncé' s Cowboy
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Speaker 1: Carter album and questioning how country it was. Crockett responded
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Speaker 1: by defending Beyoncé' s foray into the genre and sending a
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Speaker 1: few not-so-subtle shots at the mainstream country music scene. This
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Speaker 1: led to a number of jabs sent back and forth online,
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Speaker 1: with Adcock later mocking Crockett with a video of him
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Speaker 1: busking on the subway before Crockett underlined that he doesn't
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Speaker 1: have anything to be ashamed of about and with regards
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Speaker 1: to his start in music. There are various other thinly-veiled shots,
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Speaker 1: such as Adcock bringing out a photo of Crockett at
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Speaker 1: one of Wallen's tour stops and Wallen showing the T,
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Speaker 1: the middle finger, as well as the moment Crockett left
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Speaker 1: Adcock roses in one of his vinyls at a venue.
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Speaker 1: There were also numerous clashes over each other's artist portrayal
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Speaker 1: of their faith, with Crockett questioning the sincerity of Adcock's
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Speaker 1: Jesus-inspired ode, Perfect Man. It all became intertwined with Adcock's
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Speaker 1: various other feuds with the likes of Benjamin Todd and
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Speaker 1: Zach Bryan, with the wannabe hitmaker never shying away from
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Speaker 1: a verbal sparring. Now, thankfully, it seems Adcock and Crockett
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Speaker 1: have put their animosity to bed. As much as fans
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Speaker 1: online might enjoy the drama when two artists start beefing,
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Speaker 1: as we saw with Drake and Kendrick Lamar's notorious large-scale
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Speaker 1: rap war back in 2024. In reality, these are still
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Speaker 1: human beings we're talking about. Peace and kindness is surely
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Speaker 1: always the better option, and we're glad to see Adcock
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Speaker 1: and Crockett proving this. Next, you are my best friend.
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Speaker 1: Tim McGraw shares heartfelt wedding anniversary tribute to Faith Hill.
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Speaker 1: Tim McGraw has taken to social media to share a
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Speaker 1: heartwarming montage of him and his wife Faith Hill as
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Speaker 1: the two country chart-toppers celebrate 30 years of marriage. Alongside
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Speaker 1: a moving video, Tim makes it clear how much he
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Speaker 1: adores Faith. 30 years today, 30 years of our marriage.
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Speaker 1: That day, October 6th, 1996, under an old locust tree,
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Speaker 1: I think, in my aunt's backyard in Rayville, Louisiana. I
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Speaker 1: stood there and watched my future walk towards me with
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Speaker 1: the sweetest man I've ever known, her father, Ted. He
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Speaker 1: goes on, in front of our closest family and friends,
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Speaker 1: I was bound to the most beautiful soul. a lady
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Speaker 1: that was glowing in my eyes, expanding in my heart,
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Speaker 1: and giving me all the love she had. I was
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Speaker 1: and still am bewildered by her capacity to love, forgive, nurture,
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Speaker 1: and be full of joy and laughter. She is a
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Speaker 1: gift to the world for sure. However, for us, we
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Speaker 1: get her, all of her, and I and my girls
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Speaker 1: know who is ours completely. It's difficult to describe what
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Speaker 1: she means. She is the center of gravity to my
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Speaker 1: life and our girls' lives and anyone who knows Audrey
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Speaker 1: Faith McGraw. I love you, baby. The Louisiana native warmly concludes,
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Speaker 1: you are my best friend, my lover, my wife, my shelter,
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Speaker 1: and my every storm. And the sunrise afterwards, and many
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Speaker 1: more sunrises and sunsets. Many more beautiful memories to come.
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Speaker 1: I am a fortunate man. Now on to the next
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Speaker 1: subway stop, people.com, where Tucker Wetmore hilariously dodges fan questions
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Speaker 1: about dating Ella Langley, dated October 6th. Tucker Wetmore isn't
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Speaker 1: looking to share details of his relationship with Ella Langley
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Speaker 1: at the moment. After the two country stars first sparked
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Speaker 1: romance rumors around a year ago, multiple sources confirmed to
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Speaker 1: People last month that they're dating. A fan asked Wetmore
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Speaker 1: about the relationship during a Q & A before his
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Speaker 1: performance at Wave in Wichita, Kansas on Friday, October 2nd,
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Speaker 1: and the brunette singer hilariously dodged the question. As the
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Speaker 1: fan brought up the rumor going around about him and
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Speaker 1: the chosen Texas singer, According to a video of the
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Speaker 1: moment on TikTok, Wetmore began singing a line from Lee
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Speaker 1: Bryce's 2018 hit, Rumor. The fan directly asked if the
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Speaker 1: two musicians are a thing, and Wetmore26 responded, Next question.
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Speaker 1: Last month, Wetmore and Langley27 were seen leaving the Nashville
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Speaker 1: Songwriter Awards together through a side door at the Ryman Auditorium,
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Speaker 1: according to photos published by none other than TMZ. A
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Speaker 1: rep for Wetmore and Langley didn't respond to people's request
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Speaker 1: for comment at the time. The performers first sparked dating
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Speaker 1: rumors when they were photographed together at the Soggy Dollar
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Speaker 1: Bar in the British Virgin Islands in December of 2025.
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Speaker 1: Wetmore and Langley then performed an acoustic duet of his
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Speaker 1: song Sunburn at a Heartstrings for Hope charity event in
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Speaker 1: March of this year. Both stars are experiencing major successes,
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Speaker 1: of course, at the moment. Langley recently broke the record
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Speaker 1: for longest-running number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100
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Speaker 1: as her song Choose in Texas spent 23 weeks at
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Speaker 1: the top of the chart. Today doesn't feel like a
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Speaker 1: real thing, she said of achievement on Instagram. It feels
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Speaker 1: fake and somebody's going to come in and be like,
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Speaker 1: ha ha, we're kidding the whole time. We're just kidding.
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Speaker 1: Wetmore recently earned a top 40 hit on Billboard Hot
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Speaker 1: 100 with his song Brunette. He's currently in the midst
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Speaker 1: of his Brunette World Tour, which concludes at the end
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Speaker 1: of the month with a show at Red Rocks Amphitheater
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Speaker 1: in Morrison, Colorado. Now with matching socks, we put on
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Speaker 1: the boot. As we move over to theboot.com, October 6th,
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Speaker 1: first article, Brian Kelly and Tyler Hubbard had a lot
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Speaker 1: to heal before Florida Georgia Lions reunion. Florida Georgia Lions
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Speaker 1: reunion didn't happen overnight. Before Brian Kelly and Tyler Hubbard
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Speaker 1: stepped back on stage together, there was a lot of
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Speaker 1: private healing behind the scenes. Brittany Kelly recently opened up
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Speaker 1: about that process on Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley, sharing new
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Speaker 1: details about the weekend that brought the two former bandmates
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Speaker 1: and their wives back together. What started with a hike
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Speaker 1: between Brian and Tyler eventually turned into several days in Idaho,
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Speaker 1: and according to Brittany, years' worth of hurt began to
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Speaker 1: heal in just five days. FGL split back in 2022
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Speaker 1: after years of success, of course, but it sparked plenty
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Speaker 1: of speculation about what went wrong between the longtime friends
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Speaker 1: and bandmates. Brittany says things are now in a very,
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Speaker 1: very different place. Today, current day, we're in a really
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Speaker 1: good place. We've had really good healing conversations, she said,
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Speaker 1: adding Jesus literally brought us all four together. She explained
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Speaker 1: that the healing started last November when Tyler reached out
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Speaker 1: to Brian and asked him to go on a hike.
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Speaker 1: The conversation was significant because Brian and Tyler's relationship went
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Speaker 1: back long before Florida Georgia Line. They grew up together,
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Speaker 1: led worship together, and wrote songs together before forming a duo.
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Speaker 1: I think they just reconnected in a way that really
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Speaker 1: only God can do After the hike, Tyler and Haley
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Speaker 1: Hubbard invited Brian and Brittany to their home in Idaho,
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Speaker 1: who had a week of healing, Brittany said. It felt
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Speaker 1: like years worth of healing in five days. She said
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Speaker 1: there was a moment when she and Haley realized just
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Speaker 1: how quickly things had changed. There was a moment that
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Speaker 1: Haley and I had like we were like, this is
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Speaker 1: by the grace of God. Neither one of us felt
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Speaker 1: like we could feel it that quickly again. Brittany also
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Speaker 1: shared a lighter moment from the trip. Tyler was apparently
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Speaker 1: so excited to have his friendship with Brian back that
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Speaker 1: he wanted to ride a tandem bike with him throughout
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Speaker 1: the entire vacation. The private rebuilding came before fans got
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Speaker 1: to see the reunion publicly, including when Brian and Tyler
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Speaker 1: performed together at CMA Fest 2026. Now, FGL has announced
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Speaker 1: its 2027 Anything Goes Again Festival Tour, with 12 festival
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Speaker 1: stops planned. Stagecoach was announced first, followed by the Carolina
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Speaker 1: County Music Festival, X-Roads 41, and Windy City Smokeout. So far,
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Speaker 1: the reunited duo was focused on revisiting the hits that
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Speaker 1: made them one of country music's biggest acts, rather than
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Speaker 1: announcing new music. Next, Alan Jackson's final show is now
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Speaker 1: the highest-grossing concert in history. Alan Jackson's final concert was
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Speaker 1: already an unforgettable night for country music, but the numbers
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Speaker 1: are now making it a piece of music history. Jackson's
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Speaker 1: last call, One More for the Road, the finale, took
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Speaker 1: over Nashville's Nissan Stadium on June 27th, bringing together some
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Speaker 1: of the biggest names in country music for the legendary
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Speaker 1: singer's final show. Now, according to a new report, that
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Speaker 1: farewell has officially broken a massive concert record. According to
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Speaker 1: touring data, a leading concert tracker on X, formerly Twitter,
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Speaker 1: Jackson's final Nashville show grossed $ 34. 729 million. That makes it
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Speaker 1: the highest-grossing single concert in history, according to the report,
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Speaker 1: The average ticket price was over $ 600, with over 56,000 sold,
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Speaker 1: and the show will air later this year on NBC.
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Speaker 1: It's also reportedly the first single-show concert ever to gross
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Speaker 1: more than $ 30 million. Multi-night concert runs can generate larger totals,
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Speaker 1: including shows from artists such as Coldplay, Beyonce, and Harry Styles. However,
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Speaker 1: those figures come from multiple performances at the same venue.
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Speaker 1: Alan Jackson went out with a country music all-star cast.
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Speaker 1: As we remember, the June 27th concert brought a massive
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Speaker 1: lineup of country stars to Nissan Stadium to celebrate Jackson's career.
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Speaker 1: Eric Church, George Strait, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town,
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Speaker 1: Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson, and Leanne Womack were among the
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Speaker 1: artists who joined Jackson for the farewell. He used his
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Speaker 1: final show to revisit some of the songs that helped
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Speaker 1: define his career. He performed Chattahoochee, Drive for Daddy Gene,
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Speaker 1: Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning, and Remember When,
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Speaker 1: along with more than 20 other songs from his catalog.
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Speaker 1: It was a fittingly enormous send-off for a country superstar,
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Speaker 1: and now The Farewell has an equally enormous number attached
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Speaker 1: to it. And back to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
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Speaker 1: as we conclude with their top five duets. Tim McGraw
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Speaker 1: and Faith Hill aren't just one of country music's longest-lasting couples,
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Speaker 1: as we mentioned, they're also one of the genre's most
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Speaker 1: successful duet pairings. Number five says the boot, Like We
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Speaker 1: Never Loved It All. Hill took a turn in a
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Speaker 1: slightly new direction for her 2005 Fireflies album. The second
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Speaker 1: single from the record, Like We Never Loved It All,
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Speaker 1: features McGraw on harmony vocals. Number four, Let's Make Love.
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Speaker 1: Hill was at the peak of her career when she
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Speaker 1: released her Breathe album back in 1999. Number three, Angry
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Speaker 1: All the Time. By the time he released Set This
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Speaker 1: Circus Down in 2001, McGraw was already building a resume
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Speaker 1: as one of country's most unpredictable artists. Number two, It's
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Speaker 1: Your Love. McGraw and Hill wasted no time in collaborating
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Speaker 1: after they wed in 1996. And the boot says the
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Speaker 1: number one duet, Meanwhile Back at Mama's. This concludes the
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Speaker 1: reading of Country Weekly for this week. If you have
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Speaker 1: any comments or suggestions about the program, kindly call us
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Speaker 1: at 859-422-6390. Thank you for joining me. And on behalf
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Speaker 1: of everyone here at Radio Eye, this is Ken Dawkins
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Speaker 1: wishing you a great day.