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Kane Brown's infant daughter is a fan of his music: "It made my day"

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Matt BerinatoThough Kane Brown‘s daughter is still an infant, she’s already a fan of her dad’s music. 

Kane reveals that he and his wife, Katelyn, would often play music for 17-month-old daughter Kingsley to help her stop crying, and as she grows older, she’s starting to recognize her father’s songs. 

“The other day, we were sitting out by the pool and ‘Be Like That’ came on the radio and she was doing her thing. And then all of a sudden, she turned her head and started walking towards the speaker, so it was just cool to realize she recognized the song,” Kane tells People of Kingsley’s reaction to his hit song featuring Khalid and Swae Lee. “It just made my day.”

In spite of his hectic schedule making music and recently launching his own record label, 1021 Entertainment, Kane credits his daughter for keeping him grounded and teaching him the power of unconditional love.  

“Kingsley has completely changed our lives for the better. I know when I get home and I’m exhausted, just holding her makes my day completely better,” he shares, describing her as “laid back” and “super-easy to cheer up.” 

“I have learned to be patient, and I’ve also learned that there’s true love,” adds Kane.

Kane and Katelyn welcomed Kingsley in October 2019. She makes an appearance in his video for “Worldwide Beautiful,” which is nominated for Video of the Year at the 2021 ACM Awards. 

By Cillea Houghton 
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Miranda Lambert reveals "special moment" that helped ex-husband Blake Shelton heal from losing brother

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ABCIt has been nearly a decade since Miranda Lambert and ex-husband Blake Shelton penned the song “Over You.”  The 2012 hit, says Lambert, was created to help her ex-husband move on from a painful loss.

Speaking with Essentials Radio with Apple Music, the two-time Grammy winner explained that she didn’t know Blake had lost his big brother Richie in a car accident in 1990.  Richie was 24 and Blake was 14.

Lambert, 37, reflected on the day opened up to her about the tragedy and what she did to help him process his grief.

“Dudes don’t open up about things, but he started telling me about the experience of it all. And I was like, ‘Have you ever written about it,'” she recalled asking, saying the “God’s Country” crooner responded with, “My dad just says, ‘You don’t get over it. You just get used to it.'”

The answer didn’t sit right with her because she could tell Shelton was still hurting, so she encouraged, “I was like, ‘Well, could we write it? Do you want to try or is that invasive? I would never try to write your story because I didn’t live it, but maybe I could help because I’m an outside perspective.'”

The two then got to work on “Over You,” which became a massive hit on country radio and won them both ACM and CMA Awards.

“It was really a special moment and I’m so glad we shared that song,” the “Bluebird” singer reflected.  “It helped his family heal, to have that together.”

Shelton and Lambert divorced in 2015 after a four year union, and have since found new love in their lives.

Miranda wed Brendan Mcloughlin in 2019 while Blake is about to marry Gwen Stefani after proposing to her in October.

By Megan Stone  
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Garth Brooks to get second shot of vaccine, shares optimism about live shows

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Todd Williamson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesGarth Brooks is getting the second round of the COVID-19 vaccine.  

The superstar announced on Inside Studio G Monday night that he’s scheduled to get his second shot of the vaccine next week, and is looking forward to reuniting with loved ones when it’s safe to do so.

“Hopefully I’ll be fully vaccinated and hopefully be around the people that I love and not feel so scared to do anything wrong to them,” he shares. 

The singer also offered some insight into why he’s remained so optimistic about the return of his stadium shows in the near future, telling viewers that there may be some venues that require patrons to wear masks or won’t sell concessions as a safety precaution.  

“I want you to think of this as not an inconvenience. Stadiums live off their concessions, so to say they’re not going to do that to protect you and me, that’s a friggin’ huge statement of love from them to us,” he explains. “My job is to hopefully keep you entertained where you don’t want to go get concessions or even go to the bathroom. How’s that?” he adds with a laugh. 

Garth says that he and wife Trisha Yearwood have had discussions about what the responsible decision is when it comes to resuming live shows. 

“Miss Yearwood and I had this conversation just today. Is it too early? Is it too soon? My answer to her was I feel if we waited another year, we’d still be having this conversation,” he says. “I think we’ve got to get started, see what happens, hopefully adjust to that, and keep going.”

By Cillea Houghton 
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Adam Levine on playing Blake & Gwen's wedding: "They can't afford me"

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Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicA while back, Blake Shelton appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyersand said that he wanted Adam Levine and Maroon 5 to sing at his upcoming wedding to Gwen Stefani.  So, is Adam up for the gig? Sure, if someone actually asks him.

When asked while appearing on SiriusXM how likely it is that he’ll be Blake and Gwen’s wedding singer, Adam joked, “They can’t afford me!”  But then, more seriously, Adam added, “Yeah…they haven’t asked me yet.”

After revealing that he’d just texted the couple 10 minutes previously to tell them how much he loves and misses them, the “Beautiful Mistakes” singer then admitted, “They’re the best…I’d be honored.”

But then Adam joked, “They won’t ask me though. They’ll probably get, like, Luke Bryan or somebody!”

Adam then revealed that he was actually watching Seth Meyers when Blake brought up the idea, and he seemed miffed that Blake was putting it out there before actually asking him.

Describing his reaction at the time, Adam said, “I’m like sitting there in bed, like eating popcorn, and I’m like, ‘Man, f*** you, I’m not coming to play your wedding!'”

So far, Blake and Gwen have no shortage of celebrities who are willing to take part in their wedding. Miley Cyrus has offered to sing, while Ellen DeGeneres has said she’ll be a maid of honor, even if she has to wear hair extensions. 

Actually, if every person who’s ever been a coach on The Voice attends the nuptials, they’ll have the greatest wedding band of all time.

By Andrea Dresdale
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Chase Rice takes you inside the "Fun House" where he and FGL were "Drinkin' Beer Talkin' GIRLS Amen"

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John Shearer & Jason MyersChase Rice and Florida Georgia Line currently have their first hit collaboration with “Drinkin’ Beer Talkin’ God Amen,” but the guys actually go way back.

A decade ago, Chase, Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley were roommates, sharing a place they called the Fun House in the Green Hills section of Nashville. 

“I learned from them,” Chase tells ABC Audio, “because they were in town two or three years before I ever moved here.”

“[They’d] wake up and try to write. We didn’t write songs together,” he goes on. “Russell Dickerson would come over and they’d write songs, and I’d just be sitting there in the kitchen or in my room hanging out because I hadn’t earned my way into the club yet of songwriting.”

“And that was my first experience learning what co-writes were,” Chase recalls. “And then days would go by that they didn’t have writes, and that’s when we’d just kind of creatively sit down and start working on one all three together.”

Of course, that turned out to be a fruitful collaboration, since Chase was one of the co-writers on FGL’s breakthrough, eleven-time RIAA-Platinum smash, “Cruise.” 

Chase says there’s no denying all three have changed since then.

“Tyler said it best,” Chase smiles. “He said, ‘Back then it’d be “Drinkin’ Beer Talking GIRLS Amen.”‘ And now it’s gone from that to ‘Drinkin’ Beer Talkin’ God Amen.'”

“It shows the progression of our lives,” he adds.  

Not long ago, the guys got together at an old tobacco barn on Chase’s Music City property to shoot the music video for their hit, which is nearing the top 30.

Look for Chase’s The Album Part III to be released later this year.

By Stephen Hubbard
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