Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- December 6

Cole Swindell and Lauren Alaina have each announced that they will hit the road in the new year. Cole will headline the Down to the Bar tour beginning February 17 in Peoria. He will be joined by Travis Denning. Lauren Alaina will kick off her Top of the World Tour on February 24. It will include stops in Chicago and Bloomington.


George Strait and his wife, Norma, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday. George was playing his second Strait to Vegas show of the weekend but paused to pay tribute to his bride with a performance of I Cross My Heart.

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