Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- February 14

Jason Aldean has announced his Rock n’ Roll Cowboy tour. It will begin on July 15 and Jason will be joined by Gabby Barrett.

Granger Smith is going to give acting a try. He just finished filming a new movie called, Moonrise. Granger received the script in November and fell in the with the character right away. As of right now, there are no details on a release date for the film.


George Strait starred in a Super Bowl ad for H-E-B, a grocery chain out of his homestate of Texas.


Lauren Alaina became the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry over the weekend. She made her Opry debut on June 10, 2011.  It was the first big stage that Lauren performed on, just a week after being named runner up on season 10 of American Idol. Since then, she has played the Opry 50 times.

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