Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- January 31

Luke Bryan has announced details for his Raised Up Right tour. It will begin on June 9 and will include stops in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago and Peoria. Luke will be joined on the road by Riley Green and Mitchell Tenpenny.


Walker Hayes performed during halftime of the Chiefs/ Bengels game yesterday. If you were trying to watch the team of analysts share their thoughts on the first half, you knew that because Walker was drowning them out. They continued their discussion but were struggling to hear each other.  Walker joked on social media after the performance that he didn’t realize that CBS would be airing their performance.


Rascal Flatts Jay Demarcus has launched a new record label, Red Street Country. It is a division of the parent label, Red Street Records, which has been around since 2018. Jay’s first signee to the new label is singer-songwriter Ryan Griffin.

 

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