Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- July 25

Luke Combs shared a moment with a fan, onstage, at the Buckeye Country Superfest in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend. Adison Conely is a 17 year old girl fighting cancer. One of the items on her bucket list was meeting Luke and seeing him in concert and he made that happen. Luke flew Addison and her family to Columbus and hung out with them backstage before the show and made sure they had a suite to watch the show from. He later brought Addison onstage so he could serenade her with her favorite song, Better Together.

Carly Pearce has added a new family member. She has adopted a chocolate lab that she named, Retta Lynn. Carly says Retta is identical to the dog she had as a child.  Retta joins dogs, Johnny and June and a cat named Emmylou. Carly has an ongoing theme of naming her pets after iconic artists.

Jon Pardi and his wife, Summer, have expanded their family by two french bulldogs. Nick and Mike make a total of  six dogs for the couple.

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