Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- July 6

Luke Combs‘ new album, Growin’ Up, has debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart.


May We All: A New Country Musical just wrapped up it’s initial run in Nashville and soon will hit the road. It started out as an idea between Florida Georgia Line‘s Brian Kelly and his cousin years ago and they were finally able to bring it to life. May We All features music from artists like Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Chris Stapleton, FGL and more. Details of the national tour have not been announced but it is expected to begin this fall.


Tom Cruise could earn up to $90 million for Top Gun: Maverick. The film has made $1.1 billion at the box office so far. There was a time that Tom said making a Top Gun sequel would be irresponsible.

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