Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- March 22

Lady A‘s Charles Kelley is combining two of his passions, golf and music. He recorded a version of Georgia On My Mind for ESPN. They will use it to promote their coverage of the Masters, which begins April 4.  “Growing up in Augusta I have been going to the Masters for as long as I can remember,” Kelley said of his home state. “So this was a special full-circle moment for me. No one can sing this song like Ray Charles, but I hope I did him justice and I can’t wait to get back home and experience the Masters in-person.”


Luke Bryan‘s wife, Caroline, was on American Idol last night doing what she does best, pranking Luke. Caroline disguised herself as a stage hand and interrupted a contestants performance of My Church by Maren Morris, when she loudly opened a bag of chips and started eating. Luke and Lionel were aggravated by the interruption, Katy and the contestant were in on the whole thing.


Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert , Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini are among artists who will perform at the CMT Music Awards. The show will be hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and actor, Anthony Mackie, on April 11.


The Green Bay Packers are the only NFL team that is publicly owned. They are owned by over 360,000 stockholders and fans and Eric Church is now one of them. At his show in Green Bay over the weekend, two fans gifted him with the official paperwork.

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