Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- May 31

Brett Eldredge, Michael Ray, Jimmie Allen and Brothers Osborne‘s John Osborne are just some of the artists who are promoting mental health awareness through ACM Lifting Lives digital series, ACM Lifting Lives Presents the Check-In. Each artist will share their personal mental health journey and how music plays into maintaining their mental health.


Dan + Shay grew up idolizing Kenny Chesney. When they were younger, they would go to his shows and sing every word of every song. Now the guys are opening for Kenny on his Here & Now tour and have become even bigger fans. They wrote a song about him and shared a clip on Instagram. The Here and Now tour stopped in Nashville over the weekend and set a new attendance record for Nissan Stadium with 57,211 fans in attendance.


Carly Pearce will be headlining one night only at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The show will take place October 26.


It was on this day back in 2006 that Little Big Town‘s Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook secretly tie the knot in Nashville. They shared the news with fans a couple of months later. The couple has been happily married for 16 years and welcomed their son, Elijah Dylan Westbook in 2010.

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