Luke Combs Expecting First Child with Wife Nicole!

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Luke Combs is going to be a dad!

The 31-year-old “Forever After All” singer announced on Thursday (January 20) that he and wife Nicole are expecting their first child together.

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“Here we go y’all! Lil dude Combs is coming this Spring! Couldn’t be more excited to start a family with this babe. It’s gonna be a hell of a ride @nicolejcombs,” Luke wrote on Instagram.

Along with the announcement, Luke shared a few photos of he and Nicole cradling her tiny baby bump while holding up a sonogram.

Nicole also shared the exciting news on her Instagram, writing, “This may be the best year yet 🤍 baby BOY combs coming spring 2022!! we are so incredibly excited & thankful.”

Luke and Nicole first started dating in 2016 and married in 2020.

Congrats to the parents-to-be!

Luke Combs and Wife Nicole Expecting First Child Together

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Luke Combs’ family is adding a member!

The country singer and his wife, Nicole, are expecting their first child together. The couple shared the exciting news on their Instagrams on Thursday, revealing that they are having a baby boy who will make his debut in the spring.

“Here we go y’all! Lil dude Combs is coming this Spring! Couldn’t be more excited to start a family with this babe. It’s gonna be a hell of a ride @nicolejcombs,” Luke wrote alongside stunning pregnancy photos of him and his wife showing off her baby bump and sonogram.

The mom-to-be shared the same photos on her profile, adding, “this may be the best year yet 🤍baby BOY combs coming spring 2022!! we are so incredibly excited & thankful.”

Luke and Nicole started dating in 2016 and got engaged in November 2018 while in Hawaii.

In August 2020, the two became husband and wife in front of family at their home in southern Florida.

“Despite the threat of a hurricane, the couple had a lovely intimate ceremony and will be celebrating with friends and family in the new year,” a rep for the then-newlyweds told ET at the time.

The “When It Rain It Pours” crooner shared the news of his and Nicole’s wedding with fans on his social media. “Yesterday was the best day of my life. I got to marry my best friend. I love you @nicohocking, here’s to forever. ?: @tiffany.brittin,” he wrote.

Luke and Nicole aren’t the only Hollywood couple expanding their family. The Flash star Danielle Panabaker is expecting her second child, while Property Brothers star Drew Scott and wife Linda are also pregnant with their first.

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Who is rock icon Meat Loaf’s wife, Deborah Gillespie?

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American singer and actor Michael Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf has passed away aged 74.

The rock icon was best known for his 1977 album Bat Out Of Hell which remains in the top ten best-selling albums of all time.

He also starred in over 65 movies, including Fight Club, Focus, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Wayne’s World.

His family confirmed his death in a Facebook statement on Friday morning (January 21st), writing:

“Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight surrounded by his wife Deborah, daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends.”

At the time of writing this, his cause of death is unknown.

As tributes to the star flood social media, let’s get to know him a little better. Who is his wife?

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Meet Meat Loaf’s wife

At the time of his death, Meat Loaf was married to Canadian woman Deborah Gillespie.

She doesn’t appear to be in the limelight herself and rose to prominence as the wife of Meat Loaf.

The pair wed in 2007 and had been married for almost 15 years at the time of his death.

Deborah and Meat Loaf do not have any children together, but she is the stepmother of his two daughters from his previous marriage.

Her IMDB profile reveals that she starred in two of Meat Loaf’s documentaries, Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004) and Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007).

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He was married before

Before Deborah, Meat Loaf was married to Leslie Aday.

She was a secretary at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, which is where he was recording Bat Out of Hell.

The pair started dating in 1975 and married four years later on February 23rd 1979.

They wed at Todd Rundgren’s house, who produced Meat Loaf’s iconic album.

Leslie already had one daughter, Pearl, who Meat Loaf adopted.

They then went on to have another child, Amanda, before divorcing in 2001 after 22 years of marriage.

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Who are his children?

Meat Loaf’s children are now famous in their own right.

Pearl is an American singer from New York who used to be a member of Meat Loaf’s touring band Neverland Express in the 90s.

She appeared as a backing singer on a number of her step-father’s albums, tours and television performances.

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The 47-year-old has also been a backing singer for the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, is the lead singer of her own band Pearl and released her own album in 2010.

Meat Loaf’s other daughter, Amanda, is an American actress who played Dora Mae Dreifuss in HBO’s Carnivàle.

The 41-year-old has also appeared in a number of films including South Dakota, Madtown and The Trials of Cate McCall.

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Thomas Rhett Announces 2022 Bring the Bar to You Tour

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Thomas Rhett’s 2022 tour schedule has just been announced. The “Slow Down Summer” singer revealed his Bring the Bar to You Tour, a 30-date trek that will keep him busy from June to mid-October.

The tour’s name comes from a song on Rhett’s newly-announced Where We Started album, expected April 1. It’s track No. 7, called “Bring the Bar,” but it’s not one of the ones he released early in announcing the project last week. It’s also not one of the collaborations, of which there are three on the 15-song album.

Parker McCollum and Rhett labelmate Conner Smith will open the Bring the Bar to You Tour, beginning on June 17 in New Hampshire and continuing through Oct. 15 in Dayton, Ohio. The tour focuses on outdoor venues through the summer before turning indoors for the brisk days that follow the autumnal equinox.

As he often does, Rhett will touch both coasts. Fans can expect hits, plus songs from his upcoming studio album. As the tour draws to its close, he may treat the audience to new material from his second new album of 2022: Country Again: Side B is expected in the fall.

Thomas Rhett, Bring the Bar to You Tour Dates:

June 17 — Gilford, N.H. @ Bank of NH Pavilion

June 18 — Gilford, N.H. @ Bank of NH Pavilion

June 23 — Bethel, N.Y. @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

June 24 — Hershey, Pa. @ Hersheypark Stadium

June 25 — Virginia Beach, Va. @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

July 14 — Pittsburgh, Pa. @ The Pavilion at Star Lake

July 15 — Darien Center, N.Y. @ Darien Lake Amphitheater

July 16 — Detroit, Mich. @ Pine Knob Music Theatre

July 21 — Tuscaloosa, Ala. @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater

July 22 — Atlanta, Ga. @ Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood

July 23 — Charleston, S.C. @ Credit One Stadium

Aug. 11 — Salt Lake City, Utah @ USANA Amphitheatre

Aug. 12 — Morrison, Colo. @ Red Rocks Amphitheater

Aug. 13 — Albuquerque, N.M. @ Isleta Amphitheater

Aug. 18 — Seattle, Wash. @ White River Amphitheatre

Aug. 19 — Bend, Ore. @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater

Aug. 25 — Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre

Aug. 26 — Wheatland, Calif. @ Toyota Amphitheatre

Sept. 22 — Columbia, Mo. @ Mizzou Arena

Sept. 23 — Springfield, Mo. @ JQH Arena

Sept. 24 — Tulsa, Okla. @ BOK Center

Sept. 29 — Grand Forks, N.D. @ Alerus Center

Sept. 30 — Bismarck, N.D. @ Bismarck Event Center

Oct. 1 — Sioux Falls, S.D. @ Denny Sanford Premier Center

Oct. 6 — Boise, Idaho @ Ford Idaho Center Arena

Oct. 7 — Bozeman, Mont. @ Brick Breeden Fieldhouse

Oct. 8 — Missoula, Mont. @ Adams Center

Oct. 13 — Moline, Ill. @ TaxSlayer Center

Oct. 14 — Evansville, Ind. @ Ford Center

Oct. 15 — Dayton, Ohio @ Nutter Center

Best Country Albums of 2021 - Critic’s Picks This list of the best country albums of 2021 was curated by Taste of Country staff, with help from fans and with consideration of industry acclaim and mainstream accessibility.

The top album of the year is a traditional country record that makes subtle efforts to include more progressive-minded fans. Elsewhere, find projects from a dynamic mix of artists and and visionaries.

Jessica Willis Fisher Reclaims Her Voice in Bold ‘Fire Song’

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There have been many moments over the past few months in which Jessica Willis Fisher wondered if she was doing the right thing by coming out of the country music gate with her ultra-powerful “Fire Song.”

“I was just talking about this with my husband this morning,” the singer with the sweet-yet-powerful voice tells Taste of Country in a recent interview about her debut solo single. “I totally believe it was the right move.”

Premiering exclusively on Taste of Country, the lyric video for “Fire Song” gives listeners a glimpse at the powerful woman that has come out of the ashes in recent years, after her famous family, the Willis Clan, found themselves tangled up in a tragic set of circumstances that could have left Fisher just a shell of what she once was.

But instead, she finds herself stronger than ever before.

And you can hear that strength all over “Fire Song.”

“It’s probably the boldest song off the whole record,” explains Fisher of the song she co-wrote alongside Grammy Award-winner Jon Randall. “I was thinking, what is the first thing that I want to say? And, you know, I haven’t said anything about what I went through, so in a way, this song addresses it. This song reflects that chapter and how dangerous it was and how scary it was and what was required of me to break through to this new chapter. Getting to this place wasn’t a stroll in the park. It was harrowing, and I think this song reflects that.”

Granted, “Fire Song” is just a piece of the story, as Fisher plans to release her debut solo album, Brand New Day, on April 13.

“The whole album is bold and strong, and kind of had to be,” says Fisher, whose Americana roots paired with her love of bluegrass fit beautifully with one another in her music. “I want to be authentic, and I want to be truthful, and I want to actually accomplish something with deep purpose with my music.”

Fisher stresses that the album has some “lighter, sweeter, more delicate” moments in store for fans.

“This album and these songs feel like a full calendar wheel in a way,” says Fisher, who solely wrote eight out of the ten songs on the upcoming album. “There’s something for every time of one’s life. Wherever you are at, you can find something in there.”

But for now, “Fire Song” is the story Fisher not only wants to tell, but had to tell.

“Right before I left, I was having these nightmares that the house was on fire and I was the only one who could tell, and everybody else was going about their normal lives,” remembers Fisher, whose father was arrested and jailed in 2016 for sexual abuse of her and her siblings. “I was shouting, ‘Wake up! Wake up! We got to get out!’ And I realize now that that was me, trying to say to myself, ‘We have to get out of here!’”

She pauses.

“At the time, it was like there was one part of me saying to the other part of me, ‘We got to get outta here,’” Fisher says quietly. “So now, I am that figure that is starting the fire and is calling out the warning and has escaped…and has survived.”