Luke Combs had to make a change to his cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car." In the recording, Luke sings, "Still gotta make a decision/Leave tonight or live and die this way." Well, apparently, he had the words wrong. Luke learned of the mistake when Tracy corrected him. "She said, 'So, when you recorded the song, you said 'Still gotta make a decision' instead of 'We gotta make a decision.' And that was the first time that I knew that I recorded the song incorrectly," Luke told the crowd at a recent show. Tracy was "awesome" about his mistake, but Luke says he still feels the embarrassment of getting the words wrong to a song he loves.
Carly Pearce was enjoying some downtime in Florida recently when she decided to face one of her childhood fears. During a visit to Walt Disney World, she challenged herself to ride the Tower of Terror. "I'm at Hollywood Studios at Disney World," Carly says in a video posted to social media. "When I was 11, the last time I was here, I was too afraid to ride the Tower of Terror, so we're going to face a fear." The video shows her screaming the entire time the ride is moving. "I hate it," Carly says at the end of the video. At least she did it.
Jelly Roll likes to visit jail facilities while he's on tour to perform for the inmates. He did things a little differently during a recent visit to a jail in Chesterfield, Va. Jelly Roll had some of the inmates perform for him, and he was really impressed. When he was leaving to get ready for his arena show in Charlottesville, Va., he decided to call the sheriff to see if they could arrange to have four men from the facility come to his show to play onstage with him. They were able to make it work, and the men showed up dressed in street clothes and performed with Jelly Roll. The musicians who showed off their talents are members of the Helping Addicts Recover Progressively (HARP) program. Jelly Roll has been involved with the program in the past.
Bailey Zimmerman just surprised his grandma with a brand-new Cadillac for her birthday. "Happy birthday to the sweetest soul I know. GRANDMA GOT A NEW CADDY BABY," he wrote in the caption of his post, which featured several pictures of his grandma with her new ride.
Kelsea Ballerini played songs from her new album, Patterns, to a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. The most moving moment of the night happened when she fell apart as she was singing "Penthouse," a song from her Rolling Up the Welcome Mat EP. As Kelsea sang the line, "I bought the house with a fence/ Enough room for some kids, a backyard for Dibs," she started to cry. It was in August that Kelsea let her fans know that her dog, Dibs, has cancer in his heart. Unable to finish the song, the crowd finished it for her. Kelsea just stood back and let the tears flow.
Bailey Zimmerman recently welcomed a second dog to his family when he adopted a new puppy named Pie. After he brought her home, he noticed that she wasn't acting right and they rushed her to the vet. Pie was diagnosed with parvovirus or parvo, which is a "highly contagious disease" that "attacks white blood cells and the gastrointestinal tract of dogs." Dogs who have parvo need immediate medical attention because it can lead to severe illness or death. Thankfully Bailey was able to get her to the vet on time and Pie is doing much better. He decided to adopt another golden retriever because he wanted Marely to have a "best friend to grow up with." According to Bailey's update, the two dogs are "best buds" and play and nap together constantly.
Morgan Wallen will donate $500,000 worth of musical instruments to schools in the cities he visited on his recent One Night at a Time Tour. The Morgan Wallen Foundation will donate the instruments to schools in need in 14 different cities. "When I was a kid, access to music profoundly changed my life and gave me a sense of purpose," he says in a statement. "We want that for others, and I'm blessed to be able to provide instruments to these schools through my foundation. We really wanted to say a big thank you to these awesome communities that welcome us in and let us play for our fans." The new project is called the "One Instrument at a Time" initiative, and it's a partnership with Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation.
Old Dominion was honoured last week with the Angels Among Us Award, which acknowledges their longtime commitment to St. Jude Children's Hospital. The group admitted that they felt drawn to support St. Jude from their first visit early on in their career. "Our first tour of the hospital really moved us all and it just seemed like it gave us a real perspective on why we do what we do. And it's a really easy thing to do when you're in our position when you get to do what you love to do and then someone asks for help. It's a blessing to us to be a part of it," Matthew Ramsey shared. Old Dominion joins previous Angels Among Us recipients including Randy Owen, Brothers Osborne, Scotty McCreery, Florida Georgia Line, Lady A, Jake Owen, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker.