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Luke Combs‘ wife Nicole is opening up about her experience delivering their son Tex Lawrence, as well as her mental health.

In an Instagram Q&A with fans, Nicole says that her labor and delivery experience was “incredible,” praising all of the hospital staff including the nurses and doctors. “Everyone was amazing. Truly love the hospital I delivered at. Couldn’t have been more thankful for everyone,” she raves, adding that recovering from the birth was the most challenging part. 

Fans also inquired about her mental health postpartum. “Thankfully I’ve been doing great physically & mentally,” she reports, thanking the many fans who have checked in. “You are truly the best people around.” 

The topic of conversation also turned to music, particularly her favorite song off Luke’s new album, Growin’ Up. “Going, Going, Gone” she responds, noting that it’s “tough” to choose a favorite. As for other standouts in her husband’s catalogue, she reveals that the unreleased “5 Leaf Clover” is another “recent favorite.” 

“Please go spam him and ask why it wasn’t on the album because I’m truly wondering????” she writes. 

Luke and Nicole welcomed Tex on June 19, one week before Growin’ Up was released. It became the superstar’s third consecutive album to hit #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. 

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Nine Inch Nails has added another stop to the band’s fall U.S. headlining tour.

The newly announced show will take place September 13 in Santa Barbara, California. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 22 at 10 a.m. PT.

For all ticket info, visit NIN.com.

As previously reported, NIN’s fall tour kicks off with a pair of concerts at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre on September 2 and 3. Trent Reznor and company will also hit Troutdale and Bend, Oregon; Las Vegas, Nevada and Berkeley, California before returning to the Midwest for a hometown show in Cleveland on September 24. All of those dates have already sold out.

You can also catch Nine Inch Nails playing at a number of festivals this fall, including Primavera Sound Los Angeles, Riot Fest and Louder than Life.

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A new documentary coming to Netflix this month will chronicle the life and career of Shania Twain.

From her early days growing up in Canada to her first releases and rise to fame as one of the biggest country stars of the ‘90s, Not Just a Girl: The Highlights will provide in-depth insight into Shania’s pioneering musical career and upcoming new releases.

The film will feature interviews from a bevy of her fellow artists across all genres. DJ Diplo, singer-songwriter Orville Peck, pop-punk star and fellow Canadian Avril Lavigne, country star Kelsea Ballerini and musical legend Lionel Richie are among those who share their thoughts in the documentary.

In tandem with the release of Not Just a Girl, Shania will release a companion album full of her biggest hits. The 18-track collection includes beloved classics like “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” “You’re Still the One,” “That Don’t Impress Me Much” and many more.

Not Just a Girl arrives at Netflix on July 26, and the companion album will be available digitally the same day. Physical copies will become available on September 2.

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If you thought you spotted BLACKPINK‘s Jennie in the trailer for The Weeknd‘s new HBO series The Idol when it dropped yesterday, you were correct: The K-pop star has been cast in the show, HBO confirmed.

“I found the script very intriguing, so I wanted to be part of the series,” Jennie said of her new gig, according to the Korean news agency Yonhap. “I feel very excited. I’ll work hard, so please watch me with affection.”

It’s not clear which role Jennie will play in the series, which stars Lily-Rose Depp as an aspiring pop singer who has a “complicated relationship” with a self-help guru and cult leader, played by The Weeknd.

According to Variety, Jennie appeared in the TV series The Clash and Castle Einstein, but this will be her big-screen acting debut.

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Shania Twain‘s journey from a poor upbringing in Canada to the top of the charts is a compelling one, and now it’s being told in a new Netflix documentary, Not Just a Girl, which begins streaming July 26.

The documentary traces Shania’s life, from her childhood in Timmins, Ontario to getting her first record deal in Nashville, and then meeting her future husband, producer Mutt Lange. Together, Shania and Lange wrote and recorded the music that made her a country/pop superstar. 

The doc features studio footage from throughout Shania’s career, as well as brand-new interviews with the star herself. Her divorce from Lange, and the period during which she lost her voice, are also covered.

Also detailed by the doc is the making of Shania’s upcoming record Not Just a Girl, which features guest appearances by her pal Lionel Richie, as well as DJ/producer Diplo, masked alt-country star Orville Peck, and fellow Canadian Avril Lavigne, who was hugely influenced by Shania. Peck, Lionel and Diplo also appear in the trailer for the film.

A companion album, Not Just a Girl (The Highlights), will be available July 26 digitally, with physical copies coming September 2.  The title track of her new album is included, along with Shania’s biggest hits, including “From This Moment On,” “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” and “That Don’t Impress Me Much.”

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A suspect accused of attempting to kidnap Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs was erroneously released from prison, and now the U.S. Marshals are offering a $5,000 reward for information on his whereabouts.

The Marshals, in a release obtained by ABC News Monday night, say 19-year-old James Howard Jackson was released from jail where he was being held pending trial due to a “clerical error” on April 6, 2022.

Jackson is alleged to have shot dog walker Ryan Fischer with a .40-caliber handgun while he was walking the three dogs in Los Angeles. Fischer sustained a through-and-through gunshot wound to his chest and was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Police arrested five people in April in connection with the attack, two of whom were charged as accessories after the fact. Jackson, Jaylin White, 19, and Lafayette Whaley, 27, were all charged with one count of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and second-degree robbery.

Jackson is described as a black male, with black hair and brown eyes. He stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds, according to the statement, which adds that Jackson “should be considered armed and dangerous.”

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Palm trees and hydrangeas and impatiens, oh my! Jake Owen took to Instagram Stories to offer fans a tour of the flora growing on his Nashville property. 

The Florida native brought a piece of his native land to Nashville by planting palm trees near his driveway. Known as Christmas Palms, which have three branches per stem, Jake says their 30-gallon planters are “great” for allowing room at the bottom to fill with other flowers such as impatiens and dipladenias. 

“I like to make sure that my place is covered in palm trees, not to mention beautiful flowers,” he says. 

In fact, the singer has plenty of the plants lying around. During the video the camera pans over to a bed of pink impatiens that “love to draw butterflies,” as evidenced by a butterfly perched on one of the petals.

“What a beautiful little animal, sitting there sucking nectar out of my beautiful impatience,” the singer narrates. “I love creating beautiful habitats for all my butter friends.”  

The country hitmaker also has several white flowering hydrangea bushes flanked by a “beautiful” crape myrtle. “Sometimes they’re white, sometimes they’re purple, sometimes depending on how much you water them they’re brown,” Jake says with a laugh about the hydrangeas. 

Jake notes his jam-packed schedule can make it difficult to care for the plants. “You have to make time for your flowers.” 

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Slipknot has announced a new album called The End, So Far.

The seventh studio effort from the masked metallers — and the first since 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind — will arrive on September 30.

“New music, new art, and new beginnings,” declares percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan. “Get ready for the end.”

The End, So Far includes the previously released single “The Chapeltown Rag.” A second track, titled “The Dying Song (Time to Sing),” is available now via digital outlets, and is accompanied by a video streaming now on YouTube.

Slipknot will be supporting The End, So Far on their fall Knotfest Roadshow tour, kicking off September 20 in Nashville.

Here’s the track list for The End, So Far:

“Adderall”
“The Dying Song (Time to Sing)”
“The Chapeltown Rag”
“Yen”
“Hivemind”
“Warranty”
“Medicine for the Dead”
“Acidic”
“Heirloom”
“H377”
“De Sade”
“Finale”

(Video contains uncensored profanity)

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