Scotty McCreery is going to be a dad! He and his wife, Gabi, are expecting their first child this year.

The hit country singer says that after they wed in June 2018, the couple wanted to spend a few years traveling and experiencing life before welcoming children. Gabi is now pregnant with a baby boy that’s due in November.

“We got a little man on the way,” Scotty tells People. “We’ve gotten to live a lot of life and do some cool things, so seems like now’s a good time to settle down a little and expand the family.”

Gabi says it took her a few tries to inform her husband of the exciting news because her original plan of telling him on the car ride back home after picking him up from the airport didn’t pan out, as his flight was delayed. She ended up telling him the next morning after they’d attended a hockey game. 

“I’m over there drinking beers, having a good time, and she’s like, ‘I think I’ll just lay low tonight,’ so I was like, ‘Okay.’ I didn’t think anything of it,” the singer recalls. 

Gabi, who is a pediatric nurse in their home state of North Carolina, says that her job has helped prepare her for motherhood.

“Even just down to changing diapers multiple times in a day, and figuring out how to soothe the baby when they’re upset, for sure has helped,” she explains. “I definitely feel like it’s prepared me in many ways.”

After the baby arrives, Scotty does plan to equip his tour bus with a nursery so his son and wife can join him on the road. “[This is] uncharted waters for us, but we can’t wait to dive in and meet the little man,” Scotty shares.

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Wine connoisseur Kelly Clarkson will not be standing for red wine slander — even if it’s from Maren Morris.

Kelly welcomed “The Middle” singer onto her daytime talk show Tuesday and confronted her about a 2018 tweet in which she said, “Guys, I hate to tell you this, but red wine is gross.”

The Grammy winner had fired back, “#Blasphemy …..I mean, maybe you haven’t had the right glass of Pinot Noir is all I’m saying. This calls for a winery tour!  Seriously, we have to fix this.”

It’s been three years since that infamous exchange, and Kelly begged to know if Maren had a change of heart.

“I’m trying to get cooler with reds,” Maren admitted, adding she is still a “white [wine] girl.”

That wasn’t good enough for Kelly, so she wheeled out a full wine tasting to convert “The Bones” singer. Maren was handed a glass of Pinot Noir — as well as a complete description of what it was going to taste like.  

Maren only had one question before taking a sip –“Will it get me drunk?” 

“Yes!… I mean, people have told me,” Kelly joked. She was then vindicated when Maren said she not only liked the wine, she makes an exception for Pinot Noirs because they’re “not gritty.”

It shouldn’t shock fans that Kelly is a staunch supporter of red wines. She once had a web series titled Minute and a Glass of Wine and previously said she prefers drinking red wine to working out.

“This just in…. I still hate working out. I’m sweaty, red, and not any thinner,” she had tweeted. “People say it’s good for your heart…. but people also say red wine is good for your heart. I mean, I’m just stating facts here people. Who am I to ignore science?!”

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Kid Cudi is gearing up to hit the road with his To the Moon World Tour, making stops in 27 cities across North America, Asia and Europe. 

The “Day ‘n’ Night” rapper will be joined by Don Toliver and Strick on all dates of the North American leg and will receive additional support from Denzel Curry and 070 Shake on select dates. 

The tour kicks off in Vancouver on August 16 and will include stops at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles, the FTX Arena in Miami, Barclays Center in Brooklyn and in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio for the inaugural Moon Man’s Landing festival on September 17. To the Moon will then travel to select cities in Japan, Germany, Belgium, France and more.

The tour announcement follows the release of Cudi’s latest single, “Do What I Want,” which dropped on June 10 and is the first single from his forthcoming album, Entergalactic. On September 30, the rapper’s Netflix animated music series, also titled Entergalactic, is set to debut. Earlier this month, he shared a preview of the series, calling it his “greatest achievement.”

“World… I have been waiting 3 long years for you all to see what I’ve been working on all this time,” he wrote on Instagram. “My greatest achievement. This project will move you, it will take your heart places and make you fall in love again.”

American Express Card members can purchase tickets for Kid Cudi’s To the Moon tour early on Tuesday, June 21, while general public tickets will be available for purchase on Friday, June 24. 

For more information and the full tour lineup, visit kidcudi.com/tour.

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Miranda Lambert is expanding her farmily! 

The singer has welcomed a new horse named Cowboy to her Tennessee farm. When her friend Eric Masse, a producer and engineer in Nashville, reached out about a horse that needed to be re-homed, the benevolent singer couldn’t resist. She welcomed Cowboy to the farm family, which includes five other horses, cats, rabbits and Miranda’s many rescue dogs.   

“Y’all welcome Cowboy to the Farmily! Our newest addition,” Miranda writes in an introductory Instagram post. “When my friend @hello_i_eric said a friend of his had a horse that needed to be re homed …. That’s never a no… It’s a hell yeah!” 

The “Bluebird” singer announced the news with a series of photos that show her beaming as she holds the horse’s face and her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, posing alongside Cowboy. She concludes the gallery with a humorous photo of the horse wearing a merch hat from Little Big Town, displaying the phrase “Hell Yeah” in retro lettering to promote their new single of the same name. Miranda notes it’s her “new favorite hat” from her Bandwagon tour mates. 

“Cutie!!!!” comments LBT’s Karen Fairchild, while her husband and bandmate Jimi Westbrook jokes, “Awww… amazing. He should be our new hat model,” with a winking face and heart emoji. 

Miranda has a passion for helping displaced animals, something she’s done many times with her MuttNation Foundation, which promotes pet adoption and provides transportation assistance during natural disasters. 

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Lady A is tapping into a “Summer State of Mind” with their new single. 

The breezy bop references Yeti coolers, Ray-Bans and tiki bars, while paying tribute to the person in one’s life who puts all their worries at ease. “You put the blue back up in my sky/I’m the beach/You’re the breeze/Yeah you put me in my summer state of mind,” Lady A sings in the chorus.

Hillary Scott co-wrote the track with band mate Dave Haywood, along with Laura Veltz and Sam Ellis, in anticipation of summer. The trio debuted it during CMA Fest when they performed at Nissan Stadium, and can be heard when the CMA Fest special airs on ABC on August 3. 

“When we got together and wrote this song a few months ago it almost started writing itself. We were all looking ahead to the warmer months and those easygoing moments that we enjoy most,” Hillary shares in a statement. “When we had a chance to perform the song for the first time during CMA Fest, the fans really got in the spirit. It was the perfect way to kick off the summer.”

Lady A’s Request Line Tour launches on August 13 with two shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

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The Mars Volta is officially back.

The long-defunct band has reunited after a 10-year hiatus to release a new song called “Blacklight Shine.”

In a statement, vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala describes “Blacklight Shine” as a reflection of “a wave of rolling blackouts washing memories onto shore, a heartbeat that still remembers everything.”

You can listen to “Blacklight Shine” now via digital outlets. The song is accompanied by an 11-minute short film, which is streaming now on YouTube.

“Blacklight Shine” arrives after The Mars Volta directed fans to a mysterious cube in Los Angeles’ Grand Park over the weekend, which allowed fans to hear a preview of the new song. A digital version of the instillation will be unveiled on July 1.

Along with the new music, The Mars Volta has announced a U.S. headlining tour, running from September 23 in Dallas to October 21 in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m. local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit TheMarsVoltaOfficial.com.

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Forget “Beverly Hills,” Broadway is where Weezer wants to be.

Rivers Cuomo and company have booked a five-date residency at New York City’s Broadway Theatre, taking place from September 13-18.

Each of the first four shows will be based on an installment of Weezer’s ongoing SZNZ project, a series of four, seasonally-themed EPs. The fifth and final show will then feature a set of songs from across all four SZNZ EPs, along with “Weezer fan favorites from the previous four nights,” a press release says.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m. ET via the Broadway ticketing platform Telecharge.com.

The Broadway residency announcement coincides with Tuesday’s release of the second SZNZ EP, SZNZ: Summer, which, not coincidentally, arrives on the first day of summer. Weezer previewed the seven-track collection with a performance of the single “Records” on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night as part of their “seasonal residency” with the show.

You can listen to SZNZ: Summer now via digital outlets. SZNZ: Spring was released in March, while Autumn and Winter will drop on the first days of their respective seasons later this year.

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