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Congrats to Cole Swindell and his wife Courtney as they're expecting their first baby together. In a post on Instagram, Courtney shared several pictures, which include snapshots of her holding her baby bump and holding up sonogram images. In the caption, she simply wrote "Baby Swindle 2025" to make the announcement. Cole and Courtney got married in June of 2024.
Garth Brooks is rapidly catching up to the present. Yesterday he announced his fifth "Anthology" collection, "The Anthology Part V: The Comeback - The First Five Years." The collection has six CDs containing 66 songs, including seven live recordings and over 150 never before seen behind-the-scenes photos. To launch the Anthology on TalkShopLive, Brooks will do a weekly series of one-on-one conversations with those that were with him for the comeback. The first conversation will stream Monday, March 10th, followed by one on March 17th, March 24th, and March 31st. The final conversation will be with wife Trisha Yearwood on Friday, April 4th. All conversations will stream at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT.
Chris Stapleton recently performed in Australia for the first time and revealed that he won't be participating in the local tradition of the "shoey," where performers drink beer out of their own shoe...then WEAR it when they're finished. While other artists like Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen embraced the tradition, Stapleton politely declined, joking about potential penalties. After his Australian tour, Stapleton will head to New Zealand before returning to the U.S. for more shows, including stadium performances with George Strait in 2025.