ARIANA GRANDE got married over the weekend in a small ceremony at her home in Montecito, California. Her rep says it was a “tiny and intimate” ceremony, with less than 20 people in attendance . . . adding, “The couple and both families couldn’t be happier.” Ariana has been dating her now-husband Dalton Gomez since January of 2020, and they spent the pandemic together at her L.A. home. They got engaged in December. Dalton is a 25-year-old real estate agent. Ariana is 27. They first made their relationship official when they appeared together in the Ariana / JUSTIN BIEBER video “Stuck with U” last May.
Fox is working on an unscripted show with TOM BRADY. NBC has signed JIMMY FALLON for another five years on the “Tonight Show”.
Jordan Davis and his wife Kristen are expecting their second child. He revealed the baby news on Monday via social media, sharing a photo of him and wife holding their one-year-old daughter, Eloise, all smiles as he holds up a sign that reads, “It’s a boy.” The exciting announcement comes days before Jordan drops his new EP, Buy Dirt, on Friday, which features a collaboration with Luke Bryan on the title track. Jordan’s current single, “Almost Maybes,” is inching its way toward the top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
Alan Jackson will return to his hometown of Newnan, Georgia next month as he headlines a special concert event to benefit relief efforts in and around Coweta County. Where I Come From: Tornado Benefit Featuring Alan Jackson will find him bringing three decades of hits to the stage in an area recently ravaged and still recovering from a devastating spring tornado. The June 26 concert will take place at Newman’s Coweta County Fairgrounds
Several country stars will be performing on “Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series”. Lady A will be there on July 2nd . . . Brad Paisley and Jimmie Allen are both doing the July 5th show. Dierks Bentley performs on July 23rd . . . and Old Dominion will take the stage on July 30th. Others include Bebe Rexa, Pitbull, and Sheryl Crow. Speaking of LADY A– they debuted a brand new song called “Things He Handed Down” during their Grand Ole Opry appearance last Saturday.
CASSADEE POPE’s “What The Stars See” features KAREN FAIRCHILD on vocals, and LINDSAY ELL on guitar. They’re in the video too, which was inspired by ’80s sci-fi action films like “Blade Runner”.
DARIUS RUCKER was a superstar with Hootie & the Blowfish when he transitioned to country in 2008. But instead of riding in like a big shot expecting special treatment, he did the opposite and paid his dues all over again. He talked about it on CLINT BLACK’s upcoming series “Taking In Circles”. “[In] the very first meeting about the record I said ‘What do you do if you’re the low guy? What do you do if you’re the new guy?’ “They were like, ‘Well, you do a radio tour. But we didn’t think you would do that.’ And I said, ‘Light it up.'” Darius did a massive radio tour because he wanted to earn his way onto the airwaves like everybody else. “[I] was like, ‘if you play my song, great. If not, hey man we had a beer, it was cool.’ We went around with that attitude, and people liked the song.” That song was his first #1 country hit, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”. Clint’s “Talking in Circles” episode with Darius debuts May 22nd on the Circle Network.
ASHLEY MCBRYDE announced the dates of her “This Town Talks Tour.” It begins June 12th in Roanoke, Virginia . . . and will stretch into next year. Morgan Wade, Priscilla Block, Adam Hambrick, and Ray Fulcher, Lainey Wilson, and Caylee Hammack will open select shows.
A 26-foot-tall statue of Marilyn Monroe is returning to a permanent location in Palm Springs. The stainless steel and aluminum sculpture temporarily stayed in the city from 2012 to 2014. The statue shows Monroe in her iconic Seven Year Itch pose, with air from a subway grate blowing up her skirt. Visitors to the Palm Springs Art Museum will get a good look at her undies when they exit the facility.
David Nail is 42.
Tina Fey is 51
George Strait is 69.
