The List for Wednesday, August 9th 2023

Welcome to The List,

Brett Young is opening on Sam Hunt’s current tour . . . and I think it’s safe to say they’re NOT partying like crazy.  Unless the parties feature balloons, cake, and Squishmallows. Brett and Sam are both girl dads, and you can relate if you’re a girl dad. Have THEY bonded over that?  “Yeah, it really softens you as a dude, you know, you kind of think when you’re doing well in life, you think you’re all that.  That’s the cliché expression, but you have little girls, and they remind you that you’re not.”

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Garth Brooks did it with Takamine now Miranda Lambert has collaborated with Gibson to create a custom version of their Hummingbird acoustic guitar.  Her model is called the Miranda Lambert Bluebird, and it features a cool, “bluebonnet lacquer finish,” and a bluebird pickguard.  You can find them at Gibson.com for just under $5,000.

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William Shatner is being inducted into the San Diego Air and Space Museum’s International Hall of Fame. His induction is the result of him being the oldest person to go into space NOT because he is the original Captain Kirk. William and several others hovered above Earth on October 13, 2021 aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket.

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Jon Pardi tells People magazine that he loves the interactions he’s had with his country music heroes.  Saying he got to workout with Tim McGraw…had a beer with Alan Jackson and talked to George Strait a couple times.  Just a few of his heroes that he’s been listening to since he was a kid.

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Sinead O’Connor’s memorial service and burial took place yesterday in Ireland. U2 stars Bono and The Edge attended the funeral Hundreds of fans lined the streets in Sinead’s hometown to get a glimpse of the hearse carrying her remains.

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And lastly, Barbie fans are getting foot tattoos that read JAPAN. Barbie dolls from the 1960s had the word stamped across the bottom of their right foot. Now, fans of the new movie are doing the same. Some are adjusting the tattoo to read “Made in ____ .” (Country they are from)

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