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Luke Combs Dons A Kilt During Scotland Show

When Luke Combs performs, he generally wears his standard concert attire: jeans, a black Columbia button-down shirt, and a ball cap (usually black). He doesn’t change his outfits much from…

Luke Combs on stage singing and carrying a drink wearing a black shirt and white ball cap
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When Luke Combs performs, he generally wears his standard concert attire: jeans, a black Columbia button-down shirt, and a ball cap (usually black). He doesn't change his outfits much from show to show. However, when he recently played a show in Scotland, he changed it quite a bit. Combs wore a traditional kilt for the Scotland show to honor the country and his fans there.

Luke just wrapped his European tour and posted images from the trek overseas, which started in Norway on September 30. He captioned the Instagram post, which included a photo of him performing in a red and black kilt, "World Tour: Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England."

Many fans reacted to hIs photo dump post, including one who wrote, "Scotland loves you." Another European fan commented, "Best show I've been to, by a long way!" One more die-hard said, "I love that Europeans are embracing country."

In August, Combs announced his "Growin' Up And Gettin' Old" U.S. Tour with dates from April 2024 through August.

Luke talked with us about touring stadiums, which he started in 2023. He's also been touring for years and has learned a thing or two about how to make his fans feel special. He told us, "You know when we're doing a show like this, whether it's going over ticket pricing or picking openers or picking cities. I mean, we try to think of them first at every turn, truly."

He added, "I hope that comes across when they see the show and, when they're at the box office to buy their tickets, I hope those things kind of come across."

Combs also told us what it takes to put on big stadium shows like he does. He said, "Oh, it takes a ton of people to put on a show of this size. I mean, definitely over 100-150 folks, and that's just my people, that's not including the openers. So yeah, it's a tremendous, tremendous effort to get these shows pulled off, and very thankful to have the best team in the business to help me do these shows every night."

Luke Combs is getting ready to release his latest album, Growing Old, later this month (3/24), and then he kicks off his world tour, which will play stadiums all over the world. That is not bad for a guy who studied criminal justice in college just over ten years ago.

As his country star continues to rise, Luke became a new dad in July of last year (2022) and has been busy helping out his wife Nicole take care of his son Tex. He also performed as a multiple nominee at the Grammy Awards show in February (2/5).

Combs celebrates his 33rd birthday today (3/2), and to honor him; we rank his 16 biggest and best songs.

16. "Does to Me" (featuring Eric Church) (2020)

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15. "Cold Beer Calling My Name" (featuring Jameson Rodgers) (2020)

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14. "One Number Away" (2018)

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13. "Brand New Man" (with Brooks and Dunn) (2019)

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12. "Better Together" (2020)

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11. "When It Rains It Pours" (2017)

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10. "She Got the Best of Me" (2018)

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9. "Even Though I'm Leaving" (2019)

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8. "Cold as You" (2021)

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7. "Doin' This" (2021)

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6. "Six Feet Apart" (2020)

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5. "Lovin' on You" (2020)

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4. "Hurricane" (2016)

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3. "Beautiful Crazy" (2019)

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2. "Forever After All" (2021)

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1. "Beer Never Broke My Heart" (2019)

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.