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"An insane blessing": Luke Combs on his country music stardom, chances of a NZ tour

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 3 Sep 2024, 8:59am
Country Superstar Luke Combs performs in concert at FedEx Field on July 27, 2024 in Landover, MD. (Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Country Superstar Luke Combs performs in concert at FedEx Field on July 27, 2024 in Landover, MD. (Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"An insane blessing": Luke Combs on his country music stardom, chances of a NZ tour

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 3 Sep 2024, 8:59am

Luke Combs is a country music megastar. 

The 34-year-old is one of the biggest names in the world right now, consistently battling it out against Morgan Wallen for the number one spot.  

He’s broken records, gone platinum, and earned a range of awards, including three Grammy nominations.  

It all started when he dropped out of college to pursue his musical career, moving to Nashville and making it big. 

Combs told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that he got really lucky in having his career take off the way it did. 

“Yes, I worked really hard at it, but there’s a ton of luck involved as well,” he said. 

“I don't know how it never dawned on me until, until I picked the guitar up. Like, man, I could really, you know, maybe there's a chance that this could be what my life is, is gonna be.” 

While he doesn’t take his success for granted, fame was never quite what Combs was after. 

“I never put any pressure on myself to be a certain way or achieve certain things,” he told Hosking. 

“Anything beyond just being able to be happy and have a good life was always more than I had ever asked for.” 

 “To have ended up here is an insane blessing.” 

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