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Lainey Wilson Invited to Join Grand Ole Opry by Reba McEntire
The nation legend stunned Wilson with the announcement throughout Tuesday’s finale of The Voice
Lainey Wilson has been having an outstanding 12 months, and it was made all of the sweeter throughout NBC’s finale episode of The Voice on Tuesday night.
After performing her newest single, “Dangle Tight Honey,” which she debuted on the ACM Awards final week, nation music legend Reba McEntire stunned Wilson with a particular announcement.
Rising from her coach’s chair, McEntire joined Wilson on stage and advised the star how proud she was of her. “You probably did an exquisite job and I’ve heard that I’ve impressed you and what you’ve finished to this point, and I’m thrilled if I had something to do together with your profession since you are blowing it up,” she mentioned.
She continued, “I used to be so pleased with you on the ACMs the opposite evening, and I couldn’t be extra proud to be the one which helps you proceed to bridge the hole between our generations. Preserve ’em all going. I’d wish to be the particular person to ask you to be a member, official member, of the Grand Ole Opry!”
Wilson appeared shocked by the information and was quickly moved to tears as the gang erupted in cheers. “My household’s over right here tonight. I’ll say they took me to Nashville after I was 9 years outdated, and we went to the Grand Opry and we noticed Invoice Anderson and Crystal Gale and Little Jimmy Dickens, and I knew that I wished to play there,” Wilson shared. “I wished to do it, and it was so loopy that you simply have been asking me to be a member as a result of I look as much as you a lot. I’m not speaking about simply musically, however the way in which that you simply carry your self and your work ethic. You encourage me every single day.”
Throughout an interview with Rolling Stone final 12 months, earlier than taking dwelling the 2024 Grammy for Greatest Nation Album, Wilson mentioned nation’s renaissance. “It’s changing into popular culture. It’s like everyone, hastily, is wanting a horse and eager to put on a cowboy hat. You get on TikTok, and also you see these children wishing that they have been nation. And that’s cool,” she mentioned. “It’s like, ‘Welcome to the social gathering — the place ya been?’”
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