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Riley Green is stepping into a brand-new role as a coach on Season 30 of NBC’s The Voice, and his infamous red chair is getting a custom upgrade unlike anything fans have seen before.

During a recent interview with K99.1 FM, Green revealed that host and producer Carson Daly helped him customize his chair after the country star realized his signature cowboy hat wouldn’t work with the chair’s tall back. The solution? A custom hat holder built specifically for him.

“Carson Daly was like, we’re sitting over there and he said, ‘What are you going to do with your hat? Are you going to wear it during the show?’ I said, ‘Well, I can’t because the chair, the back of it, you can’t wear a cowboy hat with a tall chair like that.’ And I was like, ‘Man, it’d be cool to have a little holster for it.’ And he’s like, ‘Well, I’m one of the executive producers. I can probably get that done.’” Green recalled.

When Green returned to set, he discovered that Carson had made it happen.

“Next thing I know, I got a little holster for my hat. So nobody else has that,” he pointed out.

The Alabama native also revealed that his custom hat holder may become more than just a convenient accessory—it could become part of his strategy as he competes with the other coaches to recruit talented contestants.

“What I found out is having the hat whenever you’re trying to get somebody to pick you for their team, when you can pull it out and put it on, they know you’re serious. That’s another…Little strategy.”

Green will join veteran coaches Adam Levine and Kelly Clarkson, along with new coach Queen Latifah, for the upcoming season. While Green has taken on some unexpected opportunities throughout his career, including an acting role on CBS’ Marshals, he admitted that becoming a coach on The Voice was never something he imagined.

“Never crossed my mind. And when they called me about it, they were interested in me being on the show, I still thought there’s no way,” he shared.

The “My Way” singer described his time on the show as “such a cool experience” and said that “everybody’s been great.”

“I can’t believe I’m on the show and all the contestants that are coming on there, it’ll be cool to get to try to help them out along the way.”

While fans have yet to see Green in action on the set of The Voice, the countdown to Season 30 is officially underway.

Season 30 of The Voice will kick off with a three-night premiere beginning Monday, September 21. The debut episode airs from 8-10 p.m. ET/PT, followed by one-hour episodes on Tuesday, September 22, and Wednesday, September 23, both airing at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Following premiere week, the competition series will settle into its regular schedule, airing Mondays from 8-10 p.m. ET/PT throughout September and October. In November, the show will transition to a one-hour broadcast beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Monday nights.

Riley Green’s new album, That’s Just Me, will arrive just days before the highly anticipated premiere on September 18.

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American Idol winner Hannah Harper just scored a major upgrade to her headlining tour, thanks to a new partnership with Sargento, which has signed on as the exclusive cheese sponsor of her String Cheese Tour.

The collaboration was inspired by Harper’s viral original song, “String Cheese,” which she performed during her American Idol audition. The heartfelt tune about motherhood and the pressure of trying to do it all brought Carrie Underwood (and millions of viewers!) to tears, quickly becoming one of the season’s most memorable moments.

Following the performance, Sargento reached out to Harper with a surprise package filled with string cheese. What started as a thoughtful gesture has now grown into a year-long partnership.

Throughout the String Cheese Tour, fans can expect special Sargento experiences, including ticket giveaways, exclusive content, limited-edition merchandise and plenty of other surprises along the way.

As part of the partnership, Sargento gave Harper’s tour bus a cheesy makeover, wrapping it in custom String Cheese Tour graphics and stocking the fridge with plenty of Sargento favorites, including String Cheese snacks, Balanced Breaks snack kits, Mighty Bites lunch snack kits and other natural cheeses. Fans can catch a glimpse of the newly decked-out bus when Harper rolls into the Backbone Bluegrass Festival in Strawberry Point, Iowa, on July 24.

Harper celebrated the partnership by taking fans on a lighthearted tour of her newly wrapped bus in a social media video, offering a closer look at its custom Sargento makeover.  

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The collaboration will also bring fans closer to the action through surprise ticket giveaways announced across Sargento’s and Harper’s social media channels. Plus, the partnership will spotlight its most dedicated supporters by recognizing standout commenters and passionate fans as the weekly “Fan of the Week,” rewarding them with tickets to upcoming tour stops.

“I’ve always loved that Sargento is a family-owned company that believes in making high-quality, natural cheese. It’s what I feed my own family at home and exactly what I want to fuel our crew on the road,” said Hannah Harper. “Having one of the first brands that believed in me join this tour makes this partnership incredibly special.”

“From the moment we first heard Hannah’s music, we knew she embodied the values that have defined Sargento for generations—family, quality and bringing people together,” said Erin Price, General Manager at Sargento. “This partnership is about much more than string cheese on a tour bus. It’s about celebrating family, supporting an artist we’ve believed in from the beginning and creating memorable moments for fans across the country.”

The collaboration won’t end when the tour does. Harper and Sargento plan to continue working together through the 2026 holiday season and into 2027 with additional fan experiences, exclusive merchandise and more.

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English actress Catherine Tyldesley thought she had planned the perfect Christmas gift for her husband, Tom Pitfield, a date night to see Luke Combs perform in their hometown of Manchester. Except they accidentally found themselves at a tribute show instead of an actual Luke Combs concert. Months later, the hilarious mix-up came full circle when she and her husband finally got the chance to meet the real country hitmaker.

Back in January, the couple took to social media to recap the unexpected date night and revealed the moment they figured out they would not be seeing Combs that night. Catherine, best known for her roles as Iris Moss in the BBC drama Lilies, Karen Norris in the BBC sitcom Scarborough and more, explained that she was struggling to find the perfect gift for her other half, but she knew that he was a fan of the North Carolina native and decided to lean into that.

“I was like, ‘No way is he coming back.’ Typed in ‘Luke Combs Manchester tour dates 2026.’ Comes up Bridgewater Hall. And I was like, ‘No way is he coming to Manchester?’ Then I got the tickets and the tickets were like, I don’t know, 30 quid each. And I was like, ‘What? This is insane.’ Went into work, flexing. I was like, ‘Oh my God, I got Luke Combs tickets.’ People were like, ‘Oh, we couldn’t get them.’ And I was like, ‘I’ve got them. Mic drop,’” she recalled with confidence.

Once the tickets were booked, they proceeded to make all the other necessary arrangements for their date, which included booking a hotel, finding a babysitter and making a dinner reservation. Everything seemed to be working out great until they actually arrived at the venue.

Their first clue was that the venue was not very full.

“I was like, oh, has he struggled to sell tickets?” Catherine wondered.

Then a singer finally appears on stage whom they believed to be the warmup. Except he started to sing one of Combs’ best songs, which immediately raised another red flag.

“We’re still anticipating Luke Combs coming on. Then this guy keeps on singing. I’m like, ‘Is that Luke Combs?’ I thought he might have shaved his beard off,” she joked.

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Catherine starts searching for photos of Luke Combs and then suddenly he starts speaking in an Irish accent, confirming their suspicions that this was in fact not the real country star and she had instead bought tickets to a tribute show.

“We’ve done some stupid things in our lifetime,” Tom pointed out.

She added, “This is up there. I’m so sorry, babe.”

They ended the unfortunate, but hilarious story off by asking if anybody knew a way for them to get tickets to see the real “Beautiful Crazy” singer. About a month later they had a very positive update to share, thanks to the efforts of Sports Entertainment Tours.

“We had a lot of DMs, didn’t we? And actually, there were hundreds of people who had all done the same thing,” Catherine said, noting it made her feel better knowing that other people had also been fooled by tribute bands making them believe they were seeing the real artist.

Luckily, the video caught the attention of a man named John who works for Sports Entertainment Tours. He claimed that the original video made them smile so much that they wanted to offer a legit pair of tickets to attend Combs’ headline show at Slane Castle in Ireland this summer as part of his European leg of the “My Kinda Saturday Night Tour.”

“I was like, ‘You are pulling my plunker.’ Looked him up on LinkedIn, did a bit of detective work. He’s legit. Their company emailed me.”

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The couple was bursting with excitement as they revealed that they were heading to the show. Tom stated that he was “absolutely buzzing” about the opportunity.

Catherine added, “Thank you so much sports entertainment tours for quite frankly, single-handedly saving my marriage…I’ve pulled this out of the bag.”

Finally on July 18, the lovebirds not only got to attend the concert, but they got to meet the singer/songwriter himself during a meet and greet. They made share to share a slideshow of photos to social media, documenting their meeting with Combs, their view from side stage and the massive crowd that filled the venue, finally experiencing the show they had originally set out to see.

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The caption revealed just how much this opportunity meant to the couple, who celebrated 10 years of marriage in May. Catherine revealed that their interaction with Combs was nothing short of amazing, and he was even willing to pose with their daughter’s mermaid for one of the photos.

She wrote, “Special doesn’t even come close!!! It turns out Luke Combs had heard all about our ‘Mix up’ 😂😂 and invited us to do a meet and greet (pinch me now) An incredible talent and such a kind soul. He even had a picture taken with Irises mermaid (she insisted the mermaid attended the concert 🧜‍♀️) Huge thank you to Luke Combs HQ Jess and the amazing team. Massive wife points 😂🎉🎉🎉”

Luke Combs’ run across the UK continues through beginning of August, where he will wrap up with three back-to-back nights in Wembley Stadium.

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