Country music star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-stapleton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Stapleton</a> talked about his decision to stop drinking a few years ago, saying that no one had to tell him it was time to get sober.
The 45-year-old country singer, who&#8217;s been sober for years, told <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/chris-stapleton-gq-hype" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GQ magazine</a> that he &#8220;didn’t have to go to rehab&#8221; to know he had a problem and needed to make a change in his lifestyle.
&#8220;&#8230;but from a 45-year-old-man health perspective, a doctor&#8217;s gonna look at me and go, &#8216;Hey, man, probably cut out the drinking,&#8217; and I&#8217;d be like, &#8216;Okay, cool,'&#8221; Stapleton said.
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Chris Stapleton chose to get sober without rehab: “I got into a drinking contest with myself &#8230; and I lost&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/XF6jvGd3i0">https://t.co/XF6jvGd3i0</a>
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&#8220;I like to tell people that I got into a drinking contest with myself in my 20s, and I lost,&#8221; he added. &#8220;When you&#8217;re younger, you feel like you have to do certain things in order to occupy some of these spaces, to make yourself feel like you&#8217;re legit. You want to feel things. You want to be able to write about things authentically.&#8221;
&#8220;If somebody working a different kind of job drank themselves to death in the name of being better at that job, it wouldn&#8217;t make sense to anybody,&#8221; Stapleton continued. &#8220;We wouldn&#8217;t say, &#8216;Oh, he must have been the greatest electrician who ever lived.'&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-stapleton-delivers-moving-rendition-of-national-anthem-at-super-bowl-lvii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stapleton&#8217;s</a> pre-show ritual used to include a shot of tequila but now involves doing vocal exercises, the outlet noted. The country star talks about his previous drinking in a song called &#8220;The Bottom&#8221; on his upcoming album &#8220;Higher,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/chris-stapleton-chose-get-sober-without-rehab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
Stapleton and his wife wife Morgane share five children together, three of them under 6. His solo break in country music came 8 years ago with his 2015 debut album &#8220;Traveller.&#8221;
The &#8220;Broken Halos&#8221; hitmaker said his wife, who is also a producer on his new album, is his &#8220;barometer on songs.&#8221;
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&#8220;Even if your wife wasn&#8217;t heavily involved in your career, if you&#8217;re happily married and you want to stay that way, you don&#8217;t want to sing things that your wife hates,&#8221; he added.
Stapleton is currently on <a href="https://www.chrisstapleton.com/tour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tour</a> with his &#8220;All American Road Show.&#8221; His new album &#8220;Higher&#8221; comes out November 10.
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Country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-stapleton-delivers-moving-rendition-of-national-anthem-at-super-bowl-lvii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Stapleton</a> had bad news for fans after announcing that Thursday&#8217;s concert in Syracuse, New York, was postponed due to the smoke-filled skies from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/misguided-environmentalism-blamed-for-canadian-wildfires-engulfing-u-s-in-dangerous-smoky-haze" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wildfires</a> raging in Canada.
The 45-year-old singer <a href="https://uproxx.com/indie/canadian-wildfire-smoke-chris-stapleton-postpone-concert/">tweeted</a> on Wednesday that the &#8220;All American Road Show&#8221; stop for June 8 was being rescheduled.
&#8220;Due to the ongoing air conditions in the greater Syracuse area, tomorrow night&#8217;s show at [StJosephsAmp] will be rescheduled,&#8221; Stapleton tweeted.
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Due to the ongoing air conditions in the greater Syracuse area, tomorrow night’s show at <a href="https://twitter.com/StJosephsAmp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StJosephsAmp</a> will be rescheduled. All previously purchased tickets for the original date will be honored for the new date. 
We expect to have an update by mid-day June 9th. 
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&mdash; Chris Stapleton (@ChrisStapleton) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisStapleton/status/1666562216764530689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;All previously purchased tickets for the original date will be honored for the new date,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We expect to have an update by mid-day June 9th. &#8211; Team CS.&#8221;
Looking on the &#8220;Broken Halos&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s <a href="https://www.chrisstapleton.com/news/">website,</a> there was no further information or an indication of whether other dates on the tour would be affected.
The move comes after smoke from hundreds of wildfires raging in Nova Scotia and Quebec since June 2 has reached major U.S. cities across a large portion of the country, including Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Charlotte, North Carolina.
The next two shows on his website are scheduled for June 9 and June 10 in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
Stapleton fans weren&#8217;t the only ones affected by the smoke-filled air. Broadway fans looking forward to seeing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/broadway-actress-walks-off-stage-amid-smoky-conditions-in-nyc-i-cant-breathe-in-this-air" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jodie Comer</a> in her one-woman Broadway show &#8220;Prima Facie&#8221; on Wednesday night were left disappointed after the star said she couldn&#8217;t breathe in the hazardous air.
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Audience members said the play, which is about a lawyer who defends men accused of sexual assault and is later assaulted herself, had barely begun when the Tony Award-winning performer stopped, coughed, and said, &#8220;I can&#8217;t breathe this air&#8221; before being helped off the stage, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12172925/Canada-smoke-Toxic-wiildfire-smog-chokes-America-second-day.html">reported</a>.
One attendee said the show went on with Comer&#8217;s understudy, Dani Arlington. Many audience members left and received refunds, but others stayed and gave Arlington a standing ovation at the end of her performance.
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Country Star Chris Stapleton Postpones New York Concert Due To Smoke-Filled Skies

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Country music legend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxgDRtu4Nx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=6f4a2527-7081-4329-8fca-60021f967c0a">Willie Nelson</a> announced on Tuesday that he&#8217;ll celebrate his 90th birthday with a star-studded summer concert tour headlining music festivals across the United States.
&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to be on the road with the amazing group of artists joining us on this year&#8217;s Outlaw Music Festival Tour,&#8221; Nelson said in a <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/willie-nelson-2023-outlaw-music-festival-lineup-dates-1235285891/">press release</a>. &#8220;It is always a great day of music and fun with family, friends and the incredible fans, and even more special this year in celebration of my 90th birthday.&#8221;
The 89-year-old country singer will appear in pavilions, festivals, and theaters from June through August this summer, the <a href="https://nypost.com/article/outlaw-music-festival-tour-2023-tickets-dates-prices-lineup/">New York Post</a> reported. Nelson will be joined by such stars as Chris Stapleton, John Fogerty, Margo Price, and many more.
Founded in 2016 by Nelson, &#8220;Outlaw Music Festival was a one-time event before eventually transitioning to its current annual touring festival,&#8221; a message on the <a href="https://www.vividseats.com/outlaw-music-festival-tickets/performer/51907?utm_source=nypost.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=article-embedded&amp;wsUser=1006">ticket site</a> read.
&#8220;The festival begins in June in St. Louis, finishing up in Philadelphia in September. Willie Nelson and Family will headline each date while being joined by a host of musicians, like Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, ZZ Top, Chris Stapleton, Brothers Osbourne, and more,&#8221; the message on the site added.
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The festival dates kick off on June 23 in Somerset, Washington, with stops in Dallas, Philadelphia, and St. Louis, before it comes to a conclusion in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 30. For tickets and more information fans can check out <a href="https://blackbirdpresents.com/concert/outlaw-music-festival-tour-2023/">OutlawMusicFestival.com.</a>
The tour will take place after the &#8220;On The Road Again&#8221; hitmaker celebrates his birthday closer to the actual date, with a two-day show in California at the Hollywood Bowl on April 29 and April 30. The celebration will include people like Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, and Kacey Musgraves, the outlet noted.
The country singer also has other dates planned in North America where he will perform solo. Those shows take place between April 14 through the end of May where he will be hitting venues and occasionally sharing headlining duties with the likes of Jelly Roll and ZZ Top. More information can be located <a href="https://www.vividseats.com/willie-nelson-tickets/performer/937?utm_source=nypost.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=article-embedded&amp;wsUser=1006">here</a>.
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Country star Chris Stapleton delivered a moving rendition of the national anthem on Sunday at Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona that left many in tears, including players.
Before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles played in the worlds biggest game, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-announces-all-star-lineup-for-super-bowl-lvii">44-year-old</a> country singer <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1624914471549554688?s=20&amp;t=lduEqik19YHwlQijOJkZ1Q">delivered</a> what many on social media are calling one of the best renditions of the &#8220;Star Spangled Banner&#8221; at the Super Bowl.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisStapleton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisStapleton</a> brings the house down with his performance of the National Anthem! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SBLVII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SBLVII</a> <a href="https://t.co/iiRzjVcByW">pic.twitter.com/iiRzjVcByW</a>
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Eagles coach Nick Sirianni could be seen on camera with tears pouring down his cheeks as the &#8220;Tennessee Whiskey&#8221; hitmaker belted out one incredible line after another.
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Tears streaming down Eagles coach Nick Sirianni’s face during Chris Stapleton’s national anthem rendition<a href="https://t.co/n8PFGJm1AR">pic.twitter.com/n8PFGJm1AR</a>
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Philadelphia lineman Jason Kelce, Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones, and many more were clearly moved by Stapleton&#8217;s performance.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/Eagles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eagles</a> coach Nick Sirianni and lineman Jason Kelce got emotional during Chris Stapleton&#39;s National Anthem. 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/IVuhIH0KWr">pic.twitter.com/IVuhIH0KWr</a>
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Pop star Pink tweeted that, &#8220;[ChrisStapleton] my good lord — you and Whitney own the national anthem. Forever and ever.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisStapleton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisStapleton</a> my good lord &#8211; you and Whitney own the national anthem. Forever and ever
&mdash; P!nk (@Pink) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pink/status/1624914019390742528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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One person wrote, &#8220;A Chris Stapleton National Anthem just hits different. #SuperBowl.&#8221;
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A Chris Stapleton National Anthem just hits different.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowl</a> <a href="https://t.co/hwCqI0QxSS">pic.twitter.com/hwCqI0QxSS</a>
&mdash; Ian Cull (@NBCian) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCian/status/1624914670787379200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Kentucky proud! [ChrisStapleton just crushed the national anthem and made me cry,&#8221; another tweeted.
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Kentucky proud!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisStapleton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisStapleton</a> just crushed the national anthem and made me cry. <a href="https://t.co/Yh3Hi2da32">pic.twitter.com/Yh3Hi2da32</a>
&mdash; Jennifer Palumbo (@JenNimePalumbo) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenNimePalumbo/status/1624914908293869568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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While another wrote, &#8220;Chris Stapleton just delivered one of the best National Anthem performances I&#8217;ve heard in a long time.&#8221;
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Chris Stapleton just delivered one of the best National Anthem performances I’ve heard in a long time 🇺🇸 
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&mdash; Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1624915742108925952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Immediately after the &#8220;Broken Halos&#8221; hitmaker left people in tears, fans witnessed an all-female fly over as players from both teams waited to play against each other.
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An all female flyover to cap off an incredible performance of the National Anthem by ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisStapleton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisStapleton</a>⁩ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowl</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ys6KvmMu8r">pic.twitter.com/Ys6KvmMu8r</a>
&mdash; Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLprguy/status/1624914708087328768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Incredible national anthem by Chris Stapleton and flyover. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowl</a> <a href="https://t.co/C6nV2kZy2d">pic.twitter.com/C6nV2kZy2d</a>
&mdash; Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffKerrCBS/status/1624913996477526016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Emmy-award winner and Golden Globe-nominate Sheryl Lee Ralph started things off Sunday by singing &#8220;Lift Every Voice and Sing,&#8221; also known as the black national anthem. She was followed by twelve-time Grammy winner, Babyface, who sang a great version of &#8220;America the Beautiful,&#8221; just before the eight-time Grammy winner brought down the house.
Stapleton, known for hit songs like &#8220;Fire Away&#8221; shared the news in January with his 1.8 million followers on Instagram that he would perform on the world&#8217;s biggest stage.
The line-up last year for Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood, California, included artist Mickey Guyton, who sang the national anthem; R&amp;B hitmaker Jhené Aiko, who performed &#8220;America the Beautiful&#8221;; and the gospel duo Mary Mary, who sang &#8220;Lift Every Voice and Sing&#8221; as they were accompanied by the L.A. Philharmonic&#8217;s Youth Orchestra.
It was previously announced that Rihanna would headline the halftime show following last year&#8217;s star-studded performance from Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar.
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