Luke Combs is being honored with a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Grand Ole Opry member’s life and career will be the subject of the new Luke Combs: The Man I Am exhibit, scheduled to open on July 11 and remain open until June of 2025.
“Once I decided I wanted to do music as a career, it didn’t matter if it was for 100 people or 1,000 people, I just wanted to be playing country music for anyone who would listen,” Combs says. “If I could have enough fans to call it a job, I was set. Other than that, I never dreamed of being featured in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, much less having my own exhibit; that was beyond my wildest dreams.
“But honestly, it’s all a credit to my fans, family, songwriters and team,” he continues. “I have only made it to where I am today because of them, and this honor is one of my most humbling yet. At my core I love country music and this exhibit is as prestigious of an honor as it gets.”
Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame, praises Combs for his impact on country music.
“Few artists have experienced the kind of meteoric rise and sustained success Luke Combs has since signing his first recording contract just two years after moving to Nashville,” Young says. “He has earned a career-defining string of No. 1 singles, set new benchmarks on the music charts, won more than a dozen major country music industry awards since 2016 and sold out stadiums around the world.”
Items in Luke Combs: The Man I Am will include the acoustic guitar Combs used during his early perfromances, before gifting it to his good friend, Adam Church; the playbill from Combs’ leading role as Nathan Detroit in the Guys and Dolls musical at A. C. Reynolds High School in his senior year; a jersey that Combs wore when he was a member of the Rockets football team at A. C. Reynolds High School; the Columbia PFG shirt and Swamp Assassin ball cap Combs wore in the 2016 music video for “Hurricane” and more.
The news comes as Combs is heading into the ACM Awards as the most-nominated artist, with eight nominations, just part of his overwhelming success that the father of two once never dreamed possible.
“It’s just surreal,” Combs tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I feel like I get to live so many amazing, surreal moments. And, I’m really thankful for that for sure. It’s crazy. It’s crazy.”
Combs’ new single, “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” from the upcoming Twisters movie, will be out on May 16. He is currently on his Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour. Find all of Combs’ music and tour dates at LukeCombs.com.
The ACM Awards will air live on Thursday, May 16, from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The ceremony will stream live exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. More information is available at ACMCountry.com.
Read ‘Luke Combs: 11 Things To Know About the Singer’s Life and Career’ here.
