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Think about being 16, wanting to be a country singer, then getting to go play the presidential inauguration.

Last fall, the country singer Parker McCollum played a gig on the south shore of Lake Tahoe — the final date of a lengthy tour behind 2023’s “Never Enough” — then flew directly to New York City to start work on his next album.

US country singer Brandi Carlile was also a revelation to much of the audience.

First, country singer Kane Brown, who was hanging out at the Tight Ends & Friends event at the Brooklyn Bowl, teased a “really, really, really special guest” by way of introducing the megastar, the New York Post reported Wednesday.

Conner Smith, an up-and-coming country singer nominated for new male artist at last year’s ACM Awards, allegedly struck a 77-year-old pedestrian Sunday night in Nashville, police said.