{"id":32283,"date":"2025-07-30T11:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32283\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:08:20","slug":"country-music-star-luke-combs-breaks-down-in-tears-on-stage-at-newport-folk-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32283\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music star Luke Combs breaks down in tears on stage at Newport Folk Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Country music<\/a> star Luke Combs has broken down in tears at a recent performance in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States.<\/p>\n

The singer became emotional during his set at the Newport Folk Festival over the weekend as he sang his son Whoever You Turn Out To Be \u2013 a song about watching your children grow up.\ufeff<\/p>\n

After singing the line, “But you ain’t gotta change the world to make your daddy proud,” Combs began to cry.<\/p>\n

Watch the video above.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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\"LukeLuke Combs was overcome with emotion during his performance at the Newport Folk Festival. (TikTok\/ @emmaslicklen)<\/p>\n

The emotional moment was captured by a fan in a video shared to TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He attempted to continue singing but was overcome by emotion and dropped his head into his hands as the tears continued to flow.<\/p>\n

The crowd cheered along for the country music star as he took a moment to compose himself.<\/p>\n

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\"LukeThe country music singer performed a song from his Fathers & Sons album. (Getty Images for Stagecoach)<\/p>\n

\ufeffCombs eventually grabbed a towel off his mic-stand and apologised to the crowd as he wiped away his tears.<\/p>\n

“Sorry guys,” he said. A member in the crowd shouted back, “Don’t be”.<\/p>\n

He went on to finish the song as he continued to choke back tears.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffAs the song wrapped up to the crowd he joked about the emotional song.<\/p>\n

“Now I remember wh\ufeffy we don’t play that one very much,” he quipped to a laughing and cheering crowd.<\/p>\n

He continued to apologise to the crowd for his emotions before catching himself mid-sentence and changing course.<\/p>\n

“I apologise … I don’t apologise\ufeff because I was in the moment there,” he said. <\/p>\n

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\"LukeCombs with his wife Nicole and their two boys. (Instagram\/ @lukecombs)<\/p>\n

\ufeffThe heartfelt song, which appears on his album Fathers & Sons, clearly struck a chord for Combs who has two kids of his own Tex and Beau.<\/p>\n

Combs and his wife, Nicole Combs, married in August 2020. They welcomed their firstborn Tex in June 2022 and their second born Beau in August 2023.<\/p>\n

It also wasn’t just Combs who was moved by the song in that moment.<\/p>\n

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After footage of the singer’s tearful \ufeffsong was shared on TikTok, plenty of fans shared their love for Combs.<\/p>\n

“Luke is so true & genuine,” one fan commented.<\/p>\n

\ufeff”Song makes me cry too Luke lol. Don’t apologise,” another confessed.<\/p>\n

“This is exactly why I love this man!” commented another.<\/p>\n

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