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Dustin Lynch Joins Mackenzie Porter On Stage In Nashville

Author Lauren Hoffman

Mackenzie Porter was joined on stage by her good friend and duet partner, Dustin Lynch, on Monday night (Nov. 20).  The country singer hosted Mackenzie Porter + Friends Country vs. Cancer, an inaugural benefit concert at Brooklyn Bowl Nashville.

RELATED: Dustin Lynch Celebrates Ninth No. 1 With ‘Stars Like Confetti’

Porter is a new ambassador for the American Cancer Society, and she put together the benefit concert. Nate Smith, Walker Hayes, Lily Rose, Alana Springsteen, and Lynch were among the artists on the lineup.

When it came time for Lynch to hit the stage, he sang his fan-favorite, “Small Town Boy,” and performed the certified Platinum and No. 1 hit, “Thinking ‘Bout You,” with Porter. The track was originally featured on Lynch’s fifth studio album, Blue In The Sky.

The song, which Porter says “changed her life,” has given her many firsts in her career. She made her late-night television debut with Lynch on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, appeared on Good Morning America, and more.

The history-making and infectious hit is the song that keeps on giving. Lynch previously said of “Thinking ‘Bout You,” “MacKenzie, I knew from the moment I heard your voice on this track that we had something magical on our hands. Thank you for wanting to be a part of ‘Thinking ‘Bout You’ and joining me on the wild journey of this song.”

There was also a surprise up Lynch’s sleeve following his guest performance at the Country vs. Cancer show. He presented Porter with a plaque on stage to celebrate her six No. 1 songs in Canada. She is the first female this century to do that.

Speaking of celebrating, Lynch recently garnered his ninth career No. 1 with his single, “Stars Like Confetti,” and released his sixth studio album, Killed The Cowboy. He will hit the road starting in April of 2024 for his headling Killed The Cowboy Tour with special guest Skeez.

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Five Country Stars That Are Licensed Pilots

  • Alan Jackson

    Country Music Hall of Fame member Jackson was flying to and from gigs early in his career and learned how to fly by watching and learning from the pilot. He told us, “When I started flying to work, I got interested in watching the pilot who flew me, and he taught me. At that time, we had a farm with a pretty big grass strip, and I had a plane with amphibious gear so I could land on water, the lake. I just kind of flew around Nashville. I still have my license; I just don’t fly. Denise (his wife) got tired of my flying and worrying about me.”

    Alan Jackson wearing a plaid shirt and cowboy hat on stage playing the guitar
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  • Dustin Lynch

    In August of 2022, Dustin revealed on Twitter that he got his pilot’s license. He wrote in a post, “Set a goal, and when you get there…man, it always feels good! First solo flight today.”

    Dustin Lynch on Twitter: "Set a goal, and when you get there...man it always feels good! First solo flight today 👨🏽‍✈️🛫 / Twitter"

    Set a goal, and when you get there...man it always feels good! First solo flight today 👨🏽‍✈️🛫

    Lynch told us it was a new hobby. He said, “What really pushed me was we weren’t touring. So, it was like, ‘Let’s pick up a new hobby.’ I have some farms that are hard to get to – driving or flying commercially.”

    He posted a video of attending an air show with his friend Swiss to Instagram at the time.

  • Luke Bryan

    Luke told us in 2021 that his new passion is something he started to learn during the pandemic when he purchased a helicopter. And he is a licensed helicopter pilot. He said, “I think that was a big reason why I wanted to learn, and if I’m looking at all these gauges and I know everything is going smoothly, you know it’s just something fun.” Luke also can now compare flight logs with his buddy Dierks Bentley. He offered, “I’ve always had a little envy of Dierks Bentley. Dierks and I have this intellectual competition going on where he can’t out-intellect me. Dierks is like savant smart, so I like to try and challenge my goofy savant smartness against his. So we’re both aviators now, and he can’t one-up me in the aviator game.”

  • Tim McGraw

    Tim is a trained pilot and flies to and from concert dates. His wife Faith Hill and he have a deal never to fly together privately in case something happens so their girls will not lose both parents. He’s been flying for years. In a recent promo for Cirrus airplanes, McGraw says the thing he loves most about flying his own plane is the “relaxation of it.” He added that he loves being up in the air, not having to think about work or “any of that stuff.”

  • Dierks Bentley

    Dierks is one of country music’s most well-known pilots. He flies his own Cessna plane to shows nationwide. His tourmate Jordan Davis recently told us that Dierks saved him recently and helped him make a show.

    Davis told us, “First show of the tour, I’m sitting on an Air Canada flight plane in Toronto. It’s an hour delayed. So I was like, ‘This flight is gonna get canceled; I’m gonna miss the first day of the Dierks tour.’ Then I get a message from my manager that says, ‘Hey, get off the plane; Dierks is gonna re-route and pick us up.” Jordan continues, “True story. He swoops in and picks us up with caked-on sunscreen in his Dierks gear: flip-flops and shorts. I was like, ‘Thanks, dude, for picking me up,’ he says, ‘Yeah man, hop in, we’ll take off.’ We fly to Canada going down to land; something’s on the runway, and we have to pull back up. Dierks is flying the airplane, not like co-piloting; he’s flying the airplane, goes down, pulls back up, circles back around, comes in, and in one of the smoothest landings I’ve ever had in a PJ (personal jet).”

    A couple of years ago, Bentley did a flight safety video.

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