Kenny Chesney, Chase Stokes, Kelsea Ballerini. Shutterstock (2)
She’s a pogue! Kelsea Ballerini’s time on tour with Kenny Chesney is coming to an finish — and he or she invited boyfriend Chase Stokes on stage to assist her have a good time her last present.
The “Heartfirst” singer, 29 — who has been on the street with Chesney, 55, for his Go Again Tour since March — joined the “American Youngsters” crooner on stage for a celebratory tequila shot at their Charleston, South Carolina, present on Thursday, Might 25, with the Outer Banks star, 30, by her facet.
Ballerini appeared able to rock in a cropped white tee, black daisy dukes and studded knee-high boots whereas Stokes stored it country-casual in denim, a white T-shirt and a backward baseball cap. Chesney, in the meantime, confirmed off his tan in a crimson tank prime and denims.
“It’s the second to final metropolis of this tour. Carry it on dwelling, John B,” Ballerini quipped on stage, referencing Stokes’ character on the Netflix hit. The trio then downed their drinks earlier than Chesney started his 2010 hit single, “You and Tequila.”
The Tennessee native later took to social media to shout out the “Penthouse” songstress and her beau. “Thanks additionally to @hichasestokes for bringing me and @kelseaballerini a shot earlier than we sang ‘You and Tequila,’” he wrote through Instagram on Friday, Might 26, alongside a sequence of photographs of the present, which included a candy snap of him with Ballerini and Stokes toasting on stage.
Ballerini and Chokes had been first linked in November 2022, lower than one month after the nation crooner finalized her divorce from ex-husband Morgan Evans. She and the “Over for You” singer, 38, had been married for 5 years earlier than calling it quits in September 2022. (Stokes, for his half, made headlines for his personal high-profile romance with Outer Banks costar Madelyn Cline. The duo parted methods in November 2021 after greater than a yr of relationship.)
Amid their blossoming romance, the Stranger Issues alum has been noticed supporting the Grammy nominee at a number of concert events and occasions. Earlier this week, the duo visited Ballerini’s hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, the place they even paid a go to to her highschool.
“A coronary heart fillin 24 hours at dwelling,” she captioned an Instagram put up of the twosome strolling round her alma matter.
In April, Stokes accompanied Ballerini to the CMTs, which she cohosted with Kane Brown. The lovebirds walked the crimson carpet hand in hand, smiling at one another whereas posing for cameras. “In my coronary heart first period,” the “Blindsided” artist wrote through Instagram alongside images from the ceremony.
Ballerini formally confirmed her romance with the Maryland native throughout a February episode of the “Name Her Daddy” podcast, providing a glimpse into the pair’s first interplay.
“His [Instagram] deal with is ‘hichasestokes’ and I simply mentioned, ‘Hello Chase Stokes,’” she shared with host Alex Cooper. “I’ve my s–t collectively and for me to share that with anybody is a present. I need to be with somebody that feels the identical method about their life. … I’m a relationship bitch.”