"An insane blessing": Luke Combs on his country music stardom, chances of a NZ tour 

Luke Combs is a country music megastar. 

The 34-year-old is one of the biggest names in the world right now, consistently battling it out against Morgan Wallen for the number one spot.  

He’s broken records, gone platinum, and earned a range of awards, including three Grammy nominations.  

It all started when he dropped out of college to pursue his musical career, moving to Nashville and making it big. 

Combs told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that he got really lucky in having his career take off the way it did. 

“Yes, I worked really hard at it, but there’s a ton of luck involved as well,” he said. 

“I don't know how it never dawned on me until, until I picked the guitar up. Like, man, I could really, you know, maybe there's a chance that this could be what my life is, is gonna be.” 

While he doesn’t take his success for granted, fame was never quite what Combs was after. 

“I never put any pressure on myself to be a certain way or achieve certain things,” he told Hosking. 

“Anything beyond just being able to be happy and have a good life was always more than I had ever asked for.” 

 “To have ended up here is an insane blessing.” 

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<h2>"An insane blessing": Luke Combs on his country music stardom, chances of a NZ tour&nbsp;</h2>
Luke Combs is a country music megastar.&nbsp;
The 34-year-old is one of the biggest names in the world right now, consistently battling it out against Morgan Wallen for the number one spot. &nbsp;
He’s broken records, gone platinum, and earned a range of awards, including three Grammy nominations. &nbsp;
It all started when he dropped out of college to pursue his musical career, moving to Nashville and making it big.&nbsp;
Combs told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that he got really lucky in having his career take off the way it did.&nbsp;
“Yes, I worked really hard at it, but there’s a ton of luck involved as well,” he said.&nbsp;
“I don't know how it never dawned on me until, until I picked the guitar up. Like, man, I could really, you know, maybe there's a chance that this could be what my life is, is gonna be.”&nbsp;

While he doesn’t take his success for granted, fame was never quite what Combs was after.&nbsp;
“I never put any pressure on myself to be a certain way or achieve certain things,” he told Hosking.&nbsp;
“Anything beyond just being able to be happy and have a good life was always more than I had ever asked for.”&nbsp;
&nbsp;“To have ended up here is an insane blessing.”&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

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The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion,...

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