Luke Combs is opening up about the painful experience of missing the birth of his son. On Thursday, the 34-year-old "Where the Wild Things Are" singer sat down on The Zane Lowe Show to talk about his new album, Fathers and Sons , and discussed the inspiration for the body of work, including how he missed the birth of his second son , Beau, in August 2023. At the time, Combs' wife, Nicole, went into labor two and a half weeks early while he was still on tour and thousands of miles away.
"I'll never forget the craziest day, probably, in my life -- close to it. One of the best and one of the worst days in my life at the same time," he began, telling Lowe how he woke up on Aug. 16 in Sydney, Australia, to a devastating message from his wife of seven years.
"I probably woke up at around 8:00 a.m. or something like that, Australia time, and I had a text from my wife and it said, 'I'm so sorry, I really tried to not have the baby while you're gone.
' And God, dude, it sucked," the "Fast Car" singer explained, adding that Beau was born on Aug. 15 in the U.S.
Luckily for the three-time GRAMMY nominee, he didn't fully miss the birth as -- through the magic of technology -- he was able to be at least virtually present to see the birth of his second son. Combs and Nicole are also parents to 2-year-old son Tex. "I got to see him be born, which was awesome.
He wasn't born yet, but my wife went, she texted me on the way to the hospital and he was two and a half weeks early and I was supposed.
