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Gwen Stefani: Her Official Grand Ole Opry Debut With Blake Shelton

Gwen Stefani made her official Grand Ole Opry house debut on Saturday night’s (9/10) show when she joined her husband, Blake Shelton. Gwen posted the events leading up to her…

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Gwen Stefani made her official Grand Ole Opry house debut on Saturday night's (9/10) show when she joined her husband, Blake Shelton. Gwen posted the events leading up to her performance on her Insta stories in a series of video clips.

Gwen said in the first clip while riding in an SUV (Blake was driving), "My first time ever arriving at the Grand Ole Opry I got Blake Shelton. I've never been here before; what?" She then said, "Fun fact: I thought I had been on the Opry (laughs)." Blake says, "You sang on the Opry show, but during quarantine, we did it at Ole Red, but you haven't been to the Opry house."

The couple did perform together on the Grand Ole Opry, as Shelton said, from his Ole Red bar in Nashville in May of 2020.

Stefani then shared a video clip on her Insta stories from the parking lot of the Opry house. In the clip, Blake holds up a road cone and announces, "Welcome to the Grand Ole Opry." The couple then lock hands and walk under the awning to enter the backstage Opry doors. They walk in, and Gwen says, filming with her phone, "I'm getting a tour from the man himself. This place is so awesome; Blake has his own mailbox for fan mail, number 176; it's empty because he had so much fan mail they had to put it in a bag. "

Shelton then opens the door that leads to the stage. "This is where it happens, and I hear music." The couple then steps into the side stage onto the stage to rehearse. The couple then takes the stage and begins to sing.

Later, she posted a clip of her dressed for the show. She offered, "Hello, I am on Blake's bus, and he invited me to come on stage here in Nashville at the Grand Ole Opry, legendary, so that's happening." She then joined him on stage to sing the couple's hit together, "Nobody But You." After the performance, they received a standing ovation.

Blake posted a clip of the couple on stage on his Instagram. He captioned the video, "I am absolutely beside myself right now… Congratulations, @gwenstefani, on not one but TWO standing ovations for your Grand Ole @opry stage debut!!!! That was an incredible moment to witness."

The post was liked over 34,000 times, and Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman reacted with emoji hearts.

Shelton was at the Opry to celebrate his 12th anniversary as a member. He is celebrating his 12th year as an Opry member. Back in 2010, when he was made a member of the Grand Ole Opry, he told me in an interview, "This is the reason that you move to Nashville if you're me. This is what I wanted from the beginning is to make a mark in country music, and this is the ultimate one, I think."

Of all the country music couples, it's hard to beat the love between Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani who gush over each other in every interview and whose duet "Nobody But You" is climbing the charts and is one of the most romantic songs out there today.

The couple have been together for several years now and so we take a look at the all things Blake and Gwen!

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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton attend the NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals at the University of Phoenix Stadium on December 27, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona.


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Blake Shelton (L) and Gwen Stefani attend the 2016 Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring Irving Azoff at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.


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Gwen Stefani (L) and Blake Shelton attend the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.


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Blake Shelton (L) and Gwen Stefani perform onstage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Blake Shelton (L) and Gwen Stefani attend Glamour Women of the Year 2016 Dinner at Paley on November 14, 2016 in Hollywood, California.


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Gwen Stefani (L) and recording artist/TV personality Blake Shelton, winner of the Favorite Album award for 'If I'm Honest' and Favorite Male Country Artist award, pose backstage at the People's Choice Awards 2017 at Microsoft Theater on January 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.


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Kingston Rossdale, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale, and Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale attend STX Films World Premiere of "UglyDolls" at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on April 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.


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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton attend "Bennett's War" Los Angeles Premiere at Warner Bros. Studios on August 13, 2019 in Burbank, California.


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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton attend the 2019 E! People's Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on November 10, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.


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Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani attend the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California.


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Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani attend the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California.


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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton rehearse onstage for the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 24, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.


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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton pose in the audience during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 24, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.


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Gwen Stefani (L) and Blake Shelton attend the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.


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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton perform onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.


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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton perform onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.