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Blake Shelton Hates Not Being With Gwen During The Bad Storms

Blake Shelton is currently touring on his “Back To The Honky Tonk Tour” and is not in California, where the big storms are with his wife Gwen Stefani and her…

Blake Shelton 'Hates' Not Being With Gwen During The Bad Storms
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Blake Shelton is currently touring on his "Back To The Honky Tonk Tour" and is not in California, where the big storms are with his wife Gwen Stefani and her boys, and he's concerned. He told ET Online, "It's terrible. Right now, they're having bad storms back in California, and I hate not being there. Not that anything bad is happening, but I know they're kind of freaked out, and it'd be nice to be home."

Shelton says his 2023 tour is only a month and a half because he simply wants to stay home with Gwen. He offered, "I don't do a lot of these. I think we're doing 18 of these shows this year. I try to limit it as much as I can because the whole reason I'm even stepping away from The Voice is so I can just be there more, and that's what I'm gonna do." Blake announced his retirement from the show after 23 seasons of being a coach. This season is his last.

As for his tour, he feels this time around, he is going back to the basics, "It really is like what I started out doing — you know, we played the bars, and in some of them old honky tonks and stuff that I played back in the day, the bar would kinda be there on the side, and people would come, turn around and [listen.] So it's fun to kinda relive that a little bit." Shelton is doing some of his classic songs from 20 years ago. He explained, "That's my favorite part of the show, and I think it's honestly I think it's the crowd's favorite part of the show. I've been one of those guys who has been stubborn with my setlist and changing anything, and finally, I changed up my setlist and the entire show, and it's been fun now that I'm used to it."

Blake does have many reminders of home on the road, like a custom-made, rhinestoned denim jacket that reads "Mr. Stefani," which he was gifted at one tour stop by a fan. He said, "I get a lot of gifts out on the road. Normally when we play a venue, especially if it's a basketball arena or hockey, they'll give us one of their jerseys of the team. That night I walked in, and I had this jean jacket with 'Mr. Stefani' written on it. I sent a picture of it to Gwen, and she said, 'Whatever you do, don't leave that there. You got to bring it home; I want that!'"

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.