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“Craziest night of my life”

Country rocker Brantley Gilbert stormed off the stage in the middle of his concert Friday night to help his pregnant wife deliver their baby on a tour bus in what he called “the craziest night of my life.”

Gilbert’s wife Amber went into labor just as the multi-platinum selling musician began his performance at the Cadence Bank Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi, during his Off The Rails Tour.

The “Bottom Up” hitmaker shared a video on Instagram capturing the evening’s events when he was suddenly pulled aside for an “emergency backstage.” That’s when he learned that Amber would be welcoming her third child on the tour bus.

Brantley Gilbert’s wife gave birth on a tour bus Friday night. @brantleygilbert / Instagram
The country star rushed off stage at a concert to help give birth to his third child. Instagram/ @brantleygilbert

“Last night was perhaps the craziest night of my life. Watching such an amazing woman do such an amazing thing is something I will never forget,” Gilbert wrote on Instagram.

While the video featured his 2019 ballad “Man That Hung the Moon” – a song about a father’s love for his little boy – the singer had an emotional Facetime conversation with his mother.

She asked the singer how he was doing and he replied: “Not as good as you are.” You’ve got a new grandchild.”

“I got a new grandchild? I do?” She reacted excitedly as the social media video showed black and white images of him holding the newborn.

When his mother asked how Amber was doing, he replied that she was “a f***ing savage” and then added that he was “finishing the show.”

Gilbert rushed back to the stage to share the news of the new addition to his family with his fans.

“We had a baby!” he shouted to a sea of ​​supporters who responded with thunderous applause.

“Thank you to our road family for rallying around us, to Brittany Thornton for helping us bring this little guy into the world, to Tupelo, Mississippi for showing us insane love and support, and most of all… to Amber Gilbert for making me love you and showing me EXACTLY how incredibly strong a woman can be. I love you.”

He also shared the special video on his Instagram Stories page with the caption, “We have a new addition to the Gilbert family…God is good.”

The parents of the three children met in high school and married in 2015. Amber Cochran Gilbert/Instagram

Country Rebel reports that a midwife was on the bus and assisted with the birth.

The newborn’s name has not yet been announced, but the child will share a historic birthplace with Elvis Presley, who was also born in Tupelo.

Gilbert is known for songs like “Bottoms Up” and “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do.” Ed Balint/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The new baby will have two older siblings, Barrett, 6, and Braylen, 5.

Brantley and Amber Gilbert, the founder of a hybrid homeschool group, met in high school and reconnected years later.

In a 2014 interview on “The Bobby Bones Show,” Amber said their relationship was “on hold for a few years” before they got engaged in 2014. They married in 2015.

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