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Maddie & Tae Are Heading South of the Border For Summer Vacation

After wrapping their time on the first leg of Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour 360, Maddie & Tae are looking…

Lauren Jo Black

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July 2, 2019

10:19 am

Maddie & Tae; Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CMT

After wrapping their time on the first leg of Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour 360, Maddie & Tae are looking forward to enjoying some downtime before their touring schedule picks back up again.

Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye formed the duo as best friends and remain best friends to this day. They spend a lot of time together on and off stage and even take vacations together. This summer, Marlow and Dye, along with their significant others, plan to head south of the border for a little r&r.

“Our summer plans are going to Cabo together very soon,” Marlow recently revealed. “We are celebrating so many things – the tour, my birthday (July 7th) – and we’re getting our hunky men out and we’re doing a couple’s retreat.”

Their time in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico isn’t completely planned out just yet, but they are happy to have it that way. The thing they’re looking forward to most about vacation is shutting down for a bit.

“I think just turning our brain(s) off. I sometimes think whenever you’re performing in this crazy world that we live in, it’s just hectic and you’re traveling, and just staying put in one place for a week or so and just getting to turn off the brain completely,” Marlow explained. “And then I feel like we’re going to be so creatively, just like, rejuvenated after that.”

Dye couldn’t agree more. The other thing she’s looking forward to?

“I’m going to get a real tan, so I can stop putting a fake one on,” she laughed.

Maddie & Tae’s new EP, One Heart To Another, featuring the emotional “Die From A Broken Heart,” is available now.

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Lauren Jo Black

Lauren Jo Black, a University of Central Florida graduate, has immersed herself in the world of country music for over 15 years. In 2008, she co-founded CountryMusicIsLove, eventually selling it to a major record label in 2015. Following the rebranding of the website to Sounds Like Nashville, Black served as Editor-in-Chief for two and a half years. Currently, she assumes the role of Editor-in-Chief at Country Now and oversees Country Now’s content and digital footprint. Her extensive experience also encompasses her previous role as a Country Music Expert Writer for Answers.com and her work being featured on Forbes.com. She’s been spotlighted among Country Aircheck’s Women of Influence and received the 2012 Rising Star Award from the University of Central Florida. Black also spent time in front of the camera as host of Country Now Live, which brought live music directly to fans in 2021 when the majority of concerts were halted due to the pandemic. During this time, she hosted 24 weeks of live concerts via Country Now Live on Twitch with special guests such as Lady A, Dierks Bentley, Jordan Davis, Brett Young, and Jon Pardi. Over the course of her career, she has had the privilege of conducting interviews with some of the industry’s most prominent stars, including Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, and many others. Lauren Jo Black is a longtime member of the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music.