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Gavin Adcock, 26, was arrested on May 21 in Wilson County, Tenn., for alleged reckless driving and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle
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He recently performed at the ACM Awards kickoff and walked the carpet
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He was previously arrested in 2023 for driving with a suspended license
Rising country music star Gavin Adcock was arrested on Wednesday, May 21, at 11:15 p.m. local time in Wilson County, Tenn., for alleged reckless driving and violating the state’s open container laws.
The 26-year-old Georgia native was taken into custody by the Tennessee Highway Patrol after being pulled over on Interstate 40 at mile marker 229.
The singer was charged with reckless driving and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle, and he posted a $1,000 bond and was released at approximately 4:34 a.m. on Thursday, May 22, The Tennesseean reported, citing the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office.
PEOPLE reached out to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, but did not immediately hear back.
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Gavin Adcock performing in Nashville, Tennessee in November 2025
Adcock recently performed at the kickoff for the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards held in Frisco, Texas. He later walked the carpet with his influencer girlfriend Haley Larkin on May 8.
The country crooner was arrested in 2023 for driving without a suspended license, Adcock wrote on X at the time. “Went to jail one time because of a suspended license, sat in there for 10 hours and made friends with my cell mates,” he wrote on June 6, 2023.
He recently reached a milestone of passing 1 billion total streams on Spotify, and performed a sold-out concert in Nashville on May 16 at the Pinnacle, per The Tennesseean.
His label, Warner Music Nashville, describes him as a “Former Georgia Southern University football player, who grew up working on his family cattle farm and dreamed of riding bulls in the PBR.”
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“He started writing songs in high school, but it wasn’t until the Spring of 2021, when he tore up his knee playing football, that he used his time healing to record and release his first original single,” per his official artist page
Adcock, who is a burgeoning mainstream country artist, has begun to break through with singles “A Cigarette” and “Four Leaf Clover.”
PEOPLE reached out to a representative for Adcock, but did not immediately hear back.
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