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Eric Church Delivers UNC-Chapel Hill Commencement Speech Like a Guitar Lesson, Performs ‘Carolina’ for Grads
Church shared words with the class of 2026 the best way he knows how -- with his guitar.
What happened
According to Billboard’s source item, Eric Church Delivers UNC-Chapel Hill Commencement Speech Like a Guitar Lesson, Performs ‘Carolina’ for Grads, Church shared words with the class of 2026 the best way he knows how – with his guitar.
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- Eric Church Delivers UNC-Chapel Hill Commencement Speech Like a Guitar Lesson, Performs ‘Carolina’ for GradsBillboard - 2026-05-11T02:42:22+00:00
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