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Luke Combs, Maren Morris To Perform At CMT Awards

CMT today (5/19) revealed the first round of performers set to take the stage at the 2021 “CMT Music Awards” – airing Wednesday, June 9th at 8:00 PM ET/7:00 PM…

Luke Combs, Maren Morris To Perform At CMT Awards
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CMT today (5/19) revealed the first round of performers set to take the stage at the 2021 “CMT Music Awards” - airing Wednesday, June 9th at 8:00 PM ET/7:00 PM CT on CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, and TV Land.

The first slate of performers at this year’s show include:

● Brothers Osborne (“Duo/Group Video of the Year”) + Dierks Bentley (“Video of the Year”)

● Chris Stapleton (“Male Video of the Year”)

● Luke Combs (“Male Video of the Year,” “CMT Performance of the Year”)

● Maren Morris (“Female Video of the Year,” “Collaborative Video of the Year,” 2x “Video of the Year”) + JP Saxe

● Mickey Guyton (“Female Video of the Year,” “Breakthrough Video of the Year,” “Video of the Year”) + Gladys Knight

● Miranda Lambert (“Female Video of the Year,” “Collaborative Video of the Year,” 2x “Video of the Year”) + Jack Ingram + Jon Randall

Additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.

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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.