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Kane Brown Reveals Biggest Fear, Has Starstruck Moment At VMAs

Kane Brown is currently enjoying his first visit to Australia as he posted several videos and images of him and his band on a boat in Sydney, Australia, on his…

Kane Brown Reveals Biggest Fear, Has Starstruck Moment At VMAs
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Kane Brown is currently enjoying his first visit to Australia as he posted several videos and images of him and his band on a boat in Sydney, Australia, on his Insta stories.

Before he headed "down under," he drove around Nashville with an E! News journalist and answered some questions in his orange GT 500 Mustang. Kane talked about how sports helped him achieve success in the music business. "I was always trying to be the best person on the court or on the football field or baseball field. I think that kinda carried into the music world. I just wanna be the best that I can be. I want to be the best person I can be."

He added, "It makes you a better person, [it teaches you to] not give up. Like when I am talking to myself in the gym: 'Come on, you can do it, 15 more reps!'"

Brown also revealed his biggest fear and that he hopes to one day conquer it. But he's not so sure he will have the stomach for it. He said, "I want to go cage diving with sharks; it's my biggest fear." When the journalist said he could never do that himself, Kane admitted, "I don't think I can either."

Brown also revealed who made him and his wife Katelyn a bit starstruck when they bumped into her at the recent VMAs. It was Cardi B. Kane said, "It was different because she ran into me and my wife, and my wife was a big fan, and she just looked us in the eyes and was smiling."

Speaking of his wife, he noted of their new duet "Thank God," "My wife can sing her tail off. My fanbase has always known that she could sing, and we used to do covers when we first started dating. So they've been asking for like five years for us to do a song, and we finally found the right one. I think it's gonna be the biggest song on my album."

After two years of CMA Fest being canceled due to COVID, it was back this year in full display with country superstars like Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, Kane Brown, Keith Urban, and many more taking the Nissan Stadium stage in Nashville.

We gathered some highlight photos of this past weekend's CMA Fest in Nashville.

Nicole Kidman - CMA Fest 2022

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Actress Nicole Kidman is seen backstage during day 1 of CMA Fest 2022 on June 09, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Keith Urban - CMA Fest 2022

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Keith Urban performs during day 1 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 09, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Zac Brown, Darius Rucker - CMA Fest 2022

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Darius Rucker and Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band perform during day 1 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 09, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Kane Brown - CMA Fest 2022

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Kane Brown performs during day 2 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Carly Pearce, Wynonna - CMA Fest 2022

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Carly Pearce and Wynonna Judd perform during day 2 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Thomas Rhett - CMA Fest 2022

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Thomas Rhett performs during day 2 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Kelsea Ballerini - CMA Fest 2022

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Kelsea Ballerini performs during day 2 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Dierks Bentley - CMA Fest 2022

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Dierks Bentley performs during day 4 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 12, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Dierks Bentley, Elle King - CMA Fest 2022

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Dierks Bentley and Elle King perform during day 4 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 12, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Luke Combs - CMA Fest 2022

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Luke Combs performs during day 3 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 11, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Luke Bryan - CMA Fest 2022

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Luke Bryan performs during day 3 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 11, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.


Carrie Underwood - CMA Fest 2022

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Carrie Underwood performs during day 3 of CMA Fest 2022 at Nissan Stadium on June 11, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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.