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Maren Morris Balances Life, Helps LGBTQ Community With Fan Giveaway

Maren Morris is currently touring the country on her headlining “Humble Quest” tour, and life is busy for the 2022 CMA Album of the Year nominee and mother of toddler…

Maren Morris Balances Life, Helps LGBTQ Community With Fan Giveaway
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Maren Morris is currently touring the country on her headlining "Humble Quest" tour, and life is busy for the 2022 CMA Album of the Year nominee and mother of toddler Hayes.

Maren recently told us how she keeps her busy life together, and how she coordinates schedules with husband Ryan Hurd. "It's definitely a labor of love. I think it takes a lot of planning and forethought, especially when you're touring for a living, and you're constantly away from each other."

She adds, "You have to get creative with your schedule. And luckily, we work with a lot of the same people that help our calendars coalesce. And we have good like date nights planned, and we're gonna go on vacation, which I'm really excited about, just to kind of like get away and just be with each other. But yeah, it takes a village for sure to help us go, but we're really lucky that we have those people in our life and that we love each other so much that we want to make our dreams and our relationship substantial. "

Morris plays the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles tomorrow night (10/13). She is offering a special signed poster commemorating the show. She posted a photo of the poster on Instagram, writing, "Limited edition signed posters for next week's Hollywood Bowl show only available at the merch stand the night of. Oh, did I mention there will be special guests?"

Fans were thrilled with the news, and one commented, "Omg, I WISH we were there!!! Nothing better!!!" Another fan wrote, "These are so cool!! You should make one for the Red Rocks show too!!! PLEASE?!??!!" One more fan wrote, "I want this on a shirt - PLEASE!! Or stickers."

Maren posted some images of herself in Los Angeles wearing a fall-colored jumpsuit last night (10/11); she captioned the pictures, "[pumpkin] SPICE GIRL."

Meanwhile, Morris is offering VIP guest tickets to her final tour date in Nashville on December 2. On Insta stories, she wrote, "Want to be my guest at my final Humble Quest tour stop in Nashville, including roundtrip travel? Donate to win and help @GLAAD and rewrite the script for LGBTQ acceptance."

Maren Morris celebrates her 30th birthday today (4/10). Let's take a look at the last couple of years in the new mom's amazing career in country music.

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Karen Fairchild, Maren Morris, and Thomas Rhett pose for a photo backstage during the 11th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium on August 23, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Maren Morris performs onstage during the 53rd annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 13, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Maren Morris performs onstage during the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Maren Morris, Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus perform onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.


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Maren Morris attends the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Rob Stringer, Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Nashville Randy Goodman, and Manager Janet Weir attend the Sony Music Entertainment 2018 Post-Grammy Reception on January 28, 2018 in New York City.


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Keith Urban and Maren Morris pose backstage during the 10th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium on August 30, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Maren Morris speaks in the press room of the 53rd annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 13, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Maren Morris (L) and Ryan Hurd attend the 65th Annual BMI Country awards on November 7, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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T.J. Osborne, John Osborne, Maren Morris, and Eric Church perform onstage during the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City.


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Maren Morris accepts the Best Country Solo Performance award for 'My Church' onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.


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Maren Morris performs onstage during 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - I'm Still Standing: A GRAMMY Salute To Elton John at the Theater at Madison Square Garden on January 30, 2018 in New York City.


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Maren Morris performs at her “GIRL: The World Tour” at Brooklyn Steel on May 03, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.


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Maren Morris is seen backsage prior to performing exclusively for Hilton Honors members at Gotham Hall on May 11, 2018 in New York City.


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Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd attend the 53rd annual CMA Awards at the Music City Center on November 13, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Maren Morris attends the 2018 CMT Artists of The Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 17, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey for a Special New Music Video for their Single “The Middle” to Air as a Commercial During the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Pictured: (L-R) Kyle "Singularity" Trewartha, Michael Trewartha, Maren Morris, and Zedd


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Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd attend the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 05, 2019 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.