The CMT Music Awards, celebrating one of the best in nation music movies, are set to return on Sunday night time stay from Austin, Texas.
Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, the fan-voted present begins at 8 p.m. Japanese and can be broadcast from the Moody Heart on CBS and Paramount+.
This 12 months, the awards are anticipated to characteristic a tribute to the late Toby Keith carried out by Brooks & Dunn, Lainey Wilson and Sammy Hagar and backed by Keith’s longtime band.
Keith, a success nation crafter of pro-American anthems who riled up critics and was cherished by hundreds of thousands of followers, died in February at 62 after being recognized with abdomen most cancers.
Ballerini, Wilson, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Cody Johnson lead the nominations with three every.
All these artists, aside from Moroney, are up for the night time’s greatest honor: video of the 12 months.
Scheduled performers embody Bailey Zimmerman, Jelly Roll, Keith City, Dasha, Jason Aldean, Johnson and Moroney.
There are anticipated to be a number of collaborative units, as effectively: Little Massive City will carry out with Sugarland, marking the primary time the latter’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush will reunite on the CMT stage since 2011. Different scheduled joint performances embody NEEDTOBREATHE and Jordan Davis and Sam Hunt and Trisha Yearwood.
Yearwood will obtain the inaugural June Carter Money Humanitarian Award, which honors musicians or business veterans who display “an distinctive dedication to group and their fellow artists, embodying June’s spirit as a fierce advocate and initiator in paying it ahead,” an announcement stated.
Yearwood additionally is anticipated to debut a brand new observe, “Put It in a Tune,” the primary from a forthcoming album.
Maria Sherman, The Related Press
