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Keith Urban, Luke Combs and More Added To CMT Performers

Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Luke Combs and the Zac Brown Band have been added to the lineup of performers for next week’s CMT Music Awards. Urban is nominated for…

Keith Urban, Luke Combs and More Added To CMT Performers
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Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Luke Combs and the Zac Brown Band have been added to the lineup of performers for next week's CMT Music Awards.

Urban is nominated for “Video of the Year” and “Collaborative Video of the Year,” Little Big Town (who are hosting the show) are nominated for “Group Video of the Year,” Luke Combs is nominated for “Video of the Year” and “CMT Performance of the Year”and Zac Brown Band is nominated for “Video of the Year,” “Group Video of the Year” and “CMT Performance of the Year”.

Meanwhile, collaborative performances for this year's show include Brandi Carlile with Tanya Tucker; Brett Young and Boyz II Men Thomas Rhett and Little Big Town and Sheryl Crow will perform with previously announced three-time nominee and performer Maren Morris.

The show will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 5 at 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT.

-Nancy Brooks

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.