{"id":23698,"date":"2019-05-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1041482"},"modified":"2019-05-15T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T13:00:00","slug":"carrie-underwood-thomas-rhett-and-more-stars-set-to-perform-at-2019-cmt-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/carrie-underwood-thomas-rhett-and-more-stars-set-to-perform-at-2019-cmt-music-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett and More Stars Set to Perform at 2019 CMT Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019414\/rs_600x600-190514143208-600-CMT_Music_Awards.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.855895196507\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"18.427947598253\">\n<p>The 2019 CMT Music Awards are going big this summer!<\/p>\n<p>With less than a month to go until the annual award show airs live from Nashville, CMT is announcing just some of the star-studded artists who will take the stage and&nbsp;belt out their biggest hits&nbsp;for millions of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>E! News can confirm <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/carrie_underwood\">Carrie Underwood<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp; <strong>Dan + Shay<\/strong>, <strong>Kane Brown<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kelsea_ballerini\">Kelsea Ballerini<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;will perform inside the Bridgestone Arena.<\/p>\n<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/luke_bryan\">Luke Bryan<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Maren Morris<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/thomas_rhett\">Thomas Rhett<\/a><\/strong> are also confirmed to take the stage during the fan-voted award show.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes after award-winning musical group <strong>Little Big Town<\/strong> will host the award show and keep fans entertained from beginning to end.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"54.011029411765\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.3235294117647\">\n<p>In addition, CMT recently revealed the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1039290\/cmt-music-awards-2019-nominations-see-the-complete-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nominees<\/a> for this year&#8217;s telecast. While Maren, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/miranda_lambert\">Miranda Lambert<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Brothers Osborne<\/strong> and <strong>Zac Brown Band<\/strong> are among this year&#8217;s top contenders with three nods each, there are a few surprising faces getting some much deserved love.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"55.849056603774\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9.3081761006289\">\n<p><strong>Boys II Men<\/strong>, <strong>Gladys Knight<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/shawn_mendes\">Shawn Mendes<\/a><\/strong> each received their first CMT Music Awards nomination thanks to the CMT Performance of the Year category.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can cast their votes for who should win big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-music-awards\/vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget to mark your calendars! The 2019 CMT Music Awards airs Wednesday, June 5 at 8 p.m. on CMT.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1041482\/carrie-underwood-thomas-rhett-and-more-stars-set-to-perform-at-2019-cmt-music-awards?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 CMT Music Awards are going big this summer! With less than a month to go until the annual award show airs live from Nashville, CMT is announcing just some of the star-studded artists who will take the stage and&nbsp;belt out their biggest hits&nbsp;for millions of Americans. E! 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