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Maren Morris Pulls Herself From 2021 CMT Awards

Maren Morris told fans via Instagram stories that she will not be performing at the 2021 CMT Music Awards this week due to a conflict in her schedule. Maren was…

Maren Morris Pulls Herself From 2021 CMT Awards
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Maren Morris told fans via Instagram stories that she will not be performing at the 2021 CMT Music Awards this week due to a conflict in her schedule.

Maren was scheduled to perform "Line By Line" alongside her friend and collaborator JP Saxe at the awards show.

She wrote, "Due to a scheduling conflict, I will not be performing at the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday. I know JP Saxe will slay it and I am so excited for his album to come out soon!"

Morris leads the 2021 nominations at this year's ceremony this Wednesday (6/9) with 4 nods, including Female Video Of The Year ("To Hell & Back"), Collaborative Video Of The Year ("Chasing After You" w/ husband Ryan Hurd), and two nods in the Video Of The Year category.

Hosted by superstars Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, the 2021 “CMT Music Awards” airs Wednesday, June 9th at 8p/7c on CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, TV Land, and CMT Australia.

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