Kenny Chesney cancels the appearance of CMAs due to a death in the family

Unfortunately, he will miss one of the most famous artists at the 2018 Country Music Awards.

Kenny Chesney will not attend the awards ceremony due to a death in the family, AND can confirm. The CMA Awards have made this sad announcement on Twitter.

The tragic news comes shortly after the announcement of the 50-year-old singer Thomas Rhett and David Lee Murphy's first victory. Chesney and Murphy won the Music Event of the Year award for "Everything is going to be okay" and Rhett, the yearlong "Marry Me" music video alongside director TK McKamy .

Nevertheless, fans who will listen to an exciting musical evening will be filled by some of the country's biggest stars, including Keith Urban, who told ET that his performance of his title, "Never Comin 'Down, was going to be some something special.

"It's a pleasure to play in. We've opened the tour with this song every night and I'm delighted to be able to do it here in the CMAs, especially with this production," Urban recently said. "The rehearsal is so fun but having an audience in front of us [is the] missing piece. "

The night of music, hosted for the 11th consecutive year by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, will feature performances by Garth Brooks, Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, Dan + Shay, Luke Bryan and Lauren Alaina, Florida Georgia Line with Bebe Rexha and Dierks Bentley with the Osborne brothers and Jason Aldean with Miranda Lambert.

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