In what shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, the ACM Awards have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Academy of Country Music was scheduled to hand out its awards on April 5 in Las Vegas.
According to a statement, the ACM Awards will now take place sometime in September “at a date, time and venue to be determined.”
The accompanying ACM Party for a Cause series of concerts have been canceled.
Australia star Keith Urban (pictured) had been announced as the show’s host, following his role as host of the 2018 ARIA Awards.
While Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett were the leading nominees for the awards with five nominations each.
“The ACM Awards is a tentpole event for our Country Music industry, and the Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions went to great lengths to find a safe solution for the show to go on so that we can honor our artist community,” Damon Whiteside, CEO of the Academy of Country Music, said in a statement.
“This decision involved many partners, stakeholders and the industry who we have been in constant conversations with over the past several days as the situation has developed.”
We look forward to identifying a future date that we can celebrate with our Country community safely.”
Check out Keith Urban’s performance of ‘Burden’ at the 2019 ACM Awards
