Why Jimmie Allen Canceled His CMA Performance Hours Before Award Show

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Jimmie Allen volition nary longer beryllium performing during the Country Music Association Awards connected Nov. 9. Find retired much astir the "Best Shot" singer's last-minute cancelation below.

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Jimmie Allen volition beryllium down location tonight.

While the "In Our Blood" vocalist was scheduled to execute astatine the 56th annual Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 9, helium announced that helium had to driblet retired of the lawsuit astatine the past infinitesimal owed to illness.

"I was looking guardant to performing with my friends @zacbrownband and @realmarcusking astatine the @CountryMusicAwards," helium said successful a Nov. 9 tweet. "Unfortunately, I'm nether the upwind and won't beryllium capable to. I look guardant to watching them and the different performers tonight."

The 2020 and 2021 Best New Artist nominee was scheduled to execute alongside Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert and much at "Country Music's Biggest Night."

Jimmie is presently connected circuit with Carrie Underwood for her Denim & Rhinestones concert series, with a amusement successful Moline, Ill connected Nov. 12. There's nary quality yet connected however Jimmie's unwellness whitethorn impact the remainder of this year's dates.

Before joining his fellow American Idol alum connected her tour, connected Oct. 15 successful Greenwood, S.C., Jimmie reflected on the relation the competition has played successful his euphony career.

"I got to meet truthful galore large singers connected the show," helium exclusively told E! News successful October. "And adjacent though I didn't triumph oregon travel successful the apical 10 oregon whatever, I learned truthful overmuch from different singers. There's an accidental to beryllium surrounded by the champion singers from each tiny town."

Allen, who was chopped earlier the unrecorded voting rounds of play 10 of the singing contention successful 2011, continued, "The relationships I've built with artists from the show—as good arsenic radical inactive moving connected the show—and having the accidental to travel backmost and beryllium a mentor and stock what I've learned from different artists, it's helped maine a batch actually."

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The CMA awards footwear disconnected astatine Nashville's Bridgestone Arena connected Nov. 9 and volition besides diagnostic performances from The Brothers Osborne with The War and Treaty, Luke Combs, Elle King featuring The Black Keys, Reba McEntire, Chris Stapleton and Patty Loveless, Thomas Rhett and Katy Perry and others.