Keith Urban kicked off the ACMAwards with a hopeful message about the healing power of country music.
on Wednesday, and he opened the remote awards ceremony with a hopeful, emotional message about the healing power of music.
"Due to the COVID world that we are living in right now, we won't have an audience here, but we have every one of you watching, wherever you are watching from right now, so thank you so much every one of you," Urban said. "Part of being home is celebrating three iconic locations where it all began for many of us. Tonight our show is going to come from the historic Ryman Auditorium, the legendary Bluebird Cafe and, of course, right here at this country music treasure."
"We want to send our love, thoughts and our prayers out to everyone of you affected right now," Urban shared. "And of course we are still in the midst of trying to fight two pandemics: COVID-19 and social injustice. Far too many lives have been lost to both."
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