PHOTOS: Kane Brown and Luke Combs Rehearse For Billboard Music Awards

The 2020 Billboard Music Awards {BBMAs) will be underway in just a few hours and country stars Kane Brown, Luke…

Lauren Jo Black

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October 14, 2020

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Kane Brown, Luke Combs; Photos by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for DCP

The 2020 Billboard Music Awards {BBMAs) will be underway in just a few hours and country stars Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Garth Brooks are getting in on the action with performances during the star-studded telecast.

Ahead of the show, Brown and Combs took to the Dolby Theatre stage in Los Angeles to prep for the broadcast. Brown shared the staged with Swae Lee and Khalid for their performance of “Be Like That,” while Combs rehearsed an unknown song for the show.

Due to COVID-19, the BBMAs may look a bit different this year, but producers are doing their best to pull off a socially distant show without an audience.

“We do not have an audience at the Dolby,” Mark Bracco, executive producer at Dick Clark Productions told the Los Angeles Times. “But we’ve created a very cool, immersive set that allows us to engulf the whole venue.”

Hosted by Kelly Clarkson, the 2020 Billboard Music Awards will air live on NBC on Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. ET.

See rehearsal photos below.

Kane Brown

Luke Combs

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Lauren Jo Black

Lauren Jo Black, a University of Central Florida graduate, has immersed herself in the world of country music for over 15 years. In 2008, she co-founded CountryMusicIsLove, eventually selling it to a major record label in 2015. Following the rebranding of the website to Sounds Like Nashville, Black served as Editor-in-Chief for two and a half years. Currently, she assumes the role of Editor-in-Chief at Country Now and oversees Country Now’s content and digital footprint. Her extensive experience also encompasses her previous role as a Country Music Expert Writer for Answers.com and her work being featured on Forbes.com. She’s been spotlighted among Country Aircheck’s Women of Influence and received the 2012 Rising Star Award from the University of Central Florida. Black also spent time in front of the camera as host of Country Now Live, which brought live music directly to fans in 2021 when the majority of concerts were halted due to the pandemic. During this time, she hosted 24 weeks of live concerts via Country Now Live on Twitch with special guests such as Lady A, Dierks Bentley, Jordan Davis, Brett Young, and Jon Pardi. Over the course of her career, she has had the privilege of conducting interviews with some of the industry’s most prominent stars, including Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, and many others. Lauren Jo Black is a longtime member of the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music.