The energy wasn't the only thing that was electric at the 2022 CMT Music Awards.
The red carpet at the April 11 ceremony was temporarily paused due to a storm beating down on the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Tennessee, where the event was held. Celebrity arrivals were just getting underway when guests and crew were asked to briefly evacuate from the carpet due to lightning.
The awards' official livestream was halted, as well as feed of the carpet from local news outlet The Tennessean.
"The red carpet is being delayed for lightning in Nashville," The Tennessean reported in the chat of its YouTube stream, explaining that "we are just waiting for everyone to get back in place!"
When things were back up and running, stars like Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris, LeAnn Rimes and Jessie James Decker made their way down the red carpet.
The weather delay was not the first hiccup the CMT Music Awards experienced this year. Just hours before event, Kelsea Ballerini announced that she cannot attend the ceremony in person and will instead perform her hosting duties, which she'll share with Anthony Mackie and Kane Brown, virtually after testing positive for COVID-19 this week.
"The good news is that I'm feeling a lot better and the incredible CMT family and my team have brought part of the CMT set to my house, to my little bubble, and set it up to where I can still host and perform," she shared on Instagram. "It is certainly not what we had expected or planned for, but we are doing our damn best."
As the saying goes: The show must go on! Keep scrolling to see at the stars who braved the rainy weather to attend the CMT Music Awards.
Maren Morris
In Rasario
LeAnn Rimes
In Georges Chakra Couture
Carly Pearce
In SemSem
Miranda Lambert
In Alexandre Vauthier
Jason and Brittany Aldean
Caroline Jones
Walker Hayes
In Boss
Gayle King
Jessie James Decker
In Alex Perry with Aldo shoes
Eric Decker
In Zara and Robert Barakett with Aldo shoes
Thomas Rhett & Lauren Akins
Dustin Lynch
In Valstar, Buck Mason and AG Jeans with Tecovas shoes
Camille Parker
In Bronx and Banco
Lily Aldridge
In Khaite
Jordan Davis
Brittney Spencer
In Jonathan Kayne
Gabby Barrett
Hannah Dasher
Kelsea Ballerini
In Michael Kors
Carrie Underwood
In Dolce & Gabbana
Bobby Berk
In STAN
Danielle Bradbery
In Toni Maticevski
Taylor Lautner
Kane Brown
Monica
In Rick Owens
Wynonna & Naomi Judd
Tan France
In Germanier
Riley Green
In Billy Reid
Nelly
Miko Marks