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Maren Morris Finds ‘Official’ Sport For Her Tour

Maren Morris kicks off her “Humble Quest Tour” tonight (6/9) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and already she is trying to start a tour tradition in the form of a pickleball…

Maren Morris Finds 'Official' Sport For Her Tour
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Maren Morris kicks off her "Humble Quest Tour" tonight (6/9) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and already she is trying to start a tour tradition in the form of a pickleball tournament backstage.

Maren posted a video on her Insta stories last night of the crew starting to load out for the show tonight. She first shared a video of her son Hayes walking around in the amphitheater in his PJs. She captioned the post, "Load-In day and an extremely saggy diaper."

The following video clip shows her and three others playing pickleball by the busses during the day. She wrote over the clip, "I am determined to make pickleball the official tour game."

Maren then shared a video clip of her playing the game at night. She wrote, "Pickleball tournament continues after hours."

This morning (6/9), Morris posted an image of her playing pickleball on Instagram. She captioned the post, Pickle Ball Queen. (yes, we made custom paddles to match the tour) See you tonight, Raleigh! OPENING MF NIGHT."

Lady A's Charles Kelly responded, "Oh man, we need to do this out on the road. What a good idea."

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