Mon. Nov 25th, 2024

The Country Music Association and ABC unveiled the second round of the CMA Awards on Thursday. The list includes Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Ella Langley, Noah Kahane, Meghan Moroney, Kacey Musgraves and Billy Zimmerman.

The awards show, dubbed “Country Music’s Biggest Night,” is set to take place at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Nov. 20. The show will air live on ABC from 8-11 p.m. EST and will be available for streaming the following day on Hulu.

The newly announced roster of artists will join Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Sierra Hull, Bronwyn Keith Haynes, Ashley McBride, Post Malone, Shabazzy, Chris Stapleton, Teddy Swims, Thomas Rhett, Molly Tuttle and Lenny Wilson.

Also performing at the show will be Church, the 2020 CMA Entertainment Award winner, and Swims, a two-time CMA Entertainment Award winner this year and a three-time nominee for 2024. Johnson, Moroney, Musgraves and Zimmerman will also perform.

Ballerini and Kahne will perform the duet “Cowboys Cry Too,” and Jelly Roll will join Brooks & Dunn on stage. Audiences will also be honored with a star-studded tribute to George Strait, winner of this year’s CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

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By David Fleshler

david Fleshler covers city and metro news for the Barnesonly Post. He has written for the Boulder Daily Camera and works as a reporter, columnist, and editor for the CU Independent, the student news publication at the University of Colorado-Boulder. His passion is learning about politics and solving problems for readers.

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