The ACM Awards are only a few weeks away, and now we know who at least some of the performers will be. The Academy of Country Music announces that Brooks & Dunn, Chris Stapleton, Clint Black, Kelsea Ballerini, LeAnn Rimes, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts and Wynonna Judd will take the stage during the two-and-a-half-hour broadcast. The new lineup also includes Eric Church, Lainey Wilson and Blake Shelton, who were previously announced.
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Although it hasn't been announced, Reba McEntire will likely perform as well. She will return to host the live ceremony for the 19th time in her career, dating back to 1986.
"Hosting the ACM Awards grounds me by reminding me of how competitive country music (remains)," McEntire tells The Tennessean. "But [it] also acts like a family reunion where I can see my buddies and meet (my metaphorical) relatives and the babies that have been born since the last time the family got together."
This is the 60th anniversary of the ACM Awards, which is why the show will have so much talent, from artists of the past several decades in country music.
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Ella Langley leads this year's list of nominations, with a total of eight nods. Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson and Morgan Wallen follow, who have seven each.
Langley's two-time duet partner (and rumored boyfriend) Riley Green has six nominations. The two have nominations together for Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Music Event of the Year, and Visual Media of the Year, all for their "You Look Like You Love Me" duet.
While it might seem that Wilson, who is becoming used to having the most nominations, would be jealous of Langley, that couldn't be further from the truth. Instead, Wilson is Langley's biggest cheerleader and supporter, along with fellow rising star, Megan Moroney, who has two nominations.
"To watch their stars just soaring, it's really, really cool to see," Wilson says (via American Songwriter). "And at times I'm like, I just want to pour out as much as I possibly can to them."
A limited number of tickets to attend the ACM Awards are available at SeatGeek.com. The ceremony will take place at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on Thursday, May 8 at 8:00 PM ET. The show will air exclusively on Amazon Prime.
