The 60th Annual CMA Awards just got bigger. ABC and the Country Music Association added Luke Combs, Megan Moroney, Mumford & Sons, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson and Stephen Wilson Jr. to the performer lineup on Tuesday, with Vince Gill making a special appearance, eight days before the show airs live Wednesday, November 18, on ABC and Disney+.
The show runs from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern, 5 to 8 p.m. Pacific, live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and it streams the next day on Hulu.
A Brooks & Dunn Tribute
The new round also sets up a tribute to Brooks & Dunn, this year’s recipients of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Halestorm, Hardy and Marcus King will perform together to celebrate the duo.
Who Is Up For What
Several of the new performers are also in the running for trophies. Combs is nominated for Album, Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year. Moroney returns to the CMA Awards stage with nominations for Female Vocalist and Song of the Year.
Mumford & Sons will make their CMA Awards debut alongside Stapleton, a four-time nominee this year whose nods include Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year. Stapleton will also team up with Stephen Wilson Jr., another four-time nominee, in the New Artist, Male Vocalist, Song and Music Video categories.
The First Wave Of Performers
The new names join the first group announced November 5: Ella Langley, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves, The Red Clay Strays, Zach Top and Tucker Wetmore.
Langley leads this year’s nominations with nine, including Entertainer, Album and Female Vocalist of the Year, after winning three CMA Awards last year. Lambert has seven nominations, and her 70 career nominations are the most CMA Awards nominations ever for a female artist. Musgraves has five and Johnson, the reigning Male Vocalist of the Year, has four.
Hosted By Lainey Wilson Again
Lainey Wilson hosts for the third year in a row, and the night will also include a tribute to Dolly Parton. ABC and Disney+ already teamed up on a live two-hour CMA tribute to Parton in October, as we reported when ABC and Disney+ set the Dolly Parton tribute.
More performers and presenters are expected to be announced in the coming days, so the lineup could keep growing before the cameras roll in Nashville. For Disney+ subscribers, the live stream means you do not need cable or an antenna to watch country music’s biggest night as it happens.
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