Get ready for some big names to perform on country music’s biggest night.
The Country Music Association has announced the initial lineup of performers for The 57th Annual CMA Awards, with first-time nominees and performers, country music legends, and CMA Awards winners. The lineup includes Luke Bryan, Jelly Roll, K. Michelle, Little Big Town, Megan Moroney, Old Dominion, Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton, Tanya Tucker, and Lainey Wilson. The show, hosted by Bryan and Peyton Manning, will broadcast live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, November 8 at 8/7c on ABC. It will be available to stream the next day on Hulu.
Jelly Roll, who has been nominated five times, will perform for the first time, opening the show with “Need a Favor.” Bryan is slated to deliver a medley of his hits, including “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day,” “One Margarita,” “That’s My Kind Of Night,” “Play It Again,” and “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).” Stapleton, with three nominations this year, will perform his new single ‘White Horse.” And the most-nominated artist of the year, Wilson, will take the stage with her new song “Wildflowers and Wild Horses.”
Jelly Roll will also perform “Love Can Build a Bridge” with K. Michelle. One of the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Tucker, and Vocal Group of the Year nominee Little Big Town will collaborate on a special performance of the former’s iconic “Delta Dawn.” Vocal Group and Music Video of the Year nominee Old Dominion and New Artist and Song of the Year nominee Moroney will take the stage with their new song, “Can’t Break Up Now.” Stapleton will also perform a second time, with Pearce, who has been nominated for Female Vocalist and Musical Event, collaborating on her new single “We Don’t Fight Anymore.”
More performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster for the show.
The 57th Annual CMA Awards is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the executive producer, Alan Carter is the director, and Jon Macks is the head writer.
57th Annual CMA Awards, Live, Wednesday, November 8, 8/7c, ABC