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[10/29/19 - 08:00 AM]
"The 53rd Annual CMA Awards" Adds Not-to-Be-Missed Performances and Collaborations to Air Live from Bridgestone Arena, Wednesday, Nov. 13, on ABC
The latest on tap include Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn with Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves with Willie Nelson, Lady Antebellum and Halsey, Old Dominion, Blake Shelton, and Thomas Rhett.

[via press release from ABC]

'THE 53RD ANNUAL CMA AWARDS' ADDS NOT-TO-BE-MISSED PERFORMANCES AND COLLABORATIONS BY KELSEA BALLERINI, BROOKS & DUNN WITH BROTHERS OSBORNE, GARTH BROOKS WITH BLAKE SHELTON, DAN + SHAY, KACEY MUSGRAVES WITH WILLIE NELSON, LADY ANTEBELLUM AND HALSEY, OLD DOMINION, BLAKE SHELTON, AND THOMAS RHETT

Country Legend Willie Nelson Returns to the CMA Awards Stage for the First Time Since 2012 for a Special Performance With Kacey Musgraves

Country Music's Biggest Night(TM) to Air Live From Bridgestone Arena Wednesday, Nov. 13, on ABC

"The 53rd Annual CMA Awards" has announced additional performances and collaborations by Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn with Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves with Willie Nelson, Lady Antebellum and Halsey, Old Dominion, Blake Shelton, and Thomas Rhett. Country Music's Biggest Night(TM), hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, airs live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 (8:00 -11:00 p.m. EST), on ABC.

Brooks & Dunn, an 18-time CMA Awards winner and two-time nominee this year, will perform their hit song "Hard Workin' Man" with Brothers Osborne, the reigning Vocal Duo of the Year and four-time nominee this year. Brooks & Dunn are also recent inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Garth Brooks, an Entertainer of the Year nominee this year, and Blake Shelton, a three-time nominee this year, will perform their CMA Musical Event of the Year nominated hit, "Dive Bar."

Three-time nominee this year, Musgraves, welcomes long-time friend and 10-time CMA Awards winner Nelson to the CMA stage to perform a heartwarming collaboration that fans will soon see has been decades in the making. Nelson last performed on the CMA Awards stage in 2012 in honor of receiving the inaugural CMA Lifetime Achievement Award. In a never-before-seen collaboration, Halsey makes her first-ever CMA Awards appearance, joining six-time CMA Awards winner Lady Antebellum to perform a genre-defying mashup.

Female Vocalist of the Year nominee this year, Ballerini is set to perform her latest hit single "homecoming queen?," while Dan + Shay, a three-time nominee this year, will perform "Speechless" from their CMA Album of the Year nominated album "Dan + Shay." Old Dominion, reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year and nominee again this year in the category, will bring their hit "One Man Band" to the CMA Awards stage, while Thomas Rhett, a two-time nominee this year, will perform "Remember You Young" from his CMA Album of the Year nominated album "Center Point Road." In addition to his performance with Brooks, Shelton will also hit the stage to perform his three-time nominated single "God's Country."

Previously announced performers include Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Dolly Parton with for KING & COUNTRY and Zach Williams, P!NK and Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban. Additional performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks.

"The 53rd Annual CMA Awards" is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the executive producer; Alex Rudzinski is the director, and David Wild is the head writer.

For more information on "The 53rd Annual CMA Awards," please visit CMAawards.com and follow CMA on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Fans can listen to music featuring the CMA Awards nominees and performers on Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, Vevo and YouTube. To celebrate "The 53rd Annual CMA Awards," the official merchandise line featuring tees, sweatshirts and other gifts is now available online. Fans can order by Tuesday, Nov. 5, to receive before the show. Merchandise will also be sold on-site at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

About CMA Awards

The first "CMA Awards Banquet and Show" was held in 1967. The following year, the CMA Awards was broadcast for the first time - making it the longest running, annual music awards program on network television. The CMA Awards have aired on ABC since 2006. ABC is the network home of the CMA Awards and CMA's other two television properties, "CMA Fest" and "CMA Country Christmas."





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