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ACM Awards To Feature Country's Biggest Acts

Posted at 7:50 PM, Mar 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-01 19:53:54-04

The 52nd ACM Awards are slated to be a night filled with performances from Country Music's biggest acts, and you can catch it all on NewsChannel 5 at 7 p.m. on April 2nd.

Artists such as Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Chris Stapleton, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Lauren Daigle, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, and Keith Urban are set to join the already jam-packed lineup for the ACM Awards, which will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Previous performers announced include the hosts of the show, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, as well as Kelsea Ballerini, Jason Aldean, Brothers Osborne, Florida Georgia Line with Backstreet Boys, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, and Jon Pardi. 

Nominees range from Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood to Little Big Town.

Pardi, Morris, and Brothers Osborne were already announced as winners leading up to the ACM Awards, earning the awards of "New Male Vocalist of the Year", "New Female Vocalist of the Year", and "New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year", respectively. 

“Some of the best singers in the world on stage, some of the best musicianship and guitar playing and best songwriters. It’s certainly embodies what Nashville is about, Music City and chasing your dreams." Luke Bryan said to NewsChannel 5's Jesse Knutson during an interview with the two hosts.

Dierks Bentley went into further detail, saying, "I think what Country fans are going to see are just people out of Nashville, getting away from the 615 area code, having a great time out in Vegas, cutting loose, and I think our job is really to set the scene and the vibe for that and let it be filled in with the performances and the speeches and hopefully our monologue and some of our jokes."