Month: November 2024

The second round of performers for the 58th annual CMA Awards has been announced.

Luke Combs, Eric Church, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Brooks & Dunn, Kelsea Ballerini, Riley Green, Ella Langley, Noah Kahan, Kacey Musgraves, Bailey Zimmerman and Megan Moroney have been added to the bill.

Also on the lineup are previously announced performers Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Post Malone, Lainey Wilson, Thomas Rhett, Dierks Bentley, Ashley McBryde, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims, Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes.

Here’s a list of songs that’ll be performed:

Luke Combs – “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma”
Jelly Roll and Brooks & Dunn – “Believe”
Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan – “Cowboys Cry Too”
Ella Langley and Riley Green – “You Look Like You Love Me”
Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?”
Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect”
Bailey Zimmerman – “New to Country”
Luke Bryan – “Love You, Miss You, Mean It”
Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU”
Post Malone – “Yours”
Chris Stapleton – “What Am I Gonna Do”
Post Malone and Chris Stapleton – “California Sober”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and “Highway”
Thomas Rhett and Teddy Swims – “Somethin’ Bout a Woman” and “Lose Girl”
Dierks Bentley, Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – “American Girl” (Tom Petty cover)

Cody will deliver “an unforgettable performance” according to the CMA, and Ashley says hers “is gonna be special.”

2024 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient George Strait will also be honored with a star-packed tribute.

A full list of presenters will be announced soon.

The 2024 CMAs, hosted by Luke, Peyton Manning and Lainey, will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and stream the next day on Hulu.

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“Ever since we met, we’ve always said music is obviously our number-one passion, but we’ve always, always wanted to be moms,” Maddie & Tae‘s Taylor Kerr tells ABC Audio in a recent interview.

Both Maddie Font and Taylor are already moms, but they’re hoping to sync up their pregnancies one day.

Yes, that means both sporting a baby bump at the same time.

“Our real dream was to be pregnant at the same time. But we’re still figuring out how to do that,” says Taylor, whose second child, a boy, is due in November.

“We don’t know how to figure that out. I mean, we do tell each other all of our business,” Maddie shares.

Taylor adds, “Like [what] every besties want, they want to be pregnant at the same time. One day.” 

But being pregnant simultaneously may prove a bit of a challenge to their business operation as a touring country duo.

“One has to run the business while the other one’s, you know, growing a human. And so we’ll figure it out one day,” says Maddie.

“We’re also business partners. So, yeah, that make sense,” Taylor adds with a laugh.

Maddie & Tae are up for Vocal Duo of the Year for the 2024 CMA Awards, airing live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

To catch Maddie & Tae on their Love & Light Tour in the spring, visit maddieandtae.com.

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Miranda Lambert has teamed with artist Ceci Mulia on an animated and colorful “Armadillo” music video, available to watch now on YouTube. “Armadillo” is off Miranda’s latest album, Postcards From Texas.

Picture this: David Nail sitting on a log by a warm campfire singing the yuletide classic “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Well, you don’t have to imagine that because that’s what he literally does in his new music video, which is up on YouTube. You can find David’s cover of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and four more holiday covers on his new EP, A Campfire Christmas, out now.

Luke Grimes recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to chat about his headlining tour, country artist career and, of course, Yellowstone‘s final season. He also performed “Black Powder,” a track off his debut self-titled country album.

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HARDY‘s about to add another job to his resume: full-time girl dad.

The “One Beer” singer and his wife, Caleigh Ryan, announced the gender of their first child on Instagram alongside a carousel of them painting a white wall pink.

“Getting ready for her,” Caleigh captioned the post.

“She's gonna be a force,” Lainey Wilson said in her congratulatory comment.

HARDY and Caleigh first announced their pregnancy in October, with Caleigh writing in the post, “You have been our favorite little secret to keep [.] Baby Hardy coming February 2025.”

HARDY and Caleigh tied the knot in October 2022 in Nashville after four years of dating.

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