Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood Confirmed As ACM Awards Performers
Sep 10, 2020 by apost team
Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards announced yesterday, September 9, that Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, and Carrie Underwood are among the artists that will be performing at the 55th ACM Awards on Wednesday, September 16.
Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton with Gwen Stefani, and Trisha Yearwood have been announced to perform at the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards later this month from Nashville. The announcement came Wednesday from the Academy Country Music (ACM), as well as home network CBS and Dick Clark productions.
Shelton, 44, tweeted on Wednesday: '"Happy Anywhere" with @gwenstefani is coming to y’all live from the @ACMawards... Get ready and tune in to @cbs on September 16th at 8/7c to watch!!!!' Shelton and Stefani, 50, has performed together multiple times this year, including for Red Nose Day, where they performed a duet of their single, Nobody But You.
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The couple are slated to team up on a duet of their song Happy Anywhere, while Underwood, 37, will honor country music royalty with a medley of tunes from genre icons Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, and Dolly Parton, according to CBS.
Underwood, posted to Instagram: "Honored to be celebrating the 95th anniversary of the @Opry on the #ACMawards!"
Yearwood is set to perform I’ll Carry You Home in a memorial segment for those who have passed away in the past year. The country artist, 55, said on Instagram: "I'm honored to perform 'I’ll Carry You Home' @ACMawards on September 16, paying tribute to those we have lost in the Country Music industry."
This year makes the first time the ACMs will take place in Nashville. The show will broadcast from three iconic country music venues namely Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium, and The Bluebird Cafe. Keith Urban, 52, a 15-time ACM Award winner, will host the show that will be broadcast live.
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