Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley spoke to the press on Friday (March 31st) to talk about hosting the ACM Awards for a second time together (Luke’s fifth time hosting the awards). The two also revealed they’ll perform together to honor an icon.
“Dierks and I are going to team up with a rock icon to honor a rock icon, and that’s all I’m gonna say about that,” says a tight-lipped Luke.
The two also talk about being in a new building – the T-Mobile Arena – for the first time. “This is fun being in the new building. I’m excited about being here in the T-Mobile Arena. This place looks really nice I think it kind of does justice for the ACMs and the vibe of this show,” says Dierks. “There’s gonna be great artists and so much new talent and so much, really a lot of excitement, so being in a new building feels like a great match for the 52nd Annual ACM Awards.”
Catch Luke and Dierks when they host the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which will be broadcast live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Sunday (April 2nd) at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.
Audio / Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley talk about hosting the ACM Awards again, and reveal that they’re teaming up to honor an icon on the show.
DownloadLuke & Dierks (ACM Awards 2017) OC: …about that. 1:08
LUKE: “Year No. 2, they had us back. We’ve got a lot of amazing stuff in store. It’s gonna be a great show. We’ve got artists you’ve seen on the stage before. We’ve got new artists all over the bill, when you look at Jon Pardi, and I think Sam Hunt’s up at the top of the show. Dierks is doing a little…” DIERKS: “Yeah, we’ve got some collaborations. Me and Cole, Cole and I are doing something. It’s great to be back. This is fun being in the new building. I’m excited about being here in the T-Mobile Arena. This place looks really nice I think it kind of does justice for the ACMs and the vibe of this show. There’s gonna be great artists and so much new talent and so much, really a lot of excitement, so being in a new building feels like a great match for the 52nd Annual ACM Awards. We’ve been having a good time, man. We’ve been running around town working on the opening of the show and looking forward to y’all seeing some of the stuff we’ve come up with.” LUKE: “Dierks and I are going to team up with a rock icon to honor a rock icon, and that’s all I’m gonna say about that.”
