Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town are among the initial performers announced for this year’s ACM Awards. Joining them will be Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line (with the Backstreet Boys), Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris.
The 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, will be broadcast live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on April 2nd at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.
Luke Bryan paired up with Jimmy Fallon against actors Octavia Spencer and John Lithgow in a game of Catchphrase on Thursday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. See how he does below.
Luke, who will co-host this year’s ACM Awards, also performed his latest hit single, “Fast” on the show.
Luke Bryan is set to release the video for his latest single, “Fast,” on Friday (March 3rd). Today, he released a portion of the clip showing him talking to his son Bo, who finally worked up the courage to ask out a girl.
Sixty seconds now feels more like thirty
Tick-tock, won’t stop, around it goes
Sand through the glass sure falls in a hurry
And all you keep trying to do is slow it down, soak it in
Keep trying to make the good times last as long as you can
But you can’t, man
It just goes too fast
The actual video will premiere on VEVO at midnight.
“Fast” follows five No. 1 hits on Luke’s current album, Kill the Lights.
From The Tennesean:
Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley have a plan to prevent an Oscars-style mishap at the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards, which the men will co-host at 7 p.m. April 2 on CBS.
The country singers, who filmed promo spots for the ACM Awards in Nashville on Monday, said if they feel the show starting to go south, they’ll create a diversion.
“We have a plan,” Bentley joked. “Luke’s going to have a wardrobe malfunction. At least that way everyone talks about that and not the show.”
“It’s sad nobody is talking about what happened at the Oscars,” Bryan quipped. “That’s our approach, Dierks — train wreck the show.”
On a more serious note, Bryan added: “What a debacle, but it gets a lot of press.”
And, Bentley thinks Jimmy Kimmel “was a great host.”
“We played it so loose last year at the top, we could have had our own Oscar moment,” Bentley said.
For those who missed it, Sunday night Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the wrong envelope before announcing Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards. Because of the mix-up, the wrong movie was initially awarded the trophy before the mistake was rectified on stage a few seconds later.
Bryan and Bentley, who are returning to co-host the ACM Awards a second time, will have some screen time of their own at the end of the week. The silent black-and-white commercials the men shot in Nashville on Monday are scheduled to start airing Friday night on CBS.
Little Big Town will perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday (March 1st), followed by The Talk on March 14th.
Luke Bryan will perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday (March 2nd).
Eric Church and Sam Hunt, along with Jason Aldean, will headline the 4th Annual Route 91 Harvest Festival September 29th – October 1st at Nevada’s Las Vegas Village. Tickets go on sale Friday (March 3rd).
Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Chris Stapleton and Alan Jackson are scheduled to perform during this year’s Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The three-day concert event will take place April 7th – 9th and will also feature such artists as Brett Eldredge, Kenny Chesney, Maren Morris, Dustin Lynch, Brett Young, Chris Lane and many more.
Luke Bryan sold out the May 5th launch date of his “Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day Tour” when tickets went on sale Friday morning (February 17th) for Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Due to high fan demand, a second show has been added for Saturday, May 6th. Tickets for May 6th go on sale on Friday, February 24th.
Special guest in Nashville is Brett Eldredge along with opener Adam Craig.
“Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day Tour”
5-5 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
5-6 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
5-12 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
5-13 Hartford, CT Xfinity Theatre
5-18 Moline, IL iWireless Center
6-1 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
6-2 Cullman, AL Rock the South*
6-3 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
6-9 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
6-10 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
6-16 Atlanta, GA Verizon Amphitheatre
6-17 Atlanta, GA Verizon Amphitheatre
6-23 Hershey, PA Hershey Park
6-24 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center
6-25 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
7-1 Dauphin, MB Dauphin’s Countryfest*
7-13 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
7-15 Cleveland, OH Progressive Field
7-16 Holmdel, NJ P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
7-21 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
7-22 Eau Claire, WI Country Jam USA*
7-26 Cheyenne, WY Cheyenne Frontier Days*
7-28 Central Point, OR Country Crossings Music Festival*
7-29 Mountain Home, ID Mountain Home Country Music Festival*
8-5 Detroit Lakes, MN WE Fest*
8-12 Syracuse, NY Lakeview Amphitheater
8-13 Oro-Medonte ON Boots and Hearts Music Festival*
8-17 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
8-18 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
8-19 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
8-25 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
8-26 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
8-27 Jones Beach, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
9-1 Lexington, KY Red, White & Boom*
9-6 Scranton, PA The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
9-8 Philadelphia, PA Citizens Bank Park
9-9 Pittsburgh, PA KeyBank Pavilion
9-15 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
9-16 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
9-21 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater
9-22 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
9-23 Dallas, TX Starplex Pavilion
10-12 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion
10-13 Wheatland, CA Toyota Amphitheatre
10-14 Mtn. View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
10-19 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
10-21 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
10-26 Phoenix, AZ AK-Chin Pavilion
10-27 San Diego, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
10-28 San Bernardino. CA Glen Helen Amphitheater
*Festival dates, not “Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day Tour”
ABOUT LUKE BRYAN
Country music superstar Luke Bryan is a two-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year. He has hosted the ACM Awards for four consecutive years. Since the debut of his first album in 2007 he has placed 17 singles at No.1, sold over 10 Million albums, sold more than 40 million tracks with three Billion music streams. His Platinum-selling fifth studio album, Kill The Lights, debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 (his third to do so) and Top Country Albums charts, and contains five consecutive No 1 hits- so far.
Luke’s concert tours have consistently sold out shows across North America including many NFL Stadiums like the Patriot’s Gillette Stadium where he played back-to-back sold out concerts last summer. Luke has also sold out Chicago’s Soldier Field, Cleveland’s First Energy Stadium, the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Denver’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Ford Field in Detroit, home of the Vikings at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field, and Levi Stadium in San Francisco. In the last three years, Luke has performed to nearly five Million fans on tour. On May 5, Luke will launch a brand new tour, “Huntin’ Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day Tour,” kicking off in Music City at Bridgestone Arena.
For a one-stop shop for everything Luke Bryan, his community of fans have unparalleled access to his life through Luke Bryan’s official App. Launched in June 2015 in partnership with Disciple Media, the app offers everything from exclusive live streams to updates from the road, competitions to video premieres, exclusive merchandise and more. The App is available now on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Visit www.LukeBryan.com or follow Luke on Twitter @LukeBryanOnline, Instagram and Facebook
The members of Lady Antebellum were in New York City this morning (February 16th) to announce several of this year’s ACM Awards nominations live on CBS This Morning.
Keith Urban leads leads with seven nominations in five categories, including his seventh for Entertainer of the Year and 10th nod for Male Vocalist of the Year. Keith’s nominated twice, as both artist and producer, in the Album of the Year category for Ripcord. He received an additional two nominations, for both artist and producer, in the Single Record of the Year category for “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” which is also nominated in the Song of the Year category.
“I’ve been a musician since I was 6 years old,” says Keith. “I just love writing songs, making records and touring. So, for the ACMS’s to recognize RIPCORD in such a big way today is humbling. I share these nominations with everyone in my life who made it possible – and a BIG shout out to all of our fans, who came out to see us on the ripCORD tour. Can’t wait to play for you all again soon.”
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Aahhhhhh! Thanks for the nom, @ACMawards! #ACMs https://t.co/iN8AOJoaLa
— Lady A (@ladya) February 16, 2017
Lauren Alaina picked up her first award nomination for New Female Vocalist of the Year, which she found out while at the Detroit airport. “I honestly cannot believe I am nominated for New Female Vocalist. I don’t even know what to say,” exclaimed Lauren. “I’ve been waiting I guess five years for a nomination at the ACMs and I am so excited and so thankful and so humbled by the industry voting for me to get into this category. It means so much to me, and I found out in the Detroit airport while I was eating breakfast and I was really keeping it together until I Facetimed my dad to tell him and then I lost it and have cried for the last 10 minutes and then have gotten it together enough to talk about it again.”
I look like a hot mess, but I don't care because I am having the best morning ever. Five years and I'm finally nominated. I'm so thankful❤ pic.twitter.com/7fyP0NUotn
— Lauren Alaina (@Lauren_Alaina) February 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/Lauren_Alaina/status/832231814941048832
Jon Pardi is also nominated for his first award for New Male Vocalist of the Year; he woke up to numerous text messages on his phone.
#ACMs VEGAS!!! pic.twitter.com/UmzBVXj0oU
— Jon Pardi (@JonPardi) February 16, 2017
Dierks has been nominated for Male Vocalist, Album, and Vocal Event Of The Year! #ACMs pic.twitter.com/t8O14VC9tN
— Dierks Bentley (@DierksBentley) February 16, 2017
ACM Awards co-host Dierks Bentley received three nominations, including his fourth nomination in the Male Vocalist of the Year category. Also, Bentley received his third nod in the Album of the Year category for Black, and his second nod in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “Different For Girls,” featuring Elle King.
Chris Stapleton is nominated in three categories. Once again, Stapleton is nominated in both the Male Vocalist of the Year category, and the Song of the Year category with “Tennessee Whiskey.” Also, Stapleton received a nod in the Video of the Year category for “Fire Away.”
The 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, will be broadcast live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas April 2nd at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Big & Rich
Brothers Osborne
Dan & Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
NEW MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY T-MOBILE
Kane Brown
Chris Janson
Chris Lane
Jon Pardi
Brett Young
NEW FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY T-MOBILE
Lauren Alaina
Cam
Brandy Clark
Maren Morris
NEW VOCAL DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY T-MOBILE
A Thousand Horses
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
LOCASH
Maddie & Tae
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Black – Dierks Bentley
Dig Your Roots – Florida Georgia Line
HERO – Maren Morris
Ripcord – Keith Urban
The Weight of These Wings – Miranda Lambert
Single Record of the Year [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Blue Ain’t Your Color – Keith Urban
H.O.L.Y. – Florida Georgia Line
Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw
My Church – Maren Morris
Vice – Miranda Lambert
SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
Blue Ain’t Your Color – Keith Urban
Songwriters: Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey, Steven Lee Olsen
Die A Happy Man – Thomas Rhett
Songwriters: Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Joe Spargur
Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw
Songwriter: Lori McKenna
Kill A Word – Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens
Songwriters: Eric Church, Luke Dick, Jeff Hyde
Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
Songwriters: Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove
Vice – Miranda Lambert
Songwriters: Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Video of the Year PRESENTED BY XFINITY [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]
Fire Away – Chris Stapleton
Forever Country – Artists of Then, Now & Forever
Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw
Peter Pan – Kelsea Ballerini
Vice – Miranda Lambert
Vocal Event of the Year [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Different For Girls – Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
Forever Country – Artists of Then, Now & Forever
May We All – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw
Setting The World On Fire – Kenny Chesney Featuring P!nk
Think Of You – Chris Young Featuring Cassadee Pope
Lauren Alaina (ACM New Female) OC: …it again. :44
“I honestly cannot believe I am nominated for New Female Vocalist. I don’t even know what to say,” exclaimed Lauren. “I’ve been waiting I guess five years for a nomination at the ACMs and I am so excited and so thankful and so humbled by the industry voting for me to get into this category. It means so much to me, and I found out in the Detroit airport while I was eating breakfast and I was really keeping it together until I Facetimed my dad to tell him and then I lost it and have cried for the last 10 minutes and then have gotten it together enough to talk about it again.”
The members of Lady Antebellum were in New York City this morning (February 16th) to announce several of this year’s ACM Awards nominations live on CBS This Morning.
Luke Bryan and Keith Urban are among the Entertainer of the Year nominees, along with Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line and Jason Aldean.
The 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, will be broadcast live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas April 2nd at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida GeorgiaLine
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Big & Rich
Brothers Osborne
Dan & Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts