Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson and other heavyweights in the country music industry were among the first round of performers to be announced for the upcoming 58th annual ACM Awards.
The Academy of Country Music revealed on its social media channels on Thursday morning (April 27). The star-studded list includes Aldean, Combs, Lambert, Wilson, Kane Brown, Ashley McBryde, Cody Johnson, Jo Dee Messina — returning to the ACM Awards stage for the first time in more than two decades — Dolly Parton, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, The War and Treaty, and first-time ACM Awards performers Jelly Roll and Bailey Zimmerman.
Parton, who is set to co-host “Country Music’s Party of the Year” with fellow superstar Garth Brooks, spoke about the song she’s set to perform at the awards show during an appearance on Good Morning America this week. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will debut the lead single on her rock album, called “World on Fire.” Parton said on GMA that “it’s really kind of about the times and how we can do a little better if we try–to try to heal the divide and just get along a little better. And so, it’s really got a great message to it, but it’s also good and solid–kind of like a rock anthem.”
The Academy of Country Music will announce additional performers in the coming weeks. Many of the genre’s biggest stars are also nominated in major awards categories, including HARDY, Wilson, Combs, Chris Stapleton, Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Brown and many others. See the full list of nominees here.
The 58th ACM Awards will take place at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. It’s set for Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/5 p.m. PT.