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Carly Pearce and Trisha Yearwood, Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina, and other iconic country artists were added to the star-studded list of performers at the upcoming 58th annual ACM Awards. The Academy of Country Music also revealed its list of presenters on Tuesday (May 9), adding to the stacked lineup of the show that’s dubbed “Country Music’s Party of the Year.”
“I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of my Female Artist of the Year win than with the reigning queen!” Yearwood gushed in an Instagram caption as she revealed that she would team up with Pearce at the highly-anticipated event. Likewise, Messina wrote that she’s “so excited” as she shared a photo from the car on the way to rehearsals with newly-engaged Swindell. The pair will sing the smash-hit “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” remix, marking Messina’s return to the ACM Awards stage for the first time in more than two decades.
Ashley McBryde will also perform an all-star collaboration with Brandy Clark, Caylee Hammack, Pillbox Patti, and John Osborne, singing “Bonfire at Tina’s from Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville.
Top ACM nominee HARDY and ACM Male Artist of the Year nominee Jordan Davis were also newly-announced solo performers. Other previously-announced artists taking the stage include Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, The War and Treaty, and first-time ACM Awards performers Jelly Roll and Bailey Zimmerman. Global superstar Ed Sheeran is also set to take the ACM Awards stage for the first time. Though Morgan Wallen was initially announced in the ACM Awards lineup — and was set to headline the sold-out ACM Lifting Lives LIVE show, Morgan Wallen & Friends, on Wednesday (May 10) — he announced on Tuesday that he would be unable to perform as he takes six weeks of vocal rest.
Parton, who is set to debut the lead single on her forthcoming rock album, will return to host the show, this time with Garth Brooks.
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.