HARDY, Trisha Yearwood, more to perform at 58th ACM Awards

May 11's 58th Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards will highlight the 25th anniversary of Grand Ole Opry member Trisha Yearwood's 1998 victory for Female Artist of the Year with the "How Do I Live" vocalist performing a medley of her hits alongside 2022 ACM Female Artist of the Year Carly Pearce.

This will occur alongside a performance from leading overall 2023 ACM Award nominee HARDY and Tanya Tucker presenting an award. Plus, Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina will perform their ACM Award-nominated hit "She Had Me At Heads Carolina" and Ashley McBryde will pair with Brandy Clark, Caylee Hammack, Pillbox Patti, and John Osborne on guitar to perform "Bonfire At Tina's" from McBryde's ACM Award-nominated album "Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville."

The two-hour event will be hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks. It will be free to stream live for a 240-country global audience exclusively on Amazon's Prime Video and Twitch's Amazon Music channel on Thursday, May 11 at 7 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. CDT/4 p.m. PDT from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. In addition, the event's full rebroadcast will be available after the show on Prime Video and the next day on Friday, May 12, starting at 5 p.m. PDT/8 p.m. EDT on Amazon's Music App and for free on Amazon Freevee.

As a press statement states, "hitting the stage in a way fans have never seen before," to debut the lead single from her forthcoming rock album, Parton will also close the show.

Also confirmed as appearing as award presenters are a group of acclaimed rising and established country stars, including Gabby Barrett, BRELAND, Brandy Clark, Jordan Davis, Mickey Guyton, Tyler Hubbard, Dustin Lynch,Jon Pardi, MacKenzie Porter and Keith Urban.

Previously announced performers include Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Jo Dee Messina, Ashley McBryde, Dolly Parton, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson, and Bailey Zimmerman.

A limited number of exclusive entry ACM Awards tickets are still available on SeatGeek starting at $445.

They can be accessed via https://seatgeek.com/academy-of-country-music-awards-tickets.

For more information on the 58th ACM Awards, visit https://www.acmcountry.com.

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