Overview
- CMA and ABC added Kelsea Ballerini, Brandi Carlile, Kenny Chesney, Riley Green, Miranda Lambert, Patty Loveless, Old Dominion, The Red Clay Strays and Chris Stapleton to the 59th CMA Awards performer slate.
- Ballerini will debut a new song titled “I Sit in Parks,” Green will sing “Worst Way,” Old Dominion will deliver a five-song hits medley, and The Red Clay Strays will perform “People Hatin’.”
- Stapleton will perform “Bad as I Used to Be” from F1: The Movie and will join Lambert for their duet “A Song to Sing.”
- Specific set details for Carlile, Chesney and Loveless remain undisclosed, and the artists participating in a Vince Gill tribute have not yet been announced.
- Vince Gill will receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, and Chesney’s appearance will celebrate his 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame induction, with the broadcast set for Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.