Overview
- The Country Music Association confirmed on Tuesday that the 60th CMA Awards will take place Nov. 18 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena with an expanded performer list that adds Luke Combs, Vince Gill, Megan Moroney, Mumford & Sons, Chris Stapleton, Stephen Wilson Jr., and host Lainey Wilson to the broadcast.
- Mumford & Sons will make their CMA debut and will share the stage with Chris Stapleton, who is scheduled to perform twice during the telecast.
- Brooks & Dunn, this year’s recipients of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, will be honored by an ensemble tribute featuring Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Halestorm, HARDY, and Marcus King.
- Lainey Wilson returns as host for a third straight year while Ella Langley leads nominations with nine nods and Stapleton is a four-time nominee, tying performance plans to the awards competition.
- The live telecast will air on ABC and Disney+ on Nov. 18 with next-day streaming on Hulu, a multi-platform plan that organizers hope will widen the program’s reach through high-profile collaborations and cross-genre bookings.