ALLEN, DAN + SHAY ON CMA AWARDS BILL

Jimmie Allen, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Dan + Shay and Mickey Guyton featuring Brittney Spencer and Madeline Edwards are in the first round of performers announced for The 55th annual CMA Awards.

Blake Shelton and a pairing of Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde on their duet “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” are also on the bill for the show, taking place 11/10 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

Allen will perform “Freedom Was a Highway,” Brothers Osborne will play a track from their Skeletons LP, Church is doing “Heart on Fire” and Dan + Shay will perform “I Should Probably Go to Bed.” Guyton will welcome rising artists Spencer and Edwards for a collaboration from her debut album, Remember Her Name. Shelton will sing “Come Back as a Country Boy.”

Additional performers and presenters for the CMA Awards will be revealed in coming weeks.

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