The Academy of Country Music Awards will celebrate six decades of country hits with a high-energy night of superstar performances and once-in-a-lifetime collaborations. The milestone show will stream live exclusively on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch on Thursday, May 8, at 8 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. CDT / 5 p.m. PDT from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.

Sixteen-time ACM Award winner Reba McEntire returns as host of the milestone celebration, which opens with a showstopping, 12-minute “Songs of the Decades” medley. The performance will feature ACM Song of the Year winners from the past 60 years, brought to life by a star-studded lineup including Clint Black, Dan + Shay, Wynonna Judd, LeAnn Rimes, Sugarland and McEntire herself.

The 60th ACM Awards will also feature can’t-miss collaborations from some of music’s most iconic voices, including:

• Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts
• Brooks & Dunn and Cody Johnson
• Jelly Roll and Shaboozey
• Megan Moroney, the 2024 ACM New Female Artist of the Year

Previously announced performers include Alan Jackson, Chris Stapleton, Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert, and New Artist of the Year winners Ella Langley and Zach Top.

Produced by Dick Clark Productions, the Emmy-nominated awards show promises a nonstop celebration filled with exclusive performances, genre-crossing pairings and surprises from country’s past, present and future.

The ACM Awards made history in 2022 as the first major awards show to exclusively livestream. A limited number of tickets to the 60th anniversary event are available through SeatGeek.

Executive producers for the show include Raj Kapoor, Patrick Menton, Damon Whiteside, Jay Penske, Barry Adelman, and consulting producer John Saade for Amazon MGM Studios.

The 60th ACM Awards are presented by Carnival Cruise Line, with additional support from Realtor.com, Boot Barn, Mountain Valley Spring Water, and dozens of national sponsors.

Fans can follow along with the conversation using #ACMawards and sign up for updates via the ACM A-List at ACMcountry.com.

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