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Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilson and Eric Church to Perform on the ACM Awards

Blake Lively, Lainey Wilson and Eric Church to perform on the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards

The Academy of Country Music released the first batch of performers for the upcoming 60th Academy of Country Music Awards. The ACM confirmed today that Blake Shelton, Eric Church, and Lainey Wilson will perform, but they won’t announce the ACM Awards nominees until Thursday, March 27, 2025

16-time ACM Award winner Reba McEntire is hosting the celebration of country music, which will be held on May 8, 2025 at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The awards show will stream live on Prime Video beginning at 5pm PT/8pm ET.

Blake Shelton is a six-time ACM Award winner and previous ACM Awards host. Shelton’s expected to perform his new top 10 single “Texas,” which pairs nicely with the award show’s venue. Eric Church, who bests Shelton’s winning record by one, is dropping his new album Evangeline Vs. The Machine on May 2. And 12-time ACM Award winner Lainey Wilson will take the stage as the reigning Entertainer of the Year recipient.

The Academy of Country Music Awards is the longest-running country music awards show. Raj Kapoor will guide the broadcast as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include the Academy of Country Music’s Damon Whiteside and Dick Clark Productions’ Jay Penske and Barry Adelman.

This post was last modified on May 5, 2025 1:13 pm

Rebecca Murray: Journalist covering the entertainment industry for 23+ years, including 13 years as the first writer for About.com's Hollywood Movies site. Member of the Critics Choice Association (Film & TV Branches), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Past President of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
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