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\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Comedian Bert Kreischer<\/a> and country music star Hardy<\/a> are set to host New Year\u2019s celebration New Year\u2019s Eve Live: Nashville\u2019s Big Bash<\/em>, which will air live on CBS<\/a> and stream on Paramount+<\/a> on Wednesday, December 31st.<\/p>\n \n\tSocial media star Haley Baylee will correspond from New York City and count down with the East Coast at midnight ET for New York City\u2019s ball drop. It\u2019ll then be up to Kreischer and Hardy to keep the party going through midnight CT, doing the Music Note Drop \u2014 Nashville\u2019s version of the NYE ball drop \u2014 from the Bicentennial Stage.<\/p>\n \n\tHardy will also perform live at Bicentennial Park in Nashville along with previously announced headliners Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman, and special guests CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.<\/p>\n \n\tAdditionally, the five-hour special will feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Stephen Wilson Jr. from various venues across the city, as well as special appearances by comedian Dusty Slay, Entertainment Tonight<\/em>\u2018s Cassie DiLaura, SiriusXM host Buzz Brainard and UFC champion Kayla Harrison.<\/p>\n \n\tGrammy winner Dwight Yoakam and Marcus King will take the stage at Category 10, home of the official New Year\u2019s Eve Live: Nashville\u2019s Big Bash<\/em> watch party, with special guests Cody Alan and Caylee Hammack.<\/p>\n \n\tThe special will be executive produced by Robert Deaton and Mary Hilliard Harrington in partnership with Music City Inc., the foundation of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. Sandra Restrepo is directing.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cYou hear people say I\u2019m honored and privileged to be working with a certain group of people but in this case, I am blown away that I\u2019m allowed to work with these people. This lineup is insane,\u201d said Kreischer. \u201cThis event, which I was a very small part of last year, is so much fun. To be working with my buddy HARDY\u2026 it feels like I should be paying CBS to do this. I can\u2019t wait. I hope I keep my shirt on, and I promise not to drink until the stroke of midnight, unless you want me to drink earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFor his part, Hardy said, \u201cCelebrating New Year\u2019s in Music City is always a blast. It\u2019s great to be back playing Nashville\u2019s Big Bash and I\u2019m stoked to co-host this year with one of the funniest dudes I know.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOne of the world\u2019s top-grossing stand-ups, Kreischer\u2019s sixth Netflix special, Lucky<\/em>, filmed in his hometown of Tampa, FL, sold out all six shows within 24 hours of the on-sale and premiered in Netflix\u2019s Top 10 Most Watched TV Shows in March. Recently wrapping on Free Bert<\/em>, a new comedy series coming to Netflix in 2026, he\u2019ll also be seen coming up in the comedic feature Homecoming<\/em>. Through Berty Boy Productions, Kreischer oversees hit podcasts and series including Bertcast<\/em>, Something\u2019s Burning<\/em>, and 2 Bears, 1 Cave<\/em> (with Tom Segura), commanding over 16 million fans and 4 billion impressions. He also founded the Fully Loaded Comedy Festival, a touring juggernaut taking place between stadiums, arenas, and sold-out cruises, which returns to the sea from November 19th\u201326, 2026. He is repped by UTA, Levity Entertainment Group, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.<\/p>\n \n\tIn September, Hardy released his fourth studio album, Country! Country!<\/em>, which has added to his six billion career streams with singles like \u201cFavorite Country Song\u201d surging on country radio. A 5x ACM Award winner and 2x CMA Award winner, he has also won three CMA Triple Play Awards, was named the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year and is a three-time AIMP Songwriter of the Year. Hardy has written 17 No. 1 singles including his own 3x Platinum \u201cTruck Bed\u201d and award-winning duet \u201cwait in the truck\u201d feat. Lainey Wilson, 4x Platinum chart topper \u201cOne Beer\u201d featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson, the Platinum Dierks Bentley and Breland collaboration \u201cBeers on Me\u201d and first-ever rock radio No. 1 \u201cJack.\u201d The hitmaker will next year be seen playing arenas and amphitheaters across North America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Bert Kreischer and country music star Hardy are set to host New Year\u2019s celebration New Year\u2019s Eve Live: Nashville\u2019s Big Bash, which will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on Wednesday, December 31st. 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