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AVERY ANNA, BLAKE SHELTON, CARTER FAITH, DAN + SHAY,\u00a0<\/strong>ELLA LANGLEY, JORDAN DAVIS, KANE BROWN, THE RED CLAY STRAYS,\u00a0<\/strong>THOMAS RHETT, TUCKER WETMORE, AND ZACH TOP ADDED TO 61ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS PERFORMANCE LINEUP\u00a0<\/strong> Tickets for the 61st ACM Awards and ACM Awards Week Events are Now Available at\u00a0<\/strong>AXS.COM<\/strong><\/a>, Starting at $100<\/strong> <\/b><\/p>\n Media and Social Assets\u00a0<\/b><\/em>HERE<\/b><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 May 1, 2026 \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Today, the Academy of Country Music\u00ae (ACM), Prime Video, and\u00a0Dick Clark Productions (DCP<\/a>) announced the next round of powerhouse performers set to take the stage at the\u00a061st Academy of Country Music Awards<\/strong>. The lineup includes\u00a0Avery Anna, Blake Shelton, Carter Faith, Dan + Shay, Ella Langley, Jordan Davis, Kane Brown, The Red Clay Strays, Thomas Rhett, Tucker Wetmore,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Zach Top<\/strong>, with more unforgettable performances to be revealed in the coming weeks. They join previously announced superstar performers\u00a0Cody Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Riley Green.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hosted by legendary songwriter and best-selling female country artist\u00a0Shania Twain<\/strong>,\u00a0the 61st\u00a0ACM Awards will stream live exclusively for a global audience across 240+ countries and territories on Prime Video on\u00a0Sunday, May 17, 2026<\/strong><\/a>, at 8 p.m. ET \/ 7 p.m. CT \/ 5 p.m. PT from the world-renowned\u00a0MGM Grand Garden Arena<\/strong>\u00a0in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fans will also be able to watch the broadcast on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, as well as in the Amazon Music app.\u00a0Returning to the Sunday night timeslot, the Emmy-nominated, star-powered experience will feature unprecedented performances, exclusive collaborations, and unexpected moments from the biggest Country Music stars, all while celebrating the genre\u2019s most iconic and emerging talent.<\/p>\n On the heels of being crowned ACM New Female Artist of the Year,\u00a0Avery Anna<\/strong>\u00a0will perform in celebration of\u00a0her first-time win. Six-time ACM Award recipient and former ACM Awards host\u00a0Blake Shelton\u00a0<\/strong>will return to the ACM Awards stage. Seven-time ACM Award recipients\u00a0Dan + Shay<\/strong>\u00a0will take the ACM Awards stage. First-time ACM Award nominee and Amazon Music Breakthrough Artist\u00a0Carter Faith<\/strong>\u00a0will make her ACM Awards performance debut. Five-time ACM Award recipient\u00a0Ella Langley<\/strong>\u00a0will return to the ACM Awards stage. Two-time ACM Award recipient\u00a0Jordan Davis<\/strong>\u00a0will take the stage to perform. ACM Award winner\u00a0Kane Brown\u00a0<\/strong>will perform. Reigning ACM New Group of the Year recipient\u00a0The Red Clay Strays\u00a0<\/strong>will make their ACM Awards performance debut. Seven-time ACM Award recipient\u00a0Thomas Rhett<\/strong>\u00a0is set to perform.\u00a0Tucker Wetmore<\/strong>, who was surprised with the news of his ACM New Male Artist of the Year award at his concert in London last night, will take the ACM stage to perform.\u00a02025 ACM New Male Artist of the Year\u00a0Zach Top<\/strong>\u00a0will return to the stage to perform.<\/p>\n Leading up to the big night, the Academy of Country Music will take over Las Vegas with previously announced ACM Awards week events including the\u00a0\u201cWhiskey Jam Welcome Party\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0at Ole Red Las Vegas on Thursday, May 14 with Avery Anna, Caroline Jones, Jenna Paulette, and The Band Perry;\u00a0\u201cACM Lifting Lives Country on the Green: Riley Green & Friends\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0at Topgolf Las Vegas on Friday, May 15 with Lauren Alaina, Randy Houser, and Rodney Atkins, alongside headliner Riley Green; and\u00a0\u201cACM Next Wave: Country\u2019s Beach Bash\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0at Mandalay Bay Beach on Saturday, May 16, headlined by Keith Urban, with more performances by Ashley Cooke, Braxton Keith, Dasha, Flatland Cavalry, Tucker Wetmore, and more.<\/p>\n Tickets for the 61st ACM Awards and ACM Awards week events\u00a0are available for purchase on<\/strong>\u00a0AXS.com<\/strong><\/a>, offering fans exclusive entry into a nonstop weekend packed with performances by their favorite Country stars.<\/strong><\/p>\n Fans can also stream the Official ACM Awards playlist available now on Amazon Music in celebration of this year\u2019s nominees. Fans can listen to country music\u2019s biggest stars, such as Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, and Lainey Wilson, directly on the Amazon Music app\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n Established in 1966, the Academy of Country Music Awards is the longest-running Country Music awards show and made history in 2022 as the first major awards ceremony to exclusively livestream, in collaboration with Prime Video. The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards is produced by Dick Clark Productions (DCP). Raj Kapoor and Patrick Menton are executive producers, with Kapoor also serving as showrunner. Damon Whiteside serves as executive producer for the Academy of Country Music, and Jay Penske and Barry Adelman serve as executive producers for DCP. John Saade will also continue to serve as consulting producer for Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n Additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n The Mountain Valley\u00ae Spring Water<\/a>\u00a0(Instagram:\u00a0@mountainvalleywater<\/a>) is the Official Water of the Academy of Country Music Awards.<\/p>\n Follow the Academy of Country Music on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0X<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0TikTok<\/a>, join the conversation with #ACMawards, and sign up for the FREE\u00a0ACM A-List<\/a>\u00a0to be the first to know the latest news and for exclusive pre-sale opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 www.acmcountry.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AVERY ANNA, BLAKE SHELTON, CARTER FAITH, DAN + SHAY,\u00a0ELLA LANGLEY, JORDAN DAVIS, KANE BROWN, THE RED CLAY STRAYS,\u00a0THOMAS RHETT, TUCKER WETMORE, AND ZACH TOP ADDED TO 61ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS PERFORMANCE LINEUP\u00a061st ACM Awards Makes Its Triumphant Return to Las Vegas on May 17, 2026\u00a0Streaming Live Around the Globe from MGM Grand Garden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2399551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2399550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AVERY-ANNA-BLAKE-SHELTON-CARTER-FAITH-DAN-SHAY-\ufeffELLA.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399552,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399550\/revisions\/2399552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/strong>61st ACM Awards Makes Its Triumphant Return to Las Vegas on May 17, 2026\u00a0<\/strong>Streaming Live Around the Globe from MGM Grand Garden Arena,\u00a0<\/strong>Exclusively on Prime Video and Amazon Music<\/strong><\/p>\n