With the 60th ACM Awards now six weeks away, the Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions have announced the first rollout of performers for the Prime Video webcast, with Blake Shelton, Eric Church and Lainey Wilson set to perform from Texas on May 8.
All three are in demand, each of them also having just been seen on the highly rated “Opry 100” special.
Shelton is currently back on the scene with “Texas,” his first single for Big Loud after decades with Warner Nashville. Church last week announced the coming of his new album, “Evangeline vs. the Machine,” coming out May 2. Wilson is touring much of the year behind her hit “Whirlwind” album; she returns to the ACMs after winning the organization’s top prize, entertainer of the year, in 2024.
Reba McEntire is back as host for the ACMs, which will again be seen exclusively on Prime Video and on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.
In 2023, the ACMs and Amazon renewed their deal through 2025. The year 2022 marked the first occasion on which the show eschewed a traditional network broadcast outlet and went exclusively to streaming.
The show will be seen May 8 live in all areas, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, going out from the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas, which is the headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys.
Tickets for the Texas show are being sold exclusively through SeatGeek.
Next up on the ACMs calendar is the announcement of the 2025 nominees, which will be revealed Thursday morning.
