Brooks & Dunn to Be Honoured at the 60th CMA Awards, With a Star-Packed Lineup
Brooks & Dunn will receive the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 60th annual CMA Awards on Nov. 18 at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, according to Billboard, which published the performer list on Nov. 10. The lifetime award honours a long career in country music, and the duo will be celebrated in the show itself.
To mark the occasion, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, HARDY, Marcus King and Halestorm will perform together as a tribute. It is one of the larger group moments on a night already crowded with performers.
Several names were added to the lineup. Luke Combs, Vince Gill, Megan Moroney and Stephen Wilson Jr. are newly confirmed. Chris Stapleton is also new to the list and will perform twice during the telecast. Mumford & Sons, the British folk-rock band, are newly added too, and they will make their CMA Awards debut.
They join performers already announced: Ella Langley, Kacey Musgraves, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw.
Lainey Wilson returns as host for a third consecutive year. She has hosted the show since taking the role, and she will guide the broadcast from the Bridgestone stage.
Viewers can watch on ABC and Disney+ on Nov. 18. The show will also be available on Hulu the following day, Nov. 19, for anyone who prefers to watch later.
The CMA Awards are the Country Music Association's annual honours, voted on by members of the industry. The Willie Nelson award is a separate prize, given for a lifetime of work rather than a single year's releases. Winners in the main categories are announced on the night itself, while tributes and performances are planned well in advance.
Behind every name on a bill is a band, a crew and a travel schedule. A night like this one brings musicians, stagehands and production staff into one arena for a single broadcast, and many of them will be working long hours to get it on air.
