ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS Announce Collaborations, Additional Performers & Guest Presenters

The Academy of Country Music® announced today additional performers, presenters and an unprecedented number of duos and special collaborations for the 52ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™, Country Music's Party of the Year®. The special will be broadcast LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 2 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The featured collaborations will include 14-time ACM Award® winner and 14- time ACM Awards® host Reba McEntire and contemporary Christian artist Lauren Daigle performing "Back to God," superstar duo Tim McGRaw and Faith Hill performing the world television premiere of their new single "Speak To a Girl," Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris teaming up for "Craving You," Cole Swindell and Dierks Bentley rocking out "Flatliner," and Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban performing their hit single "The Fighter," plus Florida Georgia Line with the Backstreet Boys performing a must-see medley.

Brett Eldredge and Old DOMINION will join THE LINEUP for previously announced solo performances by Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Jon Pardi, Rascal Flatts, and Chris Stapleton.

Presenters taking the stage this year include Lauren Alaina, Bobby Bones, Kane Brown, Savannah Chrisley, Todd Chrisley, Kacey Musgraves, Nancy O'Dell, Jake Owen, Kellie Pickler, Darius Rucker, Elliott Sadler, MISS AMERICA Savvy Shields, and Bubba Wallace.

The ACM Awards, co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, will broadcast LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 2 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The official red carpet pre-show for the 52nd ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS will live stream exclusively on Twitter on April 2, starting at 3pm PT/6pm ET. The pre-show will be available to logged-in and logged-out audiences on Twitter and connected devices, and can be found at ACMawards.twitter.com, in Twitter Moments or via @ACMawards.

Sponsors and partners for the 52nd ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS include T-Mobile and Xfinity from Comcast.

For more information, please visit www.ACMcountry.com or http://www.cbs.com/shows/academy_of_country_music.

About the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS The 52ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS is dedicated to honoring and showcasing the biggest names and emerging talent in the country music industry. The show is produced for television by Dick Clark productions. Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, R.A. Clark, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are executive producers. Pete Fisher and Tiffany Moon are executive producers for the Academy of Country Music.

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