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A dozen more performers have been added to the talent lineup for next week’s CMA Awards telecast, with the three-hour show now boasting musical turns by the duo of Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan, Kacey Musgraves, Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Eric Church, Brooks & Dunn, Riley Green, Megan Moroney, Bailey Zimmerman and Ella Langley.
Kahan and Ballerini will team up as duet partners for the song they currently have charting, “Cowboys Cry Too.” Brooks & Dunn will be joined by Jelly Roll for a performance of “Believe,” a track from the veteran duo’s new album of superstar collaborations, “Reboot II.” Another duet will come up in the form of Langley and Green’s CMAs contender “You Look Like You Love Me.”
Combs is set to perform his newly Grammy-nominated “Twisters” soundtrack song, “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma.” Musgraves will be doing her CMA-nominated, soul-searching “The Architect.” Moroney is set to sing the upbeat title track of her sophomore album, “Am I Okay?” Zimmerman will perform “New to Country.” The selections set to be sung by Church and Johnson weren’t revealed as part of the rollout.
Popular on Variety These performances join a previously announced tribute to George Strait and musical appearances by Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Sierra Hull, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Ashley McBryde, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Chris Stapleton, Teddy Swims, Thomas Rhett, Molly Tuttle and Lainey Wilson.
Hosted by Bryan, Wilson and Peyton Manning, the 58th annual CMA Awards program airs from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC, with next-day viewing on Hulu.
