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Kenny Chesney performs before a sold-out crowd during the 2010 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on March 4, 2010. UPI/Aaron M. Sprecher 
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Published: March. 23, 2010 at 11:41 AM

ENCINO, Calif., March 23 (UPI) -- Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney and Lady Antebellum are to perform at the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards show in Las Vegas.

Also set to take the stage at the April 18 event at the MGM Grand are Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins, and Carrie Underwood, the Academy announced Tuesday.

McEntire is to serve as host of the ceremony, which honors country music's top talent, as well as the industry's hottest emerging artists.

Produced for television by dick clark productions, it is to be broadcast live on CBS.

Topics: Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins
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