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Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson to perform at 2019 CMA Awards

By Wade Sheridan   |   Oct. 29, 2019 at 1:28 PM
Garth Brooks will be performing at the 2019 CMA Awards along with Willie Nelson who will be joined by Kacey Musgraves. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Willie Nelson before the start of Farm Aid 2017 in September 2017. File Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI Kacey Musgraves performs on "Today" on  July 19. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Willie Nelson with Kacey Musgraves and more have been added to the list of performers that are set to take the stage at the 2019 Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 13.

Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn with Brothers Osborne, Dan + Shay, Lady Antebellum with Halsey, Old Dominion and Thomas Rhett will also be performing.

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They join previously announced performers Dolly Parton with For King & Country and Zach Williams,, Pink with Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban.

Nelson last appeared at the CMA Awards in 2012 when he received the inaugural CMA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Brooks and Shelton will performing their collaborative song "Dive Bar." Shelton will also be returning to the stage to perform solo "God's Country."

Ballerini will be bringing out her latest single "Homecoming, Queen?" with Dan + Shay performing "Speechless," Old Dominion with "One Man Band," Rhett with "Remember You Young" and Brooks & Dunn with "Hard Workin' Man" alongside Brothers Osborne.

Underwood will be hosting the awards show without her longtime CMA partner Braid Paisley. McEntire and Parton are serving as guest hosts.

Morris leads the pack with six CMA Award nominations including Album of the Year for Girl.

The CMA Awards will be held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and broadcast live on ABC at 8 p.m. EDT.