ACM Honors TV Special on Friday Night

Posted on September 8, 2016

The 10th Annual ACM Honors TV special will air tomorrow night, Friday, September 9th and it will feature some of the biggest names in country music.

The 10th Annual ACM Honors event was held in Nashville at the historic Ryman Auditorium Tuesday, August 30th. Multi-ACM Award-winning group Lady Antebellum hosted the event. Now those of us that could not be at the special night can see the special awards and performances in a two-hour television special.

The event celebrates honorees and off-camera category winners from the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards. Among those honorees will be Jason Aldean who received the ACM Triple Crown Award and Miranda Lambert who was presented with the inaugural ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award. Find out what other artists will be honored here.

The special will also highlight special artist performances in tribute to the honorees. Those performances include:

  • Kelsea Ballerini performed “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” in tribute to Crystal Gayle.
  • Dierks Bentley performed “Freedom” in tribute to Ross Copperman, joined onstage by participants of the ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp.
  • Luke Bryan and Cole Swindell performed “I Love A Rainy Night” in tribute to Eddie Rabbitt.
  • Alicia Keys and Cam performed a special duet of “Girl Crush” in tribute to Little Big Town.
  • Maren Morris performed “Delta Dawn” in tribute to Tanya Tucker.
  • Chris Young and Dan + Shay performed “Flowers on the Wall” in tribute to The Statler Brothers.
  • The Band Perry performed “MacArthur Park” in tribute to Jimmy Webb.
  • Blake Shelton, Toby Keith, Keith Urban and Dierks Bentley performed an all-star medley in a special tribute to Glen Campbell. The medley consisted of Campbell’s hits “Southern Nights,” “Gentle On My Mind,” “Wichita Linemen,” “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” and the iconic “Rhinestone Cowboy.”

Presenters on the 10th Annual ACM Honors TV special include Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Dierks Bentley, Emmylou Harris, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Maren Morris, Martina McBride, Mike Fisher, Thomas Rhett, and Toby Keith.

The 10th Annual ACM Honors TV special will be broadcast starting at 8 PM central time (9 PM eastern time) Friday, September 9th on the CBS Television Network.

By: Buck Stevens

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