Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, LeAnn Rimes Among Performers Added To 2025 ACM Awards Lineup

Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, and LeAnn Rimes lead the list of performers who have just been added to the live lineup at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards taking place on May 8.  The other new additions to the ACM performance roster are Cody Johnson, Kelsea Ballerini, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Clint Black, Rascal Flatts and Wynonna Judd, who join the previously announced performers Reba McEntire (who is also set to host the show), Blake Shelton, Eric Church, and Lainey Wilson. Five of these 14 performers are past winners of the coveted ACM Entertainer of the Year award, with McEntire winning the top category in 1995; Brooks & Dunn in 1996, 1997 and 2002; Lambert in 2022; Stapleton in 2023; and Wilson in 2024. More performers will be announced next week. The 60th ACM Awards will take place at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, and will be broadcast live on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, with the telecast expanded to two-and-a-half hours to mark the six-decade milestone of country music. (Billboard)