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Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Carly Pearce and Trisha Yearwood will share the ACM stage to perform a special medley on Thursday, May 11. This joint performance arrives on the heels of Trisha’s celebratory 25th anniversary of winning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year. “We figured out that this year is her 25th anniversary of when she was crowned Female Vocalist of …

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ABC/Michael Le Brecht II Jimmie Allen‘s former day-to-day manager is suing him for sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, sex trafficking and emotional distress, according to an extensive new expose by Variety. The woman, who is in her early 20s and identified only as “Jane Doe,” filed the lawsuit Thursday, May 11, in federal court in Tennessee. She alleges …

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Nathan Congleton/NBC Texas native Cody Johnson is set to perform at the 2023 ACM Awards, which is held in his home state this year. The song he’s been tasked with by the ACM, however, is not his monster hit “‘Til You Can’t,” which received three ACM nominations, or his current single “Human,” which just entered the top 10 on the country charts.  “[When] …

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ABC/Randy Holmes It’s a week of milestones and firsts for newcomer Bailey Zimmerman. On Thursday, May 11, Bailey will attend and perform at the 2023 ACM Awards, and on Friday, May 12, he’ll release his highly anticipated debut album, Religiously.  Has Bailey wrapped his head around the record-high moments coming up? Well, sort of. “It kind of set in today that I …

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Todd Owyoung/NBC It’s not often artists get to release a full-length concept album. But Ashley McBryde got that opportunity in 2022 when she dropped Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, which is up for Album of the Year at the 2023 ACM Awards. That record was more than a passion project for Ashley. In hindsight, the singer says it’s taught her valuable life …

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Nathan Congleton/NBC Jordan Davis is up for Male Artist of the Year at the 2023 ACM Awards. Though this is his first time receiving a nod in that category, he’s already planned where to keep the trophy, should he win. “It’s going front and center,” Jordan tells ABC Audio. “It’s going to be right there in the front. Truly, to come away with …

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Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Stagecoach Reigning ACM Group of the Year Old Dominion is nominated for their winning category once again. This marks the eighth year they’ve received a Group of the Year nod and the potential sixth time they’ll win it. How certain are they of walking home with that title for the sixth consecutive year? Well, lead vocalist Matthew …

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Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Lainey Wilson was announced an early ACM Awards winner on Wednesday, May 10, when her HARDY-assisted duet, “wait in the truck,” was crowned Visual Media of the Year. Now Lainey, who won New Female Artist and Song of the Year at last year’s ACM Awards, is hoping to continue her winning streak in the Female Artist, Album, Single and Music Event …

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ABC Congratulations are in order for HARDY, who won ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year and Visual Media of the Year for his song with Lainey Wilson, “wait in the truck,” ahead of the 2023 ACM Awards. These categories, however, are not the only ones in which the Mississippi native nabbed a nomination. “wait in the truck” is nominated in two more …

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Sam Hodde/Getty Images for ABA Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks are gearing up to co-host the 2023 ACM Awards on Thursday, May 11.  While Dolly is no greenhorn to the gig, it’s Garth’s first hosting role and it’s got him jittery. “You know, he’s kind of nervous,” Dolly shares with the press in Texas. “He said, ‘I’ve never done this.’ I said, …

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