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CMA Awards 2017: Pink, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and more will collaborate

Pink will rock the Grammys. Photo: Getty Images

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Pink will rock the Grammys. Photo: Getty Images
By Melissa Ruggieri
Oct 28, 2017

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

Another round of collaborations has been announced for the 51st Annual CMA Awards.

The show, which will air live from Nashville on Nov. 8 on ABC, will spotlight shared performances from Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Pink and Keith Urban and an opening performance with Eric Church, Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Urban and others.

Previously announced collaborations include Reba McEntire with Kelsea Ballerini and Maren Morris with Niall Horan.

This new batch of performers includes several CMA nominees. McGraw and Hill are up for Vocal Event of the Year and Musical Event of the Year for “Speak to a Girl,” while Pink and Kenny Chesney will vie for Musical Event of the Year with their duet, “Setting the World on Fire.” Lady Antebellum is also up for a pair of awards this year, including Album of the Year for “Heart Break.”

The CMA Awards will air at 8 p.m. from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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