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Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw added to CMA Awards performance lineup

BURBANK, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Musician Jason Aldean performs onstage during the iHeartRadio album release party with Jason Aldean at The iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles on September 29, 2014 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) Macon native Jason Aldean will take the stage at the CMA Awards next month. Photo: Getty Images.

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

BURBANK, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Musician Jason Aldean performs onstage during the iHeartRadio album release party with Jason Aldean at The iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles on September 29, 2014 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) Macon native Jason Aldean will take the stage at the CMA Awards next month. Photo: Getty Images.
By Melissa Ruggieri
Oct 6, 2014

Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw will join the party at the CMA Awards next month, as the guys have just been added to the performance lineup.

The quartet joins previously announced performers Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, The Band Perry and Keith Urban.

The 48th annual awards, hosted for the seventh consecutive year by Paisley and Underwood, will air live from Nashville on Nov.5.

As usual, this year's nominees contain a heavy Georgia presence , with Aldean, Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Zac Brown Band, Little Big Town and Florida Georgia Line all representing.

For a full list of nominees, visit  www.cmaworld.com .

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About the Author

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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