Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson will perform the all-star tribute to legendary artist George Strait during the 58th CMA Awards on Wednesday evening (November 20), the Country Music Association revealed.
Strait will receive the 2024 Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors “an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in Country Music,” including through their music, philanthropy and more. Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer, previously said in a statement that “there have been few other artists as authentically Texas and authentically Country as George Strait, and Country Music fans all over the world have been better for it. As a three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year and the most nominated artist of all time, he serves as an inspiration and icon to many of the great, new artists we know today. I am thrilled we are awarding him with this deserving honor (on November 20).”
The star-studded CMA Awards will also include performances by Chris Stapleton and Post Malone, who will open the show, plus Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan, Brooks & Dunn with Jelly Roll, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Ella Langley with Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney, Kacey Musgraves, Bailey Zimmerman, Dierks Bentley (featuring Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes), Luke Bryan, Ashley McBryde, Shaboozey, Thomas Rhett and Teddy Swims, and Lainey Wilson. Presenters include Simone Biles, Clint Black, Jeff Bridges, Mark Collie, Jordan Davis, Freddie Freeman, Don Johnson, Jackson Laux, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch, Katharine McPhee, The Oak Ridge Boys, Taylor Frankie Paul, Carly Pearce, Caleb Pressley, Nate Smith, Daniel Sunjata, Mitchell Tenpenny and Billy Bob Thornton.
Bryan is returning to host the show again with Peyton Manning, and this year, they’re teaming up with first-time host and reigning Entertainer of the Year, Wilson. The 58th CMA Awards will take place at Bridgestone Arena in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The show is set for Wednesday, November 20. It will air live at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on ABC, and will be available the following day on Hulu. See the full list of 58th CMA Award nominees here.