Chris Willman Music WriterThe Academy of Country Music Awards are filling in the few missing pieces in a show next week that’s already heavy with previously announced performances, adding numbers by Carrie Underwood and the on-and-offstage duo of Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani.Last year, in her final year as co-host of the CMAs, the other big country awards show, Underwood took part in an all-star opening salute to the great women of country.
She’ll pay homage to the female trailblazers of the genre again this year at the ACMs — but handle the medley on her own this time.
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