Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Thursday’s nights Academy of Country Music Awards program will provide further evidence that we are entering a Post country music period.
But not as in “post-country,” let’s be clear… we’re talking about a Post Malone country era. The crossover star is expected to debut a song from his forthcoming country album at the ACM Awards, on a show that features nearly all the current heavyweights of the genre in performance slots.
Among the other stars performing new songs on the show are Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett and host Reba McEntire; it’s going to be truly New Music Thursday on Prime Video, as the show goes out live from Texas at 8 p.m.
ET/5 PT. (It can also be seen live on Amazon’s Twitch channel — free to Prime subscribers and non-subscribers alike in both places.) Other performers include Noah Kahan, Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani from outside the genre and Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Parker McCollum and Kane Brown adding starpower from within.
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