Fans will get to hear new hits and tried and true favorites when they tune into the CMA Fest special airing on ABC. On Monday (July 10), CMA shared the set list for the upcoming special that was filmed during the 2023 CMA Fest in downtown Nashville.
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During the three-hour special, roughly 30 songs will be performed by a range of artists from rising stars like Lainey Wilson, HARDY, Cody Johnson and Jelly Roll to legends like Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker and Alabama. Luke Combs will perform his hit, “Love You Anyway,” while Luke Bryan performs his current summer-friendly single, “But I Got A Beer In My Hand.” Jordan Davis will sing his CMA-winning Song of the Year collaboration with Bryan, “Buy Dirt,” and Keith Urban will deliver his motivational hit, “Wild Hearts.”
Miranda Lambert will make multiple appearances throughout the show via a pair of collaborations. She teams up with Avril Lavigne for a combo performance of her hit “Kerosene” and Lavigne’s classic “Sk8er Boi” and serenades viewers with Leon Bridges on their new duet, “If You Were Mine.” Lambert and CMA Fest co-host Elle King also sing their jubilant song, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home).” Wilson and HARDY will also appear twice, with Wilson singing her summertime love song, “Watermelon Moon Shine” and HARDY performing “Truck Bed” before the two unite for their sinister duet, “wait in the truck.”
Other collaborations are Johnson and McEntire performing one of the latter’s signature hits, “Whoever’s in New England,” and Carly Pearce taking the stage with Jo Dee Messina to perform one of Messina’s biggest hits, “I’m Alright.” Alabama, who were the recipients of the CMA Pinnacle Award during the festival, will deliver one of their timeless hits, “Mountain Music.”
Eric Church, Dan + Shay, Ashley McBryde and Darius Rucker are among the many other performers who take the Nissan Stadium stage when CMA Fest airs on Wednesday (July 19) at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. The night before, ABC will broadcast the documentary, CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair.
See the full setlist below:
Alabama — “Mountain Music”
Jason Aldean — “Try That In A Small Town”
Dierks Bentley — “Gold”
Luke Bryan — “But I Got A Beer In My Hand”
Eric Church — “Smoke a Little Smoke”/ “Bad Mother Trucker”
Luke Combs — “Love You Anyway”
Dan + Shay — “Speechless”
Jordan Davis — “Buy Dirt”
Vince Gill and Luke Combs — “One More Last Chance”
HARDY — “TRUCK BED”
HARDY featuring Lainey Wilson — “wait in the truck”
Tyler Hubbard — “Dancin’ In The Country”
Jelly Roll – “Need A Favor”
Cody Johnson — “’Til You Can’t”
Cody Johnson and Reba McEntire — “Whoever’s In New England”
Elle King featuring Miranda Lambert — “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Miranda Lambert and Leon Bridges — “If You Were Mine”
Miranda Lambert and Avril Lavigne — “Kerosene/Sk8er Boi”
Little Big Town — “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
Ashley McBryde — “Light On In The Kitchen”
Tim McGraw — “Standing Room Only”
Jo Dee Messina and Carly Pearce — “I’m Alright”
Old Dominion — “Memory Lane”
Jon Pardi — “Your Heart Or Mine”
Carly Pearce — “What He Didn’t Do”
Darius Rucker — “Fires Don’t Start Themselves”
Tanya Tucker with Elle King and Lainey Wilson — “Texas (When I Die)”
Keith Urban — “Wild Hearts”
Lainey Wilson — “Watermelon Moonshine”
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