ACM PARTY FOR A CAUSE FESTIVALANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP AND SPECIAL COLLABORATIONS FOR “ACM PRESENTS: SUPERSTAR DUETS” APRIL 17 - APRIL 18 AT GLOBE LIFE PARK IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS
“ACM PRESENTS: SUPERSTAR DUETS” TO AIR FRIDAY, MAY 15 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
Ticket Packages Including ACM Awards on Sale Now at Ticketmaster.com
Encino, CA (April 9, 2015) – The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced the full lineup of country music luminaries and chart-topping artists who will perform together on“ACM Presents: Superstar Duets” and make up the evening portion of the 3rd Annual ACM Party for a Cause Festival. Performances at the two-day outdoor music festival celebrating the 50th ACM Awards will begin at 7:30pm on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18 on the Main Stage inside of Globe Life Park in Arlington, TX and be taped for the two hour special which will air on Friday, May 15on the CBS Television Network.
Friday’s lineup will include special collaborations by Alabama & Eli Young Band, Brooks & Dunn & Reba, Darius Rucker & Sara Evans, Dierks Bentley & Kip Moore & Ashley Monroe, Dwight Yoakam & Sam Hunt, and Luke Bryan & Ronnie Milsap, along with a special performance by Brantley Gilbert.
Saturday’s lineup will include duet performances by Alan Jackson & Cole Swindell, Clint Black & Joe Nichols, Eric Church & Marty Stuart, Florida Georgia Line & David Lee Murphy, Hunter Hayes & Brett Eldredge, Keith Urban & John Anderson, Lady Antebellum & Brandy Clark, Miranda Lambert & Patty Loveless, and The Band Perry & Deana Carter along with special performances by Kenny Chesney and Jake Owen.
Ticket packages to the ACM Party for a Cause Festival INCLUDING the 50th ACM Awards are available NOW at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets to the 50TH ACM Awards sold out last spring in a record 18 minutes but as staging changes became final for the ACM Awards, seats to the previously SOLD OUT Awards show and festival are now available.
Please see a full lineup of scheduled performances below for “ACM Presents: Superstar Duets” listed by order of appearance and subject to change. For additional updates please visit www.ACMcountry.com.
Friday, April 17, 2015 (Listed in Order of Appearance)
- Brantley Gilbert
- Dwight Yoakam & Sam Hunt
- Darius Rucker & Sara Evans
- Alabama & Eli Young Band
- Brooks & Dunn & Reba
- Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore & Ashley Monroe
- Luke Bryan & Ronnie Milsap
Saturday, April 18, 2015 (Listed in Order of Appearance)
- Clint Black & Joe Nichols
- The Band Perry & Deana Carter
- Lady Antebellum & Brandy Clark
- Hunter Hayes & Brett Eldredge
- Jake Owen
- Kenny Chesney
- Alan Jackson & Cole Swindell
- Miranda Lambert & Patty Loveless
- Keith Urban & John Anderson
- Eric Church & Marty Stuart
- Florida Georgia Line & David Lee Murphy
The 3rd Annual ACM Party for a Cause Festival, beginning at 12:00 PM on April 17-18, 2015, will include multiple stages for ongoing LIVE country music performances, interactive experiences, a family-friendly country marketplace with food trucks and vendors from around the country, and much more, all leading up to the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards, which will be broadcast LIVE for the first time ever from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. Proceeds from the event will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music and military philanthropies including Folds of Honor Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, Navy SEAL Foundation, and Task Force Dagger Foundation.
ACM Presents: Superstar Duets is produced for television by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan and R.A. Clark are executive producers. Mark Bracco, Barry Adelman and Tom Forrest are co-executive producers. Bob Romeo is executive producer for the Academy of Country Music.
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