Academy of Country Music Announces Special ACM Awards Duets and Collaborations

The Academy of Country Music announced today that Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton & Lionel Richie, Rascal Flatts & Steve Martin, and Toby Keith with surprise Las Vegas guest performers are set to perform a variety of special duets and collaborations at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The ceremony, which honors country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Chesney and McGraw’s performance details are being kept quiet, but it’s sure to be a special moment when the superstars take the stage together. Shelton and Richie will perform Richie’s classic hit “You Are.”

In addition, Rascal Flatts and Steve Martin will showcase the banjo during a performance of the band’s new single “Banjo,” and Toby Keith will be joined by special surprise iconic Las Vegas performers for an unforgettable performance of Keith’s chart-topping smash “Red Solo Cup.”

Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Pat Monahan, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Chris Young, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum, and Little Big Town have previously been announced as performers.