Aldean, Bentley, Lambert lead ACM performers

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 – Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line + Bebe Rexha, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett were the first artists announced to perform at the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards in April.

More performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

The ACMs will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 15 at 8 p.m. eastern/Pacific on CBS. Reba McEntire will host for the 15th time and for the first time since she co-hosted with Blake Shelton in 2012.