LOS ANGELES — Billed as the largest nation music fan occasion of the 12 months, CMA Fest is an annual pilgrimage to Nashville for nation followers and nation artists.
Over 4 days, on levels throughout city, reside music is carried out, with every day culminating in an enormous present at Nissan Stadium that includes performances by a star-studded lineup of artists.
This 12 months’s Nissan Stage performers included Luke Bryan, Megan Moroney, Jason Aldean and Kelsea Ballerini, to call just a few.
All the finest performances are included in a brand new particular, “CMA Fest Introduced by SoFi,” airing June 26 on ABC hosted by Cody Johnson and Ashley McBryde.
“I am a bit of extra nervous about studying that teleprompter than I’m performing,” Johnson advised On The Purple Carpet. “Performing I might do sick, drained, it does not matter. However internet hosting, I am afraid I am gonna screw it up.”
That is Johnson’s first time emceeing the occasion.
McBryde, who hosted final 12 months with Jelly Roll, had some phrases of encouragement for her rookie accomplice.
“I used to be telling Cody you possibly can’t get this flawed, and all we’ve to do is let the viewers in on what we’re doing,” she mentioned. “So, if we have to say, ‘We’re doing TV magic proper now. It is the highest of the present, I notice it is 9 p.m. and you’ve got been right here a few hours,’ you allow them to in on that and so they’ve bought your again.”
Within the new episode, “On The Purple Carpet at CMA Fest,” you will hear extra from this 12 months’s CMA Fest hosts together with Nissan Stage performers like Lainey Wilson, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Commerce Adkins, Keith City, Zach Prime and extra.
“CMA Fest Introduced by SoFi” airs Thursday, June 26 at 8/7c on ABC.
Watch the total episode, “On The Purple Carpet at CMA Fest,” within the video participant above.
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