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Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton and Mumford & Sons join the lineup for the 60th CMA Awards

The Country Music Association added a second round of performers Tuesday, including a tribute to Brooks & Dunn. Lainey Wilson hosts the show live from Nashville on Nov. 18.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 11) — Luke Combs, Megan Moroney, Chris Stapleton, Stephen Wilson Jr. and host Lainey Wilson will perform at the 60th CMA Awards next week, and Mumford & Sons will make their CMA Awards debut alongside Stapleton, the Country Music Association announced Tuesday.

Vince Gill, a Country Music Hall of Fame member who has hosted the show 12 times, will make a special appearance, the association said. Stapleton will also team up with Wilson Jr., who is up for four awards this year.

Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Halestorm, HARDY and Marcus King will perform together to honor Brooks & Dunn, this year's recipients of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, Pollstar reported.

The new names join a first round of performers announced last week that included Ella Langley, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, Cody Johnson, Tucker Wetmore, Tim McGraw, Zach Top and The Red Clay Strays, ABC News reported. The show will also include a special tribute to Dolly Parton, the association said. Parton died in August at 80, according to ABC News.

Langley leads this year's nominees with nine, followed by Lambert with seven, according to the association. The entertainer of the year nominees are Combs, Johnson, Langley, Stapleton and Wilson, who won the award last year and is hosting for the third year in a row.

"We cannot wait to celebrate our milestone anniversary together in November," CMA CEO Sarah Trahern said when the nominations were announced in September.

The 60th CMA Awards air live from Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 8 to 11 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, and stream the next day on Hulu.

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