The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 18 with appearances from Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, Hayden Panettiere, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Gavin DeGraw, Backstreet Boys, and Cyndi Lauper among others listed below.
The event, which airs live on ABC at 8 pm ET/PT from L.A.’s Nokia Theatre, will include the television debut of Carrie Underwood’s new single “Two Black Cadillacs.” The song appears on Underwood’s album Blown Away, which is nominated for Favorite Country Album. See a full list of nominees here.
Also scheduled to appear are 50 Cent, Ashley Benson, Brandy, Colbie Caillat, Elisha Cuthbert, Eric Stonestreet, Ginnifer Goodwin, Heidi Klum, Jennifer Morrison, Jenny McCarthy, Karmin, Kerry Washington, Lucy Hale, Neon Trees, Ne-Yo, Paula Abdul, Phillip Phillips, Ryan Seacrest, Stacy Keibler and will.i.am.
The “Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2012 AMAs” pre-show will stream online starting at 4 pm/CT. Fans will be able to tune in through a variety destinations including ABC.com, AMAs365.com, Cokemusic.com, Livestream, Ustream, POPSUGAR.com, YouTube, and AP Live Entertainment.
A weekly web series, hosted by Lance Bass, Kimberly Cole and Megan Turney, called AMAs On Demand, has been published to YouTube and ABC.com, including breaking news, artist spotlights, fashion retrospectives, acceptance speeches, red carpet and backstage interviews. Additionally, clips from the program’s past 40 years are available at www.abcmedianet.com.
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