Tune In: ‘Country’s Night to Rock’ Airs Tonight

Kimberly Perry and Luke Bryan host "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock."

Don’t forget to tune in tonight (9/17) for ABC’s broadcast of CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rockhosted by Luke Bryan and The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry.

The three-hour special highlights performances from this summer’s June 7-10 CMA Music Festival in Nashville. Select artists to appear include Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Kix Brooks, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery, Jake Owen, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Hank Williams Jr. and Zac Brown Band.

Bryan received nominations for Album of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year for this year’s 46th Annual Awards, which airs on ABC in November 1. Vocal Group of the Year nominee, The Band Perry will send its frontwoman, Kimberly Perry, to join Bryan.

This is the eighth time ABC will broadcast this special. In 2011, the program drew an average audience of 7 million viewers, finishing as the most-watched program in its three-hour time period. The special ranked No. 1 in its time slot with Women 18-34.

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