{"id":12535,"date":"2020-08-26T23:17:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T04:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=12535"},"modified":"2020-08-26T23:17:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T04:17:52","slug":"performers-announced-for-the-55th-academy-of-country-music-awards-airing-wednesday-september-16-on-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/26\/performers-announced-for-the-55th-academy-of-country-music-awards-airing-wednesday-september-16-on-cbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Performers Announced for the &#8220;55th Academy of Country Music Awards&#8221; Airing Wednesday, September 16 on CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12536\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/55th-acm-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/55th-acm-logo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/55th-acm-logo-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/55th-acm-logo-560x318.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/55th-acm-logo-260x148.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/55th-acm-logo-160x91.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CBS, the Academy of Country Music(R) and dick clark productions today announced Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Old Dominion and Thomas Rhett featuring Jon Pardi as performers for the 55TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS(TM). 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