May 8 (UPI & Gephardt Daily) — The Academy of Country Music has announced additional performers for the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Post Malone will make his ACM Awards debut at the awards show next week, with Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani to also take the stage.
Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan will also perform, along with Nate Smith and Avril Lavigne. Parker McCollum will give a special performance.
The 59th annual ACM Awards will take place May 16 at The Star in Frisco, Texas, and will stream live at 8 p.m. EDT on Prime Video.
A Prime membership is not required to watch live.
Malone, one of Utah’s foremost adopted favorite sons made headlines in April when he was featured on the single Fortnight, which appeared on Taylor Swift’s smash-hit album The Tortured Poets Department. He also starred in the accompanying music video.
Postie thanked Swift on social media for including him on the recent project. “It’s once in a lifetime that someone like @taylorswift comes into this world,” Malone said. “I am floored by your heart and your mind, and I am beyond honored to have been asked to help you with your journey. I love you so much. Thank you Tay”
Swift returned the compliments on her own social media post, praising Malone for his contribution to the project. “When I was writing the Fortnight music video, I wanted to show you the worlds I saw in my head that served as the backdrop for making this music,” Taylor said. “Pretty much everything in it is a metaphor or a reference to one corner of the album or another. For me, this video turned out to be the perfect visual representation of this record and the stories I tell in it. Post Malone blew me away on set as our tortured tragic hero and I’m so grateful to him for everything he put into this collaboration.”
