Five-hour celebration will ring in New Year with high-energy performances
CBS has announced more performers for New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, a star-studded entertainment special hosted by country music stars and Grammy-nominated artists Jimmie Allen and Elle King and Entertainment Tonight‘s Rachel Smith. The celebration to ring in the New Year will air live from Music City, Friday, December 31st from 8-10 pm ET/PT and 10:30 pm-1:30 am ET/PT on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+
Joining previously announced performers Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn, Little Big Town and Zac Brown Band will be Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, King Calaway, Sheryl Crow, Flo-Rida, Riley Green, Elle King, Ashley McBryde, Steve Miller, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson, and The War And Treaty. The five-hour broadcast will feature a staggering hit parade of 50 back-to-back performances and cross multiple time zones, live from the destination home of country music. Nashville will count down with the East Coast at midnight and keep the party going through midnight Central with the city’s renowned Music Note Drop.
The special event will feature once-in-a-lifetime collaborations with artists inviting special guests and artist friends to perform together throughout the night. Taking on their biggest hits and performing covers of some of the most iconic country music songs of all time, collaborations will be stacked throughout the lineup, with details to be announced in the coming weeks.
