Toby Keith, Cole Swindell round out 2019 CMT Awards performers

Awards show to feature superstar celebrity presenters from music, TV and film

The excitement for the 2019 CMT Music Awards continues to build with the addition of legendary country artist Toby Keith and hitmaker Cole Swindell to the jam-packed CMT performance lineup. Keith will perform his new single “That’s Country Bro,” with Swindell joining Keith on one of his biggest hits. This year’s CMT Music Awards boasts a record-breaking number of performing artists and will include additional surprise guests on the live telecast, premiering Wednesday, June 5th at 8 pm ET/PT.

Along with the recently added performance, today the 2019 CMT Music Awards has announced an impressive lineup of guest presenters featuring musicians, actors, and entertainers.

The celebrity-driven presenter roster includes radio host Bobby Bones; CMT Awards nominees Brantley Gilbert, Carly Pearce, Jimmie Allen, Julia Michaels, Lindsay Ell, Maddie & Tae and Midland; This Is Us‘ Chris Sullivan; CMT’s Cody Allen and Katie Cook; Hunter Hayes; Jessie James Decker; MTV’s JWoww; actress Kate Boswroth; actor and musician Kiefer Sutherland; Michael Ray; actress Michelle Monghan; Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland; and Trisha Yearwood.

Fans can still vote for their favorite artists via vote.cmt.com, up until 11:59 pm ET on Tuesday, June 4th for all categories, including “Video of the Year,” “Male Video of the Year,” “Female Video of the Year,” “Duo Video of the Year,” “Group Video of the Year,” “Breakthrough Video of the Year,” “Collaborative Video of the Year” and “CMT Performance of the Year.”

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn

Buddy Iahn founded The Music Universe when he decided to juxtapose his love of web design and music. As a lifelong drummer, he decided to take a hiatus from playing music to report it. The website began as a fun project in 2013 to one of the top independent news sites. Email: info@themusicuniverse.com