Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney are both performing at Sunday’s 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony.
In advance of their performances, the two country superstars attended rehearsals at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
Keith Urban will reportedly play his new single “Wasted Time,” while Chesney will perform “Noise.”
Urban will also be joining Miranda Lambert and Billy Gibbons for a collaborative performance.
The broadcast airs Sunday night at 8PM ET. To amplify the hype, CBS shared the following rehearsal photos:
Kenny Chesney rehearses for the 51st ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSî, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3, 2016 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/CBS é2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedmore Kenny Chesney rehearses for the 51st ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSî, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3, 2016 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/CBS é2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedmore Keith Urban rehearses for the 51st ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSî, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3, 2016 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/CBS é2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedmore Keith Urban rehearses for the 51st ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSî, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3, 2016 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/CBS é2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedmore Keith Urban rehearses for the 51st ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSî, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3, 2016 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/CBS é2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedmore Keith Urban rehearses for the 51st ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSî, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3, 2016 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/CBS é2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedmore Keith Urban rehearses for the 51st ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSî, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3, 2016 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/CBS é2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedmore Keith Urban rehearses for the 51st ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDSî, which will be co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3, 2016 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Timothy Kuratek/CBS é2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedmore
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