{"id":65773,"date":"2016-07-20T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=65773"},"modified":"2016-07-27T22:37:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T03:37:57","slug":"first-look-carrie-underwood-sam-hunt-chris-stapleton-perform-on-cma-fest-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2016\/07\/20\/first-look-carrie-underwood-sam-hunt-chris-stapleton-perform-on-cma-fest-special\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: Carrie Underwood, Sam Hunt, Chris Stapleton Perform On CMA Fest Special"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABC’s annual “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock” will feature CMA Fest performances from a laundry list of country superstars.<\/p>\n

From Luke Bryan, to Florida Georgia Line, to Kelsea Ballerini, to Jason Aldean, to Dierks Bentley, to Little Big Town<\/a>, if the act has a high profile in the country world, he or she is likely featured on the special.<\/p>\n

In recent days, ABC has shared first look photos of some of the performances that will be featured; Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Hank Williams, Jr., and Justin Moore are among those in the gallery.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the gallery also features some performers — notably Sam Hunt and Clint Black — who were not in the initial press release about the broadcast.<\/p>\n

ABC’s photos follow. Co-hosted by Brett Eldredge and Thomas Rhett, the annual “Country Music’s Night To Rock” special airs at 8PM ET\/PT on August 3.<\/p>\n