Underwood, Paisley, Bentley, Urban to perform at CMA Awards

Friday, October 7, 2016, Vol. 40, No. 41

NASHVILLE (AP) - Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Maren Morris and Keith Urban, as well as hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, will perform at the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards show, the CMA announced Monday. The Nov. 2 show will air live from Nashville on ABC.

Church and Morris have five nominations apiece, and both are vying for single and song of the year. Bentley has four nominations, including album of the year and male vocalist.

Underwood has four nominations, including her first-ever nomination for entertainer of the year. Urban also has four nominations, including entertainer of the year and album of the year.