Morgan Wallen and Blake Shelton are among a number of big-name artists who have been added to the lineup for "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash."
The string of new performers also include Trace Adkins, Grace Bowers, Kane Brown, Jackson Dean, HARDY, Cody Johnson, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney, Brothers Osborne, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, Trombone Shorty and Bailey Zimmerman.
They join the previously announced lineup of Old Dominion, King, Thomas Rhett, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Lainey Wilson.
The event is headed to a new location this year, New York City, to ring in the new year live from the Big Apple and Nashville.
Elle King and Entertainment Tonight's Rachel Smith will host the Nashville portion of the event, while TV and radio host Cody Alan, CBS anchor Lonnie Quinn and Dustin Lynch will be reporting from New York City's Times Square.
"New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash" will air live on December 31 beginning at 7:30 PM, ET/PT, on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).
The expansive five-hour broadcast will include 50 performances from Nashville, along with dual countdowns to midnight. Lynch and company will follow the East Coast ball drop to 2024, with King keeping track of the minutes in Music City leading up to the Music Note drop at midnight central time at the Bicentennial Mall stage.
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