How to Watch the 2025 ACM Awards Red Carpet Pre-Show: Where, Where, and How
See how you can tune in to watch the ACM Awards red carpet show to get an early look at what the stars are wearing on the big night.
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards will air live tomorrow night (May 8). The event will see some of the biggest names in country music take the stage to perform and accept hard-won awards. However, the festivities start well before the show. To get a preview of what the genreâs biggest stars will be wearing during the award show and get some exclusive behind-the-scenes info, tune in for the ACM red carpet.
Like the ACM Awards, the red carpet show will broadcast live from the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. The fashion-forward pre-show kicks off at 7 PM Eastern Time, an hour before the main event. It will air live on Amazon Prime Video.
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The 2025 ACM Awards will kick off at 8 PM Eastern and will give viewers two options to stream. The main event will stream on Amazon Prime Video and the Amazon Music Twitch channel. The awards show is free to watch and viewers donât need an active Amazon Prime account to tune in.
Those who watch the pre-show will get to see some of the genreâs biggest names walk the red carpet before they take the stage to deliver country music to a worldwide audience. See a full list of performers below.
Sugarland
Reba McEntire
Wynonna Judd
Clint Black
Dan + Shay
LeAnn Rimes
Blake Shelton
Brothers Osborne
Chris Stapleton
Ella Langley
Eric Church
Kelsea Ballerini
Lainey Wilson
Megan Moroney
Zach Top
Miranda Lambert
Alan Jackson
Rascal Flatts with Backstreet Boys
Brooks & Dunn with Cody Johnson
Jelly Roll and Shaboozey
The show will open with a 12-minute medley of songs that won Song of the Year, performed by the artists who made them famous. That performance will feature Clint Black, Reba McEntire, Wynonna Judd, Sugarland, LeAnn Rimes, and Dan + Shay.
The Backstreet Boys, while a nostalgic boy band, may seem like an odd choice for a country music awards show. However, they recently shared the stage with Luke Combs during this yearâs Stagecoach Festival. Their appearance on the ACM Awards may be a sign that theyâre the next pop act looking to enter the genre.
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