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CMA Country Music Festival

Music from Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Luke Combs, Dierks Bentley, Brett Young & Billy Ray Cyrus with Lil Nas X & Keith Urban

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2

Country star Kristian Bush - from the multi-million selling band Sugarland - introduces the third of five programmes of highlights from the 2019 CMA Country Music Festival in Nashville with live music and chat from Billy Ray Cyrus and special guests Lil Nas X & Keith Urban, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert with the Pistol Annies, Brett Young, Dierks Bentley and headliner Tim McGraw.

The annual CMA Music Festival is the biggest celebration of country music in the world. Taking place over four days & nights in Nashville, Tennessee more than 100,000 country music fans descend on Music City to enjoy live performances from hundreds of artists on dozens of stages culminating in 4 huge concerts featuring the biggest names in country music today.

These nightly shows take place at the local football stadium, and it's these shows that feature in this series. Our host Kristian Bush is no stranger to the event, having played it himself many times with his band Sugarland, one of the biggest selling bands in country music history. Show less

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