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What Is The Surprise Opening At Tonight’s CMA Awards?

This is being kept top secret! The CMA awards will kick off with a bang tonight when Luke Bryan opens up the show with his current single, “What Makes You Country.” But it gets even better

NASHVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 06: In this handout photo provided by the Country Music Association, the CMA Awards trophy is seen. The awards are made of hand-blow fine Italian crystal obelisk with beveled base and are handmade in Florence, Italy, with final assembly by Francis & Lusky in Nashville, Tennessee. They are given to winners of CMA Awards and CMA Broadcast Awards. (Photo by Donn Jones/Country Music Association via Getty Images)

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This is being kept top secret! The CMA awards will kick off with a bang tonight when Luke Bryan opens up the show with his current single, “What Makes You Country.”

But it gets even better

—Bryan announced that he will be joined by a slate of rising stars, sharing the many styles that make up country music as a whole. Those rising stars will be a surprise, so you’ll have to tune in tonight on ABC at 8 pm ET to see who they are.

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