Trace Adkins
has been added to the three-hour television special,
CMA
Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock, airing Aug. 14 on ABC. Adkins will release a new album,
Proud to Be Here,
on Aug. 2. As previously announced, the concert special will feature performances by
Jason
Aldean featuring
Kelly Clarkson,
The
Band Perry,
Dierks Bentley,
Big
& Rich and
Gretchen Wilson, the
Zac
Brown Band with
Alan Jackson,
Sara
Evans,
Kid Rock and
Sheryl
Crow,
Lady Antebellum,
Miranda
Lambert,
Little Big Town,
Reba
McEntire,
Brad Paisley with
Alabama,
Rascal Flatts,
Darius
Rucker,
Blake Shelton,
Sugarland,
Taylor Swift and
Keith
Urban. The special will also feature
Martina McBride with
American
Idol runner-up
Lauren Alaina, along with
Josh
Turner with
Idol winner
Scotty McCreery.
Shania
Twain will also make an appearance. Tickets for the 2012 CMA Music Festival will go on sale on Saturday (July 30).
