CMT News

Dierks Bentley will host the Academy of Country Music's sixth annual ACM Honors ceremony set for Sept. 24 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. The event recognizes special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 47th annual ACM Awards. The main awards show took place in May in Las Vegas. The ACM Honors program will include the presentation of the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award to Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam and songwriter-producer Billy Sherrill. Other recipients will include Kenny Chesney, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Bobby Braddock and the late Roger Miller. Tickets, priced at $37, go on sale Aug. 17 at the Ryman box office and via Ticketmaster.