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The show will stream live once again on Prime Video The Academy of Country Music Awards will return to Frisco, Texas, this May. The 59th edition of the annual show will take place May 16 at the Ford Center, which is otherwise utilized as the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility. The ACMs will stream live on Prime Video. Tickets for the 2024 ACMs will go on sale to the general public March 8 at 11 a.m. ET via SeatGeek, with prices expected to range between $330 and $1,200 (before taxes and…

Willie Nelson made a surprise appearance at Thursday’s Academy of Country Music Awards, exchanging some light banter with hosts Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks over a video conference call.The awards show — which took place at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas — and its hosts honored the Lone Star State legend by wishing him a happy 90th birthday after he marked the nonagenarian milestone last month with a two-night engagement at the Hollywood Bowl. (It’s been a banner year for Nelson, who will soon be inducted…

It’s hard to believe, but Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks — two of country music’s biggest and most enduring superstars — have known each other for only about a month.“We’d crossed paths many times through the years backstage on the same shows,” Parton says, “but we’d never had a real chat.” Adds Brooks: “I just admired her from a distance.”What finally brought them together was a gig: On Thursday night the duo will co-host the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards from Frisco, Texas. Set to stream live on Amazon’s Prime…

Dolly Parton is set to rock the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards. The icon will close out the awards show with a performance of the lead single from her upcoming rock album at the May 11 event, which she is hosting with Garth Brooks. Others set to perform at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, include chart-topper Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Kane Brown, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Ashley McBryde and Lainey Wilson, who has six nominations and is the second-most…

HARDY and Lainey Wilson lead the nominees for the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards. HARDY is the top contender with seven nominations, while Wilson is up for seven awards. Their collaboration, “wait in the trunk,” will compete for song of the year, visual media of the year and music event of the year. The ACM Awards, to be hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, will air live on Amazon’s Prime Video on May 11 from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.  HARDY is also nominated…

Singer-songwriters Hardy and Lainey Wilson led the nominees Thursday for this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards.Hardy scored the most nominations with seven, followed closely by Wilson with six. Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Cole Swindell were tied for third place with five.Hardy is up for song (“Wait in the Truck”) and artist-songwriter of the year, while Wilson is nominated for album (“Bell Bottom Country”) and female artist of the year. Together, the musicians share three nominations for their hit…

Country music legends Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks are set to host the 58th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The iconic duo will front the event that will take place on May 11 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/5 p.m. PT at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The awards will stream live and exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. The full rebroadcast of the ceremony and performances will stream next day for free on Amazon Freevee. The event will mark Brooks’ first time hosting an awards show and…

The Academy of Country Music has tapped two titans of the genre, Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton, to host this year’s ACM Awards.The superstar duo will join forces for the first time during the ceremony, which will take place May 11 at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas, the academy confirmed Wednesday. The show will stream live on Amazon Prime Video starting at 5 p.m. Pacific time.“I am thrilled to return to host the ACM Awards, this time with my friend Garth,” Parton said Wednesday in a statement. “While I’ve had…

The Netherlands' competition regulator has expressed happiness after Apple changed its unfair conditions to allow different methods of payment in Dutch dating apps.With this concession, Apple will meet the requirements that the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) set under European and Dutch competition rules. Until recently, customers of dating apps had only been able to pay using the payment method that Apple imposed. "We are glad that Apple has finally brought its conditions in line with European and…

The Netherlands’ competition regulator is finally happy with concessions by Apple to allow dating apps in the market to use alternative payment technologies. Late Friday, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) provided an update on the multi-month saga which has drawn high level attention on Apple’s approach to complying with competition orders, saying the tech giant had changed unfair conditions it had been imposing following an order by the regulator to allow dating apps to use non-Apple payment tech for…