{"id":574190,"date":"2015-04-17T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/?p=574190"},"modified":"2015-04-17T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T18:20:08","slug":"5-things-we-want-to-see-at-the-acms-blake-luke-role-reversal-miranda-showstopper-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/articles\/5-things-we-want-to-see-at-the-acms-blake-luke-role-reversal-miranda-showstopper-more\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things We Want to See at the ACMs: Blake & Luke Role Reversal, Miranda Showstopper & More"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n

The Academy of Country Music Awards are detouring to Dallas this year, after embracing the glitziness of Las Vegas since 2003. For its 50th anniversary, the show is borrowing the Cowboys\u2019 80,000-capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, making it the biggest one yet. We have a few additional upgrades in mind — some more realistic than others.<\/p>\n

The 50th annual ACM Awards air\u00a0April 19 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

Kevin Winter\/ACMA2014\/Getty Images for ACM<\/small><\/div>\n

1. A Little Co-Host Role Reversal<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan\u2019s third year as co-hosts, meaning the novelty of their contrasting personalities is in danger of wearing off: We can count on Shelton to roast his peers or tell a pee-pee joke, and Bryan is legally obligated to smile throughout the entire show. To shake things up, what if the pair swapped roles? That would involve Shelton busting out PG-rated hip gyrations and a wisecrackin\u2019, cussin\u2019 Bryan passing out mid-ceremony in a chicken costume — and we\u2019re into it.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2. A (Tasteful) Nod to the \u201cGirl Crush\u201d Controversy<\/strong>
\nLittle Big Town\u2019s provocative single, about a woman whose obsession with her ex spills over to his new lover, has sparked protests from listeners who consider it an overt lesbian ballad. (Singer Karen Fairchild\u2019s paraphrased response to that interpretation: \u201cThat\u2019s not what it\u2019s about, but who cares even if it were?\u201d) Thanks to the resulting media coverage and support from stars like Kacey Musgraves, the track is currently sitting at No. 5 on the Hot Country chart — and ripe for prime-time fodder. Just keep it classy, everyone.<\/p>\n

\"Garth<\/p>\n

Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for ASCAP<\/small><\/div>\n

3, Garth Brooks Not <\/em>Lip-Syncing<\/strong>
\nGarth Brooks revealed that he has pre-taped a performance for the awards show, which he may or may not lip-sync to when he takes the stage. The entertainer of the year nominee explained that he\u2019ll be fresh off a five-concert series in Portland, Ore., and is worried he\u2019ll no longer have a voice come show time; he\u2019s also, of course, fresh off a 14-year hiatus from recording and touring. Garth, listen to us: We don\u2019t care if you\u2019re raspy or rusty — isn\u2019t taking chances what \u201cThe Dance\u201d is all about?<\/p>\n

4. Brothers Osborne Winning Big<\/strong>
\nAmong the contenders for vocal duo of the year are chart-frequenting bros Florida Georgia Line and Maddie & Tae, the fastest-rising female act in\u00a0nearly a decade. And then there\u2019s TJ and John Osborne, whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is relatively sparse: a blip on last summer\u2019s charts with the radio-friendly \u201cRum,\u201d off their self-titled EP. But the Maryland-born brothers have been quietly collecting fans through their opening slots for Eric Church and Little Big Town, and that simmering momentum is coming to a boil with \u201cStay a Little Longer.\u201d The new Jay Joyce-produced single, showcasing TJ\u2019s aching baritone and an extended guitar solo courtesy of John, deserves its own ACM hardware.<\/p>\n

5. Extra-Buzzy Performances from the Ladies <\/strong>
\nOf the 14 announced performers<\/a>, only two are female: Miranda Lambert<\/a> and Reba McEntire<\/a>. Both are seasoned pros at the whole awards show thing — heck, McEntire hosted the ACMs for over a dozen years — so we\u2019re not worried about them getting lost in the lineup. But to really <\/em>stand out, one of them needs to drop a Left Shark-caliber surprise in their set. In our wildest dreams, Reba would turn her classic tune \u201cFancy\u201d into a duet with enigmatic newcomer (and Big Machine labelmate) Who Is Fancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Academy of Country Music Awards are detouring to Dallas this year, after embracing the glitziness of Las Vegas since 2003. For its 50th anniversary, the show is borrowing the Cowboys\u2019 80,000-capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, making it the biggest one yet. We have a few additional upgrades in mind — some more realistic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":574191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-574190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 05:01:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}