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Star-studded performance for ‘New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’ includes Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Stephen Wilson Jr., Dwight Yoakam & headliners Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman
CBS Press Release
“New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” will air live Wednesday, Dec. 31 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT, 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+. The five-hour special will feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Stephen Wilson Jr., and Dwight Yoakam with special guest appearances by Dusty Slay, “Entertainment Tonight’s” Cassie DiLaura, Sirius XM host Buzz Brainard and Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Kayla Harrison. As previously announced, Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman will headline the festivities, with special guest CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers, from Nashville’s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.
This year’s “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” official in-person watch party will take place at Luke Combs’ Category 10 in Nashville. Grammy Award-winning country superstar Yoakam will take the stage to perform his biggest hits with newly announced King, with special appearances by Cody Alan and Caylee Hammack to ring in 2026.
Paramount+ premium plan subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service.