Saving Country Music’s 2018 ACM Awards LIVE Blog
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the official 2018 ACM Awards LIVE blog. For those of you not familiar with this exercise, for the next three hours we will be ranting and raving, holding feet to the fire, showering others with praise who are worthy, and generally trying to make the excruciating practice of watching a live country music awards show that much less painful.
As thoughts are left below in a timeline fashion, please understand this is completely unscripted and off the cuff. There will be typos, occasional swear words, and plenty of snark offered in good fun. Whiners and PC/Grammer police, this is not the place for you. Others, feel free to leave YOUR opinions and observations below in the comments section, and get your refresh fingers ready.
For a list of nominees, presenters, performers, and what to expect, check out the 2018 ACM Awards Complete Preview.
All times Central.
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WINNERS:
- Entertainer of the Year – Jason Aldean
- Album of the Year – Chris Stapleton’s “From A Room: Vol.1”
- Male Vocalist of the Year – Chris Stapleton
- Female Vocalist of the Year – Miranda Lambert
- Song of the Year – Miranda Lambert’s “Tin Man”
- Single of the Year – Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Backroad”
- Vocal Group of the Year – Old Dominion
- Vocal Duo of the Year- Brothers Osborne
- Vocal Event of the Year – Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood – “The Fighter”
- New Male Vocalist of the Year – Brett Young
- New Female Vocalist of the Year – Lauren Alaina
- New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year – Midland
- Video of the Year – Brothers Osborne for “It Ain’t My Fault”
- Vocal Duo of the Year – Brothers Osborne
- Songwriter of the Year – Rhett Akins
10:18 – Chris Stapleton had another big night. Sam Hunt finally won an award. So did Jack Ingram so maybe it balances out. And Miranda Lambert is now the most decorated artist in ACM Awards history. Alan Jackson, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood, even Blake Shelton had good performances. Jason Aldean didn’t but walks away with the biggest prize. But the biggest miss appears to be a true lack of a proper tribute to the Route 91 Harvest Fest victims like the CMAs did so well, and in fact there was no In Memoriam segment at all. That was one of the numerous victims of squeezing in so many performances this year. Those that passed deserved something, even if it was a few seconds on a screen. Florida Georgia Line didn’t win anything again. Neither did Thomas Rhett. The ACMs under Pete Fisher (formerly of the Grand Ole Opry) really need to figure out their moral compass and creative direction, and clean up their nomination process. But overall there were some memorable moments, good and bad, but the 53rd Annual ACM awards will probably just blend into the background by next week, while we were talking about the 2017 CMAs weeks after.
10:10 – THANK YOU to everyone for reading, commenting, following along, liking, sharing, retweeting, etc. ! Going to compose some final thoughts, recap the winners, and I’ll be out of here!
10:05 – Look, Chris Stapleton probably deserved Entertainer of the Year for album sales and influence, or Garth for touring since it’s mostly a touring award these days. And as we saw from Jason Aldean’s performance tonight, he is a very flawed entertainer. But I’m not going to fault anyone for the way they voted here. Of course it was a sympathy vote, but I’m just going to say it was for the people of Las Vegas, and Aldean is their figure head. And Aldean has done well as the face of that tragedy. He’s no leader. He was foisted into that terrible narrative just like everyone else. And he did the best he could, and it was admirable.
9:59 – Chris Janson has a good single on radio right now with “Drunk Girl,” and he takes the ACMs out with THAT? Way to end on a sour note. This dude continues to be confounding.
9:58 – This win by Jason Aldean for the ACM Entertainer of the Year is for all the victims, all the survivors, all the first responders, everyone affected by the Route 91 Harvest Festival tragedy. It is THEIR Entertainer of the Year trophy. And always will be.
9:56 – #sympathyvote
9:55 – Oh fuck. Jason Aldean just won Entertainer of the Year.
9:53 – I believe two of the five nominees for Entertainer of the Year are not in attendance.
9:52 – In all seriousness, I have a lot of respect for someone who can give as little of a shit about performing for a national audience as Toby Keith did.
9:51 – Very solid performance from Reba and Kelly Clarkson.
9:49 – I’d tell Toby Keith to watch this and learn how an actual duet is done, but he’s vomiting in an In-&-Out Burger bathroom on Fremont St. at the moment.
9:47 – As a host, as a performer, Reba McEntire is proving what folly it is to age out country stars. This isn’t a Reba McEntire resurgence. She’s always been this great, and there was no reason for country music to ignore her for a decade. It’s always more meaningful when you see an artist perform with decades of mastery behind them.
9:44 – The ACM Award for Male Vocalist of the Year goes to Chris Stapleton.
9:40 – Was so geeked up to celebrate another Sam Hunt loss, and then that bullshit. And then he’s not even fucking there to accept it. What is Sam Hunt doing on a Sunday night, updating the iMac for his DJ station? What a chode.
9:37 – Lauren Alaina did okay with her 45 seconds I guess. Better than trying to sing with Kane Brown’s creep ass in her face.
9:34 – The ACM Award for Single of the Year goes to “Body Like a Backroad” for Sam Hunt. Fuck.
9:33 – Would have been cool if either the Luke Bryan or Carrie Underwood performance would have featured survivors and First Responders to the Vegas massacre. Perfect moment for it. Right now, the CMAs did it so much better. That still might be coming though.
9:31 – I’m no Luke Bryan fan, and we all know this. But take this in, and then after the show go watch his performance of “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” from the 2011 CMA Awards and tell me we aren’t seeing a sea change in mainstream country music. Boring maybe, but much better. Same goes for Blake Shelton and his past performances of “Boys ‘Round Here” and other garbage.
9:29 – I’m pretty sure Reba McEntire just made a racy butt joke. I respect her pluck.
9:27 – Still got a Reba performance coming, and what if Chris Stapleton wins Entertainer of the Year the same night Morgane gives birth to twins?
9:24 – Miranda Lambert now has one more ACM Award than anyone in history … can’t crack Top 20 on radio.
9:20 – Thomas Rhett is a haircut with a microphone.
9:18 – The Thomas Rhett performance is a good time to repost this important ACM quote:
“They should drop all the formulaic cannon fodder bullshit they’ve been pumping down rural America’s throats for 30 years along with the high school pagentry meat parade award show bullshit & start dedicating their programs to actual country music.” –Sturgill Simpson
9:17 – The ACM Award for Female Vocalist of the Year goes to Miranda Lambert.
…and water is wet.
9:15 – Does anyone think that guy from Florida Georgia Line who fake sings looks like a flunking Jedi in his man bun?
9:13 – Vegas is the perfect place for Darius Rucker to be performing. The ACMs should leave his ass off the plane back to Nashville to residency in the smokers lounge of the Bellagio.
9:12 – House cleaning: Midland did fine. Ultimately, it’s about the music, and they’re is much better than most in the mainstream.
9:09 – Not to harp on Carrie Undewrwood’s face because it’s a pretty stupid, People Magazine topic. But it is interesting that you didn’t see Carrie Underwood until they “revealed” her face. Ratings ploy. I guess maybe some nerve damage may have made it where her smile is very very slightly different. But who gives a shit?
9:06 – Looks like the server issues have been wrinkled out folks, thanks for hanging around. Dan + Shay sucks!
9:04 – The ACM Vocal Event of the Year goes to Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood for some garbage song.
9:02 – Sam Elliot’s mustache is more manly than all the other men who has performed tonight combined except for Alan Jackson.
9:01 – … pop as it may be.
9:00 – And those gams. Sorry, she’s a badass. Generational voice.
8:58 – All the dumb talk about Carrie Underwood’s face post her fall and hospitalization, I can’t tell a difference.
8:57 – I appreciate some folks think Carrie Underwood’s voice is “emotionless” or don’t care for this song. But think about all the other awful performances we’ve experienced tonight, and appreciate the talent on display here.
8:50 – Sever might be struggling a bit folks. Hang tight. Drunk Toby Keith set the internet ablaze.
8:48 – For once in my life, I felt bad for Blake Shelton.
8:47 – Toby Keith is going from this performance straight to the Betty Ford Clinic across town. Or should.
8:46 – No way Toby Keith is in a position to legally operate a motor vehicle at the moment.
8:44 – Great singing, horrible everything else. Little Big Town should have spent less time dressing like Ziggy Stardust, and doing an okay song justice.
8:42 – Maybe if they want “Rocket Man” Kim Jong Un to cough up his nukes, they should pipe this Little Big Town performance into Pyongyang and watch that fat bastard hit his knees. Yikes.
8:40 – The hell?
8:39 – Reba is doing a great job hosting, dropping important notes, delivering solid jokes.
8:37 – Cool note: Miranda Lambert was playing a guitar signed by Loretta Lynn. Perfect for that song.
8:35 – “Keeper of the Flame” is a good song, not great. But Miranda is doing a good job delivering it with passion. Fine performance.
8:33 – Randomly, you know who would make a good duet partner for Miranda Lambert? Even Felker of the Turnpike Troubadours. Just sayin’…
8:32 – Miranda Lambert now has more ACM Awards than anyone in ACM history with her win for Song of the Year, Reba announces.
8:30 – Jason Aldean sings to arenas for a living ladies and gentlemen. Let that sink in.
8:28 – Well one thing’s for sure, there is absolutely no doubt Jason Aldean is singing live. Holy shit.
8:27 – Why is Jason Aldean wearing the smock of a Pakistani errand boy? Who dresses these losers?
8:26 – Give me Bob Wayne’s “Love Songs Suck” over Ballerini’s “I Hate Love Songs.”
“You won’t ever hear me sing a love song
‘Cuz love songs suck.
You won’t ever hear me sing about blue skies or brown eyes,
…unless I’m real fucked up.”
8:26 – Who are these marionette looking dumbasses in suspenders?
8:26 – I can really connect with this Kelsea Ballerini song. She hates love songs, and I hate interloping pop stars parading as country artists using their daddy’s deep connections in country radio to hopscotch the field of actual country women.
8:25 – Kelsea Ballerini’s much more entertaining live when there’s a random Jonas Brother fucking up the guitar solo.
8:24 – It would be a huge shame if Kelsea Ballerini fell and landed on her voice.
8:23 – Almost halfway through folks, we can do this!
8:19 – LOL, comment from Not Kenny Rodgers on Twitter, “Chris Stapleton’s wife just gave birth to twins and they can already name more Merle Haggard songs than Florida Georgia Line.”
8:17 – Some guy that looks like the character on a Lucky Charms cereal box just walked away with ACM hardware. Excuse me as I go downtown and flip a police car.
8:16 – Old Dominion just won a fucking ACM Award.
8:15 – The ACM Award for Vocal Group of the Year goes to some band that doesn’t deserve it.
8:13 – This Keith Urban song truly offends me. Turned an iconic guitar riff, and made it sound like a drowning cat being electrocuted. Get out of my hemisphere, Keith!
8:11 – LOL, Reba McEntire introducing Keith Urban, “He can definitely rock a frosted tip.”
Good one.
8:10 – REAL email from a Kane Brown fan I got who for some reason thought I was Kane Brown.
8:09 – Thanks to everyone piping up in the comments section. Reading when I can.
8:07 – Apparently Blake Shelton’s Takamine guitar is made in JAPAN, not Korea. My apologies to the Korean people for associating you in any way with Blake Shelton.
8:05 – Kane Brown just illustrated every dad’s worst nightmare on primetime television.
8:03 – What the fuck is up with the creep fest from Kane? Yikes! Be looking for the #metoo from Lauren Alaina in the next few days.
8:02- LOL, where the band in this “performance”? Behind that big ass rock?
8:01 – Kane Brown has a decent voice. Not sure why he insists on wasting it on garbage.
8:00 – I ask “What If” every time I see Kane Brown. Like what if his management hadn’t shoveled payola to streaming services at the start of his career. Right now he’d probably be writing up 2-year cellular service contracts in a mall kiosk.
7:58 – This Blake Shelton song is definitely list-tastic, but folks are just going to have to deal with the fact that his recent album “Texoma Shore” is decent, and so is this song. Nothing wrong here.
7:57 – Of course Gwen Stefani gets a big dollop of face time.
7:55 – Nobody can make a Korean guitar sing like Blake Shelton.
7:50 – Dierks is definitely getting laid tonight. Guess that’s one positive to come out of that mild song.
7:49 – Dierks Bentley’s got more drummers than women on mainstream country radio.
7:48 – Shit I didn’t know The Lumineers were playing tonight. #dierksgonegranola
7:47 – No way that tall, dorky one in Lady Antebellum is singing those high notes live.
7:46 – I think they just showed Kimberly Perry from The Band Perry. First sighting in like two years. How the mighty fall.
7:44 – Why are the guys from Lady Antebellum dressed like they’re cleaning out the basement?
7:43 – …AND Chris Stapleton just had twin boys. Good reason not to be here.
7:42 – The ACM for Album of the Year goes to Chris Stapleton, “From A Room: Vol.1”
7:40 – Fucking Sugarland is back together, and Oasis is still broke up.
7:39 – Not a huge fan of “Chattahoochee.” It was probably one of Jackson’s most lame songs, but this is super cool. Torched being passed from Jackson to Pardi. Better know what to do with it Jon!
7:38 – “There’s not really much at all that’s real country music anymore on the mainstream country charts—what is nominated for awards. I don’t expect radio at all to sound like Hank Williams, but there oughta be room for all of it … Because there’s fans for it.” -Alan Jackson
7:37 – Jon Pardi – That’s what a COUNTRY singer looks like.
7:34 – Looks like Alan Jackson might be coming up.
7:31 – That was Brett Young I guess. Meh. Next.
7:30 – Who is this generic pop guy singing right now screwing up my buzz that Jack freaking Ingram was just on the ACM stage?
7:29 – JACK FREAKING INGRAM is speaking on the ACM Awards stage! Big win.
7:27 – The ACM for Song of the Year goes to “Tin Man” by Miranda Lambert! Songwriters Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall
7:26 – Glad Merle Haggard died before he had to see a man bun on the ACM Awards stage.
7:24 –
7:24 – Ah here comes Florida Georgia Line. Good time to take a piss.
7:19 – Oh shit, Florida Georgia Line coming up.
7:18 – At least Chris Young can sing. Maren left so much to be desired.
7:17 – Chris Young needs to spend less time singing formulaic songs about losing sleep, and get to the gym and try to lose that Michelin around his waist.
7:16 – Hey, Reba, you stole my joke! 🙂
7:14 – Maren Morris proving why Auto-Tune is not always a bad thing. Very breathy here.
7:13 – They’re also using Big Kenny’s top hat backstage as a portable toilet.
7:13 – ACMs going green by recycling stage props from the last Big & Rich tour behind Maren.
Incandescents are hard to get these days.
7:12 – Oh look, Maren Morris takes time from showing us all how fucking fabulous her life is on Instragram and repping sports bras for Calvin Klein and Nike to entertain us lowly proles.
7:11 – Wow, Kenny Chesney is so talented, he doesn’t even have to play his guitar for you to hear it. This guy!
7:10 – What we need in the world is more love … and more aluminum-bottomed Trackers loaned at 19% interest floating in our local Corps of Engineers reservoirs.
7:09 – Leave it to Kenny Chesney to equate world peace to purchasing personal watercrafts.
7:09 – Hard to hate on Reba.
7:07 – Oh shit, Chris Stapleton is not even there. Gonna make for some awkward trophy handouts. Hopefully Dave Cobb is in the house and gets some face time.
7:05 – Reba welcomed everyone to the “ACM Award”. I guess that’s because they might as well just give everything as one award to Chris Stapleton now.
7:04 – Reba: “I guess they figured out it only takes one woman to do the job of two men.” 🙂
7:03- I can’t tell you how happy I am Reba is hosting. Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley had NOTHING.
7:01 – Instead of opening with a song, it starts with Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Maren Morris, and Thomas Rhett remembering the Route 91 Harvest tragedy in words.
7:00 – Here we go!
6:59 – Also, during any tributes and stuff (especially at the start), let’s all try to keep the snark to a minimum. There will be ample opportunity to get our licks in.
6:57 – Okay folks, with these live things, there’s always a chance the server completely crashes with the extreme traffic load the site receives. A much as we try to plan against this, it’s always a possibility. If the site becomes unresponsive, it’ll come back. Just be patient.
6:54 – Not some huge Brothers Osborne fan, but it’s ridiculous that they made Vocal Duo of the Year an non-televised award this year, along with giving them Video of the Year before the telecast. If it was Florida Georgia Line winning, you can be rest assured they would be standing up there on the podium during primetime with their bad haircuts and designer ripped jeans.
6:52 – Some Awards have already been handed out:
- New Male Vocalist of the Year – Brett Young
- New Female Vocalist of the Year – Lauren Alaina
- New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year – Midland
- Video of the Year – Brothers Osborne for “It Ain’t My Fault”
- Vocal Duo of the Year – Brothers Osborne
- Songwriter of the Year – Rhett Akins
Matthew Begay
April 15, 2018 @ 4:59 pm
I only have faith in like 2 acts, pls don’t disappoint me acms.
Kevin
April 15, 2018 @ 6:17 pm
Did PFT Commenter write you that Kane Brown email by chance??? Only possible logic that makes sense.
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:05 pm
I wanna watch the Puke Bryan fans moan like little wimps when Chris Stapleton wins everything
Top gun
April 15, 2018 @ 6:26 pm
I know you like Kelsea Ballerini
Top gun
April 15, 2018 @ 6:28 pm
Fuzzy two shirts get you k y out for Aldean
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:06 pm
How does Lauren Alaina fall under New Female Vocalist? She has been around for a while.
Adrian
April 15, 2018 @ 10:08 pm
That’s a fringe benefit of having been irrelevant for so long that most people had forgotten about her. And Nashville is trying hard to find someone who they think can connect with young female fans. But I don’t think Lauren will be the one to bring those fans back to the country genre.
eckiezZ
April 15, 2018 @ 5:07 pm
you’re a far braver man than i
i haven’t watched the acm’s in years
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:08 pm
Why is Colonel Sanders hosting an awards show?
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:09 pm
YEAH for giving all the awards to Stapleton! great idea Colonel!
seak05
April 15, 2018 @ 5:11 pm
I have a lot less snark when Reba is hosting, than the two luke warm pizzas from last year
Jared S.
April 15, 2018 @ 5:11 pm
Man, this song is just list-tastic.
Lou
April 15, 2018 @ 5:12 pm
This Chesney song sounds like some awful song you’d hear Chris Janson do on the Opry every week.
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:12 pm
Wow! Kenny Chesney’s guitar playing is almost as real as Jason Aldean’s singing!
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:12 pm
This song is not rich at all.
Get this pop star off the stage.
KathyP
April 15, 2018 @ 5:14 pm
7:10 – Trigger, you’re killin’ me! Too funny. Too true.
EastCoastRedDirtDreamer
April 15, 2018 @ 5:14 pm
This Maren song is AWFUL!
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:14 pm
Wow! only a few minutes in line at taco bell and already some dumbass is trying to force feed me spinach
Pelvis Elvis
April 15, 2018 @ 5:51 pm
Get used to it Fizzy.
KathyP
April 15, 2018 @ 5:15 pm
7:10 – Trigger, you’re killin’ me. Too funny. Too true.
Johnnie tuffshit
April 15, 2018 @ 5:15 pm
Pop yes star no
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:16 pm
They have a toilet back there? I thought all their shit went to radio
Michael
April 15, 2018 @ 5:16 pm
That Marren Morris song sounded just like The Joker
Trigger
April 15, 2018 @ 5:20 pm
No kidding, right! Steve Miller should be getting royalties!
Michael
April 15, 2018 @ 5:26 pm
He should be
Wild Billy
April 15, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
I defy any human being to show me what part of this Maren Morris performance is country? Anyone? Jeez this is hard to watch..
Adrian
April 15, 2018 @ 10:09 pm
She’s a white Texas girl, don’t you know that’s enough for the industry to put her in the country category?
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
I remember when Chris Young was pretty good. He has some great tunes.
The machine got him.
So generic now.
63Guild
April 15, 2018 @ 5:17 pm
Chris Young looks like hes one dye job away from going to flavortown
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:18 pm
Chris Young needs to update his resume because he is terrible at this job
I miss Stevie Gaines
April 15, 2018 @ 5:19 pm
I made it to 8:20 p.m. before, I threw up in my mouth…
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:19 pm
Can Alan Jackson just play the whole award show?
BN
April 15, 2018 @ 5:21 pm
Amen.
Derek Sullivan
April 15, 2018 @ 5:21 pm
So many generic bland songs have reached No. 1 in the past year.
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:21 pm
Florida Georgia Line incoming! ready the earplugs, prepare the mute button! may God help us all!
Ulysses McCaskill
April 16, 2018 @ 12:05 am
Think Waylon and Willie pissed there once!
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:22 pm
I was listening to Turnpike this whole afternoon. The difference is so bleeping noticable. So much more passion. You can’t go back to generic Nashville music after you listen to authentic country music.
Trigger
April 15, 2018 @ 5:37 pm
Culture shock!
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:38 pm
It really is, Trigger.
I thank God that I found this website and all the real country music I was missing.
The Dot
April 15, 2018 @ 5:23 pm
Maren Morris sucked. That was brutal.
Edward Genereux
April 15, 2018 @ 5:24 pm
7:23pm: Abandon all hope, ye who watch right now.
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:24 pm
Oh gosh, here it is. At least, it is early in the show.
The FGL guy in the white suit looks like Qui-Gon Jinn.
It is meant to be awful.
seak05
April 15, 2018 @ 5:25 pm
Say this, Bebe can sing
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:26 pm
Who cares?
It is just lipstick on a pig.
KathyP
April 15, 2018 @ 5:26 pm
FGL and Bebe whatshername belong together on Pop radio. Dreadful. FGL can’t sing. And that red suit.
James O
April 15, 2018 @ 5:27 pm
Does anyone know the order of performances?
Trigger
April 15, 2018 @ 5:53 pm
No. They keep that under lock and key.
Aggc
April 15, 2018 @ 5:27 pm
Cam and Drew Breese?
Jim L.
April 15, 2018 @ 5:28 pm
FGL… So that’s what some president meant by “that Country is a shitshow”,
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:28 pm
R. Lee Emery died.
The night just keeps getting worst.
Trigger
April 15, 2018 @ 5:54 pm
Big inspiration to the American cutdown.
hoptowntiger94
April 15, 2018 @ 9:10 pm
Am I the only person who doesn’t know who that is?
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:30 pm
I am not a fan of “Tin Man” but at least “Body Like a Back Road” didn’t win!
The Dot
April 15, 2018 @ 5:30 pm
Nice to see Tin Man win something.
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:31 pm
I like Tin Man
seak05
April 15, 2018 @ 5:32 pm
So conflicted, Tin Man is a good song, and it was by far and away the best in that category. But feels like something was super off about that category in the first place. Just a total set-up for her to win
Jared S.
April 15, 2018 @ 5:36 pm
Whiskey and You is a terrific song. Might be my favorite Stapleton song. I would have been happy to see it win. But there’s no way it should have been nominated in 2018.
Trigger
April 15, 2018 @ 5:55 pm
Song and Single of the Year have become a joke. Such weak fields when there’s some great songs out there. Hope it will improve in coming years.
Gena R.
April 15, 2018 @ 5:38 pm
Jon Pardi and AJ!!! 😀 Looks like I tuned in just in time.
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:39 pm
Real country music.
Real country music instruments.
It burns!!!
BTW, Brees’ wife is FINE!
Joel
April 15, 2018 @ 5:39 pm
Finally some Telecaster!!!!!!
Justin
April 15, 2018 @ 5:40 pm
GOAT
Patrick Bale
April 15, 2018 @ 5:40 pm
Damn man, good for Jon Pardi getting to jam with one of his idols and holding his own with him! Still seems nervous as shit though.
albert
April 15, 2018 @ 10:11 pm
JP seems really nervous ….and pitchy …and next to AJ his vocal is thin ..not a lot of conviction
Pk
April 15, 2018 @ 5:41 pm
I’m over here watching playoff hockey and all I need is your blog! Our Year!
KathyP
April 15, 2018 @ 5:41 pm
Jennifer Nettles, what the hell are you wearing? Granny’s bedspread.
Anne
April 15, 2018 @ 5:45 pm
I thought it was a lobster shell.
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:41 pm
Alright, shut the awards show down.
Good grief, following Alan Jackson with Sugarland.
And doesn’t Sugarland have three people?!
Richard Hollopeter
April 15, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
They were a trio, but they kicked the one out cause she was not “photogenic”..
BringBackCountry
April 15, 2018 @ 5:59 pm
Yeah back in 2006
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:44 pm
“But Thomas Rhett has a great wife!!”
-Delusional Rhett fans.
Ulysses McCaskill
April 16, 2018 @ 12:06 am
Wonder why she’s with that douchebag.
Gena R.
April 15, 2018 @ 5:44 pm
Album of the Year: Chris Stapleton, ‘From A Room, Vol. 1’
Also, congrats to Chris and Morgane on their twin boys! 🙂
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:48 pm
Lady Antebellum, what a waste of a great name.
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:49 pm
I like “Woman, Amen.” Yes, it is sappy but it is the good kind of sappy. Country music needs songs like this.
Gena R.
April 15, 2018 @ 5:52 pm
That was the first time I’d heard it, and yeah, I kinda liked it. 🙂
Trigger
April 15, 2018 @ 8:56 pm
It’s not bad.
albert
April 15, 2018 @ 10:13 pm
very solid song and dierks actually did a great job ,I thought …
Pelvis Elvis
April 15, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
After bro country stopped, I moved over to the Sam Hunt type country. Both Bro Country and RNB/EDM style are SO much better than traditional country music. Trigger is butthurt along with most of these commenters.
Chris Shitpileton didn’t deserve album of the year. Nu-country forevs.
KathyP
April 15, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
Dierks has 3! drummers. WTF. Can anyone explaine that:
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 5:51 pm
I am imagining the Turnpike Troubadours playing “A Tornado Warning” on the stage and just killing it.
BringBackCountry
April 15, 2018 @ 5:52 pm
Where da country music at?
Ulysses McCaskill
April 16, 2018 @ 12:07 am
Saskatchewan and Kentucky. Definitely not at the ACM’s.
Adrian
April 16, 2018 @ 12:25 am
Thanks for the shout out. Cheers from Saskatchewan
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:53 pm
my wedding is Star Fox themed
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:53 pm
whoops wrong livestream
Mike Honcho
April 15, 2018 @ 5:54 pm
I’ll just leave this here. Good luck, buddy. Its already happened. https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/acmawards/aj-mclean-wants-to-disrupt-country-music-exclusive/vi-AAvVcYu
Jack Williams
April 16, 2018 @ 5:59 am
Good God. The balls of that guy.
BringBackCountry
April 15, 2018 @ 5:56 pm
Ok Blake’s new song does begin to restore my faith in country…nice tune
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 5:59 pm
Old Farts and Jackasses unite!
Wild Billy
April 15, 2018 @ 5:59 pm
Tell me again how Blake actually judges other peoples singing?
Alex
April 15, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
FYI Brett Young actually used to be a pop singer (not that he isn’t still). He moved to Nashville after things weren’t working in L.A.
NPC
April 15, 2018 @ 6:00 pm
A Craftsman lawn tractor has more range than Kane Brown.
BringBackCountry
April 15, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
Bwahahaha!
seak05
April 15, 2018 @ 6:01 pm
Yeah, I’m a sucker for fiddle, and it was nice to actually hear one at a country awards show
The Dot
April 15, 2018 @ 6:01 pm
Blake wasn’t bad. Undermiked, but not bad.
Just turned off the tv. You couldn’t pay me to watch Kane Brown.
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 6:01 pm
That Blake Shelton song wasn’t too shabby.
And it is followed up by rapper Kane Brown and Lauren Alaina because we can’t go five minutes without urban influences.
Joel
April 15, 2018 @ 6:02 pm
Kane Brown….I’m thinking Alan Jackson just left the building….
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 6:05 pm
He probably left after his duet.
hoptowntiger94
April 15, 2018 @ 6:02 pm
pulling the plug at 9:01 …. Randy Travis’ Hick Hop BF.
Gena R.
April 15, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
“This Blake Shelton song is definitely list-tastic, but folks are just going to have to deal with the fact that his recent album “Texoma Shore” is decent, and so is this song. NOthing wrong here.”
Yup. This was my first time hearing “I Lived It” — I thought it was actually kinda pleasant.
Darin Bunjer
April 15, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
Blake plays a Japanese guitar, Takamine. Same as Toby, Steve Wariner, and Garth
Calhoosier
April 15, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
This sucks K Brown and whoever she is.
John W.
April 15, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
Three full drum kits and three drummers for one singer in country music. I’m gone!
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 6:04 pm
Should have gone for the kiss, Kane. It would have been the only thing you got right tonight.
BringBackCountry
April 15, 2018 @ 6:08 pm
Bwahahaha yes!
I can’t believe all this…seems to get more this way each year…enter urban country crap…
The Dot
April 15, 2018 @ 6:08 pm
Should have gone for the mace, Lauren. It would have saved the night.
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 6:15 pm
LOL. I would have died.
Kevin Davis
April 15, 2018 @ 6:05 pm
One hour in, and there have been exactly two good performances: Jackson/Pardi and Shelton. The corporate tools who organized this decided to follow Shelton’s (actually country) performance with this monstrosity of Kane Brown, which actually tops Maren Morris and FGL as having the least country performance of the night.
KSU
April 15, 2018 @ 6:06 pm
No Trigger, Kane doesn’t have a good voice. That was shitty.
Dan T
April 15, 2018 @ 6:09 pm
That video of the ocean had more energy than Kane Brown.
MJC3
April 15, 2018 @ 6:10 pm
Cody Johnson sighting
Trigger
April 15, 2018 @ 6:15 pm
Really?
MJC3
April 15, 2018 @ 6:29 pm
It was quick pan to the audience, but it sure looked like him singing along to Blakes performance.
Jim L.
April 15, 2018 @ 6:11 pm
OK, my taxes are done now. Did I miss anything? Doubt it.
BringBackCountry
April 15, 2018 @ 6:16 pm
Hope you’re gettin a refund cause had you watched , you’d have dearly PAID! Lol
Anthony
April 15, 2018 @ 6:11 pm
The Michelin around his waist lmaoo. He is getting bigger. And Kane Brown was being super creepy. It was uncomfortable.
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 6:12 pm
Blake Shelton’s guitar comes from far away, and when it’s night over here over there it’s breaking day. he said I was an old fart and called me a jackass. then he sang his shitty songs with a guitar made in japan.
Anne
April 15, 2018 @ 6:13 pm
We have it straight from Reba. Keith Urban wears frosting tips.
Trigger
April 15, 2018 @ 6:22 pm
Reba with the heat!
Richard Hollopeter
April 15, 2018 @ 6:13 pm
Queef’s performance is the 6th time I’ve pressed the mute button. I hope the next hour and a half gets better.
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 6:13 pm
WOW Kane Brown fans are so illiterate.
maybe after high school they will be Alan Jackson fans
and maybe if they go to college (but not for free) they’ll be George Jones fans
KSU
April 15, 2018 @ 6:14 pm
Holy shit this Keith Urban song sucks. However, props for doing your best to bring the mullet back.
BringBackCountry
April 15, 2018 @ 6:15 pm
Digging Scotty mccreerys jacket! Lol
seak05
April 15, 2018 @ 6:15 pm
That was jarring going from Blake to Kane. Oh, and because country radio listeners stink, I lived it probably wont go #1, after receiving poor call out score…..like every other traditionally country song released lately.
Mwalk
April 15, 2018 @ 6:16 pm
Suppose Roy Nichols is pissed that Keith stole his guitar lick?
J . Burke
April 15, 2018 @ 6:17 pm
Country music for people who don’t like country music!
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 6:17 pm
Old Dominion is another great band name wasted.
BringBackCountry
April 15, 2018 @ 6:18 pm
Am I the only John Wayne left around here?
63Guild
April 15, 2018 @ 6:19 pm
Remember when Keith urban was good..me neither
KSU
April 15, 2018 @ 6:20 pm
Feels like every mainstream country artist wants to be anything but country. If that’s the case, gtfo already.
Fuzzy TwoShirts
April 15, 2018 @ 6:20 pm
Don’t go flipping police cars Trigger, you might get mistaken for someone who listens to Old Dominion
Strait Country 81
April 15, 2018 @ 6:21 pm
Trigger you really need to shit on Merle’s family for signing off on that.
Kevin Davis
April 15, 2018 @ 6:24 pm
Yeah, someone told me that Ben Haggard approved it, and I honestly didn’t believe her. She sent me a link, and sure enough, Ben signed off on it, along with Merle’s widow. Good grief!
Anthony
April 15, 2018 @ 6:22 pm
Wooowww. Old Dominion dethroning Little Big Town.
Dan T
April 15, 2018 @ 6:23 pm
Is Keith Urban’s dignity wandering aimlessly along Las Vegas Boulevard tonight, or do you think they have lockers next to the green room for safekeeping?
CountryKnight
April 15, 2018 @ 6:24 pm
Garth Brooks is looking at this neon heart and thinking, it is too much.
Wild Billy
April 15, 2018 @ 6:25 pm
I think Kane and Lauren are now legally married in 27 states… I need a cigarette after that.
That guy
April 15, 2018 @ 6:26 pm
Is this the MTV awards??