ACM Artist of the Decade. Jason Aldean is set to perform a special tribute in honor of late, 14-time ACM Award recipient, Toby Keith during Thursday night’s 59th Academy of Country Music Awards. Audacy’s own ACM Award-winning Katie Neal checked in with Aldean early this week to get the full scoop.
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“ACMs called me about wanting to do something for Toby to pay tribute to him, his career, and all the things he’s accomplished,” Aldean told Katie before noting Toby is one of the artists he’s looked up to most throughout his career. Honored to have the opportunity to spotlight one of his heroes, Aldean continued on to share exactly what song he plans to sing.
“We’re supposed to be doing a version of ‘Should’ve Been A Cowboy,’” he revealed. “It’s a little bit of a different version. We’re really kind of making a moment in the show to put something pretty cool that I hope people will like.”
Don’t miss what’s sure to be an epic tribute by Aldean by tuning in to the ACM Awards this Thursday, May 16 via Amazon Prime Video at 8PM ET/ 7PM CDT / 5PM PT. A Prime membership is not be required to watch live.