Keith Urban To Headline & Co-Host CBS’ ‘New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’

Four-time Grammy winner Keith Urban has been tapped To headline and co-host CBS’ New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, which airs Dec. 31, starting at 8 PM on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

He joins previously announced performers Kane Brown and Jelly Roll who also will take the Bicentennial Mall stage live. Entertainment Tonight‘s Rachel Smith, who has co-hosted all previous editions of the special alongside such country singers as Jimmie Allen and Elle King, returns as co-host alongside Urban.

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The five-hour New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash is executive produced by Robert Deaton and Mary Hilliard Harrington in partnership with Music City Inc., the foundation of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. The special will be directed by Sandra Restrepo.

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