The third annual iHeartCountry Festival hosted Country music’s biggest superstars on April 30 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The event celebrated all things Country and included performances by Florida Georgia Line, Brett Eldredge, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Miranda Lambert, Lee Brice, Chris Young, Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band. Hosted by Bobby Bones and Brooklyn Decker, the event included special guest appearances by Minka Kelly, Ashley Greene, The Bachelor’s Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell, American Idol’s Trent Harmon and more.
The extraordinary lineup included these special moments:
- Zac Brown Band did a tribute to Prince of his song “Let’s Go Crazy”
- Chris Young invited Cassadee Pope out on stage for a duet of their song “Think of You.
- Sam Hunt swooned the crowd, taking selfies and hugging fans throughout his performance.
- Lee Brice was join by Jarrod Niemann out on a stage for a duet of their song “A Little More Love.”
The first-ever Daytime Village at the iHeartCountry Festival included a free daytime event featuring live performances by Bobby Bones and The Raging Idiots, Granger Smith, LoCash, Chris Lane and Maren Morris.
The iHeartCountry Festival will air on the AT&T AUDIENCE Network on May 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT via DIRECTV Ch 239 or U-verse Ch 1114.
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