MORE SPECIAL GUESTS AND APPEARANCES ANNOUNCED FOR "NEW YEAR'S EVE LIVE: NASHVILLE'S BIG BASH," A FIVE-HOUR, STAR-STUDDED ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL, AIRING TUESDAY, DEC. 31 ON CBS

Guest Appearances Include Actor Montana Jordan, Comedians Bert Kreischer and Leanne Morgan, Bunnie Xo and More Surprise Guests!

Katelyn Brown Will Perform with Headliner and Husband Kane Brown and Alana Springsteen Will Join Keith Urban on Stage

Country Star Dustin Lynch and WCBS-New York's Lonnie Quinn Will Be Live From Times Square

Fans Can Enter to Win a Year of Country Music in 2025 HERE. One Lucky Winner Will Win Tickets For Up To 10 Live Shows

Tune into NEW YEAR'S EVE LIVE: NASHVILLE'S BIG BASH, a star-studded entertainment special hosted by four-time GRAMMY(R) Award-winner Keith Urban and ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT's Rachel Smith. The celebration to ring in the new year will air LIVE Tuesday, Dec. 31 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT, 10:30 PM-1:30 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+*.

Announced today are special appearances from GEORGIE & MANDY'S FIRST MARRIAGE star Montana Jordan, comedians Bert Kreischer and Leanne Morgan, and Bunnie Xo. Katelyn Brown will perform a song with headliner and husband Kane Brown, and Alana Springsteen will join Keith Urban for a song.

Live from the epicenter of country music, the five-hour broadcast will feature more than 40 back-to-back performances from Big & Rich, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Tyler Hubbard, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, Parker McCollum, Shaboozey, Brittney Spencer, Chris Stapleton, Zach Top and Lainey Wilson, as well as Keith Urban, Kane Brown and Jelly Roll, who will headline from Bicentennial Park.

Reporting live from Times Square, Dustin Lynch and WCBS-New York weather anchor Lonnie Quinn will count down with the East Coast at midnight, ET, for New York's Ball Drop; Urban and Smith will keep the party going through midnight, CT, featuring Nashville's renowned Music Note Drop at the Bicentennial Mall stage.

Viewers will have the chance to end the year on a high note and enter to win a year of country music in 2025! One lucky winner will win tickets for up to 10 live shows in 2025 featuring the artists of NEW YEAR'S EVE LIVE: NASHVILLE'S BIG BASH. Viewers can enter HERE. Sweepstakes closes on Dec. 31 at 10 PM, ET and the winner will be announced live during the show. Details subject to change. Subject to additional terms and conditions. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. U.S. residents 18+ only.

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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*Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service.