Lainey WIlson , Jason Aldean and Bailey Zimmerman have been announced as the headliners for CBS’ annual “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” special, set to be broadcast over a five-and-a-half-hour period straddling the final hours of 2025 and the first of 2026.

The show will air in the eastern and Pacific time zones on CBS from 8 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 1, with a half-hour time out for local news between 10-10:30 p.m. It will also stream live for Paramount+ Premium subscribers.

Also named in the initial rollout of performers Monday was gospel artist CeCe Winans, who will sing alongside Tennessee’s famed Fisk Jubilee Singers. Additional performers are set to be announced in the coming weeks.

Headquarters for the live broadcast will be a public stage set up at

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