FGL and the Backstreet boys to take the aCM stage

The Academy of Country Music has announced its first round of performers for the 52nd ACM Awards.

Leading the lineup is a crossover collaboration by Florida Georgia Line and Nineties boy-band survivors the Backstreet Boys. The groups are set to perform their new single “God, Your Mama, and Me,” a ballad about unconditional love that appears on FGL’s latest album Dig Your Roots.

The two acts have forged a bond since recording the song and will tour stadiums together this summer on Florida Georgia Line‘s Smooth Tour.

Other announced ACM performers include Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Little Big Town, Lady Antebellum and Jason Aldean, as well as show hosts Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan. Additional performers will be announced soon.

The 52nd ACM Awards air live on Sunday, April 2nd, on CBS from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Keith Urban leads all nominees with seven nominations, while Lambert and Morris follow with six each.