CMA Awards Preview

This year's CMA Awards show is chock full of performances from some of today's biggest country stars. Taylor Swift will open the show and is said to have a second song prepared for later in the night.

CMA co-host Brad Paisley takes the telecast into the future -- 'Welcome to the Future,' that is. His co-host Carrie Underwood is scheduled to perform her current No. 1 hit, 'Cowboy Casanova.'

The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney teams up with Dave Matthews for 'I'm Alive.'

Vince Gill and the rock band Daughtry will perform 'Tennessee Line,' which the two acts recorded together for Daughtry's new album, 'Leave This Town.'

Top Female Vocalist nominee Reba McEntire will perform her current single, 'Consider Me Gone,' while Top Male Vocalist and Best New Artist nominee Darius Rucker will sing his recent chart topper, 'Alright.'

Keith Urban slows it down with the melancholy 'Til Summer Comes Around' -- his brand-new single from 'Defying Gravity,' and Tim McGraw will pick it up with the title track of his latest album, 'Southern Voice.'

Lady Antebellum will perform their current Top 3 hit, 'Need You Now,' while Sugarland brings in a string section for their song, 'Keep You.'

Jason Aldean and his band are scheduled to perform his recent multi-week No. 1 song, 'Big Green Tractor,' and Billy Currington will sing 'People Are Crazy.'

Brooks & Dunn are reportedly hooking up with ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons to perform their single, 'Honky Tonk Stomp.'

Jamey Johnson and Kid Rock will take to the stage for a duet on the song 'Between Jennings and Jones,' while Miranda Lambert will turn in a rendition of her current single, 'White Liar.'

Other performers include Martina McBride, George Strait and the Zac Brown Band. Rumors have been circulating around Music Row that there will also be a big-name surprise performer on the show.

CMA Awards presenters include The Judds, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Kris Kristofferson, Julianne Hough, Jake Owen, Lee Ann Womack, Randy Houser, Kid Rock, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., actors Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton, and 'Good Morning America's' Robin Roberts.

Love And Theft will host the Pre-Telecast Awards.

The 43rd annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville's Sommet Center tonight (Nov. 11) at 8:00 PM ET.