CMA Music Festival comes to TV in August

Performances by Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, Sugarland, Blake Shelton, Martina McBride and Reba McEntire are set for the " CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" television special airing Aug. 7 on ABC.

The line-up for the show, which was filmed in Nashville June 9-12 during the annual CMA Music Festival, also will include this year's "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina, according to a press release.

Rounding out the all-star talent for the three-hour TV show will be Jason Aldean, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Sugarland, and Zac Brown Band.