This year's Academy of Country Music Awards is shaping up to include an interesting mix of legends, newcomers, new songs and unusual pairings.

Alabama, the legendary country group that won 20 ACM awards and retired from touring over five years ago, will perform the tune "Old Alabama" with Brad Paisley. The Zac Brown Band is slated for a duet with folk/pop legend James Taylor, while Dierks Bentley will to perform his new single, "Am I the Only One," during the evening's broadcast.

Additionally, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood join previously announced performers Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban at the upcoming awards, which will held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, and which will be broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.