Austin City Limits Announces Season 50 Headliners

This week, iconic show Austin City Limits announced the first half of performers for Season 50, which includes country stars Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, as well as Juanes, Gary Clark Jr., Brittany Howard, Nickel Creek, Black Pumas, Maggie Rogers and The War And Treaty. Additionally, Gracie Abrams, Jelly Roll and Jacob Collier will make their ACL debuts.

Back on October 17th, 1974, Willie Nelson helped launch the program, headlining the very first episode. The PBS station KLRN in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, produced the pilot episode of the incredible, long-standing variety show and music program, and the rest is history.

There have been so many legendary performances on ACL over the years, and it’s one of the few musical variety shows left that brings in such a wide variety of high-quality artists every season, and allows them to display their unique and impressive talents to the world. It’s such a well-done, really amazing program, and there’s a reason it’s been running for 50 seasons now when so many other similar shows have ultimately failed. 

ACL airs weekly on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings) and full episodes are made available to stream online at immediately following the initial broadcast. Kacey’s episode marks her third appearance on the show, and will air on September 28th. Chris Stapleton’s episode airs on November 9th, and you can see the full list of dates at the bottom of this post. They shared an early peak at what’s sure to be a stunning performance form Kacey with a video of her singing “Too Good To Be True,” from her recent album Deeper Well. Check it out:  

Season 50 Broadcast Line-Up (second half of season to be announced separately): 
September 28: Kacey Musgraves
October 5: Gary Clark Jr. | Black Pumas
October 12: Maggie Rogers | Gracie Abrams
October 19: Jacob Collier | Nickel Creek
October 26: Brittany Howard
November 2: Jelly Roll | The War And Treaty
November 9: Chris Stapleton
November 16: Juanes

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