The 60th ACM Awards are starting in style with an epic 12 minute performance and tribute to 80s and 90s Country. "We're bringing it back," Wynonna tells Katie Neal backstage at the ACMs.
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00:00We are backstage at the 60th annual ACM Awards with 10-time ACM Award-winning Wynonna Judd.
00:06Thank you so much for coming to see us.
00:08I love coming here.
00:09We are going to have such a fun time.
00:10You are going to be a part of this incredible 12-minute-long opening on the ACM Awards tonight.
00:16Talk about what you all have planned for this.
00:18Well, it's an 80s and 90s country, baby.
00:21We're bringing it back.
00:23I've been here 42 years, and I'm still here.
00:28I can't believe it.
00:29So, it's an exciting thing because it's a Judd song, so it's going to definitely be emotional,
00:35but it's going to be a celebration of the past and the present and the future of what's happening in country.
00:42I love this so much.
00:44You're also going to be joined out there for this opening.
00:46Clint Black, Leigh-Anne Rimes, Reba, Dan and Shay.
00:49It's got to be so fun to be reunited with all these friends.
00:52It is.
00:52They're my family.
00:53They're my family that I never see.
00:55Exactly.
00:55When you think back on ACM Awards Pass, what are some of the big memories that stand out to you?
01:01Singing with Mom, of course.
01:04The moments with her.
01:05And winning is a wonderful thing, and then the next day you go back to work.
01:09I always say that we get paid to travel, and we play for free.
01:13So, when I'm singing, I'm in heaven.
01:14And so, anytime we do performances on these award shows, I've had ups and downs, and everybody knows me, and I know them, and we love each other.
01:25And it's just, again, a celebration of this music that's so important to people.
01:29That's so beautiful.
01:30You are also going to be presenting on the show.
01:32Can you talk about what you're presenting?
01:33I'm presenting female vocalist, and it'll be interesting to see who wins.
01:37It will be interesting.
01:38Talk to me about what you have planned for the red carpet.
01:40What can I do not to go viral?
01:43Let's see.
01:45I don't know.
01:46I'm just going to talk and be myself and see what happens.
01:49Yeah.
01:49Well, it's going to be amazing.
01:51We're so excited to see you out there.
01:52You are also getting ready to go out on your greatest hits tour.
01:55Yes.
01:55Talk about this.
01:56Well, it's just, it's time to look back to the past and bring out these songs that made me who I am today.
02:03Thanks to the fans, I have such a love affair with my fans, and they're almost all sold out.
02:08And it's just, it's a marvelous thing to be able to still be relevant.
02:12And go back out there and do what it is that I was born to do.
02:16It's going to be amazing.
02:17We can't wait to see it.
02:18And then, you know, one of the things I love about the ACM Awards is the second we go to commercial break, everybody's up from their tables and their seats scurrying around to see each other.
02:24Who are you excited to see that maybe you haven't seen in a little while?
02:27Oh my gosh.
02:27One of your friends.
02:27He's my brother that I never wanted.
02:31He's such a stinker.
02:33He's in here yesterday, Wynonna.
02:34He's got this coffee cup, and I hear it clinking, and I'm like, what's in there?
02:37He's like, Vox Brite.
02:40Classic.
02:40And Jelly Roll.
02:41I wear very tight, and I don't get to see him very much, so I'm looking forward to seeing him.
02:45Yeah.
02:46He gives the best hugs.
02:47Yes, he does.
02:47That'll be a good moment.
02:48He does.
02:48I agree.
02:49Wynonna, thank you so much for coming to see us.
02:50You're welcome.
02:50We cannot wait to watch you tomorrow night on the 60th Annual ACM Awards.