Country Music Television (CMT) will pay tribute to late actor and country icon Kenny Rogers next Wednesday in an all-new TV concert special: CMT Giants Kenny Rogers: A Benefit for MusiCares.

CMT announced the event on Thursday, revealing that it would feature a myriad of digital — recorded at-home — performances and exclusive interviews from a number of Rogers’ closest, self-isolating friends, including: Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebellum, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires.

The highly anticipated broadcast will also include “rare archival photos” and commentary from the three-time Grammy Award-winner himself.

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