Eric Church and Morgan Wallen — two sterling country music headliners– teamed up throughout Wednesday night’s (Nov. 8) 2023 CMA Awards. Clad in his signature darkish sun shades, Church traded traces with Wallen on “Man Made a Bar,” a tribute to the hazy, smoke-filled areas the place libations movement freely and the heartbroken escape to search out solace and refuge.
“God made a woman, his greatest murals/ Oh, however he didn’t make no place to go when she breaks your coronary heart…So man madе a bar,” they sang on the track written by Brett Tyler, Jordan Dozzi, Larry Fleet and Rocky Block.
The 2 hugged because the efficiency ended, with Church pointing to Wallen earlier than they exited the stage. The 2 artists have had an extended friendship, displaying up as company throughout one another’s live shows and sometimes posting photographs of their {golfing} outings on Instagram.
“Man Made a Bar” is included on Wallen’s album One Factor at a Time, which spent 16 weeks atop the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart.
Wallen is at the moment nominated for entertainer of the 12 months, an honor Church took house in 2020. One Factor at a Time is up for album of the 12 months, whereas Wallen is up for male vocalist of the 12 months. This isn’t Wallen’s solely efficiency throughout the CMA Awards; he’s additionally set to carry out later within the night with Put up Malone and HARDY.
The 57th annual CMAs aired reside on ABC, and was hosted by Luke Combs and Peyton Manning. This 12 months’s prime nominees embody “Coronary heart Like a Truck” singer Lainey Wilson with 9 nominations (additionally together with entertainer of the 12 months), and “Want a Favor” singer Jelly Roll, with 5 nominations.
Watch Morgan Wallen and Eric Church’s efficiency of “Man Made a Bar” under:
