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6 Best Moments From CMA Fest 2025 Day 3 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium

Check out the six best moments from day 3 of CMA Fest 2025 at Nashville's Nissan Stadium.

This year’s stadium acts included Brooks & Dunn, Scotty McCreery, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson, Kelsea Ballerini, Ella Langley and Jason Aldean. After opening with his latest hit, the finger-snapping “Texas,” he moved into “Stay Country or Die Tryin,’” which has the same swamping, minor-key feel as “God’s Country.” Both tracks are from his new album, For Recreational Use Only, but then he took the audience way back to a quarter of a century ago: “I had a mullet. Ever since he broke through eight years ago with his first Country Airplay chart-topper, the winning “Singles You Up,” Davis has traveled a solid lane delivering songs that celebrate love, pride in a family and hard work, and he showed again last night in an efficient, high-energy seven-song set just how well he accomplishes that goal.

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