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Blake Shelton, Post Malone Shock CMA Fest Fans

Before CMA Fest 2024 kicked off on Thursday (6/6), it was looking like another year of the festival would go by without a performance from Blake Shelton. Then, on Thursday…

Blake Shelton on stage in a black blazer and Post Malone on stage in a back and yellow jersey and ball cap.
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Before CMA Fest 2024 kicked off on Thursday (6/6), it was looking like another year of the festival would go by without a performance from Blake Shelton.

Then, on Thursday night (6/6), Blake popped up at CMA Fest for a Nissan Stadium set after Thomas Rhett's set for a surprise performance for fans. The surprises didn't stop coming as Blake welcomed his new duet partner and buddy Post Malone to the stage, where the two performed their collaboration, "Somebody Pour Me A Drink."

See a Nissan Stadium Instagram post here.

Blake posted some images of himself, Malone, and his wife, Gwen Stefani, on his Instagram. He captioned the post to his nearly seven million Instagram followers, "Welcome to country music @postmalone!!!!!"

His fans were thrilled with the post, one wrote, "Iconic duo for sure." Another fan commented, "Duo of the year !!!!!" One more fan said, "This is wonderful!"

See that post here.

Malone also posted about the moment and shared a video clip of it on his Instagram. He wrote, "Pour me a drink @blakeshelton @cma."

Posty's fans reacted in droves. One fan commented, "Love this… keep up the amazing work." Another die-hard said, "Man!!! love your country music."

See Post Malone's post here.

Malone first shared a video of the collab on his Instagram in May. With an emoji of beers clinking and tagging Shelton, Post sings, "Somebody pour me a drink, somebody bum me a smoke, I'm bout to get on a bus to get on that road." Footage shows the artist crack open a beer and vibe out in a recording studio.

See that post here.

Reacting to the new track, Shelton's wife, Gwen Stefani, shared, "Can't handle this much cool and cute!! Super fan alert !" Meanwhile, fans also shared their enthusiasm. One person commented, "we are all here for country malone [cowboy hat emoji]." Another said, "This country album bout to break records when you drop it, bro! [fire emoji, praise emoji]." A third wrote, "He's jumping into country the best possible way!!" One fan stated, "He's assembling The Country Infinity Gauntlet [exploding head emoji]." Another wrote, "Blue Collar Malone goes hard."

Although Malone has yet to reveal any information about his new song, it will likely be a part of his . Though there haven't been many confirmed details about the project, fans theorize the album will be called City Cowboy after an Easter egg was spotted in the "I Had Some Help" music video.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.