Looks like he’s flying solo this year.
The 2026 ACM Awards are officially underway, and honestly the best part of these shows anymore for me is seeing what everyone wears, and judging them while I sit on my couch in sweats… I mean, if Joan Rivers was around to see some of these looks, Lord, but I digress…
There are of course tons of performances throughout the show, which is being hosted by Shania Twain, and Riley performed his current single at country radio “Change My Mind,” which was included on his 2024 album Don’t Mind If I Do. Riley is nominated for four ACM Awards this year in Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Don’t Mind If I Do (Deluxe), Artist-Songwriter of the Year and Music Event of the Year for “Don’t Mind If I Do” with Ella Langley.
But of course, I think a lot of the ladies were wondering if he might show up with a date, as he recently brought influencer Bryana Ferringer as his guest to the CMA Awards in November of last year, though he later said she was “just a friend.”
But this year, Riley walked the carpet solo, and he was seated at a table by himself with other artists and media personalities, so it doesn’t look like he brought a date this year, so there you have it, ladies:
Here’s another shot of his very dapper suit on the carpet earlier:
“Change My Mind”
Riley is currently on the road for his Cowboy As It Gets Tour, and he will be joining The Voice as a judge this fall, and I have a feeling he will probably release at least a few new songs, if not a full-length album, at some point this year, too.
Cowboy As It Gets 2026 Tour Dates:
June 18th, 2026 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center#~•
June 19th, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center#~•
June 20th, 2026 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater#~•
June 25th, 2026 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center#$*
June 26th, 2026 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake#$*
July 16th, 2026 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center#~•
July 23rd, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre#~•
August 6th, 2026 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater#/•
August 7th, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center#/•
August 8th, 2026 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live#/•
August 13th, 2026 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion#/•
August 14th, 2026 – Hartford, CT – The XFINITY Theatre#/•
August 15th, 2026 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheatre#/•
August 21st, 2026 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford#$*^
August 22nd, 2026 – Grand Forks, ND – Ralph Engelstad Arena#$*^
#Justin Moore
~Drake White
$Mackenzie Carpenter
•Hannah McFarland
*Adam Hood
/Zach John King
