Kacey Musgraves Breaks Her ACM Awards ‘Dry Spell’ With Cheeky First-Ever Performance

Kacey Musgraves hit the stage at the 2026 ACM Awards for the first time ever on Sunday night breaking a shocking dry spell with a performance of her own single… “Dry Spell.”

The seven-time ACM Award winner’s performance was filled with cheeky double entendre. It opened with Musgraves sitting atop a washing machine before picking up some sausages at the butcher’s counter of a makeshift grocery store (à la the “Dry Spell” music video). Even the signage was slyly ribald with cream, juice, melons, and bananas on sale, and eggplants and cucumbers located in aisle 69.

Earlier this month, Musgraves released her seventh studio album Middle of Nowhere. With plenty of pedal steel guitars and the singer’s Texas roots on full display, the LP is her most country-leaning project in years. The LP marked Musgraves’ first since 2024’s Deeper Well.

In celebration of the album, Musgraves has delivered a handful of live performances from a surprise Coachella set to album promotion shows in London, and most recently, a three-night residency at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas. For her final night at the famed Texas venue, the singer brought out fellow country queen, and ACM Awards nominee, Miranda Lambert to sing their new duet “Horses and Divorces.”

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