This year's Country Music Television Awards will see special live performances from some of the biggest stars and songstress Taylor Swift has been confirmed as one of them.

Also taking the stage for live mini-sets are the Pistol Annies, singer Luke Bryan (shown below), Hunter Hayes and Little Big Town. The ceremony is due to take place at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on June 5 and it will be broadcast live on CMT.com from 8pm ET/PT.

Swift, meanwhile, has been nominated for Female of the Year and Video of the Year, which will see her going head-to-head with the likes of Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert. Lambert is up for 4 titles, including CMT Performance of the Year and Group Video of the Year.

The 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' hitmaker recently announced that she will be taking her current 'Red' tour down under to Australia for a series of dates in December.