Live Nation President of Country Music Touring Brian O'Connell will be receiving the honor of this year's CMA Touring Lifetime Achievement Award.

The CMA Touring Awards, which give merit to the industry's behind-the-scenes heroes, will take place 1/22 in Nashville and feature CMA winner Kristian Bush as host.

"I am incredibly honored to receive this award from the CMA," O'Connell said. "This is absolutely not a reflection of anything I have done on my own, rather my incredible team in Nashville, Michael Rapino, Bob Roux and the rest of Live Nation giving us the latitude and guidance to achieve lofty goals, and most importantly the artist community, including the agents, managers and road warriors who make it all possible."