this is breing news aldian brings Toby Keith's family to tears with tribute performance at 2024 ACM Awards Keith died on February 5 at the age of 62 after being diagnosed with stomach cancer Jason aldian is paying tribute to his late friend Kelby Keith the country star 47 saying one of Heath's biggest hits at the 59th annual Academy of Country Music Awards which streamed live on Prime video Thursday night May 16 Keith died in February a cancer at age 62 for the performance aldian graced the stage and performed an acoustic version of HEI should have been a cowboy causing Keith's family including wife Trisha Lucas daughters Shelley and Crystal as well as son stellin and his wife Haley to shed tears as they watched from the audience the try that in a small town singer announced the plan to honor the Red Solo Cup singer in his Instagram stories on Tuesday honored to pay tribute to my friend the one and only at Toby Heath with a special performance of should have been a cowboy at the acma wordss join me as we celebrate his legacy and the mark he left on country music he wrote over a photo of Keith in the announcement the 1993 song is the first single Keith ever released and is from his debut self-titled album released the same year the live show also featured live performances by Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Kelsey ballerini with stick season singer no Kahan and post Malone who made his acn's performance debit new nail artist of the year nominee Nate Smith also performed on Thursday night with ail and Kane brown jelly roll Kobe Johnson Miranda Lambert Thomas Rhett Chris steton Laney Wilson and host rtire also performed live the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards are streaming live on Prime video from Ford Center at the star in Texas