U2, Foo Fighters, Norah Jones and Jerry Lee Lewis are among the stars who will perform at ?I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash.?

The CBS special is scheduled to air Nov. 16, two days before the Joaquin Phoenix-starring Cash biopic ?Walk the Line? hits theatres, reports Billboard.

Other acts set to put their own spin on songs by the country music legend include Sheryl Crow, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Dwight Yoakam, Kid Rock, Martina McBride and Brad Paisley.

Shooter Jennings, who portrays his late father Waylon in “Walk the Line,” will also perform.

Introducing the performances will be Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon (who portrays June Carter Cash in the 20th Century Fox film) and Dennis Quaid.

Quaid himself once starred in another biopic about a legendary musician, playing Lewis in the 1989 movie ?Great Balls of Fire.?

The special will feature clips from ?Walk the Line,? video highlights from Cash?s illustrious career and, of course, a lot of Cash music. In a CBS Television press release, show producers say viewers can look forward to performances of songs including “I Walk the Line,” “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” “I Still Miss Someone,” “Folsom Prison Blues” and the Johnny Cash/June Carter duet “Jackson.”

The one-hour special will air Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. (EST) on CBS, the night after the CMA Awards, also on CBS.

CBS aired a similar tribute to Ray Charles shortly before ?Ray? hit theatres last year.

The soundtrack for ?Walk the Line? is due Nov. 15 via Wind-Up and features singing from Phoenix and Witherspoon, as well as tracks by Jennings, Johnathan Rice, Waylon Payne and Tyler Hilton.


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