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November 6, 2017 6:53AM PT

“American Idol” will premiere on Sunday night, March 11 at 8 p.m., Ryan Seacrest announced on “Live with Kelly and Ryan” this morning.

The ABC reboot features judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie and auditions have been taking place throughout the country for the last month. Seacrest returns as host of the series which launched his career back in 2002.

ABC’s revival of the long-running Fox series was announced back in May. Perry was revealed to be a judge shortly after the deal at ABC was made, for a salary of $25 million, with Bryan’s announcement coming in September and Richie rounding out the panel shortly after.

The network and producers had trouble filling out the show’s talent roster after signing Perry’s deal. Seacrest later struck a deal that gave him $15 million to host this season, and the Perry and Seacrest agreements left fewer than $10 million in the initial talent budget ABC laid out for the show. But Richie and ABC were finally able to come to terms aster a search that saw names such as Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, Scooter Braun, Dolly Parton, Common, and Troy Carter rumored and considered.

FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, a division of CORE Media Group, produce the show with FremantleMedia International handling worldwide distribution.

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”All you need to do is find four chords.”

That’s the advice that newly minted American Idol judge Lionel Richie gives fellow new judge Luke Bryan during a quick backstage piano lesson during the first auditions for the upcoming reboot of the reality series. In a clip posted on Instagram, Katy Perry, who rounds out the show’s panel, leans on the piano and admires both Bryan’s playing and Richie’s advice.

Although the judges haven’t known each other personally for that long, it appears they’re already becoming close friends. Bryan has covered some of Richie’s tunes in concert — and they’ve even performed live together — so it’s no surprise to see them bonding over a basic piano lesson. 

Check out the endearing moment below.