Month: April 2024

Sugarland, the award-winning country duo composed of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, will reunite at the upcoming 2024 CMT Music Awards. The performance marks 13 years since Sugarland’s first appearance at the CMT Music Awards.

CMT posted: “Are you ready for this?! @littlebigtown and @Sugarlandmusic will grace the #CMTAwards stage for an EPIC collab Don’t miss it on Sunday, April 7 at 8/7c on @CBS!”

The long-awaited reunion of Sugarland will see them join Little Big Town (comprised of Karen Fairchild, Kimberley Schlapman, Philip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook) for a world premiere performance, debuting a brand-new collaboration live during the show.

Sugarland has earned 19 total CMT Music Awards nominations over the years, and a total of four wins. They took home their first award for “Breakthrough Video of the Year” with their breakout hit “Baby Girl” in 2005.

The 2024 CMT Music Awards, hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, will take place at Austin, Texas’ Moody Center on Sunday, April 7th (8:00-11:00 PM ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

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CMA Fest, country music’s longest-running festival, will return for its 51st year, taking place on multiple stages across downtown Nashville from June 6-June 9. This year’s CMA Fest will feature concerts at Nissan Stadium, Ascend Amphitheater and 10 stages throughout the four-day festival. Additional stage lineups and Fan Fair X activities inside the Music City Center (including meet and greets, merch and more) will also be announced soon.

This year, performances taking place at Nissan Stadium will be headlined by country music’s biggest superstars, including Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Jordan Davis, HARDY, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ashley McBryde, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, The War And Treaty, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman. Additional collaborations and performances will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Country Music Association announced on Wednesday, April 3 that artists including Lee Brice, Brett Young, Lady A’s Charles Kelley, Tracy Lawrence, Maddie & Tae and more are slated to take the Ascend Amphitheater stage. The three-night Ascend Amphitheater lineup includes a night of “Celebrating 60 Years of Curb Records,” “Brett Young and Friends” and “Tracy Lawrence and Friends.” Tickets to the Ascend Amphitheater shows will start at $15, and will be available to the general public beginning on Friday (April 5) at 10 a.m. CT, per the Country Music Association.

Outdoor stages are free to the public, and ticket options for stadium passes are available starting at 10 AM CT here. A portion of the ticket proceeds will aid the CMA Foundation in providing music education programs across the U.S.

Tickets for CMA Fest can be found – here.

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Jordan Davis and the band NEEDTOBREATHE will be teaming up for their first live performance together at the CMT Awards, taking place on April 7 at the Moody Center in Austin, TX. Davis will be making his stage debut on the CMT Music Awards main stage; his song “Next Thing You Know” earned him two nominations in the “Male Video of the Year” and “Video of the Year” award categories. The multi-platinum band NEEDTOBREATHE, known for hits “Brother” and “Multiplied,” has appeared on stage at the CMT Music Awards stage before in 2021,  performing alongside Carrie Underwood for the performance of “I Wanna Remember.”

Davis and NEEDTOBREATHE will also headline a special taping of “CMT CROSSROADS” on April 5 at the University of Texas at Austin’s UT Tower. Fans can register at gothamcasting.com for the opportunity to attend the “CMT Crossroads” taping. Other events before the show include specials with Little Big Town, a HARDY and Nickelback crossover, and a CMT Hot 20 Music Awards Preview.

The 2024 CMT Music Awards, hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and airing on CBS, will see performances from some of country’s biggest stars — Bailey Zimmerman, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town and Sugarland, and Sam Hunt are among the artists that will hit the stage. Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson and Megan Moroney lead the nominations with three each.

Head to cmt.com/cmt-music-awards for more information.

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Melissa Peterman will join Reba McEntire’s as-yet-untitled new multi-camera comedy series on NBC, alongside ‘Blue Beetle’ star Belissa Escobedo.

Peterman and McEntire co-starred in Reba’s eponymous TV series from 2001-2007 from executive producers Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis, who are returning for the new project alongside new addition, Julie Abbott.

Us Magazine reports that the pilot follows Bobbie (McEntire) who inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had. Peterman will portray Gabby, a bartender who has worked at the tavern for quite some time. and described as ‘a bit needy and dramatic and would have loved to be Bobbie’s sister.’ Escobedo stars as Bobbie’s sister Isabella, ‘an enthusiastic 20-something, who has studied psychology and loves to analyze people. She is thrilled to start working at the tavern and is full of “great” ideas about how to bring it to life.’

Peterman is completing her run as Brenda Sparks on CBS’ Big Bang Theory spinoff prequel series, Young Sheldon, currently airing its seventh and final season. McEntire has also appeared in Young Sheldon as the character June, though she and Peterman have never shared the screen due to scheduling issues. Peterman and McEntire also co-host the Living & Learning With Reba McEntire podcast, and Peterman is the executive producer and host of the game show, Person, Place or Thing for Fox First Run.

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