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Keith Urban Announces 2014 Raise ‘Em Up Tour Dates

Keith Urban 's using the 'American Idol' breaks wisely. When he's not busy judging contestants on the reality singing show, he will be hitting the road for his 2014 Raise 'Em Up Tour, where he'll be joined by  Jerrod Niemann  and  Brett Eldredge .

Understandably, Urban is a busy man. The Australian is not only a husband, father, 'Idol' judge and country superstar, but he also keeps quite the touring schedule. He's just coming off of his Light the Fuse Tour, which ended last month, and now he's embarking on a brand new touring journey -- the special name of which is derived from the singer's duet with Eric Church .

The 2014 Raise 'Em Up Tour will officially kick off July 12 in Canada before making rounds throughout the States. Together with Urban, Niemann and Eldredge will hit some outdoor festivals and venues before the final announced date in Puyllup, Wash. in September.

Before the tour gets started, Niemann will release his newest album 'High Noon,' while Eldredge is busy becoming a household name with his current album. The three are sure to be an unstoppable team to Raise 'Em Up this summer!

Keith Urban 2014 Raise 'Em Up Tour Dates:

7/12 - Calgary, Alberta, CA 7/13 - Craven, Saskatchewan, CA 7/18 - St. Clairsville, Ohio 7/19 - Brooklyn, MI 7/24 - Gilford, NH 7/25 - Darien Center, NY 7/26 - Boston, Mass. 7/31 - Cincinnati, Ohio 8/1 -  St. Louis, MO 8/2 - Indianapolis, Ind. 8/8 - Raleigh, NC 8/9 - Virginia Beach, VA 8/10 - Bethlehem, PA 8/15 - Holmdel, NJ 8/16 - Hartford, CT 8/17 - Bethel, NY 8/22 - Charlotte, NC 8/23 - Birmingham, Ala. 8/24 - Atlanta, GA 8/30 - Salt Lake City, Utah 9/5 - Irvine, Calif. 9/6 - Mountain View, Calif. 9/7 - Sacramento, Calif. 9/13 - Puyllup, Wash.

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Keith Urban Light The Fuse Tour 2014

One of the industry's most electrifying live performers, four-time Grammy Award winner and American Idol judge Keith Urban, has added a third and final leg to his already critically hailed "Light The Fuse Tour 2013". "Light The Fuse Tour 2014" with Little Big Town and special guest Dustin Lynch, will electrify audiences beginning in January, 2014, and will stop at the United Center on January 10. In all, upon the close of "Light The Fuse Tour" 2013 and 2014, Urban will have played 58 shows.

The concerts will feature new music, including his latest Top 5 hit "Little Bit Of Everything," from his latest album release FUSE as well as new songs, some of which Urban has never performed while on tour. The all-new production boasts a size and scope, which has become synonymous with Urban’s electrifying concert experiences.

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2hr15 mins of pure power and energy. Old favourites mixed in with new numbers performed in front of an adoring audience. Wonderful band who complimented Keith's talents to a tee. A mixture of rocking country and acoustic ballads complimented by an effective light show bearing in mind 02 ( NW London) is a small venue for such a huge star.

His interaction with the audience made for short but natural breaks for everyone to regain their breath before the next hit was belted out by the Aussie rocker. Some of his songs from the early albums were cleverly rearranged to breath new life into them.Great to hear his new takes on old material.

Great performance made for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. One complaint was the inordinate delay getting into the venue. Waiting for over 45 mins in the cold and wind to gain access was unacceptable.

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I am lucky to of seen Keith Urban twice. Can't wait, hope he comes back to Tamworth. Now the experience. Had booked my parking, so they had a person at every parking ticket bay. She helped me scan it. Concert was absolutely fantastic. No problems inside, got out easy. The wonderful staff helped with the gates and which was the way out. They were still smiling, not cranky at all.even got out fast, from level 7. Overall I would say 10 out of 10. Oh you need to sell coffee on each floor please. It's a bit much going back down the stairs to the coffee place. Hope that helps you out. Please thank your staff. They really did work together happily. Thank you Kathy

GraffitiU concert on September 27 in Eugene Oregon was awesome the best concert I have been to and I’ve been to a lot of concerts the very first for me seeing Keith Urban, and he was fantastic. Kelsea Ballerini was out of this world as well as Larkin Poe... I have been a big Keith Urban fan since early 2000, but being able to see him perform in person was up there with one of thee very best highlights of my life. I will see him again in concert and I will this time go for a meet and greet do you turbine is just so loud he interacts with his bands on every level and it just it’s amazing how very personable humble and caring he is.

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Keith Urban Announces 2016 Tour Dates - Full List Here!

Keith Urban has announced that he will be heading out on the road later this year on the RipCORD World Tour 2016 !

“It’s the greatest show ending on earth that I’ve ever heard,” the 48-year-old country singer said in a statement (via The Tennessean ). “That might be my next move.”

“I’m always trying to work more on how to connect and how to do things more intimately in that large setting,” Keith added. “[I want to] bring in some other elements to the show musically that are different than what we’ve done before, [think about] how to incorporate some of the old material in a new way, potentially reaching into some album tracks from way back.”

Keith ‘s tour kicks off on June 2 in Kansas City and will end in Brooklyn, N.Y. on November 19. Support for the tour will be given by Brett Eldredge and newcomer Maren Morris .

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June 2 Kansas City, MO Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

June 3 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

June 4 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center

June 10 Myrtle Beach, SC Carolina Country Music Fest

June 11 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

June 16 Orange Beach, AL The Wharf Amphitheater

June 17 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

June 18 West Palm Beach, FL Perfect Vodka Amphitheater

June 23 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre

June 24 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center

June 25 Mansfield, MA (Boston) Xfinity Center

July 2 Gilford, NH Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook

July 9 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

July 14 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center

July 15 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center

July 16 Holmdel, NJ P.N.C. Bank Arts Center

July 21 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre

July 22 Greenwood Village, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

July 23 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater

July 28 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre

July 29 Lake Tahoe, Stateline NV Lake Tahoe at Harvey’s Outdoor Amphitheatre

August 18 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion

August 19 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre

August 20 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach

August 25 Syracuse, NY Lakeview Amphitheater

August 26 Philadelphia, PA BB&T Pavilion

August 27 Washington, DC Jiffy Lube Live

October 6 Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center

October 8 Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena

October 13 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center

October 14 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center

October 15 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center

October 20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

October 21 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Arena

October 22 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena

October 27 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena

October 28 Rosemont, IL (Chicago) Allstate Arena

October 29 Toledo, OH Huntington Center

November 4 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Bradley Center

November 5 Minneapolis, MN Target Center

November 11 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

November 12 Bloomington, IL U.S. Cellular Coliseum

November 13 Youngstown, OH The Covelli Centre

November 17 Hershey, PA Giant Center

November 18 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

November 19 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center

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Big Week Kick Off Concert 2024

Keith Urban, GRAMMY, ACM, CMA, AMA, and People’s Choice Award-winning country artist, will headline the 2024 Big Week Kick Off Concert on July 12, 2024. Urban was recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame and just completed his first residency at Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Known for his authenticity, talent, and driving musical inquisitiveness, he is one of the most successful and well-respected artists in the world with over 43 Top 10 singles that have garnered over 100 million Spotify streams. Fans will recognize Urban as a mentor and performer on the popular show American Idol.

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Keith Urban Tour 2025: Unforgettable Concert Experience

The Keith Urban Tour 2025 consists of concert dates in various cities across the country. With an impressive lineup and new music, fans can expect an electrifying experience at each performance.

Keith Urban has announced his highly anticipated tour for 2025, promising an unforgettable experience for country music fans. As one of the most celebrated artists in the industry, Urban’s tour is set to showcase his chart-topping hits and captivating stage presence.

With this tour, fans can look forward to experiencing his dynamic performances in person. The tour’s schedule includes a range of dates and venues, offering ample opportunity for fans nationwide to catch a show. As Urban continues to captivate audiences with his musical prowess, this tour is set to be a must-see event in 2025.

Evolution Of Keith Urban

Keith Urban Tour 2025 offers a unique glimpse into the evolution of the iconic country music star. From his humble beginnings to his rise as a global sensation, Keith Urban’s journey has been marked by remarkable talent and dedication. As we delve into the different phases of his career, we witness the profound impact Keith has had on the music industry, cementing his legacy as a trailblazer and inspiring figure for music enthusiasts around the world.

Early Life And Career

Keith Urban’s early years were steeped in a passion for music. Growing up in Australia, he cultivated his love for the guitar and songwriting, laying the foundation for his future success. His inimitable style and relentless drive set him apart, leading to early recognition for his exceptional musical abilities.

Rise To Country Music Stardom

In the late 1990s, Keith Urban embarked on a remarkable journey to conquer the country music scene. His debut in the United States marked the beginning of a meteoric rise, fuelled by chart-topping hits and electrifying live performances. Keith’s crossover appeal and unmatched artistry propelled him to the forefront of the country music landscape.

Impact On The Music Industry

Keith Urban’s influence extends far beyond his chart-topping singles. He has redefined the boundaries of country music, infusing it with diverse musical elements and paving the way for innovation. His collaborations, mentorship, and philanthropic efforts have left an indelible mark on the industry, shaping the course of modern music in profound ways.

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Exploring The 2025 Tour

Are you ready for an unforgettable musical journey? Get ready to dive into the mesmerizing world of Keith Urban Tour 2025. In this blog post, we will explore the exciting details of this upcoming tour, from the tour schedule and locations to the breathtaking stage design and production. As a bonus, we’ll also give you a sneak peek into the special guest performances that will make this tour an experience of a lifetime!

Tour Schedule And Locations

Keith Urban Tour 2025 promises to take you to various cities around the globe, bringing his electrifying music to fans from all walks of life. Here is a glimpse into some of the tour dates and locations:

These are just a few of the many stops Keith Urban will be making during his epic 2025 Tour. Stay tuned for more updates on additional cities and venues as they are announced!

Stage Design And Production

Prepare to be dazzled by the extraordinary stage design and production that will elevate Keith Urban’s performances to new heights. The 2025 Tour promises a visually stunning experience like no other. From cutting-edge lighting effects to mind-blowing visual projections, every element of the stage will transport you into a world of pure musical enchantment.

Keith Urban and his team of talented designers have spared no expense in creating an immersive and unforgettable atmosphere. Whether you’re seated in the front row or watching from a distance, every seat in the house will offer a perfect vantage point to witness the magic unfold.

Special Guest Performances

As an added treat, Keith Urban has invited some of the brightest stars in the music industry to join him on select nights of the tour. These special guest performances will create unforgettable collaborations and surprise moments that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

While the details of the guest performers are being kept under wraps for now, we guarantee that you won’t be disappointed. Expect jaw-dropping duets, high-energy dance numbers, and heartwarming moments that will leave you wanting more.

The 2025 tour is shaping up to be a once-in-a-lifetime musical extravaganza. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unforgettable experience. Keep an eye out for ticket sales to ensure you secure your spot to witness Keith Urban’s musical magic firsthand. Stay tuned for more updates and let the countdown to the tour begin!

Fan Experience And Engagement

Keith Urban Tour 2025 not only showcases the talented artist on stage but also brings together fans to create an unforgettable experience. Through interactive fan events, behind-the-scenes access, and fan community impact, attending a Keith Urban concert becomes more than just a show. Let’s dive into the various ways fans can truly engage with the music and the artist.

Interactive Fan Events

At Keith Urban Tour 2025, fans are at the center of the experience. In addition to the electrifying performances on stage, Urban makes sure to connect with his audience beyond the music. Interactive fan events create moments for fans to interact with the artist directly, providing a unique and personal touch. Whether it’s through meet and greets, Q&A sessions, or exclusive fan parties, attendees have the opportunity to get up close and personal with Keith Urban himself.

Behind-the-scenes Access

Ever wondered what goes on behind the curtain of a Keith Urban concert? With Keith Urban Tour 2025, fans get an exclusive glimpse into the artist’s world. Behind-the-scenes access allows attendees to see what happens offstage, from the production crew setting up the elaborate stage design to the band members fine-tuning their instruments. By offering this intimate insight, Urban ensures fans feel connected to the entire concert experience.

Fan Community Impact

Keith Urban’s music has always had a strong sense of community, and his concerts are no different. With Keith Urban Tour 2025, the fan community impact is amplified to create a meaningful and inclusive environment. This goes beyond just attending a concert; fans have various opportunities to connect with each other, share their experiences, and support important causes. From charity initiatives to fan meet-ups, participating in the Keith Urban fan community fosters a sense of belonging and shared values.

Musical Highlights Of The Concert

When it comes to attending the Keith Urban Tour 2025, you can expect a night filled with incredible musical highlights that will leave you wanting more. From unforgettable performances to new songs and collaborations, this concert is set to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Get ready to be amazed by the talent, energy, and sheer excitement that Keith Urban and his team bring to the stage.

Unforgettable Performances

Get ready to be blown away by the unforgettable performances at the Keith Urban Tour 2025. Keith Urban is known for his high-energy and captivating shows, and this tour is no exception. From the moment he steps on stage, Keith will have you on your feet and dancing all night long. With his impressive vocals, impressive guitar skills, and infectious enthusiasm, each performance will be a highlight you won’t forget.

New Songs And Collaborations

At the Keith Urban Tour 2025, you can expect to hear some exciting new songs and collaborations. Keith Urban is constantly pushing the boundaries of country music, and this tour is no different. He will be showcasing his latest hits as well as surprise collaborations with fellow music superstars. You never know who might join him on stage, making each concert unique and special.

Memorable Stage Moments

Prepare to witness memorable stage moments that will leave you in awe. From jaw-dropping visual effects to heartwarming acoustic performances, Keith Urban knows how to create a multi-dimensional concert experience. Whether it’s an intimate moment where he connects with the audience or a high-octane performance that has everyone jumping, the stage moments at the Keith Urban Tour 2025 will be etched in your memory long after the show ends.

Impact Of The 2025 Tour

The Keith Urban Tour 2025 is set to make a significant impact on both the cultural landscape and the economic prosperity of the cities it visits. As one of the most anticipated music events of the year, the tour is expected to leave a lasting legacy in the hearts of fans and the communities it touches. Let’s explore the various aspects of this impact.

Cultural Influence

The Keith Urban Tour 2025 is not just a series of concerts; it’s a cultural phenomenon. With his distinctive blend of country, rock, and pop music, Keith Urban has won the hearts of millions worldwide. His music transcends genres, resonating with music lovers from all walks of life. Through his electrifying performances and soul-stirring lyrics, Keith Urban has the power to inspire and unite people, making a profound impact on the cultural fabric of our society. This tour will undoubtedly leave a lasting imprint on the music landscape for years to come.

Economic Impact On Cities

The economic impact of the Keith Urban Tour 2025 on the cities fortunate enough to host the concerts cannot be overstated. As fans flock to these cities to attend the concerts, local businesses will experience a surge in revenue. Restaurants, hotels, and shops will all benefit from the influx of tourists seeking accommodations and entertainment during their visit. Moreover, the tour will provide employment opportunities for a wide range of professions, from event planners to security personnel. By boosting local economies, the Keith Urban Tour 2025 will leave a positive and lasting economic footprint in each city it graces.

Legacy Of The Tour

The legacy of the Keith Urban Tour 2025 extends far beyond the concert venues. Through his music, Keith Urban has touched the lives and hearts of countless individuals around the world. He has inspired aspiring musicians, serving as a beacon of hope and creativity. Additionally, his philanthropic endeavors have made a significant impact on various communities, supporting causes related to education, health, and the arts. The legacy of this tour will be the continued inspiration and positive change it ignites in the lives of those who experience the magic of Keith Urban’s music firsthand.

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Frequently Asked Questions On Keith Urban Tour 2025

What cities will keith urban tour in 2025.

Keith Urban’s 2025 tour will cover major cities across the United States, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and more. Fans can expect to see him perform in their favorite cities and experience his incredible live performances.

How Can I Buy Tickets For Keith Urban’s 2025 Tour?

To purchase tickets for Keith Urban’s 2025 tour, you can visit his official website or check ticketing platforms like Ticketmaster or StubHub. Make sure to stay updated on the tour dates and ticket sales announcements to secure your spot at his sensational live shows.

What Can I Expect From Keith Urban’s 2025 Tour?

Keith Urban’s 2025 tour promises an unforgettable experience. Fans can expect a high-energy performance featuring his chart-topping hits, amazing musicianship, and captivating stage presence. Be prepared for an immersive musical journey that showcases Keith Urban’s unique blend of country, rock, and pop sounds.

To wrap it up, the Keith Urban Tour 2025 promises an unforgettable musical experience. With his unmatched talent and electrifying performances, Keith Urban is set to captivate audiences around the world. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to witness his incredible stage presence and heartfelt lyrics.

Grab your tickets now and get ready for a night of pure entertainment and soulful melodies. Join the music revolution and be a part of history with Keith Urban’s 2025 tour.

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About Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, entrepreneur and music competition judge. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year.

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Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Dasha, Megan Moroney and More: What We Learned About Country Stars’ New Projects Backstage at the CMT Awards

By Chris Willman

Chris Willman

Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic

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While the CMT Music Awards reward videos from the past year, the stars who perform on the show often use it to tease singles from upcoming projects, even as others close out their current “eras” on the telecast but are happy to talk backstage about what’s coming next.

In the wings of Austin’s Moody Center before and after the 2024 CMTs, Variety nabbed many of the most celebrated performers and awardees of the night to discuss what they have in the hopper, as well as how their performances went. Some, like Keith Urban and Trisha Yearwood, were premiering previously unheard songs; others, like Jelly Roll, were content to give their previous projects one last push in the spotlight, while hinting at the new. Following are excerpts from our backstage convos with Lainey Wilson, Dasha, Megan Moroney, Brittney Spencer, Jordan Davis and others about the here and near-future.

Jelly Roll is, by some measures, the biggest thing happening in country music right now. And he’s not looking to coast through 2024 — new music is very much on the way. Although he performed “Halfway to Hell,” a song from his 2023 breakout album, on the CMT Awards, the singer said we can expect to see him debuting previously unheard material very shortly.

“This is it, man,” he said backstage after the show. “This is the end of the ‘Whitsitt Chapel’ era. We started it here a year ago with ‘Need a Favor’” — the 2023 CMT Awards performance that blew him into the stratosphere — “and we performed ‘Halfway to Hell’ tonight. I kind of started and ended an era of my music career right here. And then, next time y’all see me in an awards show, God willing, it will be so new.

“I wrote probably a hundred-and-something songs last year,” he continued. “I’m sitting on a phone that is shaking out of my pocket with the spirit and soul in it that needs to be released. I’m to the point where I’m finna just start releasing music, just doing it. I need to get it out of me. It’s therapeutic for me. …I’ve never been more inspired. I’ve never been more aware of the people I’m representing and what I’m here to do and what my purpose is.”

How soon would he say the next era starts, then, publicly? “I’ve got an idea,” he answered. “I’d say here in about a month or two. Look at the calendar. You’ll see it. It’ll jump out at you in a minute. You’ll be like, ‘Ah, OK, that makes sense.’ That’s what I’m hoping for. I haven’t got the green light, but I know what moon I’m shooting for, baby. What I’ve learned in this process is, don’t be afraid to tell ’em what you want. Just shoot for it.”

Jelly Roll was putting our powers of deduction to the test with that invitation to examine the calendar. It doesn’t take too much brainpower to notice that the ACM Awards are just over a month away, on May 16. That would seem to be what he was hinting at for a time frame for premiering a new song. (He has yet another big performance scheduled in the meantime, at the 2024 iHeartCountry Festival on May 4, but since that show is primarily destined to go out over broadcast radio, it’s unlikely he’d schedule a major premiere there.)

The CMTs will always hold a special place in his heart, as a kind of before-and-after demarcation point in his career, because of last year’s galvanizing turn for him. “I’d only been out a few months at that point, the album was on its way, and that song (‘Need a Favor’) was probably in the late 30s on country radio at the time. So it was kind of what pushed that song over the edge. … This is always gonna be special to me because it was the first award show I ever performed at, the first award show I ever won an award at, and it’s a fan-voted award show, which makes the playing field a little different.”

But he just recently triumphed at another awards show that meant something, the People’s Choice Awards, with two fan-voted trophies there. “I didn’t go there thinking I was gonna win anything. And then when they were like, Best New Country (artist) award, I was like, ‘That’s awesome! I got it.’ And then when they (gave him the) Best New Pop award, I was like, ‘Somebody’s mad, for sure.’”

Jelly Roll merited an item on TMZ for the way he partied after winning those two People’s Choice Awards — by doing a little streaking on his hotel floor. (This was posted and then quickly deleted on social media by his wife, the site reported.) Should his current choice of lodging get a warning? “We’re sending that in the advance (to hotels) now, that every now and then, Jelly over-celebrates,” he laughed. “I tell you what, though, man, if you’d come from where I come from and you win two awards on national TV, you’d act a little crazy too.”

Time will tell whether he can keep the same track record going at industry-voted shows, but fan-voted honors seem to be a shoo-in for him right now. “The Jelly Roll fans are the mighty 300 Sparta. I tell ’em I may not ever be one of the biggest artists in country, but man, I will always have a fan base that will scream because they have been quiet for so long and they’ve been shit on for so long. … I think that people understand that I represent a group of people that aren’t properly represented, and when I win, we win. It’s like a win for a whole bunch of kind of misfit people, you know what I mean? I’m a straight-up misfit dude. I’m as white trash as I look like I am. I am who I am all the time. What you see here is what you see at a dinner table.”

Lainey Wilson

Lainey Wilson is on an awards sweep that doesn’t look likely to end any time soon, following up her big wins at the industry-voted CMA Awards last November — principally, the entertainer of the year prize — and a People’s Choice award for favorite female country singer in February… now followed by a somewhat inevitable CMT Award for favorite female music video.

Up at the podium, she made a remark about observing the sheer diligence of every other woman in her category — a comment that seemed to have more to it than just the usual everyone here is a winner comment. We asked her to expound on that following the show.

“Every single girl in that category that was mentioned works their fingers to the bone, and I see it and I know it because they’re friends of mine,” she said. “And we check on each other. We say, ‘Hey, how you doing? How’s your heart? How’s your mind?’ And my guy friends — I mean, they’re running up and down the road burning the candle at both ends, too. But I will tell you, I think that sometimes the girls have to do a little bit more. And that’s OK, because I tell all the guys, ‘We coming for y’all. We coming in hot and you don’t even know it.’ But we have a story to tell, and it feels nice to be a part of that change, like folks like Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert were a part of that change for me, and folks like Reba and Shania were for all of them. It just kind of goes in waves like that, and so it’s just about continuing to pave the way for each other.”

Speaking specifically to the appeal of the winning song/video, “Watermelon Moonshine,” Wilson acknowledged a specific debt.

“When I think back to the songs that touched me growing up, and especially as a teenager, it was songs like Deana Carter’s (1996 classic) ‘Strawberry Wine.’ And when I was writing the song, I was definitely channeling ‘Strawberry Wine.’ There will never be another one, but this is kind of my version of that. I remember how ‘Strawberry Wine’ made me feel, and it did take me back to a certain time and place of memory. I felt like I could just go back there in my mind and feel it. And I wanted to make sure that ‘Watermelon Moonshine’ did the same thing. I think songs like that, that are nostalgic like that, they’re just timeless. People can relate. They want to go back to that place; everybody wants to feel at home.”

Rather than reprise “Watermelon,” Wilson sang her new single on the show, “Country’s Cool Again.” And that was one of just two bangers she had on the CMTs, the other one being her part in the tribute to the late Toby Keith that couldn’t have been better-selected for the swagger she brings.

“With what Toby has meant to me — I mean, he was the soundtrack of my childhood — to be able to honor him was very special. When they (asked her to perform) ‘How Do You Like Me Now?,’ I said, ‘I need to pull up my scroll — a list of names of who I’m singing this to.”

Keith Urban

Keith Urban had his new era all primed and ready to go in time for the CMT Music Awards. He premiered a new single, in his classic road-friendly-rocker vein, called “Straight Line,” in advance of an album that’s on the way.

The singer-guitarist revealed that he had finished an entirely different version of the forthcoming album before scrapping almost all of it and starting virtually from scratch with a new energy in mind.

“It was a really interesting process to make,” Urban said. “I’ve never made a record and then bailed on it and started another one, ever, and that’s what happened this time around. I started another album two years ago and got a year into it and had 13 songs, but I could feel like it wasn’t the record that I was wanting to make. And so I cherry-picked four songs off it, and then built around those four to make this new album.” What was different about the previous attempt?  “It was linear. It just didn’t have the dynamics that I like on albums. I personally love albums where not one song is the same, so it’s a journey. I can’t stand records where you play one song and the very next song is pretty much like the one you just heard. If the third one’s like that, I’m out. So I love diversity and dynamics on a record. … Because we were touring and I was sort of piecemeal recording, I’d record when I was off the road, which would be sometimes one song at a time. And it wasn’t until I put them all together that I went, ‘Oh, this doesn’t have the color that I was wanting.’”

Backstage, he took us step by step through the creation of the new song, which was one of the ones that came about only after he restarted the album process. “The groove and the melody and intro of the song were how we started,” Urban said. “We had a cool little dance drum loop going and had the little 12-string mandolin riff happening. And then a melody starts happening. With my couple of writers, ee were like, what are we singing? I sounded like one of the guys was singing ‘Late Night Lover.’ We kept singing this over and over again, and when one of the guys was singing it quietly under his breath, it sounded like he said ‘Straight Line Lover.’ And I thought, ‘Well, that’s way quirkier and cooler than Late Night Lover!’ So we went with that for a minute, and then realized, well, it’s really just ‘Straight Line.’ It’s just making a straight line — getting your life back on track when it’s just lost its way.

“It’s a very liberating song. The energy of it, the spirit of it, the lyric of it is really about breaking out of monotony. And I’m sure that, subconsciously, I was writing about the previous record I’d just been making and wanting to break out of that and just have vibrant fun in the studio, and just not think but play, play, play, and create and jam with people I love. And ‘Straight Line’ came outta that.”

Dasha is part of a new breed of upstart country star — the ones that break out first as viral sensations on TikTok and then leave traditional gatekeepers like country radio to decide whether it can and should catch up to the phenomenon. Fortunately, CMT likes to take the “traditional” part out of the gatekeeper equation, and so the namesake awards (first broadcast on CBS) were able to do something that the rival CMAs or ACMs probably wouldn’t: put that TikTok smash right into prime time, alongside the established radio stars. In this case, it was with a currently growing song that just happens to share a name with the CMTs’ host city: “Austin.”

“This was my first primetime awards show, and also my first arena I’ve ever played,” Dasha noted. “We did a full-out dance routine, with eight dancers, me dancing with them. It was an elevated version of the true intention of the song — the tension between the guys and girl dancers, where the girl has all the power and she’s angry at the guy, and the guy’s having attitude… I feel like it was kind of like a musical theater performance.”

It was quite a bump up for someone unknown even to the country music community a few months ago, but Dasha didn’t have much in the way of nerves going into the performance. “I feel the pressure, but also I feel like I’m really prepared for the pressure. You know, I released my first song when I was 13, and I’ve been, in a way, preparing for my moment since then. And with all the training I’ve done, of ballet and musical theater growing up… we’re ready for it. I felt like I had a lot to prove to the country community of, like, I belong here , and I wanna prove it to you .’”

Her push into country comes even though she was recently signed to Warner Records out of the L.A. office, afte “Austin” had already come out independently, thanks to “Aaron Bay-Schuck, my guy over at Warner. I was having conversations with literally every label under the sun, and I had my pick. And there’s something about the heart there at Warner. They had such a genuine passion for me and my music, and they really got the vision, Tom (Corson) and Aaron and Karen (Kwak), so it just felt right in my gut. I feel like I make a lot of big decisions not even using logic; obviously, logically, they’re an incredible label and they have really amazing artists in their roster. But the decision came down to my gut feeling, and Warner just had it.”

A push to pop radio is said to be in the works, too. If the non-country world is becoming accustomed to the line-dancing ethos via Beyonce’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” maybe others can follow? “ I always say I’m a songwriter first, and I really love visual storytelling, and that’s what ‘Austin’ has — a really clear story, but also that pop hook that gets you to sing it back the first time you hear it,” Dasha says. “And I think because of that, we’re in a position where we can start bringing other fans into the country world with the song ‘Austin,’ so we’re gonna push to pop, we’re gonna push to country radio and see how big we can make it.”

Dasha was due to start shooting the music video in Nashville this week, right after the CMT Awards — a perhaps ironically late start on that, given how the song has already had a few months of visual success now, less formally, on TikTok and other apps. “Isn’t that funny? We have that visualizer, but I wanted to wait till the right moment (for a proper video), because I wanted it to be as big and bright as possible, and we got the right people involved. Actually, I made a video and put it out to my fans of saying, Hey, if you guys wanna be in the video, you can audition. And so tons of people have submitted videos, so genuine fans of mine are gonna be able to get in the video with me.”

She didn’t want to give away the concept of the music video before filming it, “but think the chaos and the drama of that scene in ‘Footloose’ where they’re kind of doing that dance battle — that’s what it’s gonna feel like.”

Brittney Spencer

Brittney Spencer was using her hands to fan her face right after walking off-stage from her final rehearsal for her performance with Parker McCollum on the CMT Awards. As associate walking up to her mistook her for being emotional about the experience. “I was just up there with flames for like 30 minutes!” she exclaimed. “I mean, I’m emotional too, but I’m also just hot.”

The massive display of pyro was a ring of fire for Spencer and McCollum as they made a duet out of “Burn It Down,” which came into the telecast as the No. 1 country radio single in the country, albeit for him as a solo act. Spencer recently released her Big Machine debut album, and stood a lot more to gain from the performance, which, judging from all reactions, she got.

“Parker, I heard, had for the last year been wanting this song to become a duet,” Spencer said, “and so it felt like a good match, and (it came together) about a week ago. It was beautiful and it was insane. We just immediately had like this really cool musical chemistry, and it was really cool to hear him say, ‘I’ve been wanting this for a while, and this fit is the first one that makes sense.’ … The song calls for a duet. Sometimes they can kind of force it in a song, to kind of put a feature on or something like that just for whatever reason. But this song just feels like it was born to be reimagined with another person. So I’m happy it’s me. And Parker is so fun, and very encouraging on stage. His energy is very magnetic in the way it pulls you in, and I think that makes for a fun collaboration.”

The last stretch of the McCollum/Spencer performance ended with a camera operator swooping around the two singers as they sang directly to one another, in a flash 360-degree pan. “We’re not looking out at the crowd very much,” Spencer said. “We really wanted to make it a personal performance, to just have us looking at each other and singing and inviting everybody else into the world that we’re making on that stage for three minutes, which I thought was a really fun, great idea. There’s a whole crowd out there and I’m literally kind of pretending they’re not there, so that’s interesting and new for me, but I like it.”

Spencer also had a presenting slot on the CMTs alongside the three other Black country women who guest with Beyonce on her cover of the Beatles’ “Blackbird” on the “Cowboy Carter” album: Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell and Tiera Kennedy. “It was great to see them,” said Spencer. “I love what we’ve gotten to do and, gosh, Beyonce is incredible and she’s the greatest artist of our generation. To be a part of something that she’s doing is dope, and getting to do it with my friends is even better.”

But for the moment, collaborating with McCollum, she was dealing with literal flameworthiness. “It’s like the most like extravagant fireplace that I’ve ever seen in my life,” Spencer said. “I wanna make some s’mores and burn shit down.”

Megan Moroney

Megan Moroney is still getting accolades aplenty for her excellent 2023 debut album, “Lucky” (and in fact, just got a walloping six nominations for it from another awards show, the ACM Awards). And yet, even after putting out a 16-song deluxe edition of that first effort, she’s already moved on to releasing newer-still material, with two fresh non-album tracks already this year, “28 th of June,” and “No Caller ID,” the latter of which she was able to perform on the ACMs.

“I’m very thankful that they let me play ‘No Caller ID,’” she said backstage, “because I feel like it’s connecting with so many fans right now, so it’s cool that I get to debut it on TV.” The ballad has a classic country ballad feel, even if the title isn’t exactly Harlan Howard-level old-fashioned. “I listen to that kind of music that has that kind of production, and I work with (producer) Kristian Bush (of Sugarland), who does a great job. He always says he tries to stay outta the way of the lyrics, because a lot of my songs are so lyric-driven, so as to not overproduce it. But I think the steel guitar and all those other instruments add the sadness to it that it needs. It’s got that kind of sad-girl but ready-to-move-on kind of sentiment, on that cusp that I do between sad, empowering and little bit fun.”

The show’s producers said that Moroney was already scheduled for a solo performance on the show when Old Dominion asked if she could join the group for a rendition of “Can’t Break Up Now,” the current single on which she’s featured. “I get to perform twice, and that’s never happened to me, so me and the CMTs are very cool right now,” she said.

Another thing she likes abou the CMT Awards: “I like that the dresses are usually shorter. I know that no one else probably cares about that” — well, don’t be so certain — “but I just like it because it’s a different look.” And, Moroney said, her intent had been to go “way over the top. Sparkles, big hair, a lot of makeup, seven pounds of hair on my head.”

All the post-“Lucky” material she’s been putting out does augur for a second album. “I think it’s interesting how the album cycles are kind of changing. My fans were like, ‘We love “Lucky,” but we want more.’ So I was like: sure. I’m still doing a Lucky 2.0 tour, so I’ve got a few more shows until I close that chapter, but I’m excited.” For the full project, “consider me thinking about it every second of the day,” she said. “She is already well thought out. We’ve already done a lot on it, so we’re finishing it up and it’s coming sooner than you think.”

Trisha Yearwood

Trisha Yearwood was on hand at the CMTs to be given the June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award, but also to premiere “Put It in a Song,” a preview of a new album that will be the first one she ever entirely co-wrote, in a recording career that goes back 33 years. As the song title might indicate, it’s sort of a theme song for her and for the forthcoming project.

“For me, as an artist, especially when I didn’t write, if somebody said, ‘Is that song personal to you?,’ it was easy to hide behind the song and say, ‘Well, I didn’t write it,’” Yearwood said. “And when you write it, you’re always, there’s always a little piece of you in there. But music was always the way for me to get my emotions out, because I’m not a real heart-on-my-sleeve person in life, but music was the place to do that. So this song is kind of about that. It’s like, if you can’t say it out loud, if you somehow don’t know how to deal with it, write it down. And it just felt like, if we’re gonna tell this story and gonna start releasing some of these songs, this might be the good one to start with.”

What spurred her to spill more, on record? “You know, I didn’t really intend to,” she said. “Honestly, I kind of had an a-ha moment and I just started writing — for me. I never thought these songs would see the light of day. I think that’s why I’m having so much fun, because I didn’t put any pressure on myself. There was never an album that was gonna come outta it; maybe I’d have one song I wrote that would end up on a regular album. I thought this was gonna be really scrutinized against ‘Walkaway Joe’ and ‘She’s in Love With the Boy’ and all these amazing (outside) songs that I’ve had my hands on over the years. So I thought, if I put out a collection of songs that I’ve written, it could be: This is just what I’ve been doing for the last couple years. I’m not trying to compete with what I’ve done. And it took the pressure off.

“And then,” Yearwood added, “I live with a guy who’s in a bunch of Songwriter Hall of Fames who said these songs are good, and ‘You should do something with ’em,’ so that gave me confidence.”

As we spoke, Yearwood was standing in front of a Trisha Yearwood-branded concession at Austin’s Moody Center, one of several that have just opened up or will open up around the arena — a franchise she is looking to extend to other such facilities, one by one, once she’s convinced it’s working in Texas.

“When we start talking about food,” said Yearwood, already a cookbook queen and TV cooking personality, “we want to be the place that instead of getting your dinner before you come to the concert, what if the food is so good, you want to go have dinner at Moody’s Center? I’m hoping this is the first of many. You know, I’m a Virgo and I’m very much a control freak. So the food has to taste like it would if I made it for you. That’s been a process of scaling up recipes that are family recipes to make it work on a large scale. There’s been some hits and misses and so if it didn’t cut it, it didn’t stay on the menu.”

Good news for a certain kind of foodie, then: At her Moody Center concession, Yearwood’s Chicken Broccoli Casserole and the Doughnut Grilled Cheese With Bacon must’ve worked, because they are still on the menu.

Jordan Davis and Needtobreathe

Two nights before the CMT Awards were broadcast live, Jordan Davis and Needtobreathe hooked up to tape an episode of “CMT Crossroads,” before an audience made up largely of University of Texas students. The air date has yet to be announced, but both parties can relay how the taping went.

Said Davis backstage, “To be honest with you, since we got down here and started rehearsals, I was almost like more nervous than I was before. Obviously being a huge Needtobreathe fan, I was worried about how was I gonna interject myself into a band that’s been together for a long time. But man, it was seamless. I feel like they kind of accepted me in, and it was cool to get to spend a couple days playing with a great band.

“I’ve been listening to them for a long time, but the ‘Outsiders’ record (from 2009) was one that just really turned me on to the songwriting. Obviously Bear’s (Rinehart’s) vocals are killer, and the band is super tight and so extremely dynamic. I think they were one of the first bands that I remember seeing and it just feeling bigger than it should have felt. They’re obviously all great musicians, but I mean, a lot of it, too, is their faith. I love that they carry their faith on their sleeve and write about it in honest lyrics.”

For the CMT Awards, they did a mashup of two of their respective songs. “’Brother’ is a obviously a huge song for them, and ‘Next Thing You Know’ was a big song for me, so it always felt like those two songs could kind of go in back and forth. It was probably easier for me than them” to pick a single song to be represented by in the CMT medley, “but once we locked in on it, it came together pretty quickly.” As far as the plethora of songs to be considered for the far longer “Crossroads,” “there’s a ton of Needtobreathe songs that I love. I love ‘Banks,’ and ‘Money & Fame’ is a song of theirs that I used to cover when I first started playing music.”

Said Rinehart of Davis, whom they’d just met in person for the first time a few days before taping the episode: “He’s a little too nice, to be honest. He makes us feel uncomfortable.” Kidding. “He is so sweet about it. Actually one of his kids’ songs when they were born was one of our songs, ‘Banks to the River.’ So that means a lot to us. It made it special (during the taping) for sure.”

The “Crossroads” won’t be all sentiment: In addition to doing four songs by each artist, they capped it off with “You Wreck Me” from “our favorite Tom Petty record, ‘Wildflowers’ — it was a good way to end the night, with rock ‘n’ roll.”

Little Big Town and Sugarland

The collaboration between Little Big Town and Sugarland on Phil Collins’ “Take Me Home” during the CMTs was not a one-off, but a heralding of big plans for the year ahead. As Little Big Town members explained in a previous Variety story, the cover song — a studio version of which was released Monday as a single — was the outgrowth of the two groups wanting to do something in advance of touring together this fall (the itinerary of which was also released earlier this week).

“When we were on the road together years ago, we would really learn songs in the afternoon and then sing ’em,” said Karen Fairchild. “Like, if we were in Memphis, we’d do ‘Walking in Memphis.’ So it was just something fun that we did on the road. So when this tour was gonna be announced and we were gonna get to do a song, then it was like, what do we do? And this song was Kristian Bush’s (of Sugarland) idea. and then we decided that we should get in the studio, because it sounded so good, and make it our own.”

Will there be a new LBT album this year? Looks exchanged among the four members indicate there’s probably a yes to that they can’t say yet, with the joint tour being the big news of the moment. Whether Sugarland, whose reunions have been few in recent years, will also take advantage of the touring moment to release new material remains to be seen, but it’ll be more of a surprise if they don’t.

Kelsea Ballerini

Kelsea Ballerini announced on the weekend of the CMTs that this fourth year of hosting the awards show would also be her last, so she can free herself up for different opportunities — with strong hints in recent months and now that this could involve different kinds of forays into film and TV work besides hosting. “I’m really creatively fulfilled by the idea of finding a way to get involved with newer artists and find a way to creatively collaborate. And I’m really excited about the idea of doing some stuff in film and TV and just pushing myself outside of my comfort zone. Music is always gonna be my baby and my focus and the thing that I protect the most, but in the space around it, I want to keep growing and I want to keep challenging myself.”

In the meantime, though, she’s re-inked with Black River Entertainment and will be releasing a new album this year. From the sound of things, it might combine some of the serious tone of her Grammy-nominated “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” with a sense of the renewed fun she’s having as a 30-year-old woman finding her free spirit again. While the first single off that album will wait a bit, she did just release (and perform on the awards telecast) a much-changed remake of her seminal hit “Love Me Like You Mean It.”

“I stand by the song and the sentiment so much, still,” she avows. “The heart of ‘Love Me Like You Mean It’ is that we accept the love that we think we deserve, and encouraging each other to hold ourselves accountable to accept good love. And me as a 30-year-old feels the same way, but has a lot of life since I wrote that song at 19. So I was like, how would 30-year-old me sing this? And that was a really fun discovery. To me it was like the ending of a decade of music together, and and then a continuation of ‘Welcome Mat’ and sonically kind of a hint as to what’s next.”

Read her full interview with Variety from Austin here .

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Full list of winners from the CMT Music Awards

The 2024 CMT Awards returned to Austin on Sunday night for a star-studded evening hosted by Kelsea Ballerini. Below is a full rundown of this year's winners:

• Video of the Year: Jelly Roll - "Need a Favor"
• Female Video of the Year : Lainey Wilson - "Watermelon Moonshine"
• Male Video of the Year: Jelly Roll - "Need a Favor"
• Duo/Group Video of the Year : Dan + Shay - "Save Me the Trouble"
• Collaborative Video of the Year: Carly Pearce feat. Chris Stapleton - “We Don't Fight Anymore”
• Breakthrough Female Video of the Year : Ashley Cooke - "your place"
• Breakthrough Male Video of the Year : Warren Zeiders - “Pretty Little Poison”
• CMT Performance of the Year : Jelly Roll - “Need a Favor” (from 2023 CMT Music Awards)
• CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year - Scotty McCreery - “It Matters to Her” (from CMT Stages)

Jelly Roll snags top honor of Video of the Year for 'Need a Favor'

The top — and final award of the night at the 2024 CMT Music Awards, Video of the Year, went to Jelly Roll for the video "Need a Favor"

The category included Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll and Kelsea Ballerini.

Presented by actor Billy Bob Thornton, after opening the envelope, he said, "Oh my God! Jelly Roll, come on up here."

Jelly Roll accepted the trophy, saying, "Billy Bob Thornton just gave me my third trophy of the night, y'all!" Jelly Roll won awards for Male Video of the Year and Performance of the Year earlier in the night.

He went on to thank his competitor and friend Cody Johnson, "I love you brother, you are my favorite cowboy." He gave a nod to Ballerini as well saying, "Kelsea Ballerini, you go baby!"

Since Jelly Roll also gave the final live performance of the night, before taking the stage, he said, "Gayle King, I'm gonna be a little late in the morning, cause we're gonna party!"

Brooks & Dunn, Sammy Hagar, Lainey Wilson perform musical tribute to late Toby Keith

Rocker Sammy Hagar, wearing a Toby Keith t-shirt, told the crowd at the CMT Awards, "Toby and I, we spent a lot of time in Cabo together over the years. We closed the Cabo Wabo down a lot more times than we remember. It’s hard to get thrown out of your own bar and we managed to do that."

Hagar then sang Keith's hit, "I Love This Bar."

Hagar was one of three performers tapped to pay a musical tribute to the late Toby Keith including Brooks & Dunn, who sang "Shoulda Been a Cowboy," and Lainey Wilson who performed "How Do You Like Me Now?"

Holding red Solo cups in honor of another Keith song, the crowd (and performers) raised their cups and sang along.

Famed baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, who introduced the tribute, returned to the stage at the end and asked the crowd chant "Whiskey for my men and beer for my horses." He teared up as he thanked Keith's widow and his children for sharing their dad with the world.

Toby Keith, known for his country hit "Should've Been a Cowboy,"  died in February after battling stomach cancer .  

Sam Hunt channels Johnny Cash in performance of 'Locked Up'

A clean-cut Sam Hunt hit the stage to perform his new song "Locked Up" at the 2024 CMT Music Awards. Wearing a black suit and white dress shirt, Hunt brought some “Folsom Prison Blues” vibes to the CMT stage.

Prior to the show, Hunt said that Nashville has changed a lot as a city in the past couple years. He said that different groups have "siloed off," and that he doesn’t get to get together with his music pals as often as he likes. To him, the awards are an opportunity to come together as a community again.

"For that reason, I'm excited about being here tonight," he said. "Just to feel a part of the community again."

"Luckily  we're drawing from a video we've already done  for a song that I put out last week called 'Locked Up.' It was sort of meant to be a callback, a nod, to Johnny Cash's concert at Folsom Prison. That's what we're going for," he added.

"We have some local guys who are playing inmates. We got the guard and the cage. All the guys are dressin' up in their black suits. We're gon' just try to recreate the video."

Keith Urban performs new song 'Straight Line'

Country superstar Keith Urban has performed at the most CMT Music Awards of all artists. And this year, he hit the stage at the 2024 awards again to perform his song "Straight Line" live for the very first time.

"It's the first time I've done it on any award show," Urban told the USA Today Network prior to the show. He bulked up his band and added more percussion and backing vocals to "ring out other elements of the song" and lean into the dance, rhythmic blue grass song.

Before he hit the stage, Urban said his goal for the performance was: "Energy and truth and raw and real and right in front of you."

The song is one of the two singles Urban has released off of his new album which will be releasing in the fall. The other single, "Messed Up As Me," released in February.

Before their performance on the CMT Awards, Jordan Davis and NEEDTOBREATHE hit the stage in Austin

Before taking the CMT Music Awards stage Sunday night, country singer Jordan Davis and rock band NEEDTOBREATHE hit the stage together at UT Austin's campus for a live taping of the show "CMT Crossroads," the network's longest-running music series. For the show, two artists from different genres come together on stage to perform each other’s hits.

The "Crossroads" taping comes before another anticipated live performance from Davis and NEEDTOBREATHE at Sunday's CMT Awards.

Building up excitement for the CMT Awards, Jordan Davis—known for songs "Buy Dirt" and "Next Thing You Know"—sang with NEEDTOBREATHE's frontman Bear Rinehart, tossing vocals back and forth between one another or singing in harmony.

An air date has not yet been announced for Davis and NEEDTOBREATHE's "Crossroads" special.

Kelsea Ballerini reads minds for CMT Awards opening monologue bit

Host Kelsea Ballerini had a little fun in her opening monologue after cutting to footage of her at The Grammys and asking, “Did you see me?” The footage was of her reaction when she lost to Lainey Wilson.

“Sometimes the camera just cuts to you and then people interpret your facial expression like they are reading your mind,” she told the crowd.

She then said it would be fun to read the minds of some of the stars in the audience. She cut to Lainey Wilson, Carly Pearce and Tricia Yearwood, Keith Urban and her boyfriend, Chace Stokes.

“Who wouldn’t love to read their boyfriend’s mind?” she asked.

The camera cut to Stokes while a pre-recorded audio played of him saying “First she slides into my DMs, then she starts reading my mind...”

Another funny cut was to Keith Urban, whose audio said “I thought I was going to be seated next to JellyRoll. I’m so mad,” as the camera panned out and revealed Urban was seated next to the mascot from Buc’ees. Urban’s audio then played “No I’m not, this is awesome,” as he hugged Buc’ee.

Cody Johnson opens the CMT Awards with a bang

Cody Johnson set the tone for the CMT Music Awards with an explosive opening performance of his hit song “That’s Texas.”

Wearing a button down shirt, white cowboy hat and gold belt buckle behind his acoustic guitar, the three-time CMT Music Award winner ripped through a raucous version of the Texas anthem for a Texas crowd in Austin.

He told The Tennessean before taking the stage that he wanted his performance to be “electric.”

“This is the first time we’ve ever had pyrotechnics on the stage and I like it because it sets the tone,” he said. “It’s a celebration. It’s energetic. Let’s all have fun tonight. I get to go a little wild on stage and hopefully make a few people a little nervous to perform after me.”

Midway through the song, Johnson grabbed his mic and made his way out to a stage further out in the crowd.

Ending with pyros, host Kelsea Ballerini began her monologue with, “How bout Cody Johnson, y’all? That is the way to kick it off in Texas.”

Here's how to watch, stream CMT Awards

The CMT Awards return on Sunday, April 7 to celebrate the best in country music. The night will include a variety of star-studded performers who will sing their hits live from Austin, Texas.

Some of the performers hitting the stage  include Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney, Kelsea Ballerini, Bailey Zimmerman, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Sam Hunt and Trisha Yearwood.

The night's top nominees include some iconic names that are no strangers to Tennessee, like Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson and Megan Moroney.

Curious as to how to tune in to the CMT Awards? We've got you covered.

When and where are the CMT Awards 2024?

The CMT Awards will take place at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, for the second year in a row.

The awards will take place on Sunday, April 7, from 7 to 10 p.m. CST.

Where can I watch the 2024 CMT Awards?

The awards will  air live on CBS.

Where can I stream the 2024 CMT Awards?

Fans will be able to stream the awards live on  Paramount+  and with  Showtime . 

To learn more about the awards, head to  cmt.com/cmt-music-awards .

Who is performing at the 2024 CMT Awards, who is hosting

One of the biggest nights in country music is back. The 2024 CMT Awards will take place on Sunday night with an evening of performances and fan-voted awards.

The awards show will take place at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas for the second year in a row.

Stars Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson and Megan Moroney lead the pack with the most nominations with three nods each. Some first-time nominees include Hozier, Koe Wetzel, Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan.

Some of the evening's nominees will even be hitting the stage.

Want to know who is performing and hosting? We've got you covered.

Who is hosting the 2024 CMT Awards?

Kelsea Ballerini will be hosting this year's CMT Awards.

The will be the first time Ballerini has solo hosted the show after co-hosting for two years with Kane Brown in 2021 and 2023 and joining remotely in 2022.

“I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my 4th year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music awards in Austin, TX,” Ballerini said.

“Hosting an awards show that celebrates the music that the fans love most has been an honor and I know this year will be another unforgettable night."

Who is performing at the 2024 CMT Awards?

The night will include performances from some of country music's icons, some up-and-comers, and even a rock band or two.

Artists to take the stage include: Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney, Old Dominion, Parker McCollum, Brittney Spencer, Kelsea Ballerini, Bailey Zimmerman, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Sam Hunt, Dasha, Jason Aldean and Trisha Yearwood.

The evening will also feature some collaborations across genres.

Brooks & Dunn, Lainey Wilson and Sammy Hagar  will perform a tribute to the late Toby Keith .

The group Little Big Town will hit the stage with duo Sugarland.

Jordan Davis and rock band NEEDTOBREATHE will hit the stage together for a one-of-a-kind collaboration after filming their "CMT Crossroads" together in Austin, TX earlier in the week.