Little Big Town and Sugarland Unite for 2024 CMT Awards Performance of 'Take Me Home' After Announcing Joint Tour
The 2024 CMT Music Awards are airing live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on Sunday, April 7 on CBS and Paramount+
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Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush with Little Big Town's Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet at the 2024 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 7, 2024 in Austin, TexasIt’s a CMT Awards reunion more than a decade in the making!
Little Big Town and Sugarland took the stage at the 2024 CMT Awards on Sunday for a stunning performance of Phil Collins' "Take Me Home," marking their first time on the show’s stage together since 2008.
Ahead of the award show, Little Big Town and Sugarland announced the Take Me Home Tour. The tour will kick off on Oct. 4 in Greenville, South Carolina, and conclude on Dec. 13 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Excited to be sharing the stage with our longtime friends @littlebigtown tonight on the #CMTawards, as well as announcing our new song and tour together!
Sign up for the tour pre-sale code: https://t.co/umuyXoLJjL
Listen to “Take Me Home”: https://t.co/c2OFuHp1Mv pic.twitter.com/IoSj97WYra— Sugarland (@Sugarlandmusic) April 7, 2024
At the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Country Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's event on April 2, Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman, 54, told PEOPLE that the performance was going to be "epic," with bandmate Phillip Sweet adding, "It was cool, getting back together and preparing for this moment."
Sweet, 50, also highlighted the "great energy" musically the duo has with the "Girl Crush" creators.
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Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Jennifer Nettles, Karen Fairchild, Kristian Bush, and Phillip Sweet of Little Big Town perform onstage during the 2024 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 7, 2024 in Austin, TexasRelated: CMT Awards 2024 — See the Complete List of Winners!
Little Big Town is comprised of Schlapman, Sweet, Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook, while Sugarland is Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush. The groups — who, combined, have a staggering 44 CMT nominations — last played at the award show together in 2008, when they joined forces with Jake Owen to sing “Life in a Northern Town.”
Check out PEOPLE's full CMT Awards coverage to get the latest news on country’s big night.
Little Big Town hosted the CMTs in 2018 and 2019, and also hold the record for most nominations for group video of the year, with 25 nods. They put out their most recent album, Mr. Sun, in 2022.
Sugarland, meanwhile, last played the CMTs together in 2011. Their most recent album, Bigger, came out in 2018.
Nettles was honored in 2020 with the show’s inaugural CMT Equal Play Award, which recognized her for her passionate advocacy and support of women in the music industry, LGBTQ+ community and other underrepresented groups.
The performance comes amid a star-studded lineup of performers, including Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, NEEDTOBREATHE with Jordan Davis, Sam Hunt, Trisha Yearwood, Cody Johnson, Old Dominion ft. Megan Moroney, Parker McCollum ft. Brittney Spencer and host Kelsea Ballerini.
Jelly Roll, Johnson, Ballerini, Wilson and Moroney lead nominations with three apiece.
The 2024 CMT Music Awards are airing live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on Sunday, April 7 on CBS and Paramount+.
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