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NEEDTOBREATHE and Jordan Davis joined forces on the 2024 CMT Music Awards stage, days after teaming up for a special outdoor taping for an upcoming CMT Crossroads show (the filming took place two days ahead of the awards show at UT Austin). The South Carolina-based Christian rock group and the country star delivered a first-time mashup performance on the Moody Center stage on Sunday evening (April 7). They performed a special version of NEEDTOBREATHE’s “Brother” and Davis’ “Next Thing You Know.”
The 2024 show marked NEEDTOBREATHE’s first time back on the CMT Music Awards stage since their “mesmerizing performance” of “I Wanna Remember” with Carrie Underwood in 2021, CMT noted in a press release ahead of the show. CMT also noted that the performance marked Davis’ CMT Music Awards main stage debut.
Other artists in the 2024 CMT Music Awards lineup included host Kelsea Ballerini, Jason Aldean, Dasha, Bailey Zimmerman, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town with Sugarland, Megan Moroney, NEEDTOBREATHE with Jordan Davis, Old Dominion with Megan Moroney, Parker McCollum with Brittney Spencer, Sam Hunt, and Trisha Yearwood, who was revealed as the first-ever June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award. CMT also rounded up an all-star lineup to perform a tribute to Toby Keith, who died earlier this year following a battle with stomach cancer. He was 62.
Presenters includee Amber Riley, Billy Bob Thornton (Landman), Carly Pearce, Cody Alan, Cody Johnson, Emily Osment (Young Sheldon), Emma Roberts, Gayle King (CBS Mornings), James Van Der Beek, Jane Seymour, Jelly Roll, Max Theriot (Fire Country), Megan Moroney, Melissa Etheridge, Mickey Guyton, Minnie Driver, Montana Jordan (Young Sheldon), Parmalee and Paul Walter Hauser, per a press release issued Wednesday (April 3).
Davis is in the midst of his headlining “Damn Good Time World Tour” with Mitchell Tenpenny and Ashley Cooke. His next show is slated for Thursday (April 11). On Friday (April 5), NEEDTOBREATHE announced new summer shows, performing with Keith Urban, Lindsay Ell, Yola, Brett Young; Abraham Alexander and Kashus Culpepper on the newly announced dates. Tickets to those shows will be available on Friday (April 12) at 10 a.m. local time. See the list of summer tour dates below.
6/27 – Sioux City, IA – Battery Park ~
6/28 – Columbia, MO – 9th Street Summerfest ~
6/29 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater ^
7/19 – Beech Mountain, NC – Beech Mountain Resort Concert Series #
7/20 – Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheater =
7/21 – Goshen, IN – Elkhart County 4H Fair
7/24 – Cohasset, MA – South Shore Music Circus ~
7/25 – Lancaster, PA – American Music Hall ~
7/26 – Wallingford, CT – Oakdale Theatre ~
8/2 – Cedar Rapids, IA – McGrath Amphitheatre =
8/3 – Minneapolis, MN – Basilica Block Party
8/4 – Green Bay, WI – EPIC Event Center =
8/8 – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent ~
8/9 – Waterloo, NY – Del Lago Resort & Casino ~
8/10 – Oro-Medonte, ON – Boots and Hearts Music Festival
8/12 – Des Moines, IA – Iowa State Fair +
8/23 – Highland, CA – Yaamava' Theater
8/26 – Palmer, AK – Alaska State Fair
8/30 – Macon, GA – Atrium Health Amphitheater =
9/1 – Augusta, GA – The Bell Auditorium =
9/11 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
9/12 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg (SOLD-OUT)
9/13 – Berlin, Germany – Hole44
9/14 – Cologne, Germany – Die Kantine
9/17 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 2
9/18 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy2
9/20 – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
9/22 – Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3 Galvanizers
9/23 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Hall
9/29 – Franklin, TN – Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
10/5 – Ocean City, MD – Country Calling
New Dates Bolded
^ with Keith Urban and Lindsay Ell
# with Yola
+ with Brett Young
~ Abraham Alexander
= Kashus Culpepper