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Sugarland rolls again as CMT tour headliners

August 2, 2007 02:08 PM

LiveDaily Contributor

Country music duo Sugarland [ tickets ]--currently on the road with Kenny Chesney [ tickets ]--will continue to rack up miles on its tour bus into autumn, with a new CMT tour in the offing as the act backs its current studio set, "Enjoy the Ride."

The pair--Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush--will have already spent much of the year on a tour bus together when they set out to headline CMT on Tour 2007, with country quartet Little Big Town [ tickets ] and singer/songwriter Jake Owen [ tickets ] in tow. The outing kicks off Sept. 27 in Charlotte, SC, and is scheduled to hit 32 cities in all. Dates are shown below.

Previous years' incarnations of CMT on Tour have included Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts, putting the Atlanta-based pair in pretty good company. Despite the exit of founding member Kristen Hall a year ago, Sugarland has kept going as a duo without missing a beat. In 2006, the group joined Kenny Chesney on his The Road and the Radio tour and opened for Brooks & Dunn.

Nettles and Bush co-wrote "Enjoy the Ride" and co-produced the album with revered Nashville producer Byron Gallimore (Tim McGraw, Faith Hill). Released last November, the band's sophomore set spawned the act's first and second No. 1 singles, "Want To" and the more recent "Settlin'."

"It was the first song we wrote for the record and interestingly enough it's also the first song on the album," Bush said in June during an ASCAP ceremony, at which the duo was presented with gold plaques for "Settlin'."

"So the way you experience it as a fan is the way we experienced it as writers, which is unique. It went very fast when we wrote it that day."

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

Sugarland w/ Kenny Chesney

August 2007
2 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
3, 4 - Raleigh, NC - ALLTEL Pavilion
9 - Bonner Springs, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
10 - Maryland Heights, MO - UMB Bank Pavilion
11 - Tinley Park, IL - Tweeter Center
16 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
18 - Detroit, MI - Ford Field
24 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
25 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
26 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
30 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
31 - Syracuse, NY - New York State Fair

September 2007
1 - Hartford, CT - Dodge Music Center
6 - Birmingham, AL - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7, 8 - Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheater

CMT on Tour w/ Sugarland, Little Big Town

September 2007
27 - Charleston, SC - North Charleston Coliseum
28 - Greenville, SC - Bi-Lo Center
29 - Winston-Salem, NC - Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum

October 2007
4 - Salisbury, MD - Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
5 - Trenton, NJ - Sovereign Bank Arena
6 - Reading, PA - Sovereign Center
11 - Lincoln, NE - Pershing Center
12 - Cedar Rapids, IA - US Cellular Center
13 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
26 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
27 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena
28 - Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre

November 2007
1 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona State Fair
2 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Sports Arena
3 - Las Vegas, NV - Venue to be announced
9 - Wichita Falls, TX - Kay Yeager Coliseum
10 - Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre
11 - Biloxi, MS - Mississippi Coast Coliseum
14 - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre Times Square
15 - Springfield, MA - MassMutual Center Arena
16 - Binghamton, NY - Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
17 - Portland, ME - Cumberland County Civic Center
30 - Champaign, IL - Assembly Hall at University of Illinois

December 2007
1 - Green Bay, WI - Resch Center
2 - Grand Forks, ND - Ralph Engelstad Arena
6 - Battle Creek, MI - Kellogg Arena
7 - Youngstown, OH - Chevrolet Centre
8 - Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena
11 - Huntington, WV - Big Sandy Arena
13 - Fayetteville, NC - Crown Center Arena
14 - Columbus, GA - Columbus Civic Center
15 - Huntsville, AL - Von Braun Civic Center Arena