Brooks & Dunn, Lainey Wilson, Lukas Nelson, Roger Clemens & Sammy Hagar set to honor the country icon
CMT has set an all-star tribute to country legend Toby Keith featuring a stacked lineup of one-of-a-kind performances from Brooks & Dunn, Lainey Wilson, and Sammy Hagar, all backed by Toby’s longtime band, with special appearances by Lukas Nelson and Roger Clemens.
With more than 44 million albums sold worldwide, the multi-talented legend most recently received a posthumous induction into the 2024 Country Music Hall of Fame. His chart-topping hits included 61 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, with 32 No. 1 hit songs and an additional 42 songs reaching the top 10. In 2021, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
CMT and Toby’s longstanding show history includes celebrating 30 nominations with seven wins and 13 performances, including performances for ten consecutive years, and many memorable moments on the CMT Music Awards stage over the last two decades, including two co-hosting gigs, in 2012 with Kristen Bell and 2003 with Pamela Anderson for the then-named CMT Flameworthy Video Awards, the year he was the most-awarded artist of the night, taking home three belt buckles, including Video of the Year for his video “Courtesy of The Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).”
The 2024 CMT Music Awards, hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, will air live from Austin, Texas’ Moody Center on Sunday, April 7th from 8-11 pm ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
A new one-hour tribute special CMT Music Awards Celebrates Toby Keith will premiere next Thursday, April 11th from 10-11 pm ET/PT on CMT, celebrating his most memorable show moments.
Performers include Bailey Zimmerman, Cody Johnson, TikTok star Dasha, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, Needtobreathe + Jordan Davis, Old Dominion, Sam Hunt, and Trisha Yearwood with Little Big Town and Sugarland to premiere a new collaboration. Yearwood will also receive the inaugural June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award.
Additionally, the all-star presenter lineup features some of the biggest names across music, television and entertainment including 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.
Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson and Megan Moroney lead nominations with three nods apiece. General voting is now closed. Voting for the highly-coveted Video of the Year, presented by Hilton, remains active into show.
CMT will encore the show on Thursday, April 11th at 7 pm ET/PT.
