Sam Hunt performs onstage during the 2024 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 7, 2024 in Austin, Texas.Photo:Hubert Vestil/Getty
Hubert Vestil/Getty
Sam Huntis back with new music, and he’s already performing it live!
Just days after the country music star dropped his newLocked UpEP on Friday, April 5, he performed at the2024 CMT Music Awards. Hunt took the stage at The Moody Center in Austin, Texas, to play the project’s title track, “Locked Up.”
Alongside his band, the “Body Like a Back Road” artist, 39,delivered a soulful rendition of the songfor the audience.
Sam Hunt at the 2024 CMT Music Awards held at the Moody Center on April 7, 2024.Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty
Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty
Hunt — who attended the show with hiswife Hannah— was not among this year’s nominees at the CMT Awards, but he has been nominated nine total times and previously won the trophy for breakthrough video of the year for his hit 2014 single “Leave the Night On.”
Hunt’s performance follows the release of his four-track EPLocked Up, which features “Country House,” “Last Hurrah,” “Outskirts” and the title track.
The project marks the “Take Your Time” singer’s first release of 2024 and his follow-up to his 2020 sophomore albumSouthside.
Sam Hunt performing during Musicians On Call at Wildhorse Saloon in January 2023 in Nashville.Jason Kempin/Getty
On Friday, Hunt performer in Greensboro, North Carolina before making his way to Austin for the awards ceremony.
Not long after the Outskirts Tour ends, the “Make You Miss Me” performer will get back out on the road for theLocked UpTour, which will see him supporting his new EP and bringing along special guestsRussell Dickerson,Dalton DoverandGeorge Birge. The tour is set to launch in late June and continue throughout the summer until late September.
Sam Hunt and Hannah Lee Fowler attend the 2024 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 7, 2024 in Austin, Texas.Chris Saucedo/WireImage
Chris Saucedo/WireImage
Trisha Yearwoodplayed a new song, as well, to coincide with her receiving the honoraryJune Carter Cash Humanitarian Award.
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The 2024 CMT Music Awards are airing live on CBS and Paramount+ from The Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
source: people.com
