Over 20 years, Toby Keith cast robust bonds with the CMT Music Awards.
Now, the community is paying tribute to the late Oklahoma nation music celebrity with a brand new hourlong particular.
The particular “CMT Music Awards Celebrates Toby Keith,” together with the Norman-based hitmaker’s best performances, largest wins and greatest moments from the CMT awards present, will premiere at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 11, on CMT.
The particular additionally options the celebs from the 2024 CMT Music Awards who honored Keith with emotional tributes showcasing a few of his chart-topping hits. The CMT Music Awards aired reside from Austin, Texas, on April 7 on CBS.
Keith died Feb. 5 on the age of 62 after a multi-year battle with stomach cancer. He will likely be posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October.
Toby Keith had a protracted historical past with the CMT Music Awards
Keith had a protracted and storied historical past with the CMT Music Awards, incomes 30 nominations with seven wins.
The Oklahoma native carried out on the awards present 13 occasions, together with performances for 10 consecutive years.
Keith additionally co-hosted the awards present twice: He and Pamela Anderson shared co-hosting duties for what was then known as the CMT Flameworthy Video Awards in 2003, when he took house three belt buckle trophies, together with the highest prize for Video of the Yr for his polarizing smash “Courtesy of The Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).”
The Norman resident returned to co-host the 2012 CMT Music Awards alongside with actress and singer Kristen Bell (“Frozen,” “Veronica Mars”).
2024 CMT Music Awards tribute to Toby Keith featured Lainey Wilson, Brooks & Dunn and Sammy Hagar
Sunday’s CMT Music Awards included a 13-minute all-star tribute to Toby Keith that featured his longtime band. Launched by baseball legend Roger Clemens, the homage kicked off with Country Music Hall of Famers Brooks & Dunn crooning Keith’s 1993 debut single “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” adopted by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar performing “I Love This Bar.”
Singer-songwriters Lukas Nelson and Riley Inexperienced then launched Lainey Wilson, who introduced her feisty angle to her cowl of Keith’s chart-topper “How Do You Like Me Now?!”
Clemens was visibly emotional by the point he led the gang on and off the stage — in addition to the viewers watching the reside CBS broadcast — in elevating their red Solo cups and toasting Keith with “whiskey for my males and beer for my horses,” a nod to a different of the Oklahoman’s hits.
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