SUGARLAND surprised fans by unexpectedly releasing new music six years after the release of their last album.
Mega-popular musical duo Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles, who formed their band in 2002, revealed the news on Monday’s episode of Today.
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It came during a joint interview with fellow country music veterans Little Big Town as they promoted their new collaboration.
In April, Little Big Town and Sugarland announced their partnership for the Take Me Home tour, which will kick off this fall.
The groups sat down with Today hosts Al Roker, Sheinelle Jones, Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer when Sugarland was asked to discuss the August 9 release of their EP, There Goes The Neighborhood.
“Sugarland, your fans are so excited. You released your first new song in what? Six years?” Sheinelle asked the pair.
Kristian and Jennifer looked at each other, apparently to gauge who would answer the question, before the former blurted out: “Surprise!”
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Sheinelle quickly got over Kristian’s comment and asked about their experience returning to the studio after their long hiatus.
Jennifer took control of the response and admitted that the album was the first that didn’t include songs they wrote.
She also joked that country icons Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett were the songwriters for the EP, which they recorded in 2019.
Fans expressed their excitement about the collaboration on social media, with one user X writing, “Big little town and Sugarland, what a duo.”
Another said: “I got tickets to Little Big Town and Sugarland for later this year and I’m so excited!!”
“The fact that I get to see Sugarland and Little Big Town this year, I am,” a third added with several teary-eyed face emojis.
Sugarland took the stage with Little Big Town at the Country Music Television Awards, getting fans even more excited for their upcoming tour.
The performance was only the second time the band had joined forces on stage – the first was at the 2008 CMT Awards, where they performed Northern Town with Jake Owen.
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This time, they sang a version of Phil Collins’ hit Take Me Home.
Fans were ecstatic about the collaboration, especially since Sugarland stepped away from the spotlight in 2012 before returning in 2017 and releasing their latest album, Bigger.
Sugarland initially entered the country music scene as a group of three with former bandmate Kristen Hall.
Kristen left the band a year later, but resurfaced in 2008 with a $1.5 million lawsuit against her former bandmates.
Her lawsuit alleged that Jennifer and Kristian were withholding money from her.
The trio eventually settled down, and Kristen officially went her separate ways from the band.
Sugarland’s comeback tour with Little Big Town will kick off in October in Greenville, South Carolina, and end in mid-December in Nashville.
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