NASHVILLE TN (April 23rd 2012) – Capitol Nashville’s country foursome Little Big Town announced the 2012 CMT Music Awards Nominations in New York City Monday morning (April 23rd) on NBC’s TODAY show with Hoda Kotb and guest co-host Willie Geist. The group received a nomination in the CMT performance of the year category for their moving version of Coldplay’s “Fix You” from the concert special, Music Builds: The CMT Disaster Relief Concert.
Little Big Town was also announced as one of the first performances on the show performing “Pontoon” off of their upcoming fifth studio album. “Pontoon,” written by Barry Dean, Natalie Hemby and Luke Laird, has already created quite a buzz before its official release to radio (April 30th) and has been described as “the single of the summer.”
The 2012 CMT Music Awards mark the 11th anniversary of the show and will air live from Nashville on June 6th on CMT and CMT.com.
