Jelly Roll and Keith Urban Bring the Fire with the performance of ‘Liar’ at the 2024 CMA Awards

On November 21, 2024By Littum

Temperatures rose at the 2024 CMA Awards when Jelly Roll took the stage for his second performance of the night, joining Keith Urban for a rousing performance of “Liar.”

Against a backdrop of bursts of flame and rhythmic sparks, the two musicians brought the heat, with the “Son of a Sinner” singer passionately belting out his lyrics while the Aussie-American country star shredded on guitar next to him. “You ain’t nothing but a liar/ Yeah, I’m walking right out of the fire,” Jelly sang as his wife — podcaster Bunnie XO — mouthed the lyrics in the audience. “Yeah, you try to hold me down/ Try to put me underground/ But I only go higher.”

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Bows at no. 74 on Billboard Hot 100 and no. 18 on Hot Country Songs chart, “Liar” appears on Jelly’s Billboard 200– topping album Beautifully broken. The Tennessee native previously debuted the track in May at the ACM Awards.

Jelly was up for several awards at the 2024 CMA Awards, including entertainer of the year, which an absent Morgan Wallen won at the end of the night. He was also in the running for album of the year with 2023’s Whitsitt Chapel and Male Vocalist of the Year, but the awards went to Cody Johnson’s Leather respectively Chris Stapleton.

Earlier in the evening, the “Need a Favor” musician took the stage for the first time and performed a religious rendition of his Brooks & Dunn collaboration “Believe.” The three-hour show was hosted by Peyton Manning, Luke Bryan and Lainey Wilson and took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

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