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Reunited Sugarland to bring its country hits to State Fair on Aug. 24

After a five-year hiatus, the duo has released a new single and will hit the road.

By Jon Bream

January 9, 2018 at 9:39PM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Sugarland, the hitmaking country duo, has reunited and chosen the Minnesota State Fair grandstand for a concert on Aug. 24 on its comeback tour.

After a 10-year run that included the hits "Baby Girl" and the Grammy-winning "Stay," the duo split up in 2012. Lead vocalist Jennifer Nettles pursued a solo career that didn't really take off and Kristian Bush predictably offered his own low-key solo disc.

The duo reunited for a performance on the CMA Awards in November and have released a new single, "Still the Same." They plan to work on more new music, but no album details have been announced.

Tickets, priced at $57 and $67, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 19 etix.com and the State Fair box office until noon that day.

Opening acts will be Frankie Ballard and Lindsay Ell.

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Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.