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Jelly roll on stage in New York City at the Global Citizens festival, wearing a beige jacket with chains and a black ball cap.

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Jelly Roll continues to wow fans all over the country. Over the weekend, he spent time in New York City and played some high-profile shows. Making his debut performance on Saturday Night Live on the season premiere episode, Jelly sang a couple of songs, one an old favorite and a new song from his upcoming album. As if that wasn't enough, earlier that day Jelly did a special performance in Central Park as part of the annual Global Citizen's Concert. On Friday night, he headlined Madison Square Garden and was joined by Post Malone.

Jelly Roll sang "Liar" for his first song on SNL, wearing a denim jacket with studs. It was an epic performance: he had 10 backup singers in his band. During "Liar," Jelly stopped as he gave his guitar player a solo and said "I’m on Saturday Night Live" with a little disbelief and a big smile.

For his second song, he sang "Hold On," which is an unreleased song from his upcoming album. He wore a black jacket, and this time, he had even more vocal power: on this song, there were 14 backup singers.

Jelly did not appear in any skits on the show, but he did stand at the end and give hugs and do a little dancing as host Jean Smart said goodbye to the audience.

Jelly Roll is always thankful for what he gets and just recently on Instagram, he postedhis appreciation for being a CMA nominee for 2024 and a CMA winner last year.

He posted a clip of his speech at the show last year when he won for New Artist. He wrote, "This was one of those things that I felt the momentum shift and my trajectory change. Last year winning the New Artist award at the CMA AWARDS was one of the most special moments of my life. I couldn’t sleep for days I was so wired up and excited."

Jelly added, "Now to come back this year nominated for Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and (I can’t believe I’m about to type this) ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR is mind-blowing. I just want to thank the CMA’s for their consideration I don’t take these nominations lightly just like I have carried my New Artist of the Year as a badge of honor the last year. November 20th LIVE on ABC. See y'all there."

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.