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Sugarland, country music duo comprised of Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles, have started to polish their summer touring schedule.

The Atlanta based duo are continuing to support “Enjoy the Ride,” their platinum selling album from 2006. On April 3 they will kick off the next phase of their current tour with an engagement of two nights in Atlanta. As summer approaches the pair’s itinerary will be ramping up. In the months of June and July they have 18 shows scheduled.

Bush and Nettles co-wrote a majority of the songs from “Enjoy the Ride.” The album spawned two No. 1 singles: “Settlin’” and “Want To,” as well as “Those Are the Days,” the most recent single from the set. Bush and Nettles did co-production on the album alongside Byron Gallimore, a veteran of Nashville who has also produced for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

In the online bio for the band Nettles said, while we were in the studio recording I felt completely confident allowing Kristian to guide the flow. It was really nice to just back and relax and watch Kristian do his thing. Artistically he really stepped it up. I felt I could explore my vocal development and contribute in other ways.

Last fall Bush told Billboard.com that the pair had written maybe six to seven songs for “Enjoy the Ride.” He said that last year’s stint out on the road opening for Kenny Chesney had inspired them.

Bush said, when we played those big venues with Kenny, we discovered that in order to really communicate with over 20,000 people every night that you need to simplify your message a lot without pandering to them. You need to write things that are very visceral and then deliver them in an intelligent way that won’t insult anyone. As summer approaches the pair’s itinerary will be ramping up. In the months of June and July they have 18 shows scheduled.

Bush and Nettles co-wrote a majority of the songs from “Enjoy the Ride.” The album spawned two No. 1 singles: “Settlin’” and “Want To,” as well as “Those Are the Days,” the most recent single from the set. Bush and Nettles did co-production on the album alongside Byron Gallimore, a veteran of Nashville who has also produced for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

In the online bio for the band Nettles said, while we were in the studio recording I felt completely confident allowing Kristian to guide the flow. It was really nice to just back and relax and watch Kristian do his thing. Artistically he really stepped it up. I felt I could explore my vocal development and contribute in other ways.

Last fall Bush told Billboard.com that the pair had written maybe six to seven songs for “Enjoy the Ride.” He said that last year’s stint out on the road opening for Kenny Chesney had inspired them.

Bush said, when we played those big venues with Kenny, we discovered that in order to really communicate with over 20,000 people every night that you need to simplify your message a lot without pandering to them. You need to write things that are very visceral and then deliver them in an intelligent way that won’t insult anyone.