Jake Owen has announced he will headline the 11^th annual CMT On Tour – Jake Owen: The Summer Never Ends 2012.

The shows will also include special guests Love and Theft and Florida Georgia Line.

It wasn’t too long ago that Jake was opening shows himself. 

“I was on the CMT Tour in 2007 with Sugarland,” Jake says. ”So, to think that in the last five years I’ve come far enough to where now, not only am I headlining the tour ““ but I’ve got two opening acts below me playing. It’s a really, really cool feeling.”

CMT On Tour will kick off in New York City on October 10th. For ticket information and a full list of tour dates, visit cmtontour.cmt.com.

Jake will release his Endless Summer EP on September 25th.