From the stage of Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium, Little Big Town, along with Nashville Mayor Megan Barry and Ryman Auditorium General Manager Sally Williams, announced this morning their upcoming Little Big Town at the Mother Church residency. The first ever Ryman residency, slated for six nights in 2017, will kick-off on February 24 during Country Radio Seminar week. The date will coincide with the release of the Grammy-winning band’s seventh studio album entitled, The Breaker. Additional dates scheduled for the residency are February 25, May 19 & 20 and September 15 & 16. Tickets and special two-day packages for all shows will go on sale Friday, November 4 at 10:00 a.m. via ticketmaster.com and ryman.com and will be available online only. Tickets for the concerts will be $90.50, $60.50 and $50.50. Each ticket purchased to see Little Big Town at the Ryman includes one (1) physical album of Little Big Town’s new album, The Breaker, scheduled to be released on February 24, 2017. Also on Friday, CID Entertainment will offer additional VIP experiences. For full details, visit bit.ly/2e5PIws.
Little Big Town at the Mother Church will see the Grand Ole Opry members return to the historic Ryman, where they first graced the storied stage in 2005. Each of the six shows will feature different support acts and surprise special guests. Known for their progressive partnerships, expect the unexpected from these upcoming shows. With no other headlining tour currently scheduled, Little Big Town at the Mother Church will account for a large portion of the foursomes touring plans in North America in 2017. These limited live dates are not to be missed.
“As musicians, there is no better feeling in the world than playing on the stage at the Ryman,” said Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook. “To be given the opportunity to headline their first residency means so much to us as a band and we promise to make each night as memorable for the fans as possible.”
In addition to the residency, Little Big Town announced the release of their seventh studio album, The Breaker, available in stores February 24. The album, produced by Jay Joyce, features lead single, “Better Man” which is currently climbing the charts at country radio. The video for “Better Man,” directed by Reid Long and Becky Fluke, premieres worldwide today. To view video click here: http://vevo.ly/2JlWhh.
“The Breaker is about letting go of things that break you, it’s about the new ground you try and break as a human being and as a musician. Sometimes you’re the one that’s broken and sometimes you’re the breaker,” said Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild. “It’s a sentimental record because we’re feeling super grateful for our friends and family and the chance to share the next chapter.”
Audio / Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild talks about their Ryman residency.
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“We’ve been planning this for probably a year I guess with Sally and with our management team, all dreams of what these nights could be, reminiscing about our first play here in 2005 and what it felt like standing on the stage. And moving ahead and wanted to share some of that inspiration with the world knowing that we get to focus and be home and really reflect on the great songs that have been sung on this stage, paying homage to that, asking our friends to collaborate with us, there will be lots of special guests, lots of from all genres collaborations because we’ve been really blessed to do that throughout the years in our career.”
Audio / Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Phillip Sweet reveal Taylor Swift wrote their new single, "Better Man."
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(Karen) “We’ve been telling you guys that there was a young girl in Nashville who wrote it by herself and its Taylor Swift. And she sent us this song and it was one that was really special to her and she thought of us because of the harmonies and she’d never pitched a song to anyone before and the moment that we heard it we were like, ‘Man, that is a song that we are going to cut and so, yeah.'” (Phillip) “Immediately we were all like had the same reaction. Through our whole career, anytime we’ve had that reaction to a song we knew it felt right. So this one just felt special and we’ve known Taylor since she was in high school, so she’s a dear friend of ours.”
